It Ain't Easy Being a Baby

Elizabeth is quickly approaching her four month birthday (22nd). In the last few weeks, Elizabeth has found her thumb and starting sucking it when she sleeps. It's so cute! We've also found out that Elizabeth likes to sleep on her belly. One night, we had her down for tummy time and the next thing we knew, she was laying there sucking her thumb and sleeping. Unfortunately, these days "they" say you should only sleep babies on their backs, so until we get the go ahead from our doc, only naps on her belly when we're watching. Every evening we get entertainment by watching her on the video monitor. Last night, she flipped herself over, BJ went in and rolled her to her back. Then, she flipped back to her belly when he was in the room and started crying because she scared herself. Usually at some point in the night, she gets herself into a strange position and starts crying - she is a very active sleeper!

Napping in her bouncy seat

Play time - this is the new jumperoo...jump, jump

Spending some time with dad

Sweet Giggles

There isn't anything better than a giggling baby! Elizabeth is giggling more and more and we love it. In the evenings, we can usually get her going, so we caught one on video to share. She reacts to most silly noises and tickling. Her belly/rib cage and neck (like her mom) seem to be her ticklish spots.

The weather outside was delightful

We finally had a nice day in Maryland and we took advantage and got Elizabeth some fresh air. We have realized that having an October baby is both good and bad. It's good because you can show her off at Christmas to family and friends, but bad because it's winter and her nose is stuffy and she's cooped up inside all the time. It was about 60 degrees here yesterday, so we had a little photo shoot on the deck and went for a walk around the neighborhood. Elizabeth is so alert and soaking in everything now, so she didn't even sleep during the walk. She wasn't fussing, but just taking it all in. She's not used to seeing blue sky. Once we got back home, though, she went right to sleep. We had an overall great day with Elizabeth...she was laughing a lot yesterday and it's so cute. Hopefully we can capture a video of it and share. She was laughing when mom laughed and laughing when dad made silly faces and noises at her. Elizabeth really is a happy baby.

Elizabeth or ilzabeth?

So, we know that Elizabeth is a long name and we just haven't shortened it to anything. The first day of daycare, the woman asked if we call her Beth for short. No, we call her Elizabeth. The woman at daycare is Iranian. I didn't even think about it, but she has a hard time saying the "E" in Elizabeth. The other day when I picked E up, a little girl (about 3-4) said "I love that baby." I asked her if she knew her name and matter of factly she said "yes, ilzabeth." So, Elizabeth has a nickname of sorts.

Look at those sweet chubby cheeks - don't you all want to kiss them, too?

Second shift: Daddy entertaining Elizabeth (aka ilzabeth) after work with a little finger snapping. She was cracking up at his finger snapping.

Hot Off the Press!

Mommy and Elizabeth

Daddy and Elizabeth

Going out on Saturday night

Meow!

Look at me sitting in my bumbo chair!

Ok, since we've been so bad at updating our online photos, here are a few brand new photos for y'all.

Lets get this blog rolling...and, Elizabeth, too!

Well, we fully intended on keeping up with a blog for our friends and families to know what was happening with Elizabeth (aka Sookie, Bean, Pweston, Sweetheart). Well, 3 months have come and gone - where did the time go? It's amazing how your time is so limited by a baby, especially as new parents. What happened in her first 3 months of life? Well, she ate, played and slept...a lot (and, spit up). Probably the biggest feat was her Christmas trip through Ohio and Nashville to see our families and friends. She did well on the trip, although we felt bad when we kept putting her back into the carseat. In the last couple of weeks she has really started to "come alive." We've heard some of her first laughs. She started out just making one or two noises, but now if we tickle her she makes a continuous laugh - it's so cute. Her neck continues to get stronger and stronger. Just last night I commented to BJ it's amazing how much she seems to have developed in the last week with that. Daycare has been going well - of course we'd like to have her home with us, but if we have to work, we feel she is in a good place. Last Saturday, we all went to dinner with 9 other couples and 9 other babies (all around 3 months) - it was the mommies' group with the dads and babies, too! I'm sure the restaurant was happy when we were finished! We're going again this Saturday - it's nice to get out. Right now, we're waiting to see when Elizabeth will start rolling over...we'll be sure to let you know and maybe, just maybe we'll be better about keeping up with the blog!

The Little Hairy One Has Arrived