3 months.

we took these a few days late on account of being sick on her official 3 month birthday.

i'm looking forward to the day when i don't spend the day constantly sucking boogers out of her nose.

nevertheless she's three months and gets more fun by the day!

time is love, gotta run,
love to hang longer but i got someone who waits,
waits for me and right now she's where i need to be.

big decisions were made this month.
this song served as a perfect soundtrack.

sick.

we've been sick around these parts lately, in fact it seems as if things are just slowly starting to get back to normal.  we're no longer looking for inventive ways for the baby to sleep so that she can breathe and yet not roll over and suffocate herself.  

the whole thing started last saturday and since today's friday it's been one germ filled week for all of us.  i'm glad things are getting back to normal. we need to get out of the house, out of our bedroom, and we all need some more sleep. 

the only way she could sleep at night.

sunday and monday were the worst.  her fever never dropped below 100 those days even with tylenol and she could only sleep for 2 hours at a time, which meant i hardly got any sleep those nights.  we spent a lot of time in the bathroom with the shower running and never really left the bedroom where we had 2 humidifiers running.  both charlie and i just felt so bad for her.  there wasn't much we could do and she was just so uncomfortable. she spent most of those days whimpering and just wanting to be held.  so we did.  in fact the only time i put her down was at night to sleep.  

nap.

but this morning she's feeling much better.  still pretty stuffy, but she slept pretty well last night and even played by herself a bit this morning and is now napping somewhere other than my arms.  as much as i love holding her it's nice to have a break to get a few things done with 2 hands.  the weather's supposed to be beautiful here today and since we've been cooped up inside this week we're heading to boulder to walk around and just be outside.  

i think this is my new favorite picture.  

the drool, the eyelashes, the chunky cheeks.  she's just so darn sweet. 

all the little things i don't want to forget...

despite the fact that everyone keeps telling me how tiny my baby is -  hello people, she comes from two pretty tiny parents, what did you expect? i can't help but think how BIG she's getting.  the other night during her evening 'i want nothing more than you to pace up and down the halls with me' session, charlie was walking with her and she fell asleep.  and really, is there any better time than when the screaming baby falls asleep?  i think not.  anyway, i was watching them and she just looked so grown up.  she was all floppy, one arm was dangling down, she was sockless, and one pants leg was hiked all the way up to her knee.  and she looked all big and sweet at the same time.  

my favorite thing would have to be nursing her, my second would have to be holding her when she's alseep, and my third would have to be watching charlie hold the sleeping baby.  

some of my favorite little things are when she yawns and sticks her tongue out at the same time, that big grin that i get first thing in the morning, her look of intense concentration when she's trying to figure something out, how she snuggles up to me in the middle of the night when she's eating, how she'll hold onto my shirt with one hand when she's eating, moving her top leg when she's eating, a big sigh when she's fed and perfectly content, how big her eyes get when she's somewhere new and trying to take it all in, her fatty fingers, chunky cheeks and thighs.  

and that's it for now.

spring!

spring is here.  at least for now.  we're going to have weather in the 70s this week!  although i'm sure we'll get slammed with another snowstorm before the month is over.  unlike folks in 'the south' i've learned not to celebrate spring until may in colorado.  we usually get some nice days thrown in march and april but it usually doesn't stop snowing until june.  so because we know this weather isn't going to stick around we've been spending as much time outside as we can.  

we've been using the bob again.  she sleeeeps the whole time.


henry's back to rock climbing.


giving avery a big fat kiss.  she's not a fan.  yet.

vitamin d makes us all happy.  even when we don't get much sleep.

the last day.

the last day before a gets dropped off at daycare.  sniff.  

to celebrate i ate 3 chocolate cupcakes that i baked because i was feeling sorry for myself, refused to put her down at all today just because i could, took a looong walk in this beautiful weather, took approximately 100 pictures of the kid.  seriously. and packed our bags for tomorrow.

my baby is growing up.  12 weeks tomorrow.  and man she is fun.

baby toes.  is there anything cuter?


yes. more baby toes.

she still looks like a mini charlie. let the drooling begin.

she's completely fascinated by her own hands.


and henry's cute face.

and the expensive giraffe.  love the chunky fingers.

love you, baby girl.

the cool things my daughter does now.

i think i say this every week but, wow i really feel like she's getting older!

some of her new 'tricks' are grabbing and holding onto things.  we introduced sophie last week more as something for her to play with than teethe on and she's getting really good at grabbing onto her legs.  she's also a pro at grabbing the rings on her toys that hang down, and grabbing my hands and putting them straight into her mouth.  charlie thinks she's going to be a rightie since she tends to use her right hand more on her activity mat. 

2 at once! this was no accident.  she now reaches up and hits these or holds on with a purpose. 

considering this is the most overpriced giraffe she better get a lot of use out of it.

she also rubs her eyes when she's tired, which i think is pretty cute.  she hasn't been napping as well in her crib lately and the couch has been her new favorite napping spot. 

we've gotten a lot of use out of the boppy.

she's also gotten really into being upright and sitting up in the boppy is a place she can entertain herself for quite a while.

look at that belly!