Three months!

I think the picture probably speaks for itself that this month brought on some pretty bad eczema on little dude's face.  Things are shaping up to be so similar to what we experienced with Ben that it hurts my heart a little to know what the next few years are likely going to hold.  The light at the end of the tunnel is that Ben has grown out of most of his issues.

Baby boy:

At three months, you have really trimmed down (you were a chunky little thing when you were born) but you're so tall that you're outgrowing clothes left and right!  You're now just a hair shy of 14 pounds, so you're following a trend of about a pound a month in weight gain.  Mama's cool with that.

You have become so interactive this past month.  You're always smiling and cooing at us.  It's been so fun watching your personality really take shape.

Your current favorite things are your elephant wubbanub, a ridiculous invention that is oddly can't-live-without, and that little toy you see above that hangs from your carseat/playmat/bouncy chair/wherever you happen to be for the most part.

You're starting to really figure out how to hold your neck up well, you seem to like the Bumbo...for a few minutes at least...and you're migrating from hating tummy time to thinking it might be sort of cool sometimes.  You roll on occasion, but are perfectly happy to lay still and watch the world around you, something your early mover and shaker brother and sister never really enjoyed.  I predict you will be our later walker.  There is no way you'll be walking in 6 months like they were!  But MAN are you talkative!

You've gotten to be quite the finnicky sleeper lately, and I'm afraid I may be to blame.  I've never been a fan of the swaddle blanket because I was always so scared of creating a dependency, but this time around I found the Woombie and that thing is amazing!  So I went with it.  I swaddled you.  I created your dependency.  And now I can't break you of it.  Sorry, baby boy!  Hopefully you'll break this on your own over time.  You're super sensitive to noise, so needless to say you don't get a lot of sleep in this house during the day.  We are quite the noisy folks!  Your bedtime routine needs to be executed to an exact science or you go all KAPOW(!) on us.

This week has brought on a much more temperamental baby than we're used to.  Not sure yet if you're getting teeth (you're gnawing quite aggressively on anything in your vicinity and drooling like a maniac), annoyed by the cold we all have passed around or have just reached a different stage.

One of my favorite things is watching you watch your siblings.  You can already see the wonder and love you have for them!  You just stare at them in awe, and if one should happen to come up and give you a kiss or make a funny face, you beam and sparkle from ear to ear.  It's just the best!

We adore you, sweet baby!  You're growing so fast and we just want to freeze time right where it is.