Adventures with our Girls: 3 Months

What a fun month is was pretty girl! We enjoyed some great family time and loved having you here for your First Christmas and our first Christmas as a family of 3. Check out your third month.

Let's begin with a week's worth of wake ups. You are such a happy girl when you wake up. You talk to yourself for a little while and then we go in there to get you up. I decided to capture you waking up each morning for a week. Here is a glimpse of the beautiful girl I see each morning:

Your smile lights up your whole face just like it lights up our lives.

You first found your hands enough to put them in your mouth around Thanksgiving, but I remember the specific moment you reached out to touch a toy. Your Granny and I were eating lunch at Bear Rock on Dec. 2nd and I looked over to you in your carseat. You were reaching out to touch the giraffe that hangs on the handle. It may seem like such a small thing to note but it was a big deal to me. It was one of the first memorable things you did that showed you actually growing and developing. Maybe I was a bit overexcited but then again you're my daughter and every new thing you do will be exciting to me.

Gram and Grandpa came to visit us, but really they were here to see you. They love you as though you were their first grandchild, not 5th.

A few pictures we took when trying to get the perfect one to double as our Christmas card and your Birth Announcement. You were a good sport considering we were trying to get you to sit up at just a little over 2 months old. Cute, cute, cute.

We went to Aunt Rose's one day to bake Christmas goodies. This is how you spent much of your time while I made the likes of peanut butter balls and lady fingers.

I'm sad that you had already fallen asleep or you would have been in this picture for sure. All 4 of us love you dearly.

What's a Christmas without visiting Santa? We knew we had to take you while you would still be okay with him because who knows what next year will hold. We had a 30ish minute wait and you gladly took that opportunity to take a little snooze. You woke up when it was almost your time, like you were excited to meet him or something. This picture was from a further distance away, we do have a professional one that is fantastic. You took a few good looks at him, but didn't seem to mind the jolly old man dressed in that bright red suit.

Christmas Eve morning at Uncle Chris' and Aunt Kim's. Grandpa poses as Santa to give out all the gifts. Here you are with your cousins Anna, Lily, Ryan, and Isaiah. You 5 are such a fun bunch!