Lilly and Turtle at 3 Months

This month has been an exciting month for Lilly. She smiles a lot and she seems to be smiling at us and our voices. That's exciting for Tony and I because I think she finally knows us! She has found her hands and loves putting them in her mouth. She started out with just her right hand, but she has discovered her left hand as well so now they both go in her mouth. She's trying really hard to get them both to fit but her mouth just doesn't seem big enough yet. Along with sucking on her hands a bunch comes a lot of spit. She is really good at blowing bubbles and has begun drooling a lot. The spots that are on Tony and my shoulders can most likely be dried spit.

She is looking at objects now. She has a mobile above her Mamaroo that she stared at for a couple of days. After giving it a good stare down, she finally reached up and touched it. Now she touches it and knocks it around all the time. She started out touching it with just her right hand and after a couple of days she used her left hand.

She has turned into a little chatterbox. She makes fun noises all the time and loves to tell us stories. When she gets really excited she squeals and kicks her legs really fast. It's pretty cute!

She loves being outside. She seems happiest when we are outside and she is sitting in our arms looking out at the world. The first few times we brought her outside she didn't like when wind would blow in her face but now she loves it. The other day was a windy day and she smiled and giggled every time the wind would blow on her face.

Probably one of the most exciting changes has been she is sleeping through the night!! We put her to bed around 8:00 and she sleeps until 6:00 or 7:00. I hear her wake up sometimes at night but she usually makes a few noises and then falls back to sleep.

With this 3 month milestone comes another change. Three months means I have had to go back to work which means Lilly has started daycare. Yesterday was Lilly's first day at daycare and my first day back to work. I cried dropping her off, my whole drive to work, and a few times during my work day. When I picked her up at the end of the day they said she did great. I think her day was much better than mine. Every day when we pick her up they provide us with a report card that tells us what time she ate and how much, what time her diaper was changed and whether it was wet or poopy, and what time she took a nap and when she woke up. Today's card said that she painted a sun with her feet! I haven't seen the picture yet but I saw the evidence of paint on her little toes. I'm excited that she is getting to do activities like that. I think that she's going to do great at daycare and I'm sure she'll make lots of new friends. I'm hoping in another week it will get easier for me to drop her off.

She's rolling off the turtle here

Gardening

This weekend we finally got out in the garden. It had been taken over by weeds so we had some fun getting rid of those. Lilly enjoyed herself watching us from the side.

Visit up north

We went on our first long trip with Lilly. At two months old we went to Washburn to visit Grandma and Grandpa Davis and then we went to Minnesota to visit Grandma and Grandpa Jacobson and Aunt Amanda and Uncle Andy. Lilly did great in the car. She slept while we were driving and started to wake up every time we stopped which worked out perfect for feeding and getting a clean diaper.

We decided to break the trip up on the way up since we didn't know how long she could handle in the car and we didn't know how many times we would have to stop. Since we were only driving half way we decided to stop by New Glarus Brewery. We were able to stock up on lots of tasty beer. After that we made our way to Stevens Point for the night. Lilly did great her first time in a hotel. The next day we made the rest of our trek to Washburn. We had a great time there and enjoyed some good walks and tasty food.

One night in the hotel

Diaper change on the hood of the car

Lilly and Mama 

Lilly and Daddy on the monkey bars

Houghton Point

After we left Washburn we headed to Duluth for the day. We were able to stop by a couple breweries and enjoyed a nice walk on the Lake Walk. We enjoyed the rest of our week at Tony's parents house. We got to stop by Amanda and Andy's and Lilly met her first dogs. On Friday Grandma and Grandpa Jacobson babysat Lilly for the day so Tony and I could go to the movie and have dinner with some friends. I was crying by the time we got in the car but I got better as the day went on. It was good practice for me for when Lilly starts daycare. 

Duluth

Lilly snuggling with Grandma Jacobson

Finally made it to Surly

Lilly by some lilies

Lilly with her Great, Great Aunt Jean

Lilly having fun with Aunt Amanda

Our trip was pretty uneventful as well. Lilly did great the whole time we were gone and we all really enjoyed ourselves. Hopefully she continues to be a good traveler because we have many more adventures to go on.

Lilly and Turtle at 2 Months

Lilly continues to grow like hops. She has started smiling and talking and showing a little more personality. It's really great!