Emilyn - 3 months

I can't believe three months have passed of course, and at the same time it seems like ages ago that it was the day she was born.

She is smiling, talking, laughing; she's happiest to be held and have a chat, as long as she's well fed, rested and diapered.  She also likes sitting on our ottoman or in her little portable bed that we have on the changing table (which has wheels), which has toys in it that she can bat at, grab, pull, etc.  She also likes sitting in her little pink boppy pillow in the bathroom, where she kicks at a toy hanging on the wall.  She is majorly strong!  She kicks hard, and when you try to put her arms up over her head you might as well lift her whole body.

She takes long naps either in her swing or lying next to Mommy.  She has slept occasionally in her actual crib.  She screams and cries like we're torturing her usually before she falls asleep (unless she's being fed) so sometimes like Daddy doesn't like that so then she's kept up longer and gets even grumpier.:)  But she has a pretty good schedule, she'll take good naps in the morning, afternoon and evening, or a combination of one or more.  At night she'll wake up anywhere from 2-5 times but she almost always goes pretty much right back to sleep.

Steven thinks she's the most beautiful girl he's ever seen.  Louis loves to snuggle and sit next to her.  It's starting to get easier, where I'll lie her down next to him in his bed as he's waking up in the morning, or on the couch when he's watching TV.  He starts to talk to her on the phone when he goes to Peter's, and she'll talk back.  He reads her stories sometimes.:)

She druels incessantly and we think she's teething already.  She is consoled by a little teething ring sometimes.  She'll suck on her whole hand or a couple fingers.

At her 2 month appointment she was 23 1/2 inches (87th percentile) and 11 pounds 2 ounces (58th percentile), and 40cm on her head (80th percentile).  So evidently she's going to be tall and smart.:)

We are not going anywhere this summer except up to my mom's one weekend in Peoria.  I'm not really looking forward to the ride up there, it's about 4 1/2 hours.  She does OK in the car but once she starts crying she won't stop until you stop and get her out of the car.  So we shall see!  We have been swimming several times, she loves the water - as long as it's not too cold!

She's a mommy's girl I think everyone would agree.:)  She'll usually cry if anyone else has her besides me, or maybe Delores (Emily's Grama, who watches Emilyn every day while I go to work), or Steven.  Well I guess that's normal?!:)  Lou wasn't that way, but I don't think I did much differently.  Anyway I'm going to soak it up as long as I can!