Three Months of Catch Up

I was taking some pictures of her in this outfit and I said to her "Smile for daddy." and this is what she did. It just melts my heart. Miss Mackenzie is three months old on Sunday and I can't believe how fast she is growing. At her two month check up she was 10 lbs. 4 oz. She had already doubled her birth weight! We got her shots and that was NOT fun. The both of us bawled through the experience and had a hell of a time for the next week after. It was nearly enough to keep me from going back for the next round.

Mac is such a happy baby, even though she has a bad case of acid reflux. She just wants to be held by me all the time (a total momma's girl) and as long as i'm holding her she's in a good mood. Her preferred method of communicating with me is talking. She coos and coos away at me and i'm supposed to understand what she needs by her tone or she gets very upset and cries. It's like she's saying "Mom, why aren't you listening to me?" She will still cry when she's angry or doesn't feel good but we pretty much just talk. I've been trying to get her to say "Momma" or "Daddy" which is obviously a few months away, but when I tell her to say "Momma" she will usually coo in response. She's trying to say it.

She is a busy girl. She is always wiggling and kicking her legs or waving her arms. Mac has figured out that if she does this during her bath it makes a splash and she LOVES it! I can hardly keep her still enough to get her soaped up. She will only tolerate being on her back to play. She prefers to be sitting up. But she is so anxious to get going that if i don't hold on to her she throws herself forward and flops face first on to the floor or rolls herself onto her tummy and starts trying to push herself away. I'm going to have my hands full when she's mobile.

Here she is playing with her keys. She loved hearing keys clang together. She has started to smile a lot. Every morning when i see that she has really woken up I say "Good Morning Sunshine" to her and she response by giving me a HUGE smile. The other day she smiled at her Aunt Jenny (Nick's wife) for the first time. Jenny was sooo excited. She loves her family. Her daddy is her favorite. When he calls, i put him on speaker phone and they just sit and talk to each other forever. She also loves her grandparents and aunts and uncles. Every time my dad sees her he growls at her. One day when he picked her up, she looked right up at him and growled back. She knows who her grandpa is.

She's not sleeping through the night yet, but she's only waking up at 3 or 4 a.m. and then again at 6. But she will sleep until 10 most mornings. it's pretty nice.

This is the little coat/suit i bought her. it's HUGE! and seriously cute.

My Girl - all ready for church and waiting on mom. She is such a joy and I thank God every day for her. I love being her mom!