Three Months Old

Zach is already 3 months old!  That means that I only have 9 more months to plan his birthday party!

 Hahaha,....but seriously...9 months.

Anyway, when EVERYONE in the WORLD tells you that the time flies...they are apparently not joking.  I have no idea how time is speeding up like this...but I have a feeling that sleep deprivation has something to do with it.

This little boy is growing like he wants to grow up to be his Uncle Markus! According to our scale, he is 14.6 pounds.  He has officially doubled in weight since he was born!  I don't know how that is possible since he still seems to be the same tiny little guy that came out of me.  But other people tell me that he is growing.

His favorite things in this world are, watching anyone fold laundry (as long as they tell him what it is and what color it is), kicking and punching his toys on his play mat, feeling his soft taggie, BATH TIME, doing sit ups with dad, swinging on the swing with us in the backyard, snuggling to sleep, and....oh yeah...EATING!

He has also started to get SUPER CHATTY.  I have no idea where he would have gotten that since his father and I are such shy quiet people.  I've spent a good hour of my life sitting next to him, repeating every noise that he makes back to him.  He LOVES that.  He likes it so much that yesterday, he started to giggle!  WHAT!?  Hahaha, oh yeah!  So, I started playing peekaboo with him and he LAUGHED OUT LOUD!  That has got to be my favorite sound in the whole wide world.  I pulled out the camera to record him doing it, for Aaron, and he immediately started crying...so...no dice.

For about a week, he was trying to roll onto his stomach.  Most of the time, he would do his practicing while we were trying to change his diaper...which wasn't optimal.  Seriously...it wasn't a great idea.  Poop...poop everywhere people.

Well, 10 minutes after Aaron got home from work on the 22nd, Zach finally achieved his goal and flipped over onto his tummy.  SUCCESS! His reward was 5 minutes of tummy time...till he spat up and rubbed his face in it and started crying.

He has done it a couple times since then.  My type of parenting for babies is pretty laid back so I'm not pushing him too much.  He is reaching developmental milestones at a normal pace so I'm enjoying watching him learning things and helping him when he wants.

Some people have asked me how I like being a mom...let me think about it....ummmm.....
BEST JOB EVER!!!

Okay, so it is hard.  FOR REAL, it is hard.  But I'm having an awesome time with it.  It definitely helps that the guy I've picked to do this job with is THE BEST!  Aaron is a great dad (not a huge surprise) and so it really makes the hard parts of this gig easier.

In conclusion, this little guy is getting big so quickly and I'm trying to get all of the snuggles and cuddles that I can.