Three Months and More...

I have been a really bad blogger lately. This is suppose to be her three month post (but she turned three months two weeks ago). This has just been such a busy month for us and before I knew it we are now at the end of August! At the beginning of the month Mady made her first five and a half hour car ride to Port Arthur. We were there for about a week and the time just flew by. We were busy everyday visiting with friends and family and there was never a dull moment. Even my aunt and uncle from Mexico came in town to see Mady and celebrate my mom's birthday! Mady was also baptized at our church down there and it was great being able to celebrate that with everyone.

Here are a few pictures from our time down there:

As for her recent milestones, Mady is now reaching out and playing with her toys on her playmat. She loves to grab them and move them around. I love hearing the rattles moving around when I am in the kitchen doing something. She also has really good head control so we can hold her own in the bumbo and we just started putting her in the highchair this week so she can sit up with the adults when we eat dinner. She also loves being held so that she can look out at everything. Right now we get tons of smiles from her, especially when you sing to her, but our giggles are few and far between. I can't wait until I get a big belly laugh from her because the little giggles we do get are so cute. Here are some videos of her.....

The first video was when she started grabbing things and the second one was her laughing a bit with a funny ending when she noticed the camera.





Right now we are still facing the 45 minute (or 30 minute) intruder when it comes to her naps. I have tried to get her back down but many times it doesn't work. On the rare occasions she will go down for a couple of hours. It's a work in progress and I'm hoping that eventually we work it out or she just grows out of it. She is still on prevacid for her reflux and it still is helping her a lot. While I hate that she has to take medicine twice a day everyday, it helps her so much and makes her a much happier baby and that is worth it to me.

I start teaching next Tuesday and two of my three classes didn't fill up so they were cancelled which leaves me with my one class at 8:00. It was disappointing but I have to admit I was a little relieved too because I was getting a little nervous, anxious, and sad that I was going to be leaving her for most of the day. I know, I know, it's only two days a week so I need to get over it but this will help me ease into it better.

Our baby girl is going to be four months in just a few weeks and I cannot believe it. Hopefully I get that post out sooner!

Here are a few more pictures: