Evelyn: Three Months

Evelyn turned three months old last Friday (oops, late again). Time sure does fly with the second baby. I remember with Will it seemed like those early months moved at a slow, sleep-deprived crawl, but with Evelyn it's like time is on fast forward. Since I know she's my last baby, I'm really trying to enjoy each moment.

Here's what she's up to these days:
-Cooing galore. This girl loves to talk. Sometimes after I'm done feeding her she'll just sit in my lap and we'll have a chat for about 10 minutes. Oh, and speaking of feeding, she's very aware of her environment now. So instead of eating, she wants to look around or look up at me and "talk". I've tried throwing blankets over her head (sort of like a bird in a cage) to get her to focus and eat, but it doesn't work. She just wants to look at the blanket instead.
-Giggling. That just started last week--really might be the cutest sound around. No really.
-Holding her head up. No more bobble head.
-Trying desperately to sit up, but still has a few more months before that happens. I think.
-Drooling and gnawing on her hand. That just started. Please don't let it be a tooth already (Will had two teeth at four months and six teeth by six months. This breastfeeding mama would really appreciate it if that didn't happen this time around, mmmmkay?)
-Sleep. Sort of. She's now doing about a six hour stretch at the beginning of the night and then another 3-4 hours afterwards (then eats again and goes back to sleep until 9:00am). Sometimes she'll even give me an eight or nine hour stretch. Those are lovely nights. She's still a total nightowl (goes to bed around 10:00) and then likes to sleep in...must reverse this.
-Naps. We're starting to get a little more normal here, but still need to work on it. She usually takes one around 11:00, then another around 2:30 and then maybe a shorter one around 4:30. Can't wait until we really have this nailed down.

Happy three months, Evelyn!