Wow, we have a three month old. Again, I think I could start every blog post with time flies. And I think I could stare at her every minute of the day and still think the same thing. I am always wondering what she is thinking, especially when she is making all those millions of faces... and when she smiles...
We've had a lot of firsts this month:
- bridal shower for Aunt Heidi
- mother's day
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| Clearly excited for mothers day! |
- sleep through the night (although it was only once or twice)
- consistent babbling
- discovery of her thumb
- airplane ride
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| Just about to take off on my first airplane ride! |
- wedding
This is the month of discovering her hands and mouth! Not only do the hands always go in her mouth, but she's also discovered grabbing her blankets and bringing them up to her mouth to lick them. She licks our shoulders, grabs toys which end up in her mouth, etc. Its the cheapest toy and she is absolutely fascinated by them! At 11 weeks she discovered that yummy thumb! Here is the series of pictures that led up to the big moment::
And the big moment....
Stella really LOVES playtime and now has discovered some new toys! She can spend 30 minutes laying in her play gym, staring at Mr. Octopus, batting at the toys, discovering herself in the mirror and smiling. She's also grabbing at her O-Ball, mostly to put it in her mouth.
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| Giving the new toy on my carseat a good stare down. |
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| Totally fascinated with the O-ball. |
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| Grabbing Mr. Octopus and chatting with him |
She's holding her head up so well and we've even tried the bumbo seat... she's a little wobbly in that one yet but we'll sit in there and stare in the mirror while I brush my teeth and put my contacts in! Those hands and feet are still busy as always. This month she's started to really stand up with our help and her latest is to climb up our stomachs when we are holding her up.
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| Wow I can sit up in this thing?? |
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| Practicing my standing! |
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| Standing up with a little help from Mom! |
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| Making bubbles constantly! |
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Tummy time pushing herself up!
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| Not minding my bath anymore! |
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| Being adorable |
She's also started babbling up a storm this month! She loves having conversations with us when we hold her, mr. octopus when she is laying on her play mat and herself when she is staring in the mirror. We are still waiting and hoping for that first laugh to come soon! We see plenty of smiles and lots of babbles, but no laugh yet.
Here's a few videos from the month::
Babbling Stella
Smiley Stella
Since she is so long, we've packed away a good portion of her 0-3 month clothes and have moved into 3-6 months! At the rate I am packing away clothes, I am going to really need to learn how to control my emotions. I find myself looking back at her first and second month slideshows for fear that I might forget how tiny she was! How was that really less than 12 weeks ago?
Jack and her have also become buddies through the month. Lots of stares and licks!
And on to sleeping, while she does so well sleeping at night (we had one sleeping through the night moment!), she's not always sleepy during the day. She's on a pretty predictable 3 hour schedule during the day where we eat and play for the first 1.5 hrs and I'd love her to sleep for the second 1.5 hours, but thats really not the case. The sleeping consists of 20 minutes - 2 hours, mostly on the 20 minute side!
Happy three month birthday Stella! Here's a short slideshow of the month.
Stella's 3 months!
