Audrey at Three Months



 

Audrey has been such a joy.  She is very easy going and content as long as she's within eyeshot of Mark and me most times.  She doesn't have to be held for long stretches of time (which my back is loving), and I can put her in her crib completely awake and she'll go to sleep.  Yes, I wish she would sleep a little longer at night, but that seems to be improving, so I really can't complain.   She eats well, hardly spits up, and doesn’t even blowout her diapers very often.  I'd love to claim it's me, but really, we just feel blessed.



 

Even more so, Mark loves her.  When he hears her wake up he begs me to spring her from her crib.  He loves to give her hugs, tells her she's cute, adorable, tiny, sweet, or whatever else he's heard someone else say about her.  Today he decided to lay down on the Boppy with her.  He grabbed his blanket, Mickey, and owl, and snuggled in next to her.  Then, all matter of fact, he said, "Mommy, take a picture!"  Well, alright.  And, to be clear, Audrey's expression is probably 20% Mark and 80% camera flash.



Mischief

Often while I'm feeding Audrey or busy doing something around the house Mark disappears to find something to entertain himself with. He's gotten pretty creative and is keeping me on my toes.

"Cleaning" the mirror in his bathroom with water from the spray bottle and tissues while sitting in the sink. To make things more complicated he likes to lock the bathroom door. Thankfully we have a key if needed, although he is generally good about opening it for me.

Sitting precariously in Audrey's laundry basket on the edge of the chair. He climbed over the back of the chair to get in there and added my coat for good measure.

Stuck in our laundry bin. He had thrown a puzzle in the middle section so I think he climbed in the outer one in hopes of getting to the puzzle. Instead, he just got stuck until I found him.

Visiting Audrey in her crib. Recently Bryce and I heard what we thought sounded like Mark on the baby monitor. It was early in the morning so I dismissed it since Mark doesn't have a monitor in his room. Around the same time, Audrey started fussing. Bryce went in to check and found Mark huddled over Audrey and talking to her. He had left his room quietly (we have bells on his doorknob) and had gone into her room looking for me since I'm often in feeding Audrey when he gets up. It wasn't malicious, but Audrey wasn't a fan and thankfully let us know she needed help.

Stethoscope

Mark LOVES Bryce's stethoscope. Whenever he sees it he insists on a thorough check-up. He'll bring it to Bryce and lift up his shirt. Seriously. The reflex hammer and tuning fork are a close 2nd and 3rd for the coolness factor, but the stethoscope always wins.

Bryce usually takes his stethoscope to the hospital in his backpack. When Mark saw his backpack today, he asked for the stethoscope. Bryce replied that it wasn't in his backpack because he doesn't need it for psychiatry today (it was the first day.) Mark interpreted psychiatry as 'stuck in a tree'...cue video.

And yes, we did have a baby (Audrey) that I need to post about and I have a LOT of back posting to do. No guarantees when that will be, but I will do it soon so stay tuned.