3 Months!

I can't believe our handsome little man is already 3 months old! The time has flown by. I am so grateful that I have been able to stay home with Briggs every single day up until now. I am so sad that January 4th I will not be spending every single day with him. I will begin student teaching so that I can finally graduate in May! I am so glad to finally be starting my final semester of college but I am so sad that I will be missing so much of Brigham growing up since I won't be home very much. Luckily we have awesome family members who will be taking turns watching him while Mark and I are in school each day. My mom will be coming over on Mondays and Mark's mom will be taking Tuesday-Friday. Mark arranged his school schedule so that he doesn't have class until 12 each day and I should be home some time between 3 and 4 most days. Hopefully the time from January 4th-May 7th flies by and student teaching turns out to be a breeze for me.

Briggs' Stats:
Length: 25.5 inches
Weight: 14 pounds

Schedule:
7:30am: drinks 5 ounces
8:30-10:30am: nap
10:30am: drinks 4 ounces
11:30-1:30pm: nap
1:30pm: drinks 4 ounces
2:30-4:30pm: nap
4:30pm: drinks 4 ounces
6pm: bath time with Dad
7pm: drinks 4 ounces
10pm: dreamfeed

Brigham is a very alert thumb sucker that loves bath time and his jumparoo. He is still a very easy baby. He only gets fussy when he is tired or hungry. He began laughing on December 20th-ish but he doesn't laugh very much. He laughs the most in the mornings if you pinch his thighs. He has woken Mark up 2 times the past week because he was laughing and squealing so loudly. He smiles if you smile at him or talk to him. He loves to have conversations with people, especially men. He gets so excited. Starting December 16th, I decided I would quit getting up for him when he would cry around 5am. He didn't wake up at all the first 2 nights. The next few nights he fussed a few times but went back to sleep. It is so nice not having to get up in the middle of the night and getting uninterrupted sleep.


Brigg's first Christmas was rather uneventful. Mark and I didn't get him anything but everyone else sure did! He racked up in the toy and book departments! I didn't get any pictures from his first Christmas except this one:


I got Mark a keyboard for Christmas and some fudge from the best fudge shop in Illinois. He got me some diamond earrings and a gift certificate for the ultimate manicure and pedicure from my favorite nail salon!!!