12 weeks

Dear Tater Tot,

Seriously, you are 12 weeks old today.  I am in shock.  You are doing wonderful and we couldn't be happier with our little spud.  You seem to be growing at a good pace (just hit 11lbs!) and you've finally given us some consistent smiles.... It is amazing to watch you watch us and react!  Just amazing.

You seem to really enjoy Noodles, and she enjoys you. She insists on being wherever you are and desperately wants to lick your whole body, especially your face.  You enjoy the body licks, but once she goes for the face, you aren't pleased (neither is Mommy quite frankly).  She especially loves bath time, and you do too.  She leaps around the bathroom while you are in the tub, trying to get a good look at you in there, but her favorite time is cuddle time after the bath.  We all head into the bedroom and wrap you in towels while she tries to cuddle up to keep you warm, and lick you.  You giggle the whole time.

Christmas is in two days, your first.  I really wanted to take you to see Santa, but quite frankly the idea standing in line at the Macy's on 34th Street with 10,000 tourists to sit on Santa's lap gives Mommy an aneurysm.  So, we will do a Santa picture next year!

We are headed to California to meet your Grandpa right after Christmas.  This will be the first Christmas since Mommy moved to New York 14 years ago that I haven't made it home for Christmas day... but life with a new baby made that harder than normal, but no big woop, we will be there right after and Grandpa and your Aunts are going to recreate Christmas so we can celebrate together.  Speaking of.... we are going to take a plane 3000 miles to get there and that has Mommy a  little nervous.  I think we are prepared, but we shall see how it all goes!

In the past few weeks we have also started a "routine".  I didn't really know we needed to do this, but all of the books said it was important, so we are giving it a shot.  We are working on a solid bedtime routine to help get you down for longer periods of time (you can sleep from 4 to 5 hours at night, which I hear is good).  We are also working on a bit of a day time routine that is supposed to help when you go to daycare next month... that routine has less structure, but we are working on it!

You are the light of our lives little spud, we can't wait to see what happens in the next month.

xo,
Mommy