22 Jul
T1 at 3 Months
3 Months
Nicknames: Boo, Boo Boo, Boo Boo Crockett (I like to sing the Davy Crockett song to you replacing Davey with Boo Boo), Grunty
Temperament: You’re happy and smiley in the morning and in the evening. Sometimes you have these quiet spells where you stare around the room, looking left, right, left, right.
Things I Could Do Without: You are still waking every 2 hours (sometimes hourly) after you wake for your 2 am feeding, you still scream about 50% of the time in your car seat, you like to reach down and grab handfuls of poop when you have a loaded diaper and then smear it all over yourself and your clothes.
Item/Toy We Love The Most: PUJ Tub
Item/Toy You Love The Most: The rattle I hand you on your changing table. You’re starting to learn that if you hold it in your fist and bring it to your mouth you can explore it with your tongue.
Things I’m Loving Most Right Now: When you take 3 hour naps in the afternoon, you sitting up in your Bumbo, the way you look in my eyes and squeal/smile, putting you on my chest and having you grunt and move around, Dad thinks you said your first word “Booyah”, sometimes you’ll stare straight into the camera lens for long periods of time when I take your picture.
Things You’re Loving Most Right Now: Nakie time on the changing table, going to town on your crown jewels, throwing your body forward while you sit with me at the computer, the first 30 seconds of tummy time when you lift your head up and look around at the world from a completely new angle, when I dance around and sing for you like a crazy person, facing forward in the Moby, sitting up and away from whoever is holding you so you can see all the things.
I think you’re really close to laughing for the first time. I’m looking forward to that first giggle so much!
Sometimes you like to play the “I’m not gonna look at you!” game. No matter how many times I turn you and look into your eyes, you turn your head to look away. I had the man sitting on the airplane next to us hold you and you did it for him as well!
Dad accidentally referred to you as “”Grunty” during family prayer the other day. I giggled the rest of the way through the prayer. I guess we need to start calling you by your real name a little bit more often.
Your head is kind of flat (I’m worried you need a helmet) but no matter how many times I set you in your swing to sleep you always manage to wriggle your way flat on your back.
I did this video outside. I liked the setting, but it was really noisy with cars driving by and lawnmowers buzzing so I had to delete all of the accompanying sound and I miss all of his grunts and squeals. I think I’ll do it inside next time.
Here’s something fun! The change between months 1 and 2 is just insane.
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Umm, I’m so glad I’m already pregnant. This post should come with a warning label: “Will make your ovaries jump.” ; )
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Kimberly Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:13 am
second that one except I am not pregnant yet! he is SO adorable!
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Love it! He is beyond adorable!!
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2Awww, cuuute! T1 is so adorable! I love that he already knows to pose for his photographer mother!
Crazy the difference between months 1 and 2, and then very little (to me!) between 2 and 3. I’m sure you can see the difference, though. And I love the little onesies you have for each month milestone!
The gross part: Does he grab his poop out of his diaper while it’s still on him? How does he get his hand down there? And eeew.
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:32 pm
I imagine he probably grabs it while she’s changing him as he probably doesn’t have the control yet to actually reach into his diaper while it’s on. When I watched him last week and had to change a poopy diaper I had my boyfriend hold T1′s hands so he couldn’t grab anything. You seriously need 3 or 4 hands to change a poopy diaper without a mess (well, I do anyway!).
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He is such a cutie! Love these posts!
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4These are so sweet! Love it! I just posted Dot’s three month pictures the other day.
She laughed for the first time last week. Big, open mouth, Bahahaha at her Daddy. One of the best moments of my life, just like it was when her big brother did it!
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5Goodness, he’s cute! I love these posts but can’t believe he’s 3 months old already!
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6Thanks for sharing! When he was born, I thought he looked SO much like TH. But, now I think he looks more and more like you. You should do a side by side comparison of baby pics of the both of you to T1!
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7I’m scratching my head, trying to figure out how he managed to get EVEN MORE CUTE than he already was. Amazing.
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8He is so cute and beautiful. I just love him to pieces and I’ve never even met him. He’s just that cute.
