Mile Stones!

Miss Ashlynne's 3 month mile stone is upon us! She will be three months old next week and boy can I tell! It has been so neat to watch her grow and develop! Although I was a nanny in college and did more babysitting than I can remember as a teenager, its not the same as watching your own. My husband and I were blessed with some opportunities that have allowed me to stay home these first few months. It has been amazing to watching this little one grow and I have done so with great intensity, curiosity and total amazement. I haven't missed a single second.

Her first major accomplishment right now is we are out of newborn clothes!!!!!!! She is officially a big girl now. She is approaching the 12 pound mark! I can tell how much she weighs based on her diapers. The number one diapers are getting too small, so its on to number twos... which in turn means were up to 12 lbs! So far, she isn't ahead and isn't behind... were right on time!


We went to dinner at the Morgan's house Friday night and had a great time, as usual. Hunter, who is 7 weeks older than Ashlynne, was sitting in his Bumbo for a little while. Since she is doing so awesome at holding her head up, I put her in it for about 3 minutes and she did super! It wasn't long before her little neck was tired, of course, but while she was sitting she seemed happy! Bumbo Time!

Her biggest accomplishment this last week is she is starting to grab for her toys! She has two favorites.... her elephant that sings and lights up on her car seat and her wrist rattles. We were headed to Starkville Wednesday and I heard some crinkling... I looked back and she had reached for her wrist rattle! I almost cried. I thought, Oh my. Next thing you know, she'll be reaching for car keys and asking to borrow the car! I was so proud! Our developmental milestones are passing us by!!

We have a really great in-home day care for Ashlynne. Miss Talita has been watching children in her home for 13 years. My employer decided they couldn't accommodate my work schedule a week before I was to return, so we had to decide what to do about our spot. Being that Miss Talita came so highly recommended and her prices are SUPER great AND I would be returning to work by the first of the year, Ashlynne started 3 days a week when we returned from Oregon. Until this week, she was happy while there and was even napping (which doesn't normally happen at home). Thursday Miss Talita called and said Ashlynne was inconsolable. I hurried to her house and when I arrived, I could hear Ash crying from outside. I walked in, very concerned and scooped her up! Much to our surprise, she looked at me and SMILED!!!!!! I have concluded the problem was two-fold.... a tummy ache and wanting her momma!!!!!! Little Stink! Needless to say, she is starting to really watch me and stick out that little lip when she wants to be held. Most definitely a mommas girl! (Don't get me wrong though... she LOVES her daddy too!)

She has found her voice and its very cute... a little raspy. Her changing table has some kind of special powers because that is where she does the most talking. Actually, I think its because its perfect distance for her to focus and see who has her. She loves it when I sing to her. I didn't know that my other job title would be song composer! We make up songs all day! Its glorious. I love it.

She sleeps all night and has done so since she came home from the hospital. That is heavenly. We have a great night-night routine. It just kind of happened over a period of time and its how we do things! Breast feeding is still going well. I had a scare last weekend, thinking my milk was drying up.... and it was, thanks to the benedryl I took for a wasp sting. OOOPS! I lost more than half my supply. Wont do that again! The histamine will dry your milk, FYI! All is well now. I took an herbal supplement to get it going again. I would have been DEVASTATED, to put it mildly, if I wouldn't have recovered from that mistake but we did!

Scott and I are great. We are adjusting well to our new addition. Thanks to nursing and walking, Im losing the baby weight! There is still a good bit to be lost, but it feels good to have my "BIG" clothes getting lose.

Oh! Last but not least... I think we are on the brink of teething. She was super fussy two days in a row, so I thought to give her teething tabs just to see if that soothed her and it did. So, we may have a tooth in a month or so....

More to come!