3 Month Michael

3 Month Michael, 1/25/13

 3 Month Michael likes to:

• Stay awake for longer periods of time
• LOVES baths
• Have his head scrubbed, brushed, rubbed, anything
• Smile anytime we put him on his changing pad...he gets really really excited about being changed
• Be loved on by anyone and everyone
• Cry when mommy and daddy leave him for work and school
• Coo at the dogs and then stare at them confused when they don't respond
• Dance and dance..until he sees a camera. Then he freezes. 
• Snort when he eats...baby piggy
• See what's going on around him by being held facing out
• Listen to music...any music

3 Month Michael stats:

• Eat 5 oz. every 3 hours
• Wears size 2 diapers...they're a little big buuut they work. :)
• 24 inches looong, very long!
• 14 well-fed pounds
• Can hold his head up very well
• Sits up well in his Bumbo and on the couch
• Extremely ticklish everywhere
• Found his hands at the beginning of the month and loves to suck on them
• Has slept all the way through the night for the past 3 nights in a row *please keep doing this*
• Stops fussing immediately if we sing "Come Thou Fount" to him 

3 month Michael is so different from our 1 and 2 month Michael! He's active, alert, and developing a personality. He giggles at Russell and I when we tickle him and smile at him. He thinks Molly, Raider, and Kaia are the best friends he could ever have. He loves them and they love him, they snuggle together anytime Michael takes a nap anywhere but his bassinet. He has been sleeping very well lately and there have been a few times where Russell and I have woken up to Michael lying in his bassinet smiling and cooing at the ceiling. We think it's probably his Nana and Great Grandma and Grandpa Anderson talking to him. :) He loves church the best because of all the music. Hearing church music calms him down almost immediately. When I hold him and sing to him he stares up at me smiling. I don't want to boast, but he LOVES to hear me sing. :) It makes me feel special to know that I have something that he loves, that no one else can give him. 

Michael is our sweet blessing. He brings us so much joy and I feel like we bring him joy also. He's so special, there will never be another Michael like our Michael. :)