3 months!!

Little Laney,

These past 3 months have flown by so fast. You are growing so much day by day and your daddy and I are amazed at the little person you have become. You are now smiling at everything and everyone and talking up a storm. You are such a blessing to us and we honestly can't imagine life without you. I honestly don't remember not being a mommy!

This month you have been on your first airplane ride, went to Texas for the first time(you weren't born there but you got there as fast as you could), had your first set of shots(which mommy cried more than you), been away from your daddy for 10 days at a time, went to the beach for the first time, experienced a military 4th of July, and been to Georgia and Florida(you are such a traveling girl).

You have discovered your hands and study them often. If you don't have your pockey in your mouth your fingers are the next best thing. You even choke yourself at times which scares mommy half to death.

You have just started mocking mommy and daddy and trying to make the same noises we make. When we are talking to you. You are so social and such a morning girl. I wake up every morning to you talking to yourself and kicking the bassinet as hard as you can.

Tummy time has gotten a little better. You will now last for about 5 minutes before you have had enough and get very agitated. Last month you accomplished rolling from your tummy to your back and you have now mastered that!!

You are still breastfed and are sleeping through the night from about 9pm to 7 am. You wake up eat and are back asleep for another hour or so! You never cry unless you are hungry or sleepy. Speaking of sleepy we are still working on getting you to put yourself to sleep. Mommy just can't stand to hear you cry.

You are the light of our lives baby girl and we are so blessed to have you!! We love you dearly!

Mommy and Daddy!

4th of July

I thought I better post this before it gets too far away from the 4th. Last Thursday I took Laney to have her pictures made at Sears. They were having a 20% off military discount that day and since I had not taken her yet I wanted to take full advantage of it. I had bought her a little dress for the 4th of July so I thought, what better time to have some patriotic pictures done of her. I took Rocky's ACU jacket with me and had them use it as a prop. She did so well and we were actually able to catch some of her smiling a little. The lady that was taking the pictures was a little over the top trying to get her to smile so in a couple of them she has this really confused look like "why in the world is this strange lady talking to me like this".It is so rewarding to peak over the bassinet in the morning to hear her just talking up a storm and when she catches me peaking she gives me the sweetest smile ever.

On Friday the 4th we went over to our Friends Buster and Sarah's place to all go and watch the Fireworks on post. They have 2 boys, a 3 year old and a 6 month old. Fort Rucker has a freedom festival every year on July 4th and a fireworks display. The fireworks were amazing and Laney did not seem to mind them one bit. She slept the majority of the time and when she was awake she was so mesmerized by them. Here is a picture of Laney and her older boyfriend Taylor getting ready to head out to the fireworks. And here is Daddy and Laney.And I am leaving you with one of me and Rocky. It seems like forever since we have taken a picture together. Our whole camera is filled with Laney! I can't believe how long my hair has gotten!