This has been your busiest month yet and was full of so many changes. You celebrated your first Halloween and your first Thanksgiving. For Halloween, you went trick-or-treating as an adorable little bull. You were the cutest baby in the whole world!! Your brother Wingnut was a bumblebee, and you two made quite the pair.
You’ve also had a lot of really significant developments this month. At the beginning of the month, you started reaching for toys and held a toy in both of your hands and brought it to your mouth. You went from only reaching for things that I placed on your belly to reaching for just about everything, no matter where they are. You also now hold the bottle with both hands (Daddy still helps you out, but you try to hold it all by yourself).
At the beginning of the month, you lifted your chest off the ground during tummy time, and then you rolled over when you were 14 ½ weeks old!!! We could not be more proud of you. It was fun to see you figure out how to do it. You started out by bringing your legs under you, sticking your butt up in the air (a la downward facing dog), and throwing your butt off balance in an effort to roll over. As you practiced, you realized that your arms could actually help you out and you figured out how to combine these skills to roll over. The first several times you rolled over were when you were angry, frustrated, and crying about tummy time, but over Thanksgiving vacation you finally figured out how to roll over without crying and really mastered this skill! Now when we put you on your tummy, you almost immediately start trying to roll.
You put weight on your legs for the very first time when you were 15 weeks old. I was at lunch with my girl friends and held you above my lap and you actually stood up. This week you got up into a sitting position for the first time (from a semi-reclining position). Every time I would let you lean back on the pillow you were propped up against, you would scrunch forward and sit up. You’re getting bigger and growing stronger every day! Today I was holding you in my arms and you all of a sudden sat straight up all on your own.
You took your first really long car trip to Mississippi and did really well in the car…a significant improvement since last month, when you hated being in the car. You had a great time in Mississippi visiting all of your family on Daddy’s side of the family. And, of course, I had to dress you up as a turkey dinner (complete with buttered corn on the cob) for your Thanksgiving card.
You are talking even more than last month, which I didn’t think was possible. Everyone agrees that this is the one trait you definitely got from me. You babble a lot, and even like to talk yourself to sleep on occasion. You’ve also been laughing a ton recently and often squeal with delight. We do the weirdest things to keep you laughing because it’s just the sweetest sound in the world! Lately you’ve been laughing every time we start to undress you…I guess you just really like being naked!
You are growing so fast all of a sudden. I feel like it took us months for you to finally fit into your 0-3 month clothes, and now they’re suddenly too small on you and you’re already fitting into – and even outgrowing some – 3-6 month clothes. We went to the doctor’s office today and found out that you weigh 15 pounds (50th percentile) and you’re 27 1/2 inches long (off the charts). And your cuteness is off the charts too!
I go back to work next week, and I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’m going to miss you. I hate that I’m going to miss our mornings together when we snuggle, play, babble to each other, and smile and laugh together. And I’m going to miss getting to see how much you change from minute to minute, day to day. But I promise to make the most of our evenings and weekends together!
We love you so much and are so thankful to have you in our lives!
You took your first really long car trip to Mississippi and did really well in the car…a significant improvement since last month, when you hated being in the car. You had a great time in Mississippi visiting all of your family on Daddy’s side of the family. And, of course, I had to dress you up as a turkey dinner (complete with buttered corn on the cob) for your Thanksgiving card.
You are talking even more than last month, which I didn’t think was possible. Everyone agrees that this is the one trait you definitely got from me. You babble a lot, and even like to talk yourself to sleep on occasion. You’ve also been laughing a ton recently and often squeal with delight. We do the weirdest things to keep you laughing because it’s just the sweetest sound in the world! Lately you’ve been laughing every time we start to undress you…I guess you just really like being naked!
Your Daddy also really likes to style your hair at night and see what funny things he can do with it. His favorite is giving you a Mohawk. We even took you to Mamaw’s nursing home with a Mohawk and all the old ladies loved it. You also got your first mini hair cut this month (just trimmed a few hairs around your ears that were getting really long).
You are growing so fast all of a sudden. I feel like it took us months for you to finally fit into your 0-3 month clothes, and now they’re suddenly too small on you and you’re already fitting into – and even outgrowing some – 3-6 month clothes. We went to the doctor’s office today and found out that you weigh 15 pounds (50th percentile) and you’re 27 1/2 inches long (off the charts). And your cuteness is off the charts too!
I go back to work next week, and I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’m going to miss you. I hate that I’m going to miss our mornings together when we snuggle, play, babble to each other, and smile and laugh together. And I’m going to miss getting to see how much you change from minute to minute, day to day. But I promise to make the most of our evenings and weekends together!
We love you so much and are so thankful to have you in our lives!
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