Audrey is Three months old today! This marks the end of the so-called Fourth Trimester in which babies tend to be boring, wobbly-headed balls of mush. Audrey is definitely no longer wobbly-headed or boring (not that she ever was!). She has become very aware of her surroundings and is trying to take everything in--so much so that she has to be thoroughly convinced to take naps. (What if she misses something while she's asleep?!) Ironically for her, sleep appears to be something of vital importance, second only to food.
Being the silly minions that we are, it has taken us some time to realize that when Audrey is crabby...er...misunderstood it means we need to force her to take a nap. It reminds me of my favorite scene from the movie Hook (I know--like anyone should have a favorite scene from a Robin Williams movie, but bear with me here, it was funny when I was 12 years old.) The conversation between Captain Hook and Smee: "This is it! Don't try to stop me this time, mommy! I'm going to stay up all day-don't you dare try to stop me! ...Try to stop me."
This conversation is usually followed by anywhere from 5 to 45 minutes of "dancing Audrey to sleep". All I can say is it's a good thing I like listening to Raffi.
In between bouts of dancing, it can safely be said that Audrey is the best kid ever. She smiles and tries to talk all the time (usually to stuffed toys, paintings or vegetables) and she's really starting to show signs of independence--she can airplane while she's on her belly and she loves to lean forward while people are holding her. Every morning she holds court in her high chair in the kitchen--her minions come to pay homage to her and Mr. Duck acts as her Court Jester. She usually lasts long enough for me to eat breakfast and have a cup of coffee, which is all I ask after a rough night.
Instead of making cake today, we are celebrating Audrey's three month birthday with pie--three different kinds of pumpkin pie in honor of her first pumpkin, which we also picked out today! I'll make sure to post pictures of her pumpkin after we carve it and of her pirate costume for Halloween. Yarr!
Well, I'm off to feed the Dragon (milk, not pie) Thanks to everyone who contacted us to wish Audrey a Happy Three-Month Day! Any reason for celebration is a good one in my book!
So, technically Audrey has slept through the night once before (from 10pm- 5am) but I considered that a fluke. Because she fights sleep so much, it's been hard to get her on a schedule, but I really feel like we got a solid schedule worked out this weekend and last night she slept from *drum roll, please* 10pm to 8am, waking up once at 5 to eat. 
