Lucy at Three Months

At the beginning of January, our sweet Lucy Lu turned 3 months old. The pictures of her in her blue onesie were taken on her actual birthday.

I can't believe how quick time has passed. Around her 3 month birthday, Lucy went to the doctor and she weighed over 15 lbs! Everyone who sees Lucy comments on how chubby her little cheeks are. However, it is her thighs that I think are the chubbiest and are so cute.Lucy is starting to lose some of her sweet hair. She has a ring of baldness around the sides and a toupee on the top. It also looks as if she has some red in her hair.Lucy LOVES having a bath. She has graduated to the big girl tub and she loves the extra room to kick, splash and push off.Lucy HATES tummy time and will only last a few minutes. This one doesn't surprise me, not one of my kids enjoyed tummy time.
Lucy tries to pull herself up when you hold her hands. She is actually pretty strong for her age (always has been).Lucy loves to stand and look around at everything. Lucy has also started to enjoy her bumbo chair and tells me stories while I do the dishes or make dinner.About the end of December, Lucy found her hands and they have been in her mouth ever since.
Lucy's first tooth poked through on January 23rd. She had been drooling a lot and a little cranky so I decided to investigate her mouth and found a tooth coming in on the top. I was shocked since she is a little young to be getting a tooth. However, my mother informed me that I was about her age when I got my first tooth.The kids still LOVE Lucy and are always telling me how grand they think she is and how much they LOVE her. Emmy still asks me quite often if she can hold her. Emmy also insisted the other day, when we were at the library, that we needed to check out some books for Lucy. One day in January, Hyrum was so excited to come home from school and "play" with Lucy. Lucy loves watching the kids play and run back and forth.

Lucy has really grown in her hand-eye coordination and loves to play with her toys. She is getting really good at swinging them around.Just the other day, Brandon got Lucy to giggle for the first time by bringing her toes to her face. She loves it when I raise her arms and tickle her sides. She does more grunting than giggling it seems. Lucy also likes it when I kiss her feet just like Emmy did.I love Lucy's big blue eyes.I love how Lucy smiles so big when she sees me. I love her little coos and stories she tells me. I love snuggling with her when she is fast asleep. Lucy wears, just barely, 3-6 month clothes and could use size 3 diapers, but we are finishing up the last few of the size twos. Nighttime, after the other kids go to sleep, is Lucy time. Brandon and I sit and play with Lucy from about 8 to 10 every night. It is the time when Lucy gets most of her baths since it is so much easier to bathe her without an audience. It is the time when we focus on just her and we love it. It is fun to see Brandon to sit down and just play with her for awhile. It is our Lucy time.

Lucy will sometime sleep from 11 to 6 or 10 to 5 at night, but most of the time, she gets up around 3 or 4 to eat.I am so lucky to be Lucy's mom. She is my angel. I love her beautiful smile. I love gazing into her eyes and smothering her face with kisses. I love to tickle my hair in her face. I love her heavenly fat rolls. I love how she leans her head against mine when I hold her. If Lucy had her way, she would be held all day.I love how Lucy will stop eating and smile and talk to me for a little bit and then go back to eating. I am so in love with her and pray that time slows down with my sweet Lucy.