3 Month Update

Well we made it another month. Aubrey has grown so much in the past month it is crazy! She is really starting to get a personality and it is so cute! I feel like we have made a lot of progress and things are getting much easier for me as a mom. I feel like I am kind of getting the hang of things haha.

 Aubrey loves her daddy!

Updates: 

Height and Weight: Aubrey is 10 lbs and 1 oz. and is 22.5 inches long. 

Personality: She is still a happy girl. She has become quite the talker. She loves to talk to me and loves to laugh and giggle with daddy. She loves to be held and apart of what is going on. She does not like to be put down and will not entertain herself. Like at dinner, if she is not sleeping, she wants to be sitting on one of our laps. We have gotten pretty good at eating one handed. 

 She is getting so big!

Likes: Aubrey still loves all the things from last month. She really loves music. We do a music time every day, piano is her favorite instrument to listen too. She loves when daddy sings to her, especially when she is in the bath, her favorite song is "Your Song" by Elton John. She loves her fists still we have nicknamed them her "fists of furry."

Dislikes: Taking long naps.

 I love that she sticks out her tong when she smiles.

Sleeping: We have made some strides for the better in the sleep category this month. Two of the biggest improvements that have been made. 1st her "zippy" it is a sleep sack that I made to help transition her from her swaddle, because she hated being confined, yet her movements would keep her awake at night. So it is a funny looking thing that makes her look like Patrick Star from Spongebob. It works wonders for her. She can move and wiggle until she is comfortable yet is still restricted enough for her to be controlled and comforted.  2nd sleep training. We decided to do the cry it out method. We started this week and have been having great success. She has gotten the hang of putting herself to sleep and is sleeping so much better! Which means I am sleeping so much better... it is wonderful. She has become a happier baby because of it. It was hard the first few nights to hear her cry, but thankfully she didn't cry for too long. The first night I was all by myself because Chris had to work, I just sat on the couch and cried with her until she fell asleep.

 Milestones: Aubrey has had some milestones this month. I have some videos of them. Aubrey has started to hold her head up by herself very well. Aubrey has started cooing and babbling. She wants to talk so bad, she tries so hard to talk to everyone. It is so cute. Another one is laughing. She started laughing a wile ago and we could never get it on camera. We have finally gotten it on video a few times. It is the cutest thing. It melts my heart. Enjoy some videos of her talking and laughing!!

 Aubrey the chatter box

Laughing Aubrey

Chris and I have had so much fun this past month with Audrey. We have had some proud parenting moments. Mine was getting Aubrey to start sleeping better and making her "zippy." Chris's proudest daddy moment is getting Aubrey to laugh so much. She laughs for Chris the most. We really enjoy parenting with all the challenges and adventures that it brings. The little victories are the best part of each day.

Two Month Update

 This post is a little late, Aubrey turned 2 months on September 29th but better late then never. I have been wanting to write but Aubrey has been keeping me very busy. So much has changed in the past month. It is crazy how fast she is growing. I sometimes just want to slow her down. It is so fun seeing her grow and develop though. I am loving being her mommy. Our days consist of lots of feeding, play time, and naps on good days haha. She is getting a hang of this whole thing called life. She is such a smart girl, I can just see her brain observing and learning. I think sometimes she gets frustrated with being a baby and wishes she could be a big girl.

Updates on Aubrey:

Weight/ height: at her two months appointment she weight 9 lbs and 3 oz and was 21.5 in long.

Personality: She is a happy girl. She loves smiling. She is a very smart girl. She defiantly knows what she wants. She is a people person, she loves to where the party is.

Likes: Her most favorite thing is being held by mom or dad and bouncing on the yoga ball. If she had it her way she would bounce on that thing all day long. It is exhausting!! She loves her swing. Looking at herself in the mirror (she gets that from her daddy). Being held. Sitting up like a big girl. Bath time is her favorite time of the day. She loves music, especially when her daddy plays the piano. She absolutely loves her fists. They are always in her mouth or clenched up by her face.

Dislikes: being put down, when tummy time goes a little too long, being cold (Rexburg winter is going to be rough), being burped when she is not done eating yet, and pooping. She is a pretty happy girl and does not have too many dislikes.

Sleeping: It changes every night. She has slept through the night once but that has not happened since. Typically she goes to bed around 9:30-10:30 and wakes up 2 times to eat. She wakes up between 2:00-3:30, and then again at 4:30. She will then go back to sleep until 6:30-7:00. She has a really hard going to sleep after her 4:30 feeding so I typically take her downstairs and she sleeps in her swing and I sleep on the couch. I am hoping she will get rid of this feeding soon. I am typically too tired to rock her back to sleep or take the time to settle her down so the swing works well for me.

I am loving being a mommy! Aubrey is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She makes me so happy. Her smile can make the hardest day a good day. I am so lucky to have her in my life. I love our cute little family. I have the most amazing husband. I could not have survived the past 2 months without him. I am excited for the next adventures and milestones that happen to her in the next month.