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Dear Liam, You are three months old.

Dear Liam, 

You are three months old today. This last month - your third month - has been my absolute favorite so far.

At eight and nine weeks, you started settling into a great routine. You would eat every three hours, play for about an hour, and take a nap until it was time to eat again. You also dropped one of your night feedings, which left us only having to get up once in the middle of the night around 3 a.m. 

At ten weeks, you found your thumb! That same night, you slept ten hours straight. It was incredible. For the first time in three months, I got more than three hours of sleep. Since then, you've been sleeping anywhere from nine to eleven hours a night, and we are so okay with that.

At eleven and twelve weeks, you turned into a little boy all of a sudden. You find yourself in the mirror and give big grins to the little boy looking back at you. You pull yourself up to sitting position with the help of holding onto my thumbs, and then immediately stand straight up. You can't stand sitting still anymore now that you know this trick. 

You're smiling and talking and moving around. As soon as you see me peek over your crib in the morning, you get a huge smile on your face and start kicking your legs and flailing your arms. You're much more of a morning person than I am.

Your routine is still going strong. You've become so predictable and are an overall content baby. You only cry when you're hungry (and I don't blame you) and fuss a little when you're tired (again, I don't blame you). In between, you're content just looking around and being loved on.

Bath time is still your favorite time of the day and you enjoy kicking and splashing in the water. As soon as you hear the faucet running, you grow quiet and start to smile. Knowing how much you love baths, we took you for a swim the other weekend. You were so relaxed to just sit back in your float and hang out in the water. That might be the only way we'll be able to beat the heat this summer. Your second favorite time of the day is the morning when you catch an episode of Little Einsteins. You squeal and kick at the show; it's so fun to watch.

You also started day care this last week. While I was hesitant at first, you have done so great. The teachers say you never cry and you enjoy sitting back and watching all of the other babies. You are so content when I pick you up and it makes my mama heart happy and settled.

So like I said, this last month has been a joy. Your routine is down. You're sleeping like a champ. You're fun to be around and you make our days brighter.

I can't wait to see you grow even more.

Love you, Mama 
Past letters: One month | Two months

Week Twenty-Three: 21 graces.

For an introduction to 21 Graces, visit this post. It's never too late to jump on in!

1. Casey booking a flight to come see me in August!
2. Starbucks iced coffee for $1.
3. Bridge lights.
4. A long overdue date night...
5. ...with a productive conversation.
6. Game night with friends.
7. Opening a bottle of wine given to me to drink post-pregnancy.
8. A sweet friend who rocked Liam to sleep.
9. Liam successfully starting a full week of daycare and doing so well.
10. Running a quick errand while Liam is still at daycare.
11. Big grins from Liam when I pick him up.
12. Getting back to work...
13. ...and getting back into a routine.
14. Finding a flight to spontaneously go to Texas for half off the normal cost.
15. Getting an oil change "on the house."
16. The last night of Bible Study for the summer.
17. Pulling out our wedding album.
18. County music videos.
19. Simple recipes.
20. Grocery shopping solo. 
21. Liam making his first daycare craft.

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Liam's second month.

Before Liam turns three months tomorrow - already - I am playing catch up and sharing pictures and tidbits of his first two months. This is his second month; look back to yesterday for the first.

Growing: At two months, he weighed 12 lbs. 2 1/2 oz. (46%) and was 24 1/4 inches long (97%). Long and lean!

Wearing: He is well into 3 month clothes and size 1-2 diapers. I packed all of his 0-3 clothes away when he was just five weeks old! He's also accommodating those long legs and wearing 6 month pajamas.

Eating: He is still taking 4 ounces every three hours - if we can hold him off that long.

Doing: He "woke up" and noticed the world around him. He is now smiling when he sees our faces and loves to see what's going on. He's also on a great, more predictable routine.

Loving: He loves his play mat, bouncer, and being upright to look around. Bath time is his favorite time of the day and if it weren't for the water getting cold, he would stay in it all night.


{We moved when he was just four weeks old, so we had to get creative during nap time.}

{We pulled out the play mat and he loves it. And of course, Mia is always close by.}

{Tummy time isn't always so successful.}







{Dog's best friend.}

{Can you believe the size of those feet?}







{Bath time is his favorite time.}

{Smiling!}



{Our first walk around the new neighborhood.}

{His first plane ride to Texas.}

(He met the rest of his Texas family! First up, Uncle Will.}

{And then, Great Aunt Catha who is playing the role of a back-up grandmother.}

{My first Mother's Day.}

{Liam and Pop.}



{Two months old!}

Me and him.

1. We met at a bar...

2. ...and we would tell each other later that we both knew this was it on that same night...

3. ...but it wasn't too much later because we were married nine months to the day we met.

4. He's the youngest of three and I'm the oldest of three, which means we sometimes butt heads...

5. ...but one of the best things we did for the communication in our marriage was to sync our iPhone calendars.

6. Oh, and we've lived in three houses in our three years of marriage (but I'm hoping to not continue that trend).

To fill in the gaps, read the story of us.

{Linking up with Mama Kat.}