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9gorgeous, gorgeous child !!!!
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10That is such a huge difference between 1 and 2!! I love all his sweet little smiles. Miss him!
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11I really wished I would have done something like this for my little one. the change is amazing and to think he is only going to change more. T1 is such a cutie!!
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12Jenna he is too ridiculously adorable! The pictures of him with his tongue out are all my favorite! Just… cute!
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13He seems like such a sweet and HAPPY baby.. and I can’t believe he’s three months old already. Gorgeous pics, as always!
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14He is soo adorable.. When was he born? My son will be 3 months on the 27th and I can’t get enough of him!!
Love your blog!!
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15Ah yes, the crown jewels. Pretty much the whole reason I am scared of possibly having a boy. Well, that and the peeing all over everything thing.
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16Just perfect! Please excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean about a helmet?
Congratulations on 189!!!
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:35 pm
More and more babies are getting flat heads these days (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachycephaly) and if it’s really bad they have to wear a foam helmet like 23 hours a day to help shape it correctly. I’ve had a few friends who had to do this and it doesn’t seem to bother the baby at all. Just do a search for Brachycephaly and look at images.
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So I’m positive that you know this and I’m stating the obvious, but… CUTEST baby EVER!!
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18His hair looks *awesome*. It’s so soft and blonde in all these pics. Adorable!
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19Jenna you and TH make cute babies! He is just so darling. I love those little onsies he has too. Are they stickers?
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:39 pm
She got them from here - http://www.pickysticky.com/shop.php.
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I love this post! After watching the video, I had to go re-read the “things I could do without” section so that I could be reminded that even Baby P has his moments of not being adorable (waking every two hours?! I cannot imagine that I would still love anyone after this…).
And I have to say - his buzz cut is WAY WAY cute. I think it suits him wonderfully. Also, I’m so glad you posted the tips for photographing babies. I can see some of them in action in your photos, which are all tops!
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21he is just tooooo cute!!!! and has the most gorgeous eyes!
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22wow jenna, he is beautiful. do you think his hair will come in dark?
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23Oh my goodness! He just gets cuter every week! Love him!
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24So many smiles! His personality seems to be showing up through pictures more (at least as you describe it). So cute. When he is older, he’s going to just love those embarrassing poop grabbing stories
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25Oh goodness, absolutely, absolutely precious.
I can’t believe the change in just a few months- what cool pictures to compare side by side!
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26wow!! look at how different he looks. he is adoooooorable!!!!
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27Oh he’s such a little man!! My nephew has a helmet, besides costing an arm and leg, he doesn’t mind it. I’ll email you a pic - he’s a cutie in it
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28Adorable…and his hair is snowy blond and so fluffy!
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29WOW… totally makes your heart melt. Love the video and the song used!!! T1 is the cutest… I so wanna be pregnant — like NOW!!!! Look how much he’s grown in just 3 months!!!!
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30Oh goodness. Please tell me where you got those onesies from? I need them for this baby I’m cooking!
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 pm
I’m pretty sure she got them from here - http://www.pickysticky.com/shop.php (you have to put them on the onesies yourself).
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Aw, such a cutie.
I learned in one of my psyc classes that when babies turn their heads away from something, it usually means that there’s too much stimuli and they’re trying to sorta calm themselves. I don’t know if that makes sense, but maybe that’s why he turns away?
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32he is immensely precious. these pictures make me grin from ear to ear. thanks for posting
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33He is such a pretty baby! I cannot get over how adorable he is. Also, I love that you showed his first 3 months of photos side by side at the end. It shows how much he has changed.
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34hahaha @ “Booyah” being his first word
And wow, the difference between month 1 and 2 really is amazing!!
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35Oh my goodness, he’s so incredibly cute! Seriously! I love the photos of him with his tongue out. Such a cutie!
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36he is absolutely adorable. I cant believe how much he has changed.
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37Oh my goodness - how stinking cute.
I LOVE these shirts and the pictures people take with them.
I am storing ideas for my future baby. VERY futre but still ideas stored
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38Such gorgeous eyes!
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