Worst Mom Ever

On my way in to bounce Keira to sleep, I managed to bonk her head on the door frame. If the poor little thing wasn't already crying from being tired, she sure let me know she wasn't happy after that incident.

Worst.mom.ever. If I could bribe her with cookies, I would have. Since I couldn't, I offered her a boob instead :)

3 months!

So I am a few days late on doing this, but Keira passed 3 months this week. She is officially out of the so-called "4th trimester". They are supposed to be more acclimatized to the outside world by 3 months. It has been simultaneously the longest and shortest 3 months of my life!
I didn't get a chance to redo my sign, but I did snap a few pics on the day. Look at her sitting up and smiling like a real little person:
Keira has taken on many milestones in the last few months. She would follow our finger starting really early - in the first week or two. She would follow objects from around 2-3 weeks. She started smiling around 4 weeks, and the coos and gurgles kicked in a few weeks after that. Just this past week we heard the first real belly laughs - this is a progression from the laugh that sounds like a screeching pterodactyl. She began grasping objects around 8 weeks and now loves to sit on her activity mat and pull on her zebra or lion. She has successfully rolled from her front to her back twice, and from her back to her front once (still trying to capture it on video, but so far, no luck). She has wonderful neck control and has been sitting up (with her back or chest supported by us) since 6ish weeks. She now loves it when daddy holds her hands so she can stand for a few seconds on his lap. We just tested out the jolly jumper today, and she tried her bumbo out on her 3 month birthday.
As they say, the grow so fast!

working on tummy time

a picture of her little feet, for posterity.
they won't be this small for long!

Keira is 3 months, 4 days old

Luck o' the Irish

Happy St. Paddy's from our house to yours

Oy Vey

growth spurt + teething + daylight savings change = O.M.G.

Must go google "what.the.hell.were.we.thinking?" now.

Keira is 3 months, 2 days old.

Crafty mom

I will be the first to admit I am not a crafty person. I can't even sew my own buttons for god's sake! However, Miriam was assigned a project in a parenting class she takes with Aidan. She had to make him a picture book, and she asked me if I wanted to make a craft day out of it. It got us out of the house, and quality time at the Fitterer's, so I agreed. In true Mir fashion, we had every conceivable product we would need to publish our own children's story, right down to laminating paper so they would withstand the test of time.

While I don't think Random House is going to be knocking down my door with a phat cheque and promises of being the next JKR, I was pretty proud of the final product. Check it out:

Squeeee!

Sometimes she is so cute I could cry:

Keira is 2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day old

ps. if you want to see regular photo updates of Keira, check out her gallery on our smugmug page: http://janineandregan.smugmug.com/Keira

On the Grid

There is no chance of us living "off the grid" now - Keira has been issued pretty much every ID imaginable. We finally have her health card, SIN, birth certificate, extended health coverage and passport! Here is her stash:

And just in the nick of time - we made her first cross border trip this past weekend.

Blaine, WA "truck" crossing

We joined Uncle Brennan and Auntie Shani at their friends' beachfront house in Washington. It was a lovely 24ish hours away from home and K did so good - she fell asleep with minimal fuss on both car rides. Tutu Connie and Papa Don were happy to hold the baby and give us a bit of a bouncing break; Papa Don showed off his amazing baby whisperer skills, getting her to calm down just by rubbing her back. Even Regan and I can't boast that.
Just one pic to share for now - Brennan had his very cool Nikon, so I am hoping he got some nicer pics of K to share with us soon.

Keira sleeping as we crossed the border

Keira is 2 months, 3 weeks old