3 Months Old!!

Chyler turned 3 months old on June 4th. I can't believe she is 3 months old (already). Honestly, where does the time go? It seems to go by faster and faster each day. I try so hard to slow down and just enjoy each and every moment with my precious baby. In just a matter of time, I will see her running around and talking, just like her big sis. Lord, please help me to slow down more and enjoy every single precious moment!

3 months is such a wonderful age! Chyler is so happy all the time and is starting to give us little giggles here and there. I just love her giggles. She is very ticklish, so anytime I am touching her, picking her up, or just changing her diaper, she is constantly smiling and giggling. So precious.

She continues to be a great eater, nursing about 4-5 times per day. She really does love to eat and is growing like a weed. Many of the 3 month clothes I have are already too tight and she is moving into 3-6 month stuff. Hope she doesn't grow too fast though, I am really hoping to get some use out of all Sierra's old clothes. I continue to think that she is smaller (leaner) than Sierra was, but I read an old blog post the other day and Sierra was only around 12 pounds at this age. Geez! Chyler was already 13 pounds at 2 months old and just the other day a friend of mine got on the scale with her and estimated that Chyler is between 16-17 pounds!!! Oh my!!! :) Also, I watched a video of Sierra rolling over at 4 months old and she is wearing a pair of PJs that Chyler wears now and is already growing out of them. :( Seems as though Chyler is much bigger. It will be interesting to see what her stats are at her 4 month check up next month.

She also continues to be a great sleeper. I am not nearly as rigid about her sleep as I was with Sierra; although I wish I could be, with being away from home trying to entertain a toddler, her sleep is definitely here and there some days. I am still sleep charting though and she is typically doing about 2-3 naps per day and she really only does about 1.5-2 hours of wake time before she is ready to nap. I am hoping she will fall into a more concise schedule of 2 naps per day here soon; but I am not going to push her. When she is tired, I put her down and when she wants to play, we play. It is pretty simple with her (thankfully)! She has been waking up early though lately. Around 12-13 weeks she started stretching out her sleep to sleeping in until 8am or 9am. Now though she has been waking around 7am on some days and the other day she was up at 5am! Yikes! I think she might just be going through her 3 month growth spurt; at least that is what I am hoping! :) Thankfully though, the mornings that she does wake early, she just nurses and then goes right back to sleep and will sleep until 10 or 10:30am, unless I wake her sooner to go some where.

She continues to LOVE to suck and just recently started sucking her thumb and fingers when she gets really tired or hungry. It is cute, but I am hoping it doesn't become too much of a habit. We shall see. She is so much like me in many other ways and I did suck my thumb until I was about 8 years old...yikes!

She definitely has a distinct personality. She is usually very happy, but when she gets mad, look out! She really only gets loud and angry when she is hungry or over tired, but boy does she have some lungs. We traveled to Rochester for Memorial Day Weekend and although she did really well in the car, she definitely let us know when she was hungry. I had told my mom that we would be fine driving as long as she was asleep or awake and content, but once she decided she was hungry it was going to be all over. My mother certainly learned quickly that I was not kidding! When she is hungry, she knows it, and she wants to eat like 5 minutes ago!!! :)

I took this picture with my cell phone. I was bathing Sierra and Chyler was screaming the whole time. She finally gave up and just settled with her thumb. :)

As I mentioned, she did travel to Rochester for the first time last week. She was exactly (almost to the day) the same age as Sierra was when she traveled to Rochester for the first time. Chyler was a trooper and I am hoping that she will be a super traveler just like her sister was/is. We are heading back to NY for the July 4th holiday weekend, so we will see how she does again.

Aside from eating and sleeping, by far her favorite thing is Sierra.

She watches her big sister with bright eyes every chance she gets. It just melts my heart and I am so excited about a budding sisterhood. I pray that they will be best of friends as they grow.

Check out Chyler watching Sierra intently in this picture! So cute!

She also has just now started talking (around 14 weeks). She was quiet for so long, I didn't think she was ever going to start cooing, gurgling, etc. I just thought maybe she would be a quiet child. However, she has just now found her voice and the other day when we were in the car, she "talked" during the entire 20 minute ride home. :) I just love her little noises and sounds...so, so cute!!! Once my Flip is fixed, I hope to get some video footage of it.

I have heard lots of people say that they just don't take as many pictures of their 2nd children as they did with the 1st. I am not sure that this is true in my case. I just can't seem to get enough pictures of this precious girl. :) Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!!!

This is by far one of my favorite pictures of her so far! LOL!!!

We tried the bumbo for the first time the other day.

It is safe to say, she isn't a very big fan just yet. :(

She definitely has a dimple, just like her mama. It is so cute!!!

Oh I love this baby girl!!!! :)