"I'm up for my modeling gig today!"
Oops.....sorry mama but I had to go!!
"This photo gig is making me grumpy...."
What an Angel!!
We love our little girl!!
I cannot believe our little peanut is 3 months already! She has changed soooo much already and it is amazing to watch her start to take in more and more of the world around her. She actually laughed for the first time on her 3 month b-day! It was the most precious thing! I laughed too and then cried ...it's amazing how she reminds me of the most simple and wonderful things in life and how truly precious life is!
What's happening at 3 months:
~Laughs.....that sums it up! ....what a beautiful, happy baby we have.
~Loves her hands.....oh my are they the best toys she has! Holds her hands together often like little prayer hands and when she isn't holding them together she's sucking on them.
~sucks her thumb...for some reason only her left thumb...it must taste better for some reason I've decided
~So alert! She watches everything and pays such close attention to what is happening around her...she's been an alert baby right from the beginning but she continues to be so alert and aware of her surroundings and people....especially mama and daddy!
~She is still blessing us with sleeping through the night. She sleeps on average about 8-9 hours a night!!! YEAH!! Makes for well rested parents too. She loves to snuggle with us and will often easily fall asleep in our arms but as soon as we lay her down those eyes pop open. So we are working on this...naps aren't her strong suit. Especially because she sleeps so well at night but hey I'll take the night time sleeping any day and get over the sporadic napping. And I love to snuggle with her just as much so I really don't mind to terribly!!
~Tracking...her eyes are fixed on us...our faces are her favorite thing to look at. She knows when your paying attention to her and when your not. Often when we look right at her she'll "coo" and "talk" and as soon as we look away she'll pause and wait for you to make eye contact again with her and give her your attention. Crazy how much she knows about the fundamentals of communication already!
~cloth diapering is going great! Saving on the budget and the enviroment...yeah!
~She is trying to pull herself up to sitting.....there are times we have her reclined on pillows and we can tell she is trying with all her might to pull herself up. She loves to see what is happening and wants to sit up like everyone else.
~She weighed in at about 12.8 right around her 3 month b-day....she is certainly a good eater!!
~I'm working a little bit and we are both adapting to that. I love teaching and am enjoying it but it's so much work to get up and get both of us ready and out the door to be somewhere on time! I think it takes me 2-3 times as long to get around and out the door in the morning as it used too. Wow I cannot believe how much effort it is to get a little person ready!! And I'm learning it's all about timing!! This is the key to the day- timing of feedings and naps and diapers.
~She certainly does know her mama and daddy....that is very clear already at this age. She can sometimes be a bit of a mama's girl when I hand her off for someone else to hold, which at times does my heart so well to realize how comforted and secure and loved she feels with me but at other times it's nice to have someone else hold her so I can do the little things in life....like eat a warm meal!! But we (me) are getting a little better about leaving her with others and I don't seem to get as anxious about it as I was! Hopefully we will get back to some consistency with our date nights again. We've had a few but they've been sporadic and far and few between. This is something we both want to be really intentional about so I think it's only going to get better now in this department.
Norah hangin' with Ellie. She loves this wild blue elephant and loves the combo of sucking her thumb while starring at Ellie
Sound asleep on our road trip to Indy to visit with family over Thanksgiving. She did great in the car, she mostly slept, and when she was awake she was pretty content to just sit and look around. Although after all the traveling that weekend she did get a bit fussy the next week for several days when I put her back in her car seat. I think she thought she was going to have to be in it all day again! I don't blame her...there is only so much tolerance for road trips before you need a break!
Getting some fresh air.....we had a really nice day to get outside a bit while in Indy for Thanksgiving. We stayed in a really cozy house on a lake tucked back in the woods with a huge warm fireplace. We just lounged all weekend and played games and relaxed. So nice!
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norah is just so gosh darn cute!!
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