3 Months Old and a Happy Birthday!

Dear Lucas,
You turned 3 months old yesterday.  That is a quarter of a year! Wow! This past month has been full of changes for you.  You are 14.5 - 15 pounds.  We are using our own scale so it's hard to be exact and it's even harder for me to believe you are 15 pounds already but that's what the scale said when you were on it with me.  You are still 23.5 inches, we think. You are a wiggly one! You are working your way out of 3 month clothes and into 6 month clothes. Your eye color seems to be changing some.  Daddy thinks they are going to be hazel.  They still are a dark blue but the middle seems to be changing to a gray.

You smile so much. You love to giggle. Grammi B even got you to give a full blown laugh on June 15.  It was such a hardy laugh but we haven't heard that one again and your daddy is dying to hear it.  I know it will come again though because you giggle a lot.

We went and visited Preslie Kay who had the most fabulous chair so we had to get you one too and you LOVE it! You are such a "talker" but when you get in your bouncer you can't stop talking. We love listening to your voice. You also still love your mobile.  It gets you so excited.  I keep trying to record or take pictures of your happiness but every time you see my phone or camera you get calm and just stare at it. You definitely don't get that shyness from me. You are super inquisitive though and that you get from me.  We want to know everything that's going on!

You have started to sleep so much better recently. The last week you have started to wake up just once to nurse and a few of those nights you even went to bed before 9 p.m. This has been amazing.  Our life has been pretty crazy lately but when we're home you take at least two of your naps in your crib. They usually aren't that long but that's ok. You also only take 3-4 naps a day but that works for us. When you have had a good sleep you wake up smiling and we know when you have really fallen asleep because you'll give a grin.

You are starting to eat a little less frequently also.  Once or twice a day you will wait a whole 2.5-3 hours:) You're still not a big fan of the car but you deal with it enough that we can go visit family.  I'm trying to find a good musical toy that lights up that we can put on your carseat when we drive because I think that will help.  You are no longer a fan of tummy time so we are trying to incorporate that more into our routine. You like book time, especially if the pages have lots of color on them.

You are amazing in restaurants! It really is unbelievable.  You have been out with us over a handful of times and you just chill.  You want to be on one of our laps so you can be a part of everything but once there you hang out without complaints.  We hope this lasts because we love to go out to restaurants every now and again!  You love to suck on your hand but you prefer if one of your burp rags is in that hand.  Apparently that makes it tastier;)  You would think with how much you suck you would take to the pacifier but nope, not for you! You are quite the anomaly when it comes to this.

You still love bath time.  We really think you are going to be quite the water kid. You have started to give signs that you are tired like rubbing your eyes, holding on to your hair or scrunching up both fists into your face.  You don't have full control of your arms yet so you hit yourself in the face quite a bit.  Daddy and I try not to laugh too hard:)  Oh, and you are a drooler! My goodness! Between the projectile spit ups and the drool you wear about 4 outfits during the day. We also noticed a few weeks ago that your fourth toe on your right foot goes under your middle toe.  We'll be asking the doctor about this at your 4 month appointment.

You spent the night in a hotel for the first time because it was Daddy's birthday. We had such a fabulous time in Santa Cruz. You loved watching the ocean. You have been such a light in our lives and we love watching you turn into the little person you are becoming.
We love you!
P.S. I recently read that parents should be very careful of the embarrassing pictures they put of their kids on the internet because then they are forever out there but this one is too funny not to post.  Sorry! I just love those chubby cheeks!