Three Months, Cereal, and a Birthday

JR had a birthday! We had a little gathering with some of his new Midwestern friends. I made a cake.

Came out a little more wedding-y than I meant it to. Boy cakes are hard.

The big 2-7!

Margo is SO CUTE I can't handle it. Here is her three-month update:

She was more than 18 pounds, wearing 6 month onesies, 9 month jammies and size 3 diapers. She started rolling over and thought it was the best new trick on the planet, until she couldn't roll back over and would cry for help. We still had to work really hard for smiles and laughs (come on, I am your MOM). Your best chance of getting her to smile is to talk really soft and slow, almost sneaky-like. She loved sitting in her Bumbo, but not down on the floor where there is no one to watch. She wanted to be up high, on the kitchen table or the counter. Don't worry, we always kept an eye on her since we have heard horror stories of babies tumbling out of their Bumbos. At about three and a half months she finally started to nurse less, about 30 minutes every 3 hours. Oh man, did it make a difference for me, I started to have some semblance of a life again! But really, who cares about that. She started figuring out how to stand in my lap. She was sleeping between 8 and 10 hours a night, which was amazzzinggg. However, I could not figure out how to get Margo to take naps in her crib for the life of me, so I would just bounce her on my exercise ball until she was asleep and then rock her gently for the whole two hours. Hello, DVR!

Picture time.

Rachel with Charlotte and Margo. Isn't Charlotte so pretty!

Sharon and Rach brought Margo a play mat and she LOVED it. For about two weeks. And then she was like "k mom, what's new."

Tummy time

I love how her little legs kick up in the back

Cutest. Outfit. Ever. Seriously, I was giddy this day. 

Those are my baby shoes!

Margo with Grandma Sharon (and Lola the Elephant. Name subject to change)

Richard and Mary came to visit and they were kind enough to drive all the way out to Glendale to meet Margo!

That's four generations right there

Margo and sweet little Ruby

And Charlotte

I get so weirdly excited for church because her fancy clothes are all so adorable. And obviously for all the spiritual stuff too.

This is a Linc face, if I ever did see one

There's a little smile!

Grandma and Grandpa Sumsion came to visit for Margo's baby blessing and it was the best weekend ever.

My mom is so magical with babies, you have no idea. That weekend, Margo ate perfectly, slept perfectly, and played perfectly. 

And Mom brought cereal! Margo loved it. Ate it all gone.

On September 30, 2012, Margo was given a name and a blessing in our church. JR gave the most beautiful blessing I have ever heard and I can't wait for Margo to grow and have those promises and blessings fulfilled.

The week after that, I flew to California to hang out with all my Redding family for a week. It was the best week ever, even Sabi got time off work to come and play and she never gets time off work. 

Margo was introduced to the neglectaroo. That's what we call these things

One of the reasons we wanted to make the trek so badly was for Isabelle's third birthday party! It was Minnie Mouse themed and oh man, it was crazy insane perfect amazing. I wish I took specific pictures of the party decor cause, dang. Micci's doing, of course. 

Aunt Sabi with Margo at the party

Here is Isabelle blowing out her little candles. See all the decorations? You should have seen the food table, the favors table (she had four favors for each child!), and the games she had set up. I am paying her to throw all of Margo's parties, of course.

Margo and Linc getting reacquainted. He is the giggliest baby I have EVER EVER met ever.

And here are all the Redding cousins, in a row! Everyone's dressed and nobody's crying, it's a miracle!

Madilyn, Isabelle, Kira, Linc and Margo

I love Kira in this one. I throw my hands up in the air sometimes!

So, in my mom's amazing house, there is this magical room upstairs. It is giant and carpeted and filled with thousands of toys and dress-ups and books and a slide and a kid's kitchen and a huge TV filled with Disney movies and a pool table and this tiny chair

For some reason, Margo was so content to sit in this chair for long periods of time. It was so cute

Can you tell she is a blankey girl like her mom? Mayyybeee

Kira came over to play

"Nooosseee"

Have you ever seen a cuter face in your whole life. I mean, really