3 Months

Gage,

This month has been the most fun of all. You have got such a little personality!

You continue to be a morning baby. We love to watch you wake up- as soon as your eyes open you are all smiles! Momma likes to flirt with you- you are such a flirt and kind of bashful when I say "Heeeeeeeeeeeeey Gage". It's so cute.

You love to talk to Daddy & lately have been his boy. You started out just being able to pick my voice out from all the rest, but now you can spot Daddy as soon as he comes in the room! He will do this thing where he talks to you nonstop just rambling on and you join right in- cooing and talking your little head off too! It melts my heart. It also melts my heart when I see your Daddy look at you with such love.

You have started playing a lot this month. You love to play on your playmat and will just stare at the little birdies hanging above you. You like to listen to the Baby Einstein channel on Pandora while you play. Your favorite song is No More Monkeys and you love for Momma to dance around to it and get you all excited! You have started noticing the TV and when you are at Gram's house you love to watch Mickey Mouse's Christmas Sing-Along and here at home you sometimes will watch about 10 minutes of Veggie Tales. You LOVE for us (especially Daddy) to read you books! It would crack us up so much when you first started paying such attention to the pages when you were just a little over 2 months old. You could be fussy & we would sit you in our laps with some books and it usually cheered you up! You focus on the colorful pages & love to listen to our voices tell the story!

You still love bathtime. You now sit down in the water in your little tub and have learned how to splash with your legs. You kick and kick... and usually get mad when we have to get you out. I love to lather you up in baby lotion, and then we go rock you to sleep. We still swaddle you from the waist down and you still have to have your favorite white noise. We have the bedtime routine down! Daddy gets all your stuff ready and Momma rocks you to sleep. We usually sing lullabys and hymns. You love it.

You are filling out SO much! You are our little "Chunky Monkey" and we love to kiss your soft skin that's getting more and more little rolls :)

We like to take walks and put you in your carrier. You love it too! You seem to really like the fresh air and seeing new sights. Speaking of new sights, you have began to notice your weenie dog Jack. Before you wouldn't even look at him.

You like to chew on your hands now. It cracks us up! When your paci falls out you can push it back in with your little fists. So funny!

Our favorite thing is to try to get you to say "Oh"... You have said it perfectly before and we laugh so hard! When we say "ooooohhhhh" to you, you try so hard to say it it's so funny!!!

You have also learned to throw fits. You can throw a good one too, if I do say so myself. You get bright red and gag you cry so hard. You stiffen up like a board! At first we didn't know what to do, but we've figured out that it either means you are really tired or you are missing me. It's happened the most when you are with your grandparents and Momma is at work or on a date with Daddy. Let's just say you are getting pretty attached to me.... and I'm not going to lie, I love it! I don't like that you get upset when I'm not with you (because it makes it harder to go to work 2 days a week) but I love that we are forming a bond. We are buddies. And Momma misses you super bad those 2 days as well, baby.

You are so beautiful. Your lashes are so long and dark and your Daddy and I just stare at you... we have said that we could never have imagined you to be as perfect as you are.

What a fun month! We love you more than words can say.
Love,
Momma & Daddy