First Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! And to my Alex... I may not have it all together and I probably never will. I'm still learning and growing just like you. There have been plenty of times where we have both cried, laughed and slept things off. But I will always be grateful that you are the one that made me a mother. 

Alexander: Month Three

• Loves to look at ceiling fans.
• Found his hands this month. Loves putting them in his mouth, with the occasional thumb sucking.
• He also discovered his legs this month too. 
• He may have started cooing last month occasionally, but now he coos and babbles all of the time now. And quite loud sometimes too.
• Loves to have his diaper changed. As soon as you put him on the changing table he is all smiles.
• Still wakes up two to three times a night. His longest stretch of sleep so far has been six and a half hours with his average being three and a half hours. And one night he only woke up once. 
• Loves to wiggle around.
• Eats around three to four ounces at every feeding.
• Went on his first plane ride.
• Got to met a lot of my side of the family out in Utah for nine days.
• Enjoyed tummy time so much more this month. Key to having him enjoy it... change the location of where it happens every time.
• Is super close to rolling from his tummy to back. Has rolled from his back to tummy twice. 
• Rolls onto his side all of the time. Loves to sleep this way at night most of the time. And will even just lay on his side sometimes while awake too. 
• Discovered that he only likes lotion if it's not cold because if it is, everyone in the house will hear it.
• He really is such a happy baby. Loves to smile and talk to us. 

Happy three months! And being three months means not smiling when mom has the camera out. After 5 minutes and switching locations, this was the best I got. And once the camera went away he was all smiles. 

Instead of sucking his thumb, Brandon would suck his index finger and middle finger at the same time when he was little. Occasionally I will catch Alex sucking on two of his fingers too and I think it's cute.