Three Month Annibirthery

Thursday was Mae's three month annibirthery! Thursday was a very hectic day. I decided to schedule almost everything for the week on that one day so only it would be ruined - not the whole week.

We: went to pick up a winter car seat cover for Mae (apparently the last one in town...), story time at the library, lunch at McGhee with Bob (chicken nuggets), drop the dogs off at the vet for their annual appointment, drop Etta off at home with Steve so I could go to my doctor's appointment, home for a french horn/trombone lesson, dinner and then a music meeting at the church. Phew! But on Friday we got to stay home the whole day.

Mae takes it all in stride. She as now fallen into a fairly consistent 4-hour feeding schedule with 2 hours of being awake followed by 2 hours of being asleep. For the last couple of days we have gone between 4 and 5 feedings in a day depending on when she wakes up. And, most importantly to me, she has been sleeping all. night. long. She will go down between 9:30-10:30 p.m. and then get up between 5:30-6:30 a.m. Since Bob gets up at 5:30 everyday it is just about perfect. [Now that I've typed it for the world to see it will probably come to a screaming halt...]

I don't have height or weight statistics but she has increased the amount at each feeding and slept a LOT at the beginning of the week. I am definitely noticing a difference in how her clothes are fitting.

She smiles a ton, cries very little and talks to me quite a bit. She is way more vocal than Etta ever was. She seems most talky when her big sister is not around...usually after her first feeding in the morning and just before going to bed. It's like she knows that Etta isn't around to compete with.

But boy, does she love her sister. Whatever Etta is doing Mae is already very interested in. She watches and smiles at Etta's crazy antics. It is so fun to watch and enjoy.

The hands have been found and she is slowly gaining control of what they do. When she is on her floor gym and manages to grab something Etta says, "Good job Mae!!" They also find their way to her mouth quite often.

It is definitely going by a lot faster this time!

Maybe I'll think about smiling...



Okay, if you insist!



Look mom, I'm a BIG girl. (Etta never seems so big as when she is right by the baby...)