This weekend the 3 of us were just social butterflies. We had a birthday party to go to where Adler got to play with her friend Eva, and then we headed over to our friends bridal shower. I was so very happy that someone captured this beautiful picture of S and Adler. This pretty much sums up our lives now. Grinning from ear to ear all while holding our baby. She is absolutely divine.
Dear Adler,
You are now 3 months old. Where has our baby gone? You are now sleeping so long at night! We put you to bed around 7:15 (after your breakdown) and you usually get up once at night. You sleep until it’s make-up time with your Mommy in the mornings and then you go back to sleep until 9 or 10. You still sleep with your mommies and it is breaking our hearts to know that we will soon put you in your crib to sleep.
Over the past few weeks you have started smiling more and you have even started laughing at us. This absolutely melts our hearts. You are a pro at tummy time but you really do not like it. You want to be held close and when we try to give you kisses, you open your mouth. That makes for some funny conversations. You love music and you smile really big when we sing to you. The other day in the car we swear we heard you try to sing to Flor.ence + the Mach.ine.
There are many days that you do things that you are not old enough to do yet and it makes us somewhat sad to see our baby growing so very fast. You held your bottle a few days ago and you are trying your hardest to sit up on your own. You still love your puppy and I find her cuddling with you while you are still asleep. It is the sweetest thing!
We love you so much, Adler. As much as we want you to stay our baby, we can’t wait to see who you grow into.
I will leave you with some current pictures.
Our baby loves her puppy. Likewise, our puppy loves her baby.
There are many times that S and I feel that we have this parenting thing down…and then before you know it we are both about to pull our hair out. This weekend it seemed as though we were running late for every event that we went to. The only thing that we weren’t late for? The sale at Baby.ga.p. That’s where we always find ourselves now. Making a b-line for the sale rack with the baby in tow. Even if we were late for our date night and for Church this morning, things still worked out in our favor.
Our church is amazing. We absolutely love it. Especially since it’s not a bib.le beating church that many would expect living in the South. This church is completely different, mainly focusing on the positive in your life and allow G.od to live through you. We never even pick up the Bib.le in church. I think it’s great!! No lame interpretations on how G.od views the gays. Ha! At the end of our service, many times the children are sung in. They all make their way to the stage and sing. This was our first service that Adler came in with the children. The lady from the nursery was holding her in the very front. Bottle hanging out of her mouth and all. It was the most amazing feeling seeing our daughter on stage. Even if I did have a slight panic attack because it was a hour and a half since she ate and they were giving her a bottle. AN EIGHT OUNCE BOTTLE!!!
Here is a picture of the big girl (a blurry phone pic). The big girl that got her 2nd set of her 2 month shots this week. (we are spacing them out more than normal)
S and I read various blogs for years before we finally decided to start TTC. While doing so, we had run into several situations that we swore we would never do with our child. HAHA!!! Never EVER say that you will not do something with your child. You will end up doing just that!!
Before Adler was born, we wanted to let her stay in our bed for maybe 2 months and then convert her to her own crib. She is still sleeping in our bed, right in the middle. She is over 2 months now. Our new goal is 3 months. We will see just where we are with that in a few weeks.
We had decided to do a modified form of attachment parenting, that of which has pretty much turned into full blown attachment parenting. I am ok with that. I have read many studies that show children that were raised by attachment parenting turn into compassionate and caring people. I would not want anything less from our daughter.
Something else that we swore we would never do….hold her ALL.OF.THE.TIME… Let me start by saying that none of her “baby” hair has fallen out because we NEVER put her down. Well, that is until we finally gave in and invested in a swing. (or should I say that S came home after finding out from the nursery worker at the Y that Adler loved the swing, got on ama.zon and immediately ordered her a swing)
It doesn’t really matter the plan that you have for your child. I feel like our child had her own plan and she let us know that it was going to be her way as soon as she made her appearance. We are both ok with that. We love this sweet, cuddly baby to pieces and would not change one thing about her. (ok, maybe we would change the sleeping arrangements a tad)
I end with a picture of our sweet little Monkey…
Adler,
Today you are officially 2 months old. You had your 2 month doctor’s appointment this morning. Since Mommy had to work, I took you all by myself. You were 10 lbs. 13oz. (the 50th percentile) and you were 23 3/8 inches long (85th percentile). You got your 2 months shots today and it hurt me so much to have to put you through pain. Your doctor said that you were absolutely perfect. We try really hard not to agree with people about your being perfect and beautiful, we simply say thank you instead.
You are getting so big. You are no longer our little infant, you are becoming a kid now. You are officially a baby. You love to get up to eat in the mornings at 5 and sit and coo at your Mommy while she puts on her make-up for work. She loves that time with you too and I love the peaceful sleep.
You are a wonderful sleeper. You only get up a few times and then you go right back to sleep after you eat. We still let you sleep with us and we will probably cry when you are big enough for your crib. We have talked about you sleeping with us until college, but that is not very practical.
You have been cooing and you are starting to smile at us. We love the smiles and your talking. It shows us how you are growing so fast. We love you so very much, Monkey.
(you after your 1st shots, I’m shocked you were very happy)
(your 1st Valentine’s Day picture)
Love Always,
Mommy and Mata
Today our baby is 3 weeks old. She is keeping her eyes open more and more. They are turning blue and it is noticeable now. She weighs 7lbs. 14oz. and is 21 1/2″ long. Every day she continues to amaze us. She is still strictly breast feeding and that is going really well for us.
