3 Months Old

This cute little chick-pea turned three months old.  I must say it really flies by with the third child.  However, I'm also learning to enjoy the newborn phase a lot more than I did before.  I've let go of a lot of anxieties and am soaking in more of the day-to-day.  We have been blessed with very good children and I'm definitely grateful.  Having said that, Brooklyn seems to be the EASIEST baby to date.  Or maybe my memory is lacking with the other two - because they were good babies too.  At any rate, we are LUCKY with this lady.  She is rarely fussy, almost always smiley, and only cranky when we are fighting to get a bubble out of her tummy or she's hungry.  And speaking of hungry…she is nursing better than the other two by far.  I think it's mostly progress I've made on my end.  We still haven't mastered it perfectly but at this point in the game it's working so we are riding the wave.  

I don't know what it is about my children and pictures.  They all spend so much of their time away from the camera soooo happy and content and smiley.  But, the minute you try to snap a picture of them they go stone cold sober.  I vividly remember having to work up quite a sweat just to get 3 month old Addison to smile for me….and she still never did.  Luckily Brooklyn came through eventually with this beauty…

And of course, she gets even better with this one.  Love that smiley cheesing face.  

So, what can I share about our beautiful 3 month old Brooklyn?  She is so good and so mellow and so happy.  She is very patient with Mommy while I juggle life with the older two kids.  You'd think the roles would be reversed and they would be the ones waiting on me and Brooklyn but no.  Just the other day as Addison and Jonas were begging for breakfast (within two minutes of waking up) I looked over at little Brooklyn in her bassinet and she was just awake and cooing away and happy.  And wouldn't you know she stayed that way while I fed the other two starving siblings.  How did I get so lucky?  We love our little "Book a lynn" and are so excited to have her in our family.  Addison spends the majority of her day on TOP of her and Jonas loves to sneak up next to her and cuddle with "Bwooken".  She adores them both and I just LOVE watching them love on each other.  It's easily one of my favoritest things about being a Mom.  Oh and a disclaimer.  I don't have any "3 month old stats" with our little chunker since we don't go see the doctor until her 4 month appointment so stay tuned!  We do know she's happy and healthy - the pictures are proof of that!