Aubree at 3 months

Aubree has hit the magical happiness mark of 3 months. I think she has hit a growth spurt since the last two days she has been more fussy and eating ever hour to hour and a half. She is a happier baby hallelujah. She has been taking Zantac twice a day for a couple weeks and that seems to help. However, she still spits up and has to sleep in the bouncer seat. Several times she chokes on her spit up and it scares me. A couple time I've hit the panic mode when she has swallowed down the wrong tube and then cries in the moments of air but isn't breathing normal yet. I hate it and will happy when this doesn't happen any more.

She loves to smile and talks A LOT!

She is rarely content to be on her own and likes to be held.

She sleeps one stretch of 5-6 hours for me at night but then cat naps all through the day. Without a real routine in naps and eating every 2 hours it's hard to know what to plan for during the day.

Life is very busy with 5 kids. School is back in full swing with home work, the 3 older kids are in soccer, Jake is doing piano and Tess is doing Running Chics. So Aubree just has to be flexible and spends a lot of time in her carseat.

Dan's First Ever Birthday Party

Dan turned 42 this year. I finally got to throw him a birthday party. We kept it low-key, since that is all I could really handle with a colicky baby. I did simple refreshments of a veggie tray, crackers and cheese and some fruit. Shauna Bastian, my very talented friend, insisted on making Dan an ice cream cake. The kids helped me decorate. I printed pictures of Dan over the years and posted them on the balloon strings. It looked festive and was fun for everyone to look at. I made up a quiz for the guests of "how well do you know Dan". I arranged to have our next door neighbor, Brooke, come babysit in the basement while the adult only party happened upstairs.

It was a fun night. The quiz was a hit and the questions a great conversation starters. We had the Howell's, Bastian's, Kigin's, and Taylor's attend. Bonnie and James had planned to come but their babysitter never showed up.

I think Dan enjoyed it. It was fun to just focus on him.