Our sweet girl is 3 months old! I can’t believe how fast she is growing and changing! I love that now we can start to see her little personality come out, and the little differences between her and Bubs. It is so amazing to be reminded how each little person is an individual, and was “intricately woven” by our Creator – how amazing and humbling! Makes me pray during the day that as I try to parent these little people that my focus would continually be to turn them towards Jesus, and that He would draw them to Himself early onJ
Measurements:
Well we don’t have a doctor’s appointment this month, but I think
this picture is pretty clear about one difference between our two littles:
compared to Caleb at this age, Emma is a little chunkamonk!
This is the time when Caleb started to really get tall, but
his weight just couldn’t catch up! He dropped to below the 10th
percentile until after he was walking, and then he caught up fast. Our pedi
said it was because he was trying to walk early…and he did! Hm I wonder if that
means Emma won’t be so anxious to walk… I think I would be OK with that J
Sleep:
Like most things, we have the good days and the bad days!
Today princess girl took a 3 hour nap…I know exactly how many of those Caleb
has EVER taken in his life: 2. Buuuut yesterday it was less than an hour, so
you never knowJ
Nights are great still, and we are counting our blessings with that!
Likes and Dislikes:
Still hating tummy time, even when Howard does it with herJ
Caleb is totally into mimicking what I do with Emma, with
Howard: Howard has tummy time, and Howard also gets his diaper changed...of course none of the diapers fit Howard perfectly so we end up with a snowstorm of diapers that are "oh no too big" all over the room.
We busted out the Bumbo seat the other day, and it was a
hit! Emma is definitely more into being held than Caleb was – if she is awake,
she does NOT like to be alone, and if she is fussy she most definitely wants to
be held. 4 months is the normal age for starting the Bumbo, but Emma is much
better at attempting to sit than Caleb was at this age. Caleb wanted to MOVE –
at 6 months he was crawling across the room but still not sitting well on his
own! Emma is more sort of quietly observant, and she has amazing head control.
So we tried...
…and she loves it. This was the first time the two really “played”
together for a minute – Caleb is showing Emma this toy, and then she took it
and sort of played with it. It was so sweet! Great picture of (hopefully)
things to come!
Emma also LOVES “patty cake” – she was giggling the other
night when Garrett was doing it with her (stopped of course when the camera
came out!) and it will almost ALWAYS make her smile!
Milestones:
She has sort of giggled a couple times, but no real laughs
yet – I can’t wait for that! And sitting up in the Bumbo like a big girl!
Sibling Love:
SO far these two love each other so much! Caleb loves to
give Emma kisses, he MUST say goodnight to her before bed (with a kiss on her
hairs) or he won’t sleep. He talks about her, asks about her, and altogether shows
in his 2 year old way that she is an important part of his lifeJ And Emma loves Caleb.
If he is within sight, she is always watching him and she smiles at him when he
comes to see her (although past experiences should make her more wary!). When
Emma gets fussy, Caleb is the first one there. If she’s in her carseat (as we
are getting ready to leave somewhere) he will rush over, tell her “shhh” and
rock her seat. If she’s in her swing, he will lean over her and say “shhh” and
try to put her paci in her mouth (which usually makes her cry harder but its
sweet anyway!). And if she’s laying in her jungle gym, he will run over, tell
her “shhh”, and shake a toy in her face or try to make her had grab a toy. Most
times he doesn’t really actually help the situation, but it is SO sweet that he
tries to help and that he wants to make her happy! I am so excited to see their
relationship developJ
What We’ve Learned:
Having 2 kids is about strategy. Ever since its gotten super
cold, its gotten harder to keep Mr Hurricane entertained. This is what he
really likes to do:
So…its about strategy. For me, success is about breaking up
the day into sections and just having a strategy for each part;) After Emma
goes down for her morning nap, Caleb and I spend some time reading – the kid
LOVES books:
We recently started going to the library and he will sit and
listen to HOURS of Curious George, Pooh Bear, and anything with trucks or fire
engines – love it.
The other thing that makes 2 kids doable is that Caleb has a
great imagination – he really amazes me some days with the little games he
comes up with all no his own:
This is his “puter” (computer) because it has numbers on the
bottom – he will play office at his table with this setup for a good while
This is a blender – he totally came up with this ALL on his
own. He puts the two cups together, makes a buzzing sound like a blender, and
then doles out “smoothies” to me, Emma, and Howard.
This is his “fower tuck” (fire truck) – I know it looks like
a train, but I didn’t come up with it, Caleb did. Howard is driving (from the
back), and yes, the blanky is part of the design.
Caleb loves ANY kind of fort. This one was actually created
in our under the stairs closet because of a tornado warning, but he didn’t have
to know thatJ
And, if all else fails, “help mommy make-a coogoos” is
always a fail-safe!
Plain and simple: we are incredibly blessed. I think that
thought runs through my head at least 50 times a day. When I’m cuddling Emma as
I walk her upstairs to her bed…as I get Caleb up from his nap and he rushes
around in circles in his crib describing (I think) the tiger he dreamed about…when
Emma is crying, and she stops the second she sees me…when Caleb suddenly starts
singing a new Sunday School song that I’ve never heard him sing before and I
realize again how amazing his little “wet cement” mind is…when Caleb jumps up
and down because he hears the garage door open and that means “Super” Daddy is
hooooome (that sound makes us ALL really excited!) J
