The Welch Life: 3 Months Old

Today is Emerson's 3 month mark and he is changing so much everyday! He learns so many new things each and every day and it's so fun to watch him be able to figure things out. As of today, Emerson is 13.5 pounds! He's getting so big that it's even getting hard for me to hold him when he's in his carseat. Of course that could be because I'm not the strongest person in the world but I'm just going to go with he's getting really big haha. He is now also officially in 0-3 month clothes. We were going back and forth between 0-3 month and newborn but he definitely doesn't fit in the newborns anymore and is in all 0-3 month now. His jammies are already starting to get too small but all of the onesies and little outfits still fit which is good. He still eats about 6 oz. at each feeding. Sometimes he'll only eat 4 or even want 7 but for the most part, he stays at 6 oz. He's still pretty determined to hold his bottle. Whenever we feed him, he puts his hands right up to the bottle but tends to wind up pushing it out of his mouth instead of holding it in there. He's got a little ways to go before he figures that out but I'll be excited when he does have it figured out.

Emerson now actually grabs things on purpose! When we used to lay him on his play gym, he would just kind of look at the rings and toys above him and hit them but wouldn't ever purposely grab them but he now actually grabs them and holds onto them for a while. He's got a pretty good grip. He's also figured out that if he gets his legs in just the right spot, he can kick the arms of the toy and it makes the whole thing shake and go crazy. He seems to enjoy that quite a bit. He still doesn't really respond to playing with toys but you can tell that he's starting to seem a little more interested than he was before.

Emerson is super talkative and loves to just sit there and chat with Jordan and I (especially Jordan). It seems that Emerson has now figured out when Jordan goes to work because when he comes home, he gets super excited and starts smiling and kicking his legs and wants his daddy. I have found a few times recently that when Jordan leaves the room, Emerson will follow him with his eyes and then will start to get a little fussy when he can't see him anymore. And I thought he was a mommy's boy! Not so sure about that anymore haha. Emerson has also figured out a little game too. Basically he wants what he doesn't have. If I'm holding him, he cries and reaches out for Jordan so I'll hand him to Jordan but after a couple minutes, he'll start crying and reaching for me and then will be happy again when he's with me...for a couple minutes that is until he starts all over again. Definitely working the system there haha.

Emerson is still sleeping through the night and is on a pretty normal schedule now. He'll usually get his bath around 6:00 or 7:00 and will eat a little and then take a quick nap until around 8:30ish and then is up for a little while longer, gets his diaper changed, eats a little, and then goes to bed at about 10:30. If he's really stubborn, he'll go to bed at 11:00 or 11:30 but not usually any later than that. He's a fantastic sleeper! Still sleeps 8 hours at a time but sometimes we get lucky and he'll decide that he wants to sleep for 9 or 10 hours. He even slept for 12 hours a couple nights ago! That was pretty impressive. He doesn't cry when he wakes up, he just kind of sits in his crib and kicks his legs and talks to himself. It's much nicer waking up to him talking than to him crying haha.

He is also a BIG smiler! He loves smiling and will smile at pretty much anyone who looks at him and talks to him. Jordan took him to the grocery store a couple days ago and apparently was stealing the hearts of all the little old ladies that spotted him. He would just crack out big smiles at them. What a cutie. Whenever he wakes up in the morning or wakes up from a nap, as soon as he spots Jordan or me, he will get the biggest smile on his face and start talking to us. It's so much fun when he talks to us. I swear I thought I heard him say momma a couple days ago but obviously he doesn't know how to talk just yet. He's definitely figuring out how to move his mouth though. He likes to make the "m" sound and the "o" sound. He has also figured out what his tongue is and chews on it a lot. I never understood why he was doing that until I talked to my mom and she said he's probably just figured out that it's there and just plays around with it. I thought maybe he was starting to teeth but no teeth yet.

Emerson is officially able to hold his head up as well when we give him tummy time. At his 2 month checkup, they asked us how he was doing with that and I was disappointed to say he hadn't figured it out yet. Well, the very next day, I laid him on his tummy and sure enough, he lifted his head right up and had no problem doing it. Shortly after that, he was able to roll over from his tummy to his back. Still hasn't figured out how to roll from his back to his tummy but he gets pretty close. He gets about halfway there and then can't figure out how to get the rest of his body over but he tries.

I figured out yesterday that he loves to walk. I picked him up and just started walking him a little bit and he had the biggest smile on his face! He absolutely loved it! He also loves to sit up! We pull him up and as soon as he's sitting he gets super happy. He can balance for a couple seconds but not any longer than that. He's very determined to be able to get up there though and it seems like he'll be able to sit up before he rolls over with how determined he is. It'll be exciting to see what this next month has in store!

All in all, this last month has been a fun one full of little surprises from Emerson. We love watching him learn and figure things out. He is a blast to play with and so much fun to be around!