Chipmunk is 3 months....

...Wait... How did 3 months go by SO FAST?!

There is a good portion of me that wants to cry at the fact that my squishy little baby is not a squishy little baby anymore, I cant do it. She growing into herself and her little personality is coming out more and more. I absolutely ADORE IT!

 I looked at her the other night and the teeny tiny little baby chipmunk, and that newborn look in her face is gone. She an infant now...

Lets be honest here. Between her and her brother she is a SLEEPING champ! Magoo was up ALL THE TIME. Chipmunk wakes up MAYBE twice a night. Eats like a champ, and is back to sleep. None of this being awake for hours on end. My girl likes her sleep.

Now watch, I said that she is a sleeping champ. She will be up the next week in the middle of the night. Just to prove to me that after 2 kids, I shouldn't praise their sleep.

I wish I had these for the first 2 months, (And Magoos first year.. lets not talk about it). But here's what I want to remember about Chipmunks 3rd Month...

Weight: 12 1/2 pounds (as of 9/4/18)

Length: 22 3/4 inches (as of 8/30/18)

Hair: starting to thicken up in the front. Its starting to get longer in the back. She loves to paly with it when she's eating.

Eyes: Are so blue! And keep getting lighter, we are hoping she keeps the blue.  Her eyelashes are long as ever and are so precious!

Clothes: It depends on the piece of clothing, some Newborn stuff fits her, some 3 months and some 6 months. I have to accommodate for that fluff butt. But other than that she's anywhere between NB to 3-6 months.

Diapers: Cloth diapers here. Smallest rise snap, and there's 1 snap in the waist fit that's open.

Sleeping: We are sleeping 4 hour stretches! I am so stinking excited about that! We were waking up every 2 hours to eat. I tried swaddles, she doesn't like them, wants her arms free. I get it. So we use sleep sacks, and just a blanket sometimes (gasp!) She will suck on her hand or binky until she's out then she doesn't want the binky anymore, and I am OK with that!

Likes: mornings, baths, her hands, being sang to, and her brother. This kid simply adores her older brother. The face splitting smile that comes across her face when she sees him. It melts my heart!

Dislikes: tummy time for more than 2.5 seconds; we are working on that, getting her nose cleaned out, and when she is nursing and then moves her face and puts her hand immediately in her mouth and cant get anymore milk.

Eating: Chupmunk eats every 3 hours or so, we just upped her bottles at school to 4 oz and it seems to be holding her over a little longer. When I am home I try to keep her on her same schedule which is roughly every 3 hours. I pump twice a day at work, but get close to 20 OZ those 2 pumps and nurse on demand at home. I have been using Pump Princess form Legendairy Milk Its been a godsend. If you nurse or pump check them out!

Milestones: She is doing so well holding her little head up, it gets better every day. She started cooing and jabbering at us this month, its been so fun to "talk" to her in the mornings.  She also really focuses in on you and will follow you across the room with her eyes. It's so neat to see all these little changes in her over the last month!

Momma's favorites: Her sweet, sweet smiles and squeeks first thing in the morning. When I hear her wake up, I'll look down in her bassinet and sometimes shes smiling, others she farting. But shes happy. Oh, oh, oh and when she sees her brother and smiles at him like he is the most inportant person in her world...

Baby items we can't live without: her unicorn wubanub, bouncer seat, rain rain app for nature sounds.

 

Magoo is Four....

.... I knew that the time would go fast. I just didn't realize it would go SO fast.

They always tell you don't blink because next thing you know they will be in school, then graduating, then married. Stop! I cant even get that far ahead it makes me cry like a baby to think of my Magoo growing up.

Its been 4 years but I remember everything about that day (that I can remember) like it just happened. The devastating part is I have vague memories of his actual birth. It absolutely breaks my heart. But I remember hearing that little cry for the first time. It brings tears to my eyes every time I think of it. So sweet and he has not changed at all. He is such a little love, he loves to help out with EVERYTHING and is getting so independent. He wants to do it all, loves to help his daddy on the grill, help me do the dished and loves to sing and dance for his sister.

Last night I tucked in a 3 year old, before we went to bed at 130am Bret and I stood in his room looking at him. He was 4, that quickly our little toddler became a big boy. We tucked him in kissed his head and then went to sleep. This morning Chipmunk and I sang "Happy Birthday" to wake him up.  We sang it on the way to school, and everyone who knows him told him happy birthday today. This kid touches lives every day, so today we celebrate wonderful, wonderful Magoo.

We are honored to be your parents, and sister. We want to wish you the very happiest 4th birthday Magoober! Tonight we will read "On the Night You Were Born" and tuck you in and reminisce on that miraculous night 4 years ago when you changed my world.

I love you very much!

Love,

Mommy