Three Months!

Our baby boy is three months old! I can't believe how fast these past months have gone, and I think it's safe to say it has been the best time of our lives! Madden is growing and changing by the day and we've discovering his sweet little personality. He's always so smiley and even starting to show off his adorable little laugh. We sure love our Madden, and can't wait to see what this next month brings!

 

 

Here are the fun things our baby boy did this past month...

 

 

1. Mad started sleeping through the night right at 2 months, so this past month has been very nice for Jeff and me!

 

2. Coos all the time, and it's so cute to watch him because he puckers out his top lip when he does it. Now that he's talking more, he doesn't make his grunting noises and dolphin sounds anymore. I kind of miss them!

 

3. Had his 2 month shots and it was the worst thing that ever happened to both of us. Nope, I don't even want to talk about it. Jeff is taking him from now on.

 

4. At 10 weeks, Madden was a hefty 14 lbs 2 oz, and 24 inches long. Growing boy!

 

5. Love to be held so much, but doesn't like to be cradled, and hates when he is put back down. He cries and cries when we lay him down on his back. I think he's realizing that the ceiling is too boring to look at nowadays.

 

6. He's starting to suck on everything!! Blankets, his clothes, my clothes, burp cloths, my arms, my clavicle, his whole hands, and....his thumb!! I'm not sure how I feel about his new thumb sucking tendencies. I keep taking it out when I see it in his mouth, but I think that's making him want it more!

 

7. He's not a huge fan of tummy time, so I've been really bad at doing it. A few weeks ago, Jeff asked me if I was doing it and said he was concerned his neck isn't getting strong enough. So the next day I decided to try it again, and as soon as he hit the floor his little head popped up and he's been holding it up like a champ ever since!

 

8. Laughs in his sleep a lot, it's adorable.

 

9. Follows us with his eyes, and stares at the door until we come back in the room.

 

10. So far he's done really well at church and at my presidency meetings. When I'm not holding him, he recognizes my voice and looks around until he finds me. It's the best being his mom!

 

11. Mad got his first little cold! So sad but it wasn't too bad, he just had a stuffy nose. He hates his nose sucker though.

 

12. Likes it when we read to him. He got a bunch of new books, and he just stares at the pictures and sits still until we're finished reading. I also made little color and shape flashcards to give him something else to looks at. And it's kind of interesting because he focuses so hard on the blue flashcards and doesn't pay much attention to the red or yellow colors.

 

13. I never swaddled Madden as a newborn, he's never like being bundled tight. Every morning when I get him out of his crib, he is completely sprawled out with his blankets kicked off at the bottom of his crib!

 

14. I'm not sure how much use we're going to get out of his bumbo. He's still a little too wobbly to sit in it, and it's a two person job trying to stuff his chubby thighs in the leg holes!

 

15. Like to be held upright looking over my shoulder, and he doesn't lay his head down on my shoulder that much anymore. He holds his head up and looks around at anything and everything.

 

16. When he's eating, he is so wiggly and flails his arm around in a circle the whole time.

 

17. Likes to sit out on the patio in the morning sun while I eat breakfast.

 

18. He's pretty ticklish. He pulls his legs up to his chest and smiles when we tickle his sides.

 

19. Laughed for the first time ever on May 8. I'd been waiting for a laugh to come out of this baby boy for a long time. He smiles constantly and I knew it was only a matter of time before he let out a laugh. We were sitting on the front porch singing the ABC's and he let out the cutest little laugh I'd ever heard! After that, I couldn't get much out of him until we went to Colorado last week. My mom is the queen of making him laugh. While we were home, I was in my mom's bedroom and all of a sudden I heard Madden make the sweetest belly laugh sound, and then my mom screamed for me to come see him. I ran with my phone ready to video him and caught the tail end of the cutest laughing episode ever! Way to go mom!

 

20. Still acts shocked when we put him in the bath, and it takes a few seconds for him to remember how much he loves the bath. He's starting to kick and splash a lot more too.

 

21. Likes to sit on top of the kitchen table with mom and dad during dinner.

 

22. Fascinated with any lights and fans. And while we're on walks he is mesmerized by the bright blue sky.

 

23. Loves when we sing the Jungle Book song, "Bear Necessities."

 

24. Starting to move much more, and wiggles his hips like crazy when we sing!

 

25. Took his first ever airplane ride to Denver and met his Grandma and Grandpas, great-grandparents, aunties, and uncle, and lots and lots of cousins! He loved all the smothering and attention. I was a little worried that he's freak out in a new environment, especially since  the only voices and faces familiar to him are mine and Jeff's. But he did great, we have a trooper baby.

 

26. Madden did great on the plane ride to and from Denver. Both ways, we were on one of those stupid two-seater planes that rattle and roar, and feel like a wing is going to break off at the slightest turbulence. Jeff was with me on the way to Denver, and Madden did great...slept like a baby the whole time. On the way home, I was flying solo (Jeff had gone home a few days before). Our plane was supposed to leave at 5:30 pm but because of an incoming storm we idled on the runway for TWO hours. YIKES. And once we got clearance to take off, they realized we had run low on gas because we had been sitting on the runway too long. So of course we had to turn around and fill up. All in all, it took 5 1/2 hours to fly home to Kansas City. Madden is the best baby. He was a perfect angel the whole time and even made some new friends on the plane, smiling and laughing at everybody. I feel like an invincible mom now...if I can handle sitting on a plane for 5 1/2 hours with a baby, I think I can do ANYTHING!!

 

27. We blessed Madden on Mother's day, May 12 at my parents house in Denver. It was so great having all of our family with us! The blessing was so thoughtful and sweet, I have a pretty great husband. Madden was a little upset and sleepy right before the blessing, but the second Jeff took him from me, he calmed right down and didn't make a peep during the whole prayer. My Grandpa Dick told me that during the blessing, he peeked down at Madden and saw that he was staring at Jeff the whole time. I think this baby of ours loves his dad. The whole week we spent in Colorado with family was so much fun, and we can't wait to see everyone again!

Madden lights up our life everyday and we're having so much fun watching him grow. I find myself wanting to wake him up from his naps because I miss him when he's sleeping! He is so fun to get out of his crib in the morning because the second he sees me, he gets the biggest smile on his face. It's the best way to start the day.

Jeff just finished his second year of medical school, and he's studying hard for boards in June. And I'm starting to think about packing up and getting ready for our big move to Florida this July. We're excited for the fun things ahead!