Brady--3 months

Somehow, as much as I'm trying to slow things down, Brady is already 3 months old.  It has been a crazy 3 months, trying to balance it all--school starting, volleyball practices and travel, and learning to manage 4 kids and all they are doing.  But it has also been a wonderful 3 months!  Brady has brought such love into our home.  I love seeing the older kids as they love him and care for him, and how much they want to interact with him.  They can hardly wait for him to grow up and play with them! 

He continues to be a chubby little guy.  We haven't had an official weight on him lately, but using the weigh-yourself-then-weigh-holding-the-baby method, we think he's just over 16 lbs.

Brady is getting close to figuring out his hands, but for now, he is constantly clasping them together and then trying to shove both fists into his mouth at once, which can sometimes make him crazy with frustration (not my favorite developmental milestone, I might add)!  He has also found his tongue, and loves sticking it out all the time.  Connor thinks this is a sign that he's going to be like Michael Jordan someday.

Brady is a really good night sleeper, and does ok during the day. We are struggling to find some consistency with daytime naps, as they sometimes only last 45 minutes, but other times will be 3-4 hours.  I never know what to expect.  But what has been consistent is that he either sleeps through the night (like 10-11 hours) or only wakes up once.  LOVE that!

Although I can rarely get him to do it for the camera, Brady smiles a lot, and already laughs!  I'm thrilled about this since Mariah didn't laugh until she was a year old.  He laughs when he's tickled, but has also laughed several times just because somebody does something funny. 

And since we couldn't get a smiling picture anytime in the last week, I'll just end this post with a pic that made me smile--the squishy-face photo.