Three Months

Dear Ransom,
You're cute. That should just be stated up front because I just went through your three month pictures to remind me just what we did this month, and I was struck yet again by how expressive and fun you are!

This month we saw the end of our Revolving Door Time with visits from "Aunty Lindsay" and "Aunty M" ( plus a little bonus time with Aunty Bethany too!)-it was fun having them here with us and getting to have someone here to share your cute moments with. Its really frustrating when you do something SUPER cute and ONLY your Mommy is there to see it. ;-)
But, probably the best thing that happened to you this month was DADDY CAME HOME!! The Lord was very good to us and he went STRAIGHT through Ranger School, and more importantly straight back to us! The extra added bonus of Daddy graduating was that we got to see Papa for a day plus we got to have a weekend with Nana, Grandpa Bill and Uncle Josh because they all came to celebrate Daddy's success! Of course, I'm pretty sure they were all especially excited to see you too!

Your Daddy has had a lot of fun getting to know you better, you've changed a LOT since you were two weeks old! And he's had fun discovering all your fun quirks. Daddy is better at putting you down for Naps than Mommy ( he's a champion swaddler)...and I also like it that he can sometimes get up during the night and put your paci back in so that I don't have to get up as often! Yay!

And speaking of sleep, I don't want to jinx it or anything but for about a week and a half now you've been sleeping until 4 or 5 and even SIX in the morning before you need to be fed! You have become quite the champion sleeper and Mommy has LOOOOVED you for this! Why don't we make this a trend of ALL your Monthly Letter, ok?!

The other great thing about having your Daddy home is that he and I can sit and discuss how cute and smart you are for hours and neither of us get tired of doing it!  In fact, the other night I was holding you and sticking my tongue out at you making a sort of yodeling sound ( this pretty much always makes you smile) and you became very very still and then you did it back! We did it several more times and your Daddy and I were beyond impressed. We were then sure that you were the most genius child we'd ever met.

This past week you also started sitting in your Bumpo Seat. It helps you develop those neck and stomach muscles so that soon you will be sitting up without the help of a seat, but for now you look SO grown up sitting in it! Its hard to believe how far you've come in just three months!

We are also experimenting with taking you out "past your bed time" so that Mommy can go to Bible Study and other evening activities with you in tow. You're not quite sure about the whole idea just yet but we're going to get there! Last night you went with us to a Dinner Party and got to try out your friend Elizabeth's swing. Its different from your swing in that her's goes side to side rather than back and forth. You totally dug it and went straight to sleep when you were in it! Maybe we need one of those at our house! haha!

Above all, when I look back at this month I realize that our love for you has grown even more as your unique personality comes out. I am reminded daily that you are already becoming the person that God thought up before we even had an idea of you...what fun to see you blossom into that person!

I will now go and kiss your very kissable chubby checks!
Mommy