Three Months

 

This happy boy is three month old! It's strange to think that a year old, I wasn't even pregnant yet.
August likes tummy time, if you keep your face down next to him, so he can see you. He holds his head up high, so he look around. He prefers lying on his back, though- and dislikes being reclined in someone's lap! He's always trying to pull himself forward to sitting.
He wants to sit up by himself so badly, and gets frustrated that I try to lean him against things.
He also loves to stand up, and locks his little knees so he can stand up on our laps and smile around.
He talks and smiles constantly- and even laughs with gasping little squeals. It's hard to get him to laugh like that, though! He isn't very ticklish yet, but occasionally I can get a laugh out of him that way. His favorite game though is patty-cake. He laughs and squeals, coos and talks. He is constantly making the sounds, "Hiiii!" "Hey!" so it really sounds like he's trying to say something!
When he is sad, he likes when I sing or whistle and calms down.
He still never, ever cries unless he's hurt. The worst is when he has a painful burp he can't get out. He sticks his little bottom lip put in the saddest, cutest pout and cries. He grunts so often that people constantly ask, "Are you working on getting something out?" but he's usually not. He's just grunty. He doesn't ever cry when he wakes up, just whimpers a little for a few minutes- and then puts himself right back to sleep. Because of that, he's been sleeping about 8 hours in a row at night, sometimes going 10 hours between meals!
He sucks on his hands and fingers constantly, with the funniest little slurping noises. You can hear him sucking away at his fingers from other rooms! And he likes to hold fistfuls of fabric, be it his blanket, burpcloth or the clothes of the people holding him.
We love this calm, happy little boy.  He's the best, nicest boy ever.

3 months old!

Today my boys are three months old.

Dang. I can't even believe it.

They are observant babies, which is why they always look so solemn in pictures. Even if they're laughing and smiling, they stop and stare the second the camera comes out. They love to look at the camera. 

They are wiggly babies. They're always running in place, scooting themselves around the inside of their crib, and punching and kicking each other.

They're snugly babies, almost to a fault. Almost. But not quite. They like to be held. Although recently they've both really taken to the swing, which I never used to use, but they like to sit in it and watch Travis and I move around they room. They'll start to fuss if we leave their eye sight though, which is pretty flattering. Sometimes they'll fuss no matter what I do, until I finally put them in the swing and they calm right down.

They love each other. It seems too early for them to know and love each other, doesn't it? But they love to look at each other and watch each other and they can already make each other laugh.
I wish I could take pictures of them breast feeding, since they lie facing each other - staring each other down, and they almost always hold hands while they're eating.
It's seriously the cutest thing ever.

Grey is, as my dad said, "the perfect baby." He rarely fusses, he puts himself to sleep (sometimes) and he eats and gains weight like a champ.

He almost always looks like he's just been caught in the middle of doing something he shouldn't be (see above photos) and he's recently taken to sucking on his fist or thumb constantly. 

He's usually content to sit by himself and watch us, without having to be entertained. Especially if he has a blanket his lap to hold and chew on and try to fold.

He thinks patty-cake is hilarious, which I don't understand.

Micah is a little more high maintenance, but only a little. He likes to be held, especially by his daddy. He would rather we were playing, singing or reading a story than just letting him sit and watch us, but even if we let him sit quietly (like when we're trying to put him to sleep) he's really easily distracted by little things like light moving or the computer.

He is SO smiley and it requires almost no effort to get a little laugh out of him, especially when he's eating -since it always puts him in a good mood to have a full belly. He'll just smile, smile, smile and milk will run out of his mouth because he's too busy smiling to latch properly or swallow.

He can click his tongue now, which is pretty much amazing to me.

  

The above picture was one of the only ones that I managed to get that included a smile! They are happy and smiley, but they are too interested in the camera to smile when it's in front of them.
Hopefully the iPhone will remedy that a little, since it' pretty small and boring.
I'll try to post a little video later today or tomorrow. I'll just add it to this post, so check back!
*Edit: Here is a little video of them, taken this afternoon.


3 months old! from Becky Pitcher on Vimeo.

And how about a vote for the birthday boys? (Travis wouldn't let me buy them real presents, since it's not really their birthday - and because we used up all our money this month on iPhones... so a vote will have to do.)
Thanks!