3 Month Old Hannah and Nathan the Luchador

Dear Baby Hannah, 

I can't believe how quickly these 3 months have flown by! You are 3 months old today. Your milestones include gaining control of your hands. It seems like you are now able to use your hands to push things out of the way. You are getting better at sitting upright. In fact, you are able to sit up in a little baby chair. 

 You still love looking at mobiles and the toys hanging from your activity center. Sometimes you will lay there for 20 or more minutes, just looking and babbling to yourself.

 Daddy put up the Christmas tree this weekend and you really like to look at the lights as well.

 At night, sometimes Nathan helps give you a bath. You love to splash around with your legs. Since the weather has gotten colder, you are not a big fan of getting out of the bath.

Your sleep schedule has gotten out of whack, but suddenly you are back to sleeping for 3-4 hour stretches at night and your afternoon naps are not that great anymore. This makes you super tired at night and probably why you are not sleeping as well as you used to. 

According to the Wii you are about 12 pounds and you are 4 inches longer than when we first took you home. Wow. 

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Dear Nathan, 

Or shall I call you the luchadore! You've gotta stop hugging people and then surprising them by pulling them down to the ground! This weekend we were at Costco and you walked over to another little boy to give him a hug. Now, this was just some random boy that we don't know. Yes, you are hugging strangers. Not good. Anyways, after you hugged this boy for a few seconds you twisted your body and wrestled the poor boy to the ground. I was mortified. Luckily, it didn't offend the other mom too much as she responded, "He has older brothers." You are simply playing too rough. Let's try to be more gentle huh? 

On a positive note, you ate peas! YOU ATE PEAS! (And we didn't have to put it in a smoothie). Like every meal, we put veggies on your plate. The other night, we asked you to try the peas. You peeled the snow pea open and ate the peas inside. Then, you said, "Yum" I couldn't believe my eyes and ears, but you were eating something green besides okra. I got so excited that I started snapping pictures of this momentous event. 

He's so happy, he could be the poster child for the pea industry!

 The next day, we tried edamame and you devoured them like they were gummy bears!

 That evening, I was hopeful that you would try asparagus. No such luck. Oh well. Peas, I'll take it.

Since it has been so cold outside, we have been playing indoors a lot. Sometimes we try to play games that involve Hannah. Grocery store is one of them. You push Hannah around the store.

 Stop for some samples...that day it was strawberry ice cream.

 And then check out. You even had Hannah help put the groceries on the counter just like you help me at the store.

 Naps and bedtime is getting more difficult as you find ways to stall. But when you do finally do down, you take a good 2 hour nap.

A few days ago, you announced that you needed to go pee pee. So after you went, I put you in undies and you didn't have an accident. The next night, you did pretty good until about 15 minutes before dinner. We will continue to follow your cues.

Your problem solving skills are blossoming along with your desire to be more independent. Here you are, helping me to turn on the lights as I was busy nursing Hannah.

ok, gotta go. until next week!

mommy