3 months old

Everyone told me to enjoy the time while they are little because they grow up so fast. I didn't think about it much then, but wow does time fly. Little Mikey is now 3 months old and the time flew by. My 13 weeks off work now seems like a long weekend. But I enjoyed every minture of it and took the 13 weeks I had and made it productive. Little Mikey and I went to a new mommies support group every Tuesday. We met with new moms and new babies of all ages. It was nice watching him look at all the other babies. I learned a lot and it was a nice time to get out of the house, meet new people, and learn the do's and do not's in motherhood. Little Mikey and I mastered the relaxation in infant massage class. After four weeks of class, I can put on the ocean music and Lil man will be out in 15 minutes flat. In the beginning of the massage he thinks it is play time and just wiggles and smiles a lot. But after a while it starts to feel relaxed and just slowly falls asleep. Our last day of class the instructor gave us a certificate and a cute picture of us. Little Mikey and I went for walks daily, I took him to different parks, I ran 2 5k's with him, We took our first long trip to Alabama (which he did terrific), had his first holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year), He has met all of his immediate family, had many hugs and kisses from them all, I took him to get his first set of pictures made at 3 months old, we have introduced him to WII Rockband, and many more exciting things. At 3 months old, he can hold his head up strong, look around, smile, beginning to laugh, he watching cartoons, he can hold an object in his hand for a short time, he knows who his mommy and daddy are, he loves taking a bath, he loves to be outside and absolutly loves going for walks, he can roll over from his belly to his back, he has slept through the night no more than 3 times (we are working on that), and he has stolen our hearts. Although the 3 months have gone by so fast, so much has happened. We have cherished every minute of this experience and will cherish each day as we continue to live, laugh and love. Here are a few photos that are my favorites of the first 3 months of Little Mikey. Enjoy!

The Family Photo Shoot on the Beach

Mikey and Sydney's Beach Photo Shoot

Me, My mom and Ashley went to the St. Pete beach to take pictures of her 7 month old Sydney and 2 month old Mikey. Needless to say, it was hot and the kids were ready to GO HOME! What was suppose to be a nice quiet day at the beach ended up being a 10-15 minute photo shoot. Got them dresses, snapped some fash shots, took off the hot santa suits and drove home. Bot kids passed out by the time we got home. they looked so cute.

Pictures with Santa

Mikey and I took Lil Mikey to go see Santa at the mall one day. We put a simple but cute outfit on him and sat him on Santa's lap. He was so good. The people taking the photos were shocked when we told them he was not even two months old yet. They said he looked 4 months old. They ended up giving us some extra pictures to take home with us just because Lil Mikey was so darn cute!

Mikey's 1st Holiday-Happy Hollyween

Mikey had to work Halloween, but I dressed Lil Mikey in his "My 1st Halloween" outfit that his Grandmamma D gave to him. He was my lil pumpkin! We went over to our neighbors Christine and Dave, and hung out over there while Dave carved a few pumpkins.

Mikey's 1st Bath

One month goes by and it is time to take a for real bath. We first make sure lil man has emptied out his system before we proceed. As I rounded up the necessities of bath taking, Mikey ran the water just right and prepped the tub for baby bath taking. We weren't sure how he was going to take it but believe it or not, the moment we set him in the water, he did not whimper at all. he just looked up at us as if he was saying............."Thank You..............I have waited one month for this and love it." As Big Mike poured the water over his head, he closed his eyes tight and did his pouting dance. Once the water was finished running over him, he would just look at us again with a slight smile on his face. He loved taking a bath! That is great considering all the poo poo diapers and pee pee sprinkler system he has. Yeah................clean Lil Mikey. Here are some pictures. He is sooooooooooooooo cute. Him and his lil naked self.

FYI Lil Mikey loves to be naked. He will get in his cranky moods and once he gets naked, he will just lay there but naked and happy.

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