Juniper surprised all of us this week by rolling over from her stomach to her back.  At one month of age.  Which, by infant developmental milestone charts, is akin to a child from the planet Krypton.

 

Couple in the fact that she did this on the very first day we started putting her on her stomach and we might as well all agree that she is the greatest baby in the history of humanity.  Probably all life in the universe.  People would pay to see her, right?  I’m banking on it, what with my new business venture: The Extraordinarily Stupendous Bryan Circus featuring the Exceptionally Astounding Phenomenal Rolling Baby!

 

It is with this momentous event that I fully understand what parenthood is.  It probably has something to do with the fact that I just used the word momentous to define an action most canines can perform.  Parenthood is going batshit crazy with pride for the most ridiculous of things your baby does.  Eating.  Having a bowel movement.  Burping.  Farting.  Keeping your eyes uncrossed.

 

 

 

And, oh the pride!  From my reaction, you’d have thought I just won the Nobel Prize for Awesomeness.  And I didn’t even do anything other than watch (and possibly mock her a little bit for puking first).  And my mother, who also was there to witness the first roll – she might as well have just won the lottery. 

 

And for those naysayers who claim it’s just a fluke, she’s done it nearly every time we’ve put her on the floor since.  So, suck on that, naysayer, saying your nays.   

 

You know, I’ve decided to embrace this.  By all means, I should feel personal pride.  We all know it was my superior genetic contribution that resulted in an infant with superhuman strength.  I just can’t wait for all her other superhuman powers to develop.  At that point, I think I’m supposed to move to a farm in Kansas.  I don’t know, I’m still reading up on this parent of a superhuman stuff.

 

 

PS – Rolling over and startling the world with her profoundly incredible awesominity wasn’t Juniper’s only milestone this week.  She saw her first hobos in the park.  Simply awesome, this child is.