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(warning: lots of pictures of a cute baby boy)

Brent has been such a joy in our lives! He keeps me quite busy, so here are the updates I have jotted down in a journal (of sorts) from birth to 3 months! He is almost 4 months old now. I can't even believe it! Time flies..

Month 1: Basically what he was up to was as follows: eat, sleep, poop, cuddle, repeat. He has always been a snuggler, and I LOVE it! Some days I just stare at him! (:

Month 2: was a bit more eventful! Forgive me if I have forgotten a few things! He started smiling a lot. I love his dimpled toothless grin!! 

Most of his time was still spent eating, sleeping, pooping, cuddling and repeat! But in between were smiles and a little bit of fun! During month 2 he traveled A LOT. He did so good, and just keeps proving what a good little baby he is! He slept 8 hours straight in Cheyenne, and he did it every night after that up until his 2 month check up! He was pretty traumatized from the shots for about a week where he was getting up 2-3 times a night. Then he went back to sleeping 8-10 hours a night! (how in the world did I luck out with that?!) He found his thumb. Right from when he was born, he occasionally would find his thumb and suck for about 2 seconds and forgot about it. Well, one of the first nights he slept all the way through, I got up to check on him at about 5am, and this is what we found!

Man that thumb is shoved as far as he can possibly get it! (; We now find him sucking his thumb at night just about every time either MacKay or I check on him. We figure he must wake up in the night, but not fuss to loud to wake us up, find his thumb and suck himself back to sleep. I have to say....I wont complain! Babies who suck their thumb are content babies, and that is just what he is! Content.

He had his first Church experience and went to all 3 hours! He was such a good boy and slept almost the whole time! He got to meet a lot of people, there were a lot of showers. He started his Planking stage. He doesn't do it much anymore, but man he was strong from the beginning! Those back muscles!!!

We got rid of his head support clear back on the weekend of the Cokeville shower, he was just sick of it! He was really good at holding his head up. The first month he LOVED his tummy, month 2 came around and he just got very frustrated! Probably a good thing, because now it is a workout for him, and he is getting stronger everyday! 

First Easter!! It was just a normal day for him of course, but mama and daddy sure had fun! (: He had his first snowmobile ride, and his first plane ride! His first cabin experience, where he slept 7 hours! He discovered splashing, he is so adorably cute when he splashes, he doesn't smile, he is all seriousness. I giggle every time!! He LOVES tubby time!

He loves the mirror. My baby is vain. He loves to look at himself, then he gets embarrassed and turns away! Adorable. Him and Daddy have a lot of fun moments together in the mirror!

I sure love my baby boy!!

Month 3: He rolled over right about a week before he turned 3 months! He went from his tummy to his back. He hasn't done it since! haha! But he is sure moving a lot. We moved him to his big crib this month, and I placed him in his crib the first night, the next morning he was in the exact opposite position!! He is so silly. When I place him on the floor so I can do chores, he will turn a full 45 degrees! He is so darn close to rolling from his back to his belly! He pulls his legs clear around, and holds them there, but then rolls back and starts all over again:

He started to suck his thumb in the day, instead of just at night! (as you can see in the above picture...) During the day he mostly chews on his thumb, fingers and fists, my hands, fingers, arms, toys...basically anything he can put in his mouth...he does! He still loves tubby time and his fun splashing sessions. He LOVES the gym! Sometimes he is content in being in the massage chair and watching me run on the treadmill, and sometimes he wants to experience the weights with daddy! 

My favorite is when MacKay lays him on the ground and does push ups above him! He adores that! (so does mama!!) He loves our morning runs, and being outside. He usually falls asleep pretty fast in the stroller when I am running, but wakes up towards the end and we play in the grass. 

He loves Sunday cuddles. (OK Mama loves Sunday cuddles! hehe) 

He got his first petal bike!! Yep, we are those kind of parents!!

He is starting to laugh! Oh my goodness I can't tell you what joy it brings to my heart!! His first giggle was with his mama playing on the couch, a day later he laughed for like 15 seconds with Daddy! and about a week later he laughed for Great Grandma Henderson! Boy did she love that! He has also laughed for uncle Zac, and then again for mama!! He has to be just in the right mood. I just tickle under his arms and make hilarious noises that you all would die laughing at me for. But it works! (; He thinks I am pretty funny. hehe. And we are talking real laughs here! Not just coos, and gurgles, full giggles and laughing! SO FUN!!!!! Most of the time he gets the hiccups while laughing, and that is the end of that. ha. Love him.

He loves Tangled! (ok, it's the only cartoon we have!) If I need to get some chores done and he is being clingy, I turn on the movie and place him on the floor a ways away from it, and he just stares at the moving characters and colors. Daddy even tried to play with him, but he wouldn't take his eyes off! Don't worry, I only let him watch a little at a time, but it sure does wonders for my house work! (: 

He loves when there is music. He giggles when I sing to him, smiles and gurgles. He will usually calm down if I sing to him. If there is music in the background he is pretty content! He loves to fall asleep with noise around him.

He went through a week of fighting sleep. It got old fast! But whatever it was, he is over it now. He would cry for at least 15 minutes before he would take his binky to calm down and fall asleep in my arms. We had to drive him around at night once, and I had to place him in his swing with the vibrations on once. But now he is back to his cuddle time and rocking to sleep. Mama loves it. He is still sleeping through the night, I will put him down around 10pm and he will sleep till 7am, nurse and go right back to sleep till 9:30! I get a lot of stuff done in the mornings, but sometimes decide to sleep in a little too.(:

He found he can hold your hands in place if you touch his belly, he is strong and it is hard to pull away sometimes! Funny kid. He LOVES to sit up, if you place your finger inside his hands, he immediately tries to sit up by pulling his knees to his chest and stretching his neck up! It is the cutest, he actually started doing that when he was 2 months old! He has some abs on him! He loves to stand. And when I say stand, I mean hula hoop..without the hoop! haha. We call him wobbles. He is so funny! It looks as if he is dancing. Adorable. He has now associated sitting up with eating his fists, or my fingers that his little hands are clamped onto! And he makes the funniest faces!

He has CRAZY hair that Mama has a hard time controlling! (see above picture!)

He has been blowing bubbles for quite sometime now. He is grabbing and playing with toys, mostly eating them. And his current obsession is his tongue!

He had his first 4 wheeler experience last week while plating the garden! 

And he LOVES time with Daddy:

I may be forgetting some things, but that is the best I can do at the moment! He is so fun, I love being a Mom, I love taking care of my baby, keeping up with house work, working out and fixing meals. It is a lot of work, but so gratifying! I love my job! (:

XOXO- Shanna