John William - 3 Months

3 month stats

weight: 12 lbs 13oz

Emilie- Three Months Old!

Emilie turned three months old last Sunday during our annual family vacation on Hilton Head! I just read back at Marin's three month post, and feel like just saying "ditto" to everything she is doing. I almost can't believe how similar they are. There are a few things different, however, and they are their own people, so I'll divulge below...

* Emilie is a good little pumpkin. She is very happy and SUPER smiley. We think she has the most beautiful smile and just smiles all the time. Until she's hungry- then she has the saddest, but strongest little cry that just breaks your heart.
* Like her big sister, Emilie likes to be held facing out the best. If you hold her facing toward you, she might miss something. She is her mother's daughter. Very social. This, combined with Marin's social skills could definitely be trouble in high school.
* She loves to "talk" to us. When we talk to her and ask her questions she beams back and makes little sounds and moves her mouth, like she knows exactly what we are saying and wants to add her two cents.
* Emilie also likes to put weight on her feet and "stand". I suspect another early walker. Pray for me. ;)
* She is rolling over. She also did this for the first time on our Hilton Head trip last week. Once she's on her tummy, she pulls her legs up under her like she wants to crawl. I don't think that she'll be doing that just yet, but wow, do they grow quickly.
* Emilie has quite a grip. She holds onto objects very well. When it's my hair it isn't so fun. She's strong. She holds her head up well, too.
* Emilie loves to be snuggled and held tightly. This is a sure way to get her to sleep.
* She's not quite sleeping through the night every night, but she has slept through the night a lot. Just enough nights in a row to tease me. We swaddle her up like a little bug and she sleeps long and hard.
* She sleeps well in her car seat and in the swing and her stroller, but also likes to sprawl out for her naps on her floor mat.
* She loves to eat both of her hands, and likes her paci.

Emilie is our sweet little Emmie Cakes. We love her, and her happy little smile and disposition so much. She's such a good baby. Definitely the apple of our eye.

Three Months Old!

Three Months Old!

(last we checked) your stats are:

11 lbs. 12oz.
24.5 inches

Marin was three months old on Friday. Here are a few of her favorite things these days....

** She loves to sit up and look around. We have discovered the love of the bumbo. Her favorite way to be held is facing out so she can see the world.

** She loves to sit propped up on our legs and "talk" to us. She is making a lot of sounds now, most of which sound like "ah-goo". She is also giggling a little. This is one of our favorite things.

** Marin also loves to "stand" up and put weight on her feet like a big girl. We think maybe she'll be an early talker and walker-- look out world!! :)

** She loves music! We sing a lot of songs, and we sing often. She also loves to listen to music in the car. She has long fingers, too, so we think piano recitals are in our future.

** She loves the car and goes right to sleep in her car seat. Unless she is hungry and then she lets it be known by screaming bloody murder.

**She sleeps like a dream through the night. We feel really lucky about this. We swaddle her up tightly so she looks like a little pea pod, and she sleeps so soundly. She goes to bed at about 7:30pm and will sleep straight through until 7am. Every night before we go to bed we go in and check on her. We just love to watch her sleep. She looks like a little angel.
** She loves to eat her hands. Sometimes I think it is a contest with herself to see how many fingers she can get in at once.

** Marin loves to smile and does so often. When we get her up in the morning she smiles back at us in her crib and it is the best part of our day! It's almost like she is saying, "Hi guys! How did you sleep?!"

** She holds onto objects well but isn't reaching out to grab for things quite yet.
** She doesn't love being on her tummy unless she has fallen asleep for a nap and we put her down like that. She is holding her head up really well.

** Marin has over 100 books and loves sitting in our lap while we read them to her. The books with bright pictures are her favorites.

** She loves bath time. We have just started to introduce a little fun into her bath so it isn't all business anymore. She really mostly looks at the duckies and sometimes the plastic whale that squirts water on her tummy.

** She likes to be held closely. She will "tells us" when she is tired for a nap by getting fussy and when she does and we cradle her closely she falls asleep almost immediately.

All in all, she's a social butterfly who plays hard and sleeps hard. She takes in her little world with great curiosity every day and smiles in delight with what she sees. She likes to move and she likes to try and tell you about it. Sound like anyone you know? :)