3 1/2 Months Old

Time goes by so quickly. That's a saying that has really been relevant in our lives now. I feel like I wake up Monday morning and then suddenly it is Friday! Time flies when you are having fun!
So let's see what's been going on...
We had portraits taken of you at Picture People at the Millenium Mall. We figured it was your 3 month birthday...a good excuse as any to to do it! So generally you smile all day long. At the studio, there was so much going on you were more curious than happy. We got some great shots however it would be better if we had someone come to the house when you are most comfortable and smiling all the time. I think we will do that again when Ethan is in town.
Daddy's birthday is 3/18 and that weekend is also always the Winter Park Art Festival. We had a beautiful weekend and went to the Art Festival both days. The second day we walked into town which made for a long day. As usual you were a perfect angel and had a great time. I carried you in the Bjorn Carrier most of the time and you loved it. You were this cute floppy hat and everybody wanted to take a look at you. :)
On Sunday night, Ira's birthday, we left you with a babysitter for the first time. It was my friend Sarah so she really isn't a sitter. Daddy and I met a bunch of friends at our favorite Sushi place. I was really anxious leaving you...not that I was worried Sarah wouldn't be able to take care of you...just some separation anxiety. Daddy and I had a great time and you did great with Sarah. We came home and you were sleeping like a baby! Daddy and I need to make sure we make plans like that every once in a while.
We are starting to get into routines. You have your first nap around 9:30 in the morning which lets me have breakfast, do a little cleaning and shower. I feed you when you wake up and then we can go do chores in the afternoon. I try to schedule any appointments after noon.
In fact tomorrow we go see the adoption attorney, Nancy, to sign some papers bringing us closer to your finalized legal adoption. Oprah has now had an article in her magazine and a segment on her show of adopted children who are now grown adults who find their biological parent. They are beautiful stories and always make me cry. We will always support you in whatever you want to do when it comes to learning about your biological background.
Your personality continues to come out more and more every day. You are very curious and like to people watch. Your smile is just beautiful. It makes me melt when you are first waking up from your nap and you see me and smile. It's the cutest thing...you stretch and squirm and eventually open your eyes. It's so nice to see how happy you are when you wake up. I am a morning person too :)
I am taking tons of pictures with our new camera. In fact I am going to post some on our blog right now!
Talk to you soon,
Love,
Mom

First Times

So I was telling you about your teeth...Thursday was the first time I gave you any medicine. I bought infant Tylenol and then called the Doctor to make sure it was the right thing to do. They said yes and told me your dose. It wasn't a big deal for you at all...in fact it made you feel better :)

Mommy likes to go to the YMCA to exercise. I haven't been doing much of that at all these last 3 months. I especially like taking Spinning classes. In fact, shortly before you were born I was certified to teach Spinning. Unfortunately I blew out my knee in August and had to have surgery. That pretty much put everything on hold.
Anyway, back to the Y...I signed you up to go into the daycare center there at about 6 weeks. However, I have been having a hard time actually bringing you there. It's not that I don't trust them, it's just hard for me to leave you with someone else.
On Saturday I put my workout clothes on and decided that when you take your nap we will go there. This way you won't even know I brought you in. So first we went and saw Lana at her Florist to talk about flowers for the Gala I am helping put on. From there we went straight to the Y. My goal was to do 30 minutes of cardio. Short workout for our first time. When I brought you in they saw that I was nervous so they gave me a pager. Exactly 30 minutes after working out I went back to get you. You were not in your stroller, which surprised me, I fully expected you to be sleeping. Instead, you were laying like a Queen in a cushy swing in the infant room. Right next to you was one other infant in her carrier and then on the floor in front of both of you was the caretaker. She was playing with both of you and you were smiling and having fun. You didn't even notice me come in. It was at that point that I started to cry...not sure why...it's just what I do! I get emotional pretty easily...certainly when it comes to you...it's just because I love you so much!

Teeth?

Daddy and I couldn't figure out why you didn't sleep well the last 2 nights. Last night you barely ate anything. Same thing this morning. Daddy took you to his YMCA meeting this afternoon and I went to the Portofino for a meeting there with Stacy from the Fertile Dreams Planning committee.
Daddy and you met us there and after explaining to Stacy what was going on she immediately said check for teeth. Sure enough I see your 2 front upper teeth coming in. Now that I think about it you have been kind of gnawing on my fingers pretty hard.
Anyway, I felt so bad. I bought some infant Tylenol and put in a call to the Doctor. They said it was fine to give you some so I did. You are finally sleeping and had about 2 ounces to drink.
I wish Daddy was here but he went to Chicago to visit Ethan and go to his parent-teacher conference.
We will have to tough this out together!

Safta Judy's vist

We had a nice few days with Safta. It was really helpful having her around and she really enjoyed spending time with you. The funny thing that happened was on the night I went to a meeting she forgot to put in the insert in your bottle so you had a full flowing feeding. Apparently you drank the whole 4 ounces and rather quickly. :)