Letters To My Little One | Three Months Old

Letters To My Little One | Three Months Old

monday, july 18, 2016

hello doll!

oh my gosh, i love you so much.  and you, at three months old, is simply the best!  you are starting to take on such a sweet personality and are showing us just how beautiful of a little human you are every single day.  i am convinced that God gave you to me simply to prove just how beautiful His work can be.  you are beautiful, inside and out.

if i could describe your third month with us in one word, i would choose “patience.”  you have developed so much patience since month number two and are becoming more and more independent.  you can now bounce in your bouncy happily and watch momma make dinner, while you curiously look around and enjoy the clatter of the pots and pans.  your curiosity is the sweetest thing, you are always studying faces and toys and respond so sweetly with smiles.

your smiles went from being every once in awhile…to all the time!  you are especially happy right when you wake up in the morning or from a nap, and seeing you smile right when i peek into your crib makes my life have meaning.  i swear my heart melts more and more every single time i see you smile and it makes me squeal in delight…which makes you smiles even more.  you are accompanying those smiles with sweet baby babble and it’s the most darling sound.  you have perfected yours g’s and b’s and your ooooh’s and ahhhh’s.  only 22 more letters to go, sweet miss!  we lovingly bet on whether you will say “mama” or “daddy” first, but other contenders are “starbucks” and “target.”

you are absolutely a lover of the bath and the warm water is something you have come to enjoy.  sometimes you fuss when the water turns off, so we take our time during bath so you can enjoy every minute.  after months of dry eyes, your very first tear was spotted on june 15th.  i quickly kissed it away as soon as i saw it because it broke my heart.  very rarely have we seen a tear since, you really are such a happy baby.

and your mommy is such a happy mommy because at just 11 weeks 2 days old, you slept through the night for the very first time!  since then you have done it 3 times and we can’t believe what a good little sleeper you are.  you have developed such a wonderful schedule already and we laugh because you are a little alarm clock.  you are literally asleep by 9:30pm every night and wake at 2:30am on the nose.  on the nose!  not 2:29, not 2:31…2:30.  you are the same way with your morning nap.  no matter what time you fall asleep, you will sleep for exactly three hours.  i now know that if you fall asleep for your nap at 10:14, i will see your sweet eyes again at 1:14.  the type A planner momma in me is thrilled with your amazing schedule.  you are just like your parents in that you are so efficient and organized!

watching you wake up is the most darling thing i have ever seen.  i live for our mornings together when i pull you into bed with me and watch you wake up.  we lay nose to nose and you start smiling at me as soon as you open your eyes.  then you start babbling to me and we talk about what you are going to wear and what adventures we should take that day.  i wouldn’t trade our mornings for the world, they resemble everything about happiness.  when you wake up and clutch onto me, holding me tight, it makes me feel like i am the most important person in the world.  it makes me feel beautiful and loved and cherished.  it amazes me that such a tiny little girl can make me feel so complete.

and your daddy and i are a dream.  your daddy hands me baby things before i need to ask for them, i read his mind and pack the right things in your baby bag as we leave the house…and there was that one day when you surprised us with a little spit up and we literally were tossing and catching burp clothes one-handed before it spoiled your sweet outfit.  we’ve got this.  someone once told us that we would be an expert with our own baby and it really just worked out that way, as we learn more and more about you every single day.  we can even burp you in less than 15 seconds.

we’ve been told we are the sweetest parents to you.  but it’s so easy to be because you are just the best little lady.  we never dreamed of this type of happiness, this type of love, this type of fun!  i told someone the other day how much fun we are having with you and they about went cross-eyed and said, “fun!?  with a tiny baby!?  as brand new parents!?”  yep, fun.  we are having so much fun.  it’s as if we were meant to be the three of us all along.  it’s like life before you, but better.  the only change now is a little less sleep from time to time, more laundry, more things in mama’s purse when we head out the door and more shoes in the house…because i have to say your shoe closet is perfection.

if the walls of our home could talk, they would only have the most beautiful things to say.  they would tell of the times when daddy turns on country music and dances with you in the kitchen while mommy cooks dinner.  of the times when we lay nose to nose and smile at one another.  of the times when we stand at the front door in the evening, waiting for daddy to pull into the drive.  of the times when we go on morning coffee dates before spending time as a family.  of the times when the UPS guy rings the bell and daddy jokes, “i bet it’s more hair bows!”  and of the times when mommy can’t help but cry a little because the time is just passing too fast.

so here’s to another month of memories with you, doll.  i can’t even wait to see what this next month brings and how much you will change.  and i know i am always begging for time to slow down so i can remember ever moment of you being little, but i am also so very excited for every little change i see in you.

we love you so much and can’t wait for another beautiful day that will bring another beautiful adventure.

love, mama

to read more of my mama bee adventures with #babyadilly, check out the posts below!