Hadley: 3 Months Old!

Happy {belated} 3 Months, Baby Hadley!

{I wonder at what age we'll finally stop calling you Baby Hadley?!}

On June 19th, you turned 3 months old. You continue to amaze us with your sweet sweet demeanor & laid-back personality. You put up with a LOT from your big sister b/c she likes to love on you all.the.time. but you just take in stride. When she is playing across the room, you love to just watch her every move. You two are already becoming the best of friends. Nothing warms our hearts more than when Shelby is talking to you, and you start cooing back at her...it's the sweetest thing!

Here's what Miss Hadley is up to these days....

--You still aren't a fan of the carseat, but you don't scream in the car nearly as much as you used to. Progress!
--You love bathtime!
--You are really loving your activity mat these days! It's so fun to see you starting to grab & kick at your toys now! Shelby always loves to lay on your activity mat with you, and one day you were both on it when I started hearing Shelby yelling: "Ow! Ow! Mommy! Ow!" I rushed over to see what was going on, and sure enough Shelby was getting hurt--Shelby was in Hadley's path of playing with her toys, and she kept on accidentally hitting & kicking Shelby as she was reaching for her toys. It was too funny! I'm sure that this was just the first of many times where there will be hitting & kicking going on between the two of you...but at least this time was totally innocent. :)
--We got your belated 2 month shots recently, and you did great! Only cried for a second, and thankfully no noticeable fussiness or discomfort as a result! You did sleep more soundly than usual after your shots, so that was a nice treat for Mommy. :)
--Your stats at your belated 2 month dr appt (on May 30th when you were 2 months & 11 days old): 15 pounds exactly (99th percentile) and 24.4 inches long (96th percentile). For comparison's sake, Shelby was 13 pounds & 2 ounces at 2 months. Even at just 13 pounds, Shelby was considered 99th percentile; the doctor told us Hadley is actually "off the charts," even though it was recorded as 99th percentile in her chart. I guess there's no such thing as 100th percentile?! Ha! And at 2 months, Shelby was in the 95th percentile at 23.5in. So we've got two big girls on our hands! ;)
--We put you in one of Shelby's old dresses that was a size 9mo. I only put that dress on you b/c it matched the colors that Shelby & I were wearing for Derek's graduation. I didn't expect the dress to fit you, but it did! Most of Shelby's 6 month clothes are Christmas themed (even though she was only 3 mo old at Christmastime! Ha!) and/or more appropriate for cooler weather, and her 9 month stuff is all summery. So it works out perfectly that Hadley is a big ole baby b/c she's now wearing all of Shelby's 9 month dresses & outfits!
--Sleep? What's that? ;) We were doing really well with nighttime sleep up until about a week or two ago. You were going to bed around 8 or 8:30, waking up around 2-3 and 6ish to nurse, and sleeping until 8:30 or 9. Then this past week or so has kind of been all over the place. You definitely sleep better at night than you do for naps, so we're thankful for that! Hopefully we'll see some progress in the sleep department soon. :) But until then, it's hard to be too mad at you b/c you are seriously the happiest baby ever. No one would ever know you are sleep-deprived!
--For naps, you usually go right to sleep without too much trouble. But you always wake up 30 or 45 minutes into your nap and can't seem to get yourself back to sleep. Shelby had this problem too, so we're hopeful it will work itself out with age.
--You love to suck on your hands. So much so that we finally stopped swaddling you with your arms in b/c you want your hands near your mouth all.the.time.

Exhibit A :)

--You also love to suck on your clothes, burp cloth, or whatever else you can get to your mouth!
--You are laughing now! It's the sweetest sound. Shelby gets so excited when you laugh!
--You really found your voice this month and coo, talk, & squeal quite a bit! 

We love you, Hadley Mae!