The Difference Between the First Kid and the Rest of 'Em

This past week, Whitney rolled over for the first time...and she hasn't done it again since.

I was thinking about how it was when Kallie rolled from front to back for the first time. Kallie rolled over on the DAY she turned 3 months. I remember Kallie and I were in Arizona with my family and Ryan was home in Utah working. I could tell she was going to roll over, so I whipped out the video camera and caught her rolling for the first time on video. I didn't want Ryan to miss that milestone!

Whitney's story is completely different! I had been wondering for a little while when Whitney would hit the rolling over milestone--since she is a full month older than Kallie was when she rolled. So--some time last week, I think it was Wednesday, I had finished feeding Whitney and put her on the floor to play while I got a few things done. Kallie was running around playing and Ryan was getting ready to leave for work. I was standing at the sink in the basement kitchen and I happened to glance into the family room and see that Whitney was on her back. Since she had been on her tummy when I left the room, I realized that she had finally rolled over. I yelled to Ryan that Whitney finally rolled over and we got on with our day. It was definitely a change from the way things went with the first child!

I just hope that we're able to still see the special accomplishments that each of our children make, instead of thinking, "Yeah, yeah--we've seen this all before."