gavin {3 months}

Tuesday was Mason's 4th birthday, and Gavin turned 3 months old.

After we snuggled in bed with the real birthday boy, we got set up to take Gavin's monthly pictures on another family quilt.  The quilt this time is just a small lap one.  All of the grandkids got to choose small ones at Christmas, and this is the one that Taylor chose.

3 months has brought some fun changes for you.  And a really BIG, wonderful change for mommy and her sleep. 

3 months means you are noticing your brother and sister a lot more.  And you love to be held by them.  Your sister is so goooood with you!  Two times this week when you were fussy and tired as we were heading out the door to go places, Taylor rocked you in your car seat and got you asleep.  How nice it is for Mommy to have an extra good helper that loves to take care of you!

3 months has brought the discovery of your tongue.  You play with it all the time and sometimes mimic us if we play with ours too.

3 months has meant lots more smiles!  We get lots of smiles out of you every day, and just in the last few days even the beginning of a giggle.

3 months means that you are just starting to grab at things.  You still love to play under your cow and you get really excited and kick your legs and arms all over the place and bat at the rings and animals that dangle in front of you.  Sometimes we put a rattle in your hand and you stick it straight in your mouth to suck on.  Your brother and sister think it's fun to have you suck on their fingers.  Luckily they are trained to go wash with soap and water first.  But I'm thinking we need to put a stop to this just in case to many germs are be shared with you.

3 months has meant that you are sitting up a little better on your own.  Which means the kids are enjoying holding you even more since you can hold your head up on your own.

3 months means you SHOULD be starting to sleep in your crib (at least that's about when your brother and sister moved to their crib).  But that means mommy has to stop using your crib for storage for things I don't want to put away.  And, I also need to get busy with the sewing machine so that I can finish up some of your crib bedding.  But on the selfish side of things, I really don't want to move you and mess up your wonderful nights of sleep.

3 months means that your Mommy and Daddy are wondering how on earth you are this big already. You're past the newborn stage already (which is super hard on your Mommy this time!). But we love seeing the glimpses of your sweet little personality coming through.

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 After I left the room from taking Gavin's pictures, I came out of my bedroom and looked into the kids' room to see Taylor having her own little photo shoot too.  She even got a warm wet rag and laid it across his tummy (not sure what the purpose was, but she was proud), she just didn't realize that when the rag lost it's warmth, she wasn't going to get very many smiles out of her baby brother anymore.

How lucky our little guy is to have such a loving big sister who just thinks the world of him!