Three months old!

Look at those beautiful eyes!

Ava using her new camera to take some pictures of her own!  Do we have a future photographer?

Chunky legs.  Love them!

Loving that smile!  (I cannot get this picture to turn right side up!)

No doctor appointment this month, which mommy is thankful for!  Ella has officially started daycare and is adjusting perfectly.  She can literally sleep through anything and this has helped her immensely!  She is my good little sleeper, usually a 2-3 hour nap in the morning and afternoon as well and a few catnaps throughout the day and she still manages to sleep extremely well at night.  She sleeps through the night about half of the time.  

I am still cuddling/rocking Ella to sleep.  I think over the next month we will work on her being able to put her self to sleep in her crib.  I love rocking my babies to sleep, but also want them to learn how to put themselves to sleep.  However, I doubt Ella will have a problem.  As mentioned before, the girl can sleep anywhere and everywhere.

At three months, Ella weighs 16 lbs, 6 oz.  I didn't even attempt to get a length measurement, so we will have to wait until next month's doctor appointment for that.

At three months, Ella:

• smiles spontaneously and is very easy to get a smile from.
• sometimes squeals in delight
• recognizes mommy (maybe daddy and Ava as well)
• holds head steady when upright
• has really started "playing" at her playmat.  She is kicking her legs and swinging her arms at the objects.

We have started using cloth diapers about 90-95% of the time.  We still use disposables (size 2) at night because they are more absorbent and sometimes when going out and about, depending on how long we will be gone from home.  I am really liking cloth diapering!  Even Darren, who I thought would think it was a pain has no problems with it.  Ella is currently wearing size 3-6 month or 6 month clothes. A lot of the pants seem long on her, but the shirts fit great.  Cloth diapers are a bit bulkier, so the bigger size clothes seem to fit better over the diapers.

Ella's eyes are still looking blue.