:: Ryker Gabriel month 3 ::

{THREE MONTHS YOUNG}

Ryker has been with us for 3 full months now and is a pure joy to have apart of our family. We LOVE being a family of 3. Ryker looks so different today day. I don't know what it is either. It's nuts how he wakes up one morning and just looks a little different. 

Ryker's tricks:

• he is liking tummy time more and can get up on his elbows and has great head control
• he has found his hands and LOVES them. they are always moving, grabbing or being sucked on
• he scratches his face all of the time now and I am constantly cutting his finger nails
• he has learned how to go to bed when he is wide awake. I lay him in his bed and he just watches his mobile for about 10 - 15 minuets. the first time he cried 35 minuets and night 2 it was 5 minuets and now no crying. now if we could only get him to nap in the day like he goes to bed
• he loves his toys and has gotten really good at grabbing them and hitting them
• he is still not sure about the rice cereal 
• he loves the bath tub and hates getting out
• he hates being rubbed down with lotion
• he loves going running with mommy
• he loves being outside - who would have thought a three month old could tell the difference between indoors and outdoors 
• he loves to talk, coo, and giggle - i can't get enough of it
• he wakes up happy and talking - it is a very pleasant way to wake up in the mornings
• he goes to bed at 8pm and sleeps until 8am and only gets up once at 4am ='s a happy mommy
• he loves to read books 
• he loves to snuggle on my chest and take naps with me - they are the best!
• he gets sick a lot for such a tiny guy - mommy doesn't like this - he is so sad and pathetic when he is sick and then he turns into a monster
• he loves his mommy's milk {17.8 lbs.}
• his hair has started to grow some and I love his curls. his hair keeps getting lighter. we think it might be strawberry blonde but only time will tell
• his eyes still have not decided what color they are going to be. I think they will be blue
• he loves his daddy and gets a HUGE smile when he comes home from school
• he loves watching football with his daddy 
• our favorite trick is when Ryker gets "shy" I will be holding him and then he will look at Brady and smile big and "get shy" and nozzle his face in my chest and "hide" and then he looks back at Brady and laughs. this usually goes on for about 5 minuets. we LOVE this game! 

we love this tiny guy so much and love the joy he brings into our home. being parents is wonderful and this is what we were made to do. 

over all life is wonderful here in Atlanta other than it is almost November and the mosquitoes are still eating me alive anytime I walk outside. I am not much a fan of them. 

school is going really well for Brady. this semester has been a killer but Brady is being the AMAZING guy he is and doing great. we are excitedly counting down the weeks to Thanksgiving {5 weeks} and Christmas break {7 weeks} Brady says he is learning lots and still enjoying it even though its super hard.

this week is going to be a crazy one with Brady starting inter-mural basketball, witches lunch, trunk or treat and prep for Halloween. it will be fun. we love this time of year.