Brady: 3 Months!

October 5th marked three months with this sweet face!!
 

Love how he had his little arm propped up on the pillow...looks like he knows how to relax already!!

Brady continues to be the sweetest & most laid-back baby, and we are all just smitten with him. The girls have recently begun to bicker over his attention--it is simultaneously annoying and the sweetest thing ever.

If Hadley's smile looks fake here, it's because it is. She was beyond mad that we let Shelby hold Brady for the picture and not her. Heaven forbid!! She only agreed to smile for the picture if she got to hold Brady after the pic ;)

Most notable milestones this past month: becoming a pro at sitting in his Bumbo seat, beginning to roll over!! (he's rolled over once from back to front and rolled over a handful of times from front to back, but nothing consistent yet), transitioning out of a full swaddle, and putting himself to sleep!!!!!! That last one is HUGE, people--huge! A baby who can fall asleep on his own is literally LIFE-CHANGING when you've got two other kids who need your attention. Up until 3 months, we were rocking him to sleep. Sometimes he would fall right asleep when we rocked him, other times it would take 30 minutes of rocking and he might wake up as soon as we put him down in the crib. Then it got to the point where he wouldn't even let us rock him, I think he started figuring out what happened after the rocking so he was fighting sleep hardcore. So we decided to try laying him down in his crib awake, and IT WORKED! Sure, he fusses for a few minutes before falling asleep...but I cannot describe how truly revolutionary it is for my day-to-day life to be able to sing one lullaby and lay him down in his crib knowing he can get himself to sleep on his own.

Hanging out in the Bumbo in the bathroom while big sisters take a bath :)

Love this one! And his hair looks so red from the back here!

One of his last times in a full swaddle!

New "transition swaddle" blanket

Brady's current favorites include: being outside, sleeping on me in the carrier, his big sisters, looking at himself in the mirror, and playing on his little activity mat. At 3 months old, he's seeming less like a newborn and more like a full-fledged pudgy little baby! It's so fun watching his little personality develop and really feeling like we know him now. We love you, Brady!!