The Past 3 Months

So much has happened in the past 3 months, and I have been a terrible blogger about it :P So I'm here now to update you!

James is not 3 months and 3 weeks old, he'll be 4 months this coming Saturday. Boy does time fly.
Over the past 3 months, James has learned to smile, and there rarely isn't a smile on his cute little face. He recently learned to giggle, and it's probably the most infectious sound in the world. He's gotten quite a bit bigger as well since he exited my womb. He now weighs about 14 or 15 pounds. And he's around 24 or 25 inches long. He goes in for his 4 month check up in a week or two and I'll get the definite then. He gets the hiccups all the time, just like his mommy. He doesn't mind them at first but after 20 minutes with them he starts to get mad which results in fussiness. He loves to sit on mommy or daddy's lap and watch what ever we're doing, whether its tv, or the computer. He is a food machine, eating about every 2 hours, and eating 4 to 6 ounces every time. He is such a good sleeper though, sleeping 8 to 9 hours at night. However, he's still being swaddled so once we stop swaddling him in the next couple weeks his sleeping might change until he gets used to having his arms free. I absolutely love this kid to death, I would do anything for him. I never imagined I could whole heartedly love someone so much, even more than I love Josh ;) It's a different kind of love though. My little chunk is such a bundle of happiness, but he's growing so fast! I wish it would slow down just a little. He's already sleeping in 6 month footy pajamas.

My little monster loves to cuddle, and I am sure taking advantage of it now, because in a while he won't want to cuddle he'll want to play. He's my nap buddy, I don't get naps usually, so sometimes when he really needs a nap I'll take him to my bed and we'll snuggle up together and he'll fall right to sleep. He sleeps in his own bed at night though, there just isn't enough room for 3 people in our bed at night ;)

We recently had the pleasure of having my big brother Matt home to our house from Afghanistan. He spent two weeks with us, and it was great but it was also crazy. My brother is at a whole different speed than me, I'm a chill little homebody, and he's a "lets drink and barbecue and invite people over"- butterfly type person. While he was here we had lots of barbecues and lots of fun. But by the end of the two weeks I was exhausted! It was great though, he got to spend Thanksgiving with us. For Thanksgiving we went and spent it with Josh's family. We had two Thanksgivings in one day, one was at Josh's sister Chelsea's house with her in-laws and the other one was at a family friend's house where it was a little more chill. James by the end though was so exhausted from being overstimulated. When we got home from Austin after those few days, James literally slept the whole next day. Poor guy was so tired.

There is probably a lot more I'm missing from the past 3 months, but for now this will have to do. I'll come back and think of more I'm sure of it. For now though, that's the update.

Stay tuned :)