3 Months Old!

Happy 3 month birthday, Ariella!

She has grown so big so fast. I joke that it's my super-charged breast milk. I weighed her this morning (with just me, and with both of us), and she weighed 14 lbs 12oz. Time has flown by, yet it almost seems as if nothing existed pre-Ariella. She is our whole world now, our precious little baby.

Ariella is smiling, and cooing, and even laughing so much lately! She really is a happy baby. We've already had to switch her clothes to the next size. So, she's in the 3-6 month size now. She's in the Stages 1-2 sized diapers, but will be moving to the size 2 diapers in a few days. Ariella has pretty good head control now, and she likes to try to sit up on her own (although she's not quite there yet). She's gotten quite vocal (lots of "ah-baah" sounds). Her smile, though, just melts us. And, sometimes when she does a happy, giggly smile, I'll start singing "happy days are here again", which she really seems to like. And, Tyree has named her little stuffed bear "Theodora". So, I have a song for that, too - "My name is Theodora, and I am your friend. I love you Ariella. Friends until the end." And, I have Theodora kind of dance by her, and Theodora gives her a kiss on the I love you part. It's a cute little thing that Ariella seems to like.