New Tricks

Tristan has been figuring all kinds of things out lately and I'm afraid that I'll forget them if I don't write them down.
1st: He figured out that sucking his thumb is pretty fun. I've tried repeatedly to get a picture of him but he always pulls it out just as the camera flashes or he sticks his tongue out at me. If I can get a picture, I'll post it. It doesn't come as much of a surprise to me that my son sucks his thumb. After all, his mother (yes, me) sucked her thumb until she was thirteen. Yes, I said thirteen! I lucked out though, I've never had braces and I still ended up with perfectly straight teeth. For now Tristan still prefers the binky, lets hope it stays that way!
2nd: He figured out how to click his tongue yesterday. He was sitting in his swing while I was working out and he must have been bored because he just started clicking away. It was so funny! The funniest part though is that he won't do it when you're looking at him, as soon as you turn your back he clicks again. I don't know if he's trying to get our attention or if he's just playing a game because he smiles at you when you turn around and laugh.
3rd: He finally rolled over for the first time today!!!! I was so excited! I was starting to get worried that I was a bad mother because he didn't get enough tummy time. But I guess he didn't need it since he flipped from his back to his belly. Unfortunately, I was working and Chad was watching TV so we both missed it. One minute he was playing happily on his activity mat and the next time Chad looked over at him he was happily playing on his mat on his belly. I came up to the family room and tried to get him to do it again but he was too excited that I was there and just kept reaching to me. Though he hadn't rolled over yet, he still has a way of getting around, he wiggles, rocks and squirms until he's completely turned around or slid 3 feet from where he started out. I have a feeling that he's going to be crawling fairly soon after he masters this rolling thing.
Some other things he's mastered:
Eating cereal. I have to time it just right though. If he's too hungry, he yells because he's not getting it fast enough and ends up getting so mad that I end up having to nurse him. If he's not hungry enough, then he won't eat much. He already tries to feed himself, he grabs the spoon or my hand and pulls it towards his mouth.
Flirting... haha he's definitely my child! ;) I had five people come up to me after Sacrament meeting on Sunday and tell me that they just couldn't stop watching him because he's so cute and apparently very distracting. He smiles at everyone, especially other kids. He thinks they're quite fascinating (I'm sure they think the same of him).
Riding in the car. Lately, he'd started getting fussy in the car because he couldn't see anything except the back of the seat. If someone sat in the back with him he was fine but neither Chad or I enjoy sitting the back of the car since we both have long legs. The funniest thing was he would get mad if it was dark and he couldn't see his toys that were attached to the car seat. He would start yelling but if I turned on the dome light he was just fine and would go back to playing with his toys. Turn it off, and he'd start yelling again. Haha we experiemented several times to see if that was really why he was upset. We transferred him to the next size carseat and he loves it because he sits up higher and can actually see outside so he doesn't mind riding by himself.
I can't believe my little baby is getting so big already! He's wearing 6-9 months clothes and most people do a double take when I say he's not quite 5 months. All the clothes we bought for him before he was born are not going to fit him this fall... he'll probably be wearing them mid-summer! Haha oh well! I'm so happy that I've got such a healthy, happy little boy. Plus, lugging him around is quite the workout!