Shnookums rolled over!

Breaking news! Elliot is officially rolling over completely on his own, and now that he's figured out how to do it he wants to do it all the time! Also, he got weighed last week and guess how much he weighs, just guess, I bet you'd never guess that a 3-month can already weigh over 17lbs, well yes he can!! 17lbs. 6oz. as of last Friday, and this week he seems to be having a growth spurt too, he's waking up in the middle of the night again because he's hungry (that's extra fun now that I'm working and have NO chance of making up for it with a nap). I'm pretty sure his natural state of growth is what most other babies experience as spurts, what he has are growth lags.
Not only is he rolling over but once he does it is very obvious that he's trying to crawl. Of course he doesn't get anywhere because he can't support his own weight yet but he's just so full of energy and concentration. From above it kind of looks like a frog swimming in place, except with no rhythm because his limbs are just flailing every which way. This exciting new skill is also nice for mom and dad because we can leave him on a blanket on the floor and he keeps himself fully entertained, with no worry yet that he'll hurt himself or eat something he shouldn't.

Someone asked me recently what I call him aside from Elliot so here's a little list of my favorites: Shnookums, poopypants, crankypants, milkyface, monkey, smiley, honeybunny, funnyface, cutiepie, smelliot, jellybelly, ellie, shmoopy, drooly, and sometimes just plain 'ol baby. I don't know what it is about baby referencing but I always tend to use a name that describes his current state, like smiley or drooly or milky, I wonder if that's some psychological evolutionary wiring because it helps the baby develop a sense of self? Who knows, but calling him just Elliot all the time would definitely get pretty boring if that was my only option.