Clara 3 months

Clara is now 3 months and 1 week old.

Here are just a few of my favorite things about her right now (not in any particular order).

1) The little curl she has on the top of her head, that always sticks up.

2) Her SMILE! She will smile at me pretty much anytime I talk or smile at her. She also loves Makenna and Hudson, and smiles at them a ton.

3) She is starting to really enjoy her bouncy chair and play mat. I love watching her kick her legs and move her arms with excitement while looking at the toys and lights.

4) She doesn't spit up! So far I am 3 for 3 on babies who don't spit up very often at all. I think Clara has spit up maybe 4 or 5 times total. I'm not sure why my babies don't spit up much, but I am very grateful! (Maybe that is why they always get so chunky too! None of their food gets spit up, and can therefore go straight to their thighs! Which brings me to my next favorite...)

5) Her chunky baby thighs! I can't help but squeeze her little chunky baby legs!

6) She sleeps like a CHAMP!! She is by far my best sleeper, and usually sleeps from about 9pm - 4 or 5am straight!! She wakes up to eat, and then goes right back to sleep till 7 or 8am. It also isn't unusual for her to go even longer, and sleep 9 or 10 hours straight.

7) She "TALKS" to me!! If I had to pick just one favorite thing about Clara at this 3 months, it might be the "conversations" we have. I love talking to her and having her respond with all of her baby coos, sighs, hums, etc. I love it when she communicates with me in this way!

8) She is such a good, happy baby, and to sum it up, we pretty much just adore her!

Playtime!

Makenna and Hudson have been such great playmates this summer, which has helped tremendously during my transition to having 3 kids. They have a lot of fun together, and although big messes are usually part of the equation, they are happy and entertained so it is worth it!! Here are a few pictures from some of their more memorable playtime moments.

They often find ways to play with typical boy toys in a more girly way, or vice versa. For example, one day Makenna was trying to get Hudson to put on some lip gloss. When he refused, she tried to convince him by telling him that it was 'bad guy' lip gloss, and would make him have super hero powers.

On another day they were playing with cars, and Makenna was orchestrating a wedding between two of the cars. She even designated other cars to be flower girls, the audience, the person marrying them, and a wedding clothes buyer.

Hudson getting a 'check-up'

Another favorite new 'game' is gathering up all of the soft things they can find around the house (i.e. pillows, stuffed animals, blankets, etc) and making big piles of them to play on.

I love that Makenna and Hudson have so much fun playing together, and hope that they will continue to be good friends as they get older!