Courtney's Milestones

Two days ago, Courtney rolled over for the first time. I'm so proud. She's 5 months old, and most babies seem to do that at about 3 months, but she is a little bit of a late bloomer, and that's fine by me. She didn't show any signs of rolling or wanting to roll and then *poof*, rolled over. And over. And again, and again. It's like she waited until she was absolutely sure she could do it, and then she went for the gold. I'm thinking she might be like me. My mom said I didn't really talk until I could practically do full sentences. And apparently, I hated potty training and hated the baby potty, so I didn't use it...just one day went right to the big toilet. Heck, Courtney is so smart she'll probably skip crawling and go straight to walking! She was born a month early, and I was told she may have later milestones than other babies her age because of that. She smiled right at 6 weeks...perfectly normal. Raised her head right on time. Somebody is an overachiever! That's what they called her when I was on bedrest at the hospital while pregnant. I had very low amniotic fluid, and all the nurses couldn't believe Courtney's heartbeat was so perfect (apparently most babies are in distress with such low fluid). Courtney had no clue that something was wrong...she was just busy kicking up a storm and being perfect. It's hard for me to imagine life before her, honestly. It's like I've known her forever. One of my good friends online just had her baby start walking...and another of my friends just had her baby girl start crawling. It won't be long...and my baby won't be a baby any more. But she'll always be my baby!