3 Months

Three months.... three months?! Good gravy, I'm at a stage now where things are simply a blur. It feels like it was just yesterday when I found out I was expecting and now here we are with a little 3 month old baby. Yes, that is correct, baby. Our little girl is no longer an infant. Crazy! I may or may not have gone a little crazy taking pictures. Heck, can you ever have too many pictures of a baby? I don't think so!

• Height: 24inches 
• Weight: 15lbs (+/-)
• Head Circumference: 42 cm 
• Nicknames: Peanut, Sweet Cheeks, Sugar. Great-Grandma Palmer calls her Snookums, which I find really neat because my Grandmother always called me Baby Snooks.

(I love the drool)

• She's officially into 3-6 month outfits. There are still a few outfits I can squeeze her into but for the most part she's outgrown 0-3m.
• I think she's starting to laugh but I haven't had an official belly giggle laugh yet. I'm looking forward to that. 
• She really enjoys her Bumbo! She likes to be looking around at everyone.
• Standing is going really well. She's got holding her head up down to a science now. If I lean her up against my legs she'll lift her head up so she's sitting. 

• Sleeping has been a challenge this month. Ethnie got sick and so I started putting her in bed with us again, even though I knew better. Then for a while she wouldn't sleep unless she was being held which made nap time a chore. Thankfully I think we've gotten it sorted out again. She's now back in her cradle! This month we're going to try to buckle down on a schedule. 
• Right now she goes to bed at 8 p.m. and wakes up at 4 a.m. to eat and goes right back to sleep until about 6 - 6:30 a.m. I'm loving this!
• She has officially found her hands and she knows how to use them. Her little brow gets furrowed as she tries to make them work. She's gotten grabbing things down but she doesn't hold onto them for long. She loves her green ball rattle and grabbing onto Mommy's hair!
• She still seems to be favoring her left hand. We've been working hard on her right though. I suppose time will tell. 

• She decided last Saturday that she no longer wanted to take a bottle. Granted I hadn't bottle fed her in 2 weeks. She knew what she wanted and she was putting up a fight. Thankfully Grandma is a trooper and finally got her to take it. I'll be making sure she takes a bottle AT LEAST once a day for the next week. It makes life difficult when you're working and you're baby is being stubborn. :)
• She took her soother a few times this month. The past four days she's taken it several times! I'd much rather a soother than her thumb!! 

• She's only colicy some evenings mostly when we're not home. I honestly think she doesn't like people. :). I always say how wonderful she is and then when we get in front of anyone she jut decides to bawl her little eyes out. It's hard, but I haven't cried at all this month! I'm rather excited about that!
• She's still a Momma's Girl and I'm secretly loving it. It has both advantages and disadvantages but in the grand scheme of things it makes me happy to know that she wants her Mommy. 

• She's still not very vocal. She very rarely coos but I love hearing her little voice.

• She loves to read!! She likes looking at the pictures and is learning to turn the pages by herself. She's gotten really good at this the past week.
• She {loves} having her diaper changed. You lay her down on her changing table and she's all smiles from start to finish. 
• We have moved bath time from the kitchen sink to a baby bath tub. She {loves} splashing around all by herself. 

 

(Oh, you mean you want me to LOOK at the camera WITHOUT my hands in my mouth? Yeah, Right!)

• We have a Slobber Queen, Blowout Babe and a Puking Princess on our hands. We try not to be caught without a burpie near by. We've had to change everyone's outfits on a few occasions. 

 I saved my favorite picture for last. These are her "flirting eyes." Which is both adorable and terrifying. If she's a flirt now... we're in BIG trouble. We are so lucky to have such a precious little girl in our lives. She fills our home with smiles, laughter, love and the occasional stinky diaper. I can't imagine life without her! Mama & Daddy sure do love you Ethnie Lauren!