Lucy's Third Month

This is by far my favorite picture that we have taken of Lucy!

Lucy is now three months old. She is still smiling a lot and also does a happy little exclamations, although they aren't quite laughs yet. We aren't quite on a regular routine, but she does usually stay awake for an hour and a half between her nap times. The length of her naps is still unpredictable, though.

She is getting more interactive, which is really fun. She likes to make little coos and have "conversations" with us. I've also noticed that she sustains some of the tones of her coos a little bit longer when I sing to her, which makes me wonder if she is trying to sing with me. She coos the most when I sing a slow version of "Camptown Races" to her.

Sam also likes that Lucy is getting more interactive. This weekend, when Sam was pretending to be Iron Man, he decided to let Lucy "play" with him by assigning her the character of a villain which he invented: "The Black Baby." The Black Baby can shoot lasers when she sucks on her pacifier. She also has power to create earthquake shock waves when she cries. She uses me (I was also a villain) to "power up" with her energy (through nursing). Although we don't have any black clothes for Lucy to wear as a costume, we were able to envision her in all black while we played.

Here are some pictures of Lucy over the past few weeks:

This is when I taught Lucy how to take her first "selfie"

This is the "before" picture. This is what happens when you wrap up a baby in a foofy, fluffy tutu outfit. Here is the "after" picture:

Pop! This outfit was given to me by a friend with three girls who love to dance. I can't help but think of the little poofy dresses that my little sisters C and E wore when they were younger.

She is extending her arms to reach out and touch things with her hands, although she often keeps her fists clenched shut. She does, however, like to splay her fingers when she rubs her hand against J's beard.

This isn't the most centered or focused picture, but I love that her roundy-round face is looking at the camera

Lucy and J on our family hike to Franklin Falls, with Sam photobombing the picture with his baseball cap

We love our little Snuggle Bug! Her nicknames have evolved to be "Snuggle Buggle," "Snuggly Buggly," or often just "Buggle." We also call her "Lucy Loo," "Loo," or "Lovey Loo" (the latter being a nickname that I also called Sam).