Father's Day

Because Lauren doesn't want anyone else to hold her and she'll only take small naps on her own, I barely was able to get Chris' Father's Day present, let alone all the cute stuff I wanted to do for him. But the best present, and really the only one he wanted, was to have a baby.
By accident, he ended up staying up all night with Lauren the night before Father's Day and missed church. I was sad for him about that, but it didn't bother him. So I picked up the candy bar being handed out to all the dads for him.
There were lots of cool new dad shirts to pick from, I had a hard time deciding on one, but I really like this one and he thought it was cool. He's such a good daddy! I can't wait till next year when I can hopefully do a better job for him.

Mommy's Girl

Can you see how Lauren has a tight grip on my shirt?

She doesn't nap well yet, which is fine, because she's been sleeping on her own at night for weeks. So we mostly just hold her during naps. I'm hoping soon to start helping her change that, but for now I'd rather her get good sleep during the day so that she stats happy. On the weekends when Chris is home to help we take shifts. I usually still put her to sleep when it's his shift, just because it's easier. So earlier today she was getting tired, so I put her to sleep and then handed her to Chris. She woke up right away, screaming. I waited a few minutes to see if he could calm her, but she wouldn't calm down. So he asked if I wanted to try. I picked her up and she fell right back asleep! Someone just wanted mommy! I'd wanted to take a nap, too, so we took one together as I was laying down she kept kind of opening her eyes, like she was checking to make sure I wasn't putting her down and then reached up and grabbed my shirt. Too cute! A little annoying, so I hope it doesn't last too long.

3 Months!

It's so hard to believe that Lauren is 3 months old! It's crazy to think I've gone 3 months without a full night of sleep! She is getting better, but she still gets up once or twice a night and she hasn't learned to put herself to sleep. I have to remind myself every day that it's okay because she was a preemie and is still so little. She is, at least, sleeping on her own now. The congestion and reflux have calmed down enough she doesn't need to be held vertically every night in order to sleep! Which means that Chris and I get a lot more sleep and I can get some things done during nap time.
She now weighs 9lbs - double her birth weight! The nurses at the breast feeding support group we go to would tease me because I was so anxious for her to reach that goal, but as long as babies double their birth weight by 6 months, they're fine. So she's doing great!
She's babbling more every day and has now rolled over from her tummy to her back. And we just love her more every day!