thumb-ifier

Hazel has never taken a pacifier

nor has she taken much to sucking her thumb

but put those two together

and you have a winning combination

I gave her the binkie the other week just to play with and chew on and she managed to get her thumb in it and decided it was awesome. She's done it a few times since.

Why have just a thumb or just a pacifier when you can have the best of both worlds?

Parenting Tips from TV

Ever watched Up All Night?

Its one of our favorite shows around here.

The clip on this episode below aired right before we had Hazel and we still quote it.

Well apparently Mr. PHD in peek-a-boo knew what he was talking about.

See for yourself

Anything we do to get Hazel to laugh can only be done one time.
Then it's old news and we have to get creative again.

3 Months

Hazel is 3 months old now and much prefers to do things like a big girl now.

If she's being held like a baby its because she's asleep or being put to sleep

other than that she needs to sit up and face outward to see the world.

She hates her car seat most of the time.

I have a theory though that if she was allowed to sit face forward, 

she would love it.

She's very noisy and good at talking and growling.

She only squeals at Ben.

Is starting to get a little shy in big crowds and around people she doesn't know.

She's an expert at smiling and we even got a laugh out of her the other night.

She hasn't laughed since.

LOVES getting her diaper changed on the diaper table.

Hazel could be sad, tired, hungry, or crying but put her on the changing table and something comes over her. She starts kicking her legs and going crazy.

(that's where we got her to laugh)

Hazel also started rolling over from her back to her front.

Did I mention that she doesn't really like being on her stomach very much?

She's doing better now that she gets there on her own but sometimes as soon as she turns over she just gets mad... its pretty funny

Hazel got a new scarf from Nanna Jones for Christmas

It was too cute not to show off

Kangaroo

This is what made Hazel

(and me)

very happy the other day.

It kept her very content while I got things done around the house.

We've also graduated from most newborn size clothing around here.

That's ok though. 

Clothes start getting much cuter in bigger sizes.

She's in kind of an in-between size right now.

She's too big for most of her newborn clothes 

but most 3month sizes don't quite fit just yet

Fancy Pants

We got dressed up fancy for church today

and found out that yellow is a good color on one of us.

This little girl is starting to pack on the chubs giving us more reasons to want to eat her.

We love this little round face.

I'm not even sure why I bother getting her dressed up 

since she just ends up swaddled and sleeping.

Mostly it just makes for cute pictures afterwards.

I think this is our first family picture with the three of us 

It only took six and a half weeks...

I should get better at that

1 month

I can't believe Hazel is already a month old. 

Some days I feel like it shouldn't be that long since she was born.

Other days I feel like we've had her forever.

She's a very easy-going baby.

She's happiest right after she eats

and looks so darn cute all dressed up.