3 month update

I've been so bad about blogging and I feel awful about it!  I promised myself I would use this as a way to record memories for Ryan.  Going back to work really threw me for a loop, and I've got to be honest--I still get sad every day.  Being a teacher is a wonderful career and I'm glad I chose it, but I would leave it all behind in a heartbeat if I could stay home every day with my love.  I hope in the next few years I can drop back to part-time, but for now, I have to figure out how to fit baby, husband, career, friends, exercise, and LIFE together and somehow make time for everyone and everything.  Every working mama out there knows this is NO easy task :)

So, without further adieu (and a week late), I give to you Ryan Michelle Lynch:  3 months.  She breaks out into grins all the time, especially at the most unexpected times like a 3:00 a.m. feeding or getting her diaper changed. My favorite smile might be when I first go into her room in the morning and she's grunting and crying but when she sees my face, the tears cease and a smile spreads across her face.  She is so alert now, staying awake for several hours in between naps.  She loves the other toddlers she spends her days with and they LOVE her.  Several of them come to tell her bye or kiss her forehead each day when she leaves.  It warms my heart knowing how loved she is during the day when I can't be there.  She's eating like a champ and taking 6 ounces of formula at each feeding.  She has a hysterical bald "stripe" around her head where she rubs the same place over and over while trying to get comfy for bed.  She loves her bouncy seat, the lights on the Christmas tree (or any lights!), her Boppy play gym, her hands (all the time), her paci, warm fleece sleepers, and especially sleeping on her daddy's chest.

This little beauty makes every day wonderful.  We don't get much sleep and we wake up on Saturday the same time we wake up for work but seeing that little smile is ALL I need----along with a cup of coffee or two. ;)

                            Every now and then I get to experience this sweet, amazing baby falling into a deep        sleep on my chest.  Just seeing this picture makes my heart smile.

     
                                               Love at first sight!  Ryan's first Christmas :)

                                                                  3 months is FUN!

Uh-oh....what are you doing, Mom?

Aaaaaaaahhhhhh, my absolute FAVORITE spot.

Nothing, I mean NOTHING in this world can make me smile the way I do when I walk into her nursery and see this first thing in the morning.