I'm 3 months old!

I cannot believe how fast time flies.  Our little "big" guy is 3 months old today.   He has grown so much the last three months.  He has pretty much doubled in weight and grown at least 4 inches.  Everyone thinks he is older than he is and the constant comment is "wow, he is so big."  I have fully embraced it and love our "big" guy.

Things to remember for this age:

• Laughing and smiling are common occurances but they never get old
• He certainly knows who mommy and daddy are and that makes us feel loved
• He loves new places and people - he can manage to stay awake if there is something new to entertain him
• He poops less.  This is a weird one.  He has gone from pooping at every feeding to only once or twice a day (and sometimes less).  This makes for some huge blowouts - sick!
• He has found his hands and enjoys sucking on them.  You may even catch him figuring out how to get his single thumb in his mouth.  Rick and I don't agree on "thumbsucking" at the moment.  You may see a "marriage ref" post over at rickloveschristine popping up about this. 
• He can now bat and grab things in front of him.  If you have ever noticed that your child gets fussier while developing new skills like this, it may be a wonder week.  Interesting concept.
• He can roll over from stomach to back and tummy time is getting easier.
• He has a pretty consistent schedule or maybe better refered to as a "pattern."
• His longest stretch of sleeping at night is anywhere from 5-8 hours.  We like 8.
• We are weaning from the swaddle as he is too strong and big and busts out of it almost every night.
• Naps are getting better.  The first 3 are anywhere from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours.  They typically get shorter as the day goes on.  After the 3rd nap its hit or miss for the rest of the day until he goes to bed.
• This kid loves bedtime. We struggle keeping him up but usually by 6:15ish he seems done with life and would be happy going to bed then.  We work on keeping him entertained until 7ish but pretty happy we have a baby that loves and consistently goes to bed each night.  
• He is wearing anything from 3 month to 9 month clothes depending upon the brand.

Now time for this months photoshoot:

trying to get a smile for the camera