Three Months Old

On Saturday I took some photos of you to celebrate turning three months old. It is crazy to think that you are already a quarter of a year old! While in some ways you feel like you are our baby you are growing up fast and in other ways it feels like we have had you for a very long time already. As Daddy and I wake up in the morning we can't wait to be met with your smiley face as you wake up. You are developing your own very cute personality and as you wake up you do a big stretch and are full of smiles seeing the face of Daddy or I over your moses basket. You are becoming more and more inquisitive of the world around you and while you like cuddles in a crowd you also like to be held so that you can see out and what everyone is doing; where those voices are coming from. Yesterday at our antenatal catch up lunch everyone was laughing at how strong you are. You were lying down on the lounge floor with all the other babies but you could hear the voices of many people and wanted to be up seeing what it was all about. So you started to do your sit ups; you pull your feet up and your head and shoulder blades off the ground. It caught the eye of the other parents who were laughing that you were going to be the baby with abs from doing all your sit ups or that you were going to spring up into a sitting position. After we had a bit of a chuckle I sat you up leaning against me and you were happy looking all around. You have also given us some more laughs. It was Daddy who got the first giggles then last Wednesday (August 26) I got to hear it for myself for the first time clearly (it was a little muffled for me standing on the outside of the shower when you gave Daddy your first giggle). You were ready for your food, so I was getting ready to feed you and you started to get grizzly. So I started to sing "I want to scream and shout," this caught your attention and then I began to bounce you on my knee while singing it this sparked a smile that grew and grew and turned into a giggle which was very cute to hear! Since then you have given Daddy more in the shower and we try each day to trigger the giggle. We have been lucky to receive even more presents with Aunty Margaret knitting a cute little cardigan and some booties and hat to grow into and Nicole and William have sent a very cute onesie and book about Spring all the way from Switzerland.

We have recently had some lovely weather which has meant we could go and play outside feeling the sun shine on your face and the blades of grass between your fingers.