3 Months Old

I have a lot of catching up to do, as it's been over a month since I've last posted! However, we'll start with the update of Audrey, who is now over 3 months old!!! It still has not ceased to amaze me how quickly time has passed, but at the same time, I feel I can barely remember life without our wonderful daughter. We (Mom, Jill, Audrey, & I) were traveling from TN to IL on the 15th, when Audrey turned 3 months old.

Wearing her Illini onesie for her Illinois debut on 6/15/11

As a 3 month old, Audrey is...

• Still squeezing into some 0-3 month sized clothes, but has also started wearing size 3-6 month.
• Wearing a size 1 (sometimes 2) shoe--depends on the shoe!
• Wearing size 2 diapers
• "Talking" all the time!
• Giggling and laughing constantly! Especially when we let her "stand up" by holding her hands. It's as if she knows she's "on top of the world!"
• Communicating with noises to let us know when she's happy and when she's not
• Usually eating about 6 times/day
• Sleeping through the night (she slept 11 hours last night! WOW!)
• Not the best at napping. She takes several cat naps as opposed to long naps usually.
• Has decided to does NOT like to be in her car seat for very long, and she lets us know!
• LOVES putting her hands/fingers in her mouth. We think she is at the beginning stages of teething because she's drooling all the time and always wanting to chew fingers!
• Absolutely loves bath time still. I have given her a bath just to calm her down sometimes!
• Really likes to be outside. She just stares at the trees, birds, etc. and takes it all in. It's another great way to keep her calm when needed!
• Knows her Mommy & Daddy and learns to know others if she's around them for several days at a time (which we discovered on our trips recently).
• Enjoys reading books with Mommy (and I swear, she even turns the pages on one book --because it has really thick, foam pages that are easy/fun to grab! I saw her doing it all by herself the other day! I know she has no idea that she's turning pages, but hey--the teacher in me is QUITE impressed and pleased!)

Jerry and I are learning more about parenting and more specifically, parenting Audrey, each day. She is so full of life and always able to brighten your day with her wide open-mouthed smile! I could go on and on about her, but there's so much else to catch up on! We are so thankful for our blessing God gave us 3 months ago! We love you, Audrey Blair!