Happy Birthday Adalynn!

Today our little Adalynn turns 3 months old! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. She has grown so much from the day she was born and we have loved every minute of it! The past few weeks Addie has started smiling and has even laughed with us a few times!!! The positive response is just wonderful!

At 3 months old, Addie just loves munch'n on her hands! I left her little paws covered for the first 8-9 weeks of life so she wouldn't scratch her face, maybe a little excessive but that's just me, plus we had a few bad trial runs when she was younger. But as soon as I made the decision that we were done covering her hands she has had no major scratches!!! And she's starting to try and push her binky back in when it falls out. One of Tyler's favorite things is when he holds her in the evening she loves to play with his arm hairs. It's just adorable!

Another great thing to note is that 5 of the past 7 nights Addie has slept for a good 6 hour stretch! This has been extremely nice for Mom and Dad. Typically, our night routine has been: Addie starts to grunt and gnaw on her little hands; Mom nudges Dad and asks him to go make a bottle; Mom changes Addie's diaper; Dad returns with the bottle; and Mom feeds Addie and puts her back to sleep. Can I just say, that I love that Tyler is so involved with every aspect of raising Addie. The middle of the night help is just wonderful! And seeing the great connection the Tyler and Addie share brings so much joy to our family. In fact, Addie requires her special "Daddy Daughter" time in the evenings. If Dad's not holding her when she wants him you're going to hear about it! I think both Grandmas' have been snubbed for Daddy time. Sorry Grandma's and don't worry I get it to sometimes!

This week I started working again... and no, I didn't cry. Maybe because I have had to leave Addie with babysitters a few times when my work needed some help while I was on leave. It's been slow getting back into work mode first off because I am more tired due to the lack of nap times and secondly, it just doesn't seem to be as important as it used to. I mostly look forward to going home and playing with Addie. My work has been great about being flexible with my hours. In fact, they got me a laptop so I can do some work from home! I plan on taking Fridays off and leaving early on Wednesdays to be with Addie more, then I'll just do some work from home to get all my hours in. During the day Addie plays at the babysitters, one of our good friends is a stay-at-home Mom, she has a great little boy who's about 20 months old. Both Tyler and I are very happy and grateful that we were able to find such a great babysitter!