Ashton is 3 months…
its true that it does feel like we have never lived without him so in some ways its as though I can’t believe three months has passed already and then in other ways its as though it has been forever.
We are finally getting into the swing of things and he is overall a great baby! A sleepy baby today as he is taking an irregularly long early nap, which gives me time to write this at the moment.
So, who is Ashton? Well physically he is strong, he has thigh muscles that are so thick and has held his head up from the day he was born. He rolled over when he was three weeks old from his tummy to back and he is now working on the other way. His latest feet on the blanket is when I lay his head one way he finds his way all the way around by push his legs and he is 3/4 of the way from getting on his tummy. We shall see. When we put him on his tummy he trys to get his legs up under him. In some ways I think its cool that he is so strong, yet in others I don’t want to wish away his baby-ness and I know I am gonna be running around like a crazy woman once he is mobile. He is definitely a wiggle worm when I am holding him or he is laying on the ground constantly pounding his heels into the ground. Sometimes I put a pillow under his feet, both so they won’t hurt and because I am sure the neighbors below us must be getting annoyed at the “bang, bang, bang”. He loves kicking his little toy that he can activate with his feet, sit in his bumbo while I cook dinner, and now we are borrowing Noah’s jumper which he also loves because he wants to be upright more than on his back. I really do feel like he wants to be a bigger boy than he is!
Who is my little man as a baby? Well so far he is a good boy and he LOVES being social. He gets bored easily if we are home too many days in a row and he will be happy as a clam if there are many new sights and people around to talk to him. How funny it will be if we end up with a little social butterfly, quite different from Daniel and I. I love when he and I have “talks” and how he has given up some of his fussy time in the longer car rides for “singing” and the way he bats his eyes to flirt as well. Nothing can be better as far as “job satisfaction” than after a long night of waking up, exhausted, coming into his talks in the morning and that HUGE smile that says, “hello mommy!” It is a blessing to be the one who can make it all better:)
He has started to laugh in the past few weeks but he doesn’t always get that this is the response every time, it just comes out when we are tickling him or something but often when we repeat it too much he looses interest in that. He has odd parents, good luck to him, and I am constantly making up songs for him. The latest to do with clapping your hands, banging your belly and doin the muscle man! haha I also sing what we are doing, taking a bath, changing his clothes, etc. I also have many names for him, which really shouldn’t be surprising to anyone who knows me as we did this with the dogs as well. He is sugar booger, honey bunny, shmooper pooper, shnooker cooker..yeah scarred for life! haha You would have to be around Daniel and I lots to know how into rhyming we are..weirdos! Are most common thing said “thanks banks and your welcome shmelcome” ya don’t ask.
Anyways, just wanted to get some of these things down so I can remember (thanks Denette and Bethany).
I love being a mom and I love my boy so much! I know this is what I was made to do, and although tiring and exasperating at times, it is something that is better than many other things you could do with your time. I think of how much responsibility parents have to teach trust, love, laughter, family, God, etc into a little life entrusted to them! I am looking forward to many more special moments!
Love you Ashtonian!!
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