Three Months Old

Somewhere in the craziness that is relocating a house (and business), Z passed his three-month birthday.  He is such a good baby and that is a wonderful blessing right now while we are in transition.  In the last few weeks, he has been sleeping really well at night, usually from 8pm-8am, with nary a peep.  He does pretty well during the day also, taking at least one big nap a day and a couple of little ones.  He's happy when he's awake and only starts to fuss when he's getting sleepy.  He's been a real trooper on all of our house-hunting trips, getting in and out of the van a bazillion times, eating on the road, and snatching pieces of naps between red lights.

He is so much bigger already than the girls were at this point.  He's already outgrown one of our bouncy seats!  Looking back at pics of C, I can tell she was still in that bouncy seat at 6 months!  He is so strong and has such good head control, that I've been trying him out in a few different places...

Jumper and stroller, yes; bumbo, not so much.  He's also not quite ready for the booster seat.  I think little man is used to more of a la-z-boy position than being upright and it will take a little getting used to.  He's just so much bigger and stronger than the girls were at three months.  I don't think either of them went in the jumper until 5-6 months.

I also know that neither of them slept as well as he does so early.  Now that he's found his thumb, I can lay him down in his crib before he's fully asleep and he will soothe himself to sleep.  That's huge!  Although I find myself wanting to rock and bounce him to sleep now since I don't have to, and he's already so done with rocking and bouncing to sleep.  It actually makes him fussier.

His sisters still dote on him when it suits them, but he's a little more commonplace now, so they can also ignore him when they want to.  They're going to have a blast as he gets more and more interactive in the next few months.  The girls give me daily updates as to his progress in grabbing the toys hanging from his bouncy seat or the noises he is making that sound like words.  They're so proud of their little brother.

What manner of grace is this, Lord, that you have lavished on me such an agreeable baby during such a tumultuous transition?  Thank you for consistently giving immeasurably more than I could ask or imagine.