Hazel at 3 months

Our Hazel Grace is 3 months old!

Already?

(don't worry, I'm going to say that every month I post about her being a month older!)

I love her big, bright eyes and sweet, happy face - but I wanted to take a picture of her sleeping because she's just as sweet that way. So serene and beautiful. I only took one frame so the click wouldn't wake her - and I put on the little bonnet that was mine as a baby (because it's sweet and it also covers her bald head :) Sometimes during the hustle and bustle of the day I don't get to just sit and admire her while she's sleeping (sometimes I do) - but late at night when she's curled up next to me in bed, or early in the morning when the sun (yes, there's LOTS of sun here in Austin!) dances in our window with it's warm glow...I just stare at her. I touch her cheeks and nose, kiss her little eyebrows and lips and cheeks and chin and ears...she's delicious. I'm not sure how it came to be that we talk about sweet babies like they're something from the bakery or candy store...but I'll take a sweet baby over a piece of pie or chocolate any day. 

Hazel Grace - at 3 months -

-you are roly-poly chub-a-licious goodness! It is quite evident that you are a purely breastfed baby (I take pride, of sorts, that none of my babies have ever tasted a drop of formula).

-sometimes we call you Hazel Gracie because it's cute (and so are you!)

-you have killer eyelashes. I'm jealous :)

-you have the cutest little voice and have really discovered it the last week or two, I am thinking you'll be just as verbal as your bro and sis (who talk constantly and have huge vocabs for their age)

-you roll over  from back to tummy.

-you DO NOT take a binky, thankfully, you're easy going and don't really need a binky much, but it would be nice if you'd take it sometimes like at church so all your cute noises and talking didn't distract half of the congregation (in a good way, but still).

-you DO take your hands. You LOVE to suck on your fingers and little fists. You don't seem to prefer any certain finger(s) so I think it's just a phase (we haven't had a thumb sucker yet). You just love to stuff all of them in your mouth, it's rather cute and silly :)

-you really are a trooper. you sat in between your brother and sister all the way from Seattle to Austin and never complained. I was relieved you arrived with your eyes in tact. You really know how to just roll with things, which is probably part of being the third child, but also part of your personality.

-people always notice your big, beautiful eyes. We still don't know what color they'll settle to. Currently they're still that baby denim blue color, but they could very easily shift. It's a fun guessing game :)

-you have mastered your little jungle gym - you reach and grab and swat the little animals and rattles and have a ball in there. sometimes you grab the little bird toy and forget how to let go of it, which frustrates you but is kind of cute, too. Often, your siblings join you and secretly wish they had their own jungle gym. 

-your hair has really fallen out. I still think it's crazy how you started out with so much pretty dark hair and it somehow magically falls out. I like to say you're bald but beautiful. I'm sure more hair will start growing in soon ;)

-you're just so cute and sweet, and little. you're still wearing you're 0-3 months sized clothes but in another few weeks I think we'll have to pack them away (tear). You're growing up so fast!

-you still love tubby time but now you also love POOL time! You are a little fishy! We've had so much fun having a pool just steps from our front door in our new apartment home.

-you're a Southern girl now!

-We love you to infinity and beyond!