Scripture

"Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward." -Psalm 127:3

Friday, July 27, 2012

Study Buddy

We apparently have a very studious baby on our hands.  JM was holding her while he was studying, and we discovered that she was actually checking out his notes! Hey, it's never too early to form good study habits, right?

Checking out Papa's work
Concentrating really hard to figure it all out!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Beach Bum

We took a trip to the beach with John-Michael's family last week!  We had a blast and enjoyed getting away for a little bit.  Ruth did amazingly well, putting up with a 9.5 hour car ride like a champ.  She hardly even made a peep!  We're not really sure what she thought of the beach, but she has definitely mastered the art of being a beach bum... she slept the majority of the time we took her down!

First time down to the beach!

Snoozing in Papa's lap

Date night!!

My two beach bums :D

Checking out the ocean with Mama...
she fell asleep on me after this!

Family of three


Friday, July 13, 2012

THREE months

Our baby girl is three months old today!  She is growing so fast, I can hardly keep up.  Literally.  She went from size 1 diapers to size 2 diapers overnight.  Thankfully we had some on hand.  And then a week and a half later, I had to switch her into size 3 diapers.  We didn't even make it all the way through the pack of size 2 diapers I bought.  Crazy!  She is holding her head up pretty well at this point, but she still has some "flop" moments.  She is also very BUSY.  She loves to lay on her back and just kick away, sometimes content to stay there for over an hour--we have fun just watching her and hearing her excited noises.  Which brings me to her next favorite thing--"talking".  She has become quite vocal: cooing, squealing, gasping and making just plain baby noises.  She also loves it when I click my tongue at her and after much concentration is able to click back at me sometimes.  Music fascinates her and causes her to kick excitedly.  The songs she likes best right now are Come Thou Fount and Amazing Grace.  And she gets most excited when Papa is singing to her or dancing with her--so sweet!  Ruth is a big smiler, and I often call her Miss Smiley.  She smiles all the time, even taking what I call smile breaks when she is eating, but she reserves the biggest ones for her Papa!  I also think we will be hearing her laugh soon--you can see her laugh now and we get a kick out of what she thinks is funny.  She is sleeping through the night at this point (10-6) and takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap.  The Lord blessed us with a very sweet and precious baby. We love watching her grow!