Lydia at 3 Months

I just took Lydia's 3 month pictures today (about 1 1/2 weeks late) so the pics will be added later, but I wanted to get her 3 month info down before I forget.

So, at 3 months Lydia:
-is talking a lot.
-loves to suck on her fingers.
-is batting at toys a bit.
-loves to be held......all.the.time!
-is sleeping for 5 to 6 hour stretches many nights.
-is ridiculously strong and can roll over from her tummy to her back with ease and is close to rolling from her back to her tummy.
-doesn't tolerate playtime on her play mat for very long.
-has pretty well grown out of her 3 month clothes and is wearing 3-6 month and some 6 month sizes now.
-is smiling a lot (mornings are her most smiley time).
-naps pretty well in her crib.
-loves her big brother.
-has opinions about a lot of things.
-holds her head up very well and holds herself up on her arms well.
-spits up all the time. Seriously, ALL.THE.TIME.
-loves to "stand up" for long periods of time.

Lydia

Lydia is a healthy growing little girl. On Friday, her weight was 11 lbs 7oz and today her weight was 11 lbs 9.5oz. She is already rolling over from her tummy to her back and pushing up on her fore arms to lift up her head and look around. Can't believe how fast my little baby girl is growing.

Here is a sweet pic from the amazing hospital photos that my friend Heather took.

Things I want to remember

Time passes too quickly (and seems to pass twice as fast now that we have two kiddos). I have been slightly overwhelmed with life and have been a terrible blogger and even worse at documenting the life of my children. Miles is at such a fun age right now and says the funniest things and I need to make a point to document that. The blog will make a good place to capture those things that I can later go back and scrapbook.

Right now, Miles love to play and will entertain himself for a while with imaginative play. He loves trains and blocks and Little People and his "power tools", but his favorite thing is to run around outside and dig in the dirt.

He adores his baby sister and wants to snuggle and hold her all the time. When she fusses, he rushes over to comfort her. He is so adorably sensitive to other people's emotions.

I love that I can hold conversations with him now and that he can spontaneously show affection. There is nothing sweeter than a big huge hug accompanied by an "I Love you mama".

He also loves music and almost always wants to listen to his Bible Song CDs. It warms my heart to hear him singing bible songs and hymns and makes me smile to hear his versions of the words (as he doesn't always catch all of them).

He has no interest in potty training, but he knows when he has to go because he barricades himself behind baskets of toys in front of the fire place (or with whatever he can find if we are somewhere else) to "do his buisness" and then lets me know when he is done pooping. If you ask him if he is done before he comes out of his homemade bathroom, then he replies "No, I not. I still pooping". He calls his homemade bathroom "the lock". So he cutely looks at me as he is squatting away in front of the fireplace and says "I pooping in the lock, mommy."

I also love the way he says certain words:

-Crescent rolls = Kashi rolls

-Sidewalk= Walkside

- Banana= Blama

-Jungle Gym= Jungle Bar

-Life Cereal= Life Chex

-Corn Chex Cereal=Popcorn Life Chex

-Sidewalk Chalk=Walk Chalk

-Bubbly= Blubbly

He is also so polite and is great about saying please. It is so cute because he starts out with "Please". For example: Mommy, please I have a cracker?

I wish that I could permanently capture this time and never forget it.

I love this picture.

This picture had me cracking up the minute I saw it. What a goof ball.

The Day after Christmas

The day after Christmas, my parents stopped by our house to bring the gifts that had arrived from my sister Lauren (who really spoiled us). Then we headed over to Ryan's parent's house to have Christmas with the Russells.

Christmas Day

It is true what they say, kids are more interested in the boxes than in the gifts.

These are my favorite pictures. My parents got Miles the Melissa and Doug shopping cart (which he as played with at the Anderson's house and LOVES). Being rather difficult to wrap, they just covered it with a garbage bag and hid it behind some larger gifts. Well, it didn't take long for Miles to spot that and he simply helped himself to that gift.

One Little Monkey jumping on the bed.

Pardon the weird dot in these pic. I had to use the flash to get these and it was causing a strange reflection which caused the dot.