Freddy pretty much came out of the womb sucking his fists. He has been trying ever since he was born to suck his thumb but for some reason when he closes his fist he always tucks his thumb underneath his fingers so he ends up gnawing on his fists. Well he finally found his thumb…but still can’t close his hand with out tucking his thumb under his fingers….one step at a time….
He is so cute when he sucks it because he has to keep his whole hand open so he won’t lose his thumb. I love how he “smacks” while sucking. He now sucks on his thumb ALL THE TIME!
He was fascinated with the yellow floaty in the background
Look our legs are just as white as the bottom of the pool – I felt bad for the people we were with
He was very serious the entire time we were there – but he didn’t fuss at all. He would also get super excited at times and get really stiff and kick kick kick his legs. He is SO CUTE!
Since this was pretty much Freddy the entire time – I took some video of the “Big Boys” we were with. SUPER CUTE BOYS!
New definition for Pittsburgh: THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS! Yep, that’s right, we are now home of the super bowl champions and the stanley cup champions! The game was amazingly intense (at one point Burgess picked up a fresh dirty diaper that hadn’t made it to the trash yet and threw it as hard as he could across the room – that intense). Everyone was against us, but when it came down to it – Pittsburgh wanted it more – we fought – and we one!
(I just wrote you a big long letter and saved it over and over and over…and guess what? It didn’t save!)
You are 3 months old! I am so sad. I am going to miss you so much! Please stop growing. You are so fun right now – I can barely stand it!!! You are the best Fred. I can’t even tell you how much I love you. When I think about you I think my heart might explode! I think there is no way that I can love you more – but I do. I love you more and more every single day.
Right now you are drooling like crazy. You are sucking on everything you can get your hands on. You are still learning how to grasp on to things by yourself so you are sucking on your fists ALL the time and when you do grasp onto something you get really excited and hold on for dear life – then you try to stuff whatever it is in your mouth no matter how big it is.
The very best thing about you Freddy, is you are so incredibly happy! It is impossible to be sad around you. I never know when you actually wake up from your naps because you just lay there happy as can be smiling and laughing at whatever is around you. Then when I come in to say hello I get the biggest grin in the whole world from you. My heart melts and I just can’t kiss you and hug you enough! When you are super happy you love to suck on your fingers (of course) in between smiles and little squeal of delight. You kick your legs like crazy. You love to sit up – so much so that when you are in a sitting up position (like on my lap or in your boppy) you don’t want to lay your head back – you just want to look at everything around you and don’t want to miss anything. You are a very strong little boy (my iron man). Your cheeks make you look like a very chubby little baby – but you are all muscle baby (except for maybe those cheeks and your bum bum)!
You still love your baths, book and songs. Your newest book is “Dinosaur Roar” – you really like this book, but your favorite is still “Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?”. I don’t know what it is about that book but every time I start reading it you light up and start talking like your reading the book. I think you’ll be reading before we know it! You also like the songs “Little Bunny Foo-Foo” and “The Wheels on The Bus”. We have been working on the hand movements of “The Wheels on The Bus” and thanks to Grandma Debby we sing with your Little Bunny Foo Foo all the time. You LOVE your Bunny Foo Foo.
We have had a lot of fun this month. We went to DC a couple time to visit Auntie Keri and also to Philadelphia to see our new home. You were so good during these trips. You slept almost the whole way each time and you were VERY patient the times you were awake and wanted out of your car seat. The only thing we regret about taking you on these trips is that now every time we put you in your car seat, you are unsure about it. Don’t worry Freddy, every time we put you in your car seat it doesn’t mean we are going to be in the car for 5 hours. We love you and we appreciate your patience. You really are the best baby in the whole wide world.
(p.s. you LOVE those monkey’s on your seat belt straps – you love to hold onto them and chew on them like crazy)
The picture above is of you before your new “man time” with Daddy. You are sleeping about 10-10 1/2 hours every night now so no more early morning feedings. Daddy misses you so much so now Daddy takes you on a long early morning walk or run. You get to see everything and you really love it. You are so lucky to have such a nice Daddy. We’ll have to figure out what your “man time” will be once it gets too cold to take you outside for walks/runs….
Fredrick, you are the most wonderful blessing to Daddy and I. We love you so much. You are so much fun. You are laughing more and more and that is the best. Daddy will pretty much do ANYTHING to get a laugh out of you. You smile constantly and talk and talk. You still snuggle and that is the best. We realize more and more how incredibly special you are and we are so grateful to have you in our lives. Thank you for coming to our family. We just don’t know what we would do with out you.
p.s. coming soon to You Tube: Freddy’s Three Month Video
We have had quite a busy week. We left early Wednesday morning and helped to move Asher into her DC apartment where she will be interning this summer. YAY FOR ASHER!
Then we went to Auntie Keri’s house and hung out waiting for her to get home from work. She was very busy finishing up projects before she starts her new job (PROMOTION – YAY AUNTIE KERI!) I made onion turkey burgers with gorgonzola herb topping – all topped with homemade onion rings - YUM!
The next day it was pretty rainy so we decided to go to the museum of natural history. Freddy was so good the whole time and we had such a fun time! I love doing things like this with my Burgess – he is so much smarter than me! Here are some pictures.
Freddy was awake, alert and happy the entire two hours we were there!
Good advice dontcha think?
(p.s. THANK YOU KERSTIN FOR THE SLING…It is awesome!)
(Our new city!)
Daddy’s favorite Dino!
(remember how I said it was rainy? Well when we left it was POURING, I laid Freddy down in the sling and covered him with a couple of blankets and then covered him with a PLASTIC SACK Yes yes, I win the worst mother of the world award. But for those of you who may actually be concerned, just know that when we got to our car he was toasty warm, fast asleep with out a drop of rain on him)
After the museum, we drove through DC traffic (FUN) and got home. I made this delicious dinner.
(homemade roasted garlic and cherry tomato sauce over Penne and arugula topped with italian cheeses)
We played and waited for Auntie Keri to get home.
Then Burgess and I went to Philly to sign the lease on the new apartment and look around Philly.
Front door
Living room
Dining Space
My kitchen, LOTS of cabinet space. I know I’ll need a big shelving unit though for all my food storage.
Big closets
Guest bathroom
My laundry room! I prayed long and hard for you laundry room – I hope you serve me well!
Freddy’s room
Master Bedroom
Master Bath
Another shot of Burgess in the mast bath.
Our little side yard right off our patio.
This post is getting boring I’m sure….sorry.
After signing the lease. We went downtown to check out Temple – very scary area. We did not stop and we did not take pictures. Please pray for my husbands safety. We thought we would welcome ourselves to Philly by testing the two famous Cheesesteak places. Pat’s and Geno’s. We tried both and Pat’s wins HANDS DOWN. Geno’s wasn’t even competition.
We also went to the temple. This was the highlight of our trip. It had been since christmas that Burgess and I had been to the temple together so it was really nice.
Meanwhile….
Freddy and Auntie Keri were having a grand time.
Freddy randomly laughed for me the other day. It was so cute and ever since I have been trying to get him to laugh again. He WON’T do it. He sometimes gets close, but refuses to laugh for me. Then the morning we left for Philly, I brought him into Kerstin and he looked at her, she smiled at him and he started CRACKING up. He just kept laughing for no reason. She didn’t even have to try. She called later to tell me that he had been laughing all day – SO MAD that I missed it but glad she got some of it on video. He hasn’t laughed since we came home…I must be SUPER boring. We love you Auntie Keri. Thanks for letting us visit and for watching Freddy while we ran around. You’re the best!
