Mary's 3-Month Update

Mary turned 3-months old on December 5th, and here is her monthly photo:

I took about 20 pictures and had the hardest time picking one!

Mary is still sleeping the better part of the day and night, but when she is awake she is the sweetest little person.  More recently she likes to be upright to look around and be a part of whatever is going on.  She likes to be put in the standing position, and she sits on my lap at the table when she's awake at meal times so she feels like a part of the meal.  I also got the green PrinceLionheart seat out so she could sit up on the floor.  Mary is our first child that actually enjoys tummy time instead of shrieking the entire time.  She doesn't try to roll over or anything; she just lays there sucking on her hand usually.  

Mary had a slight interest in the pacifier when she was first born, but she became disinterested around 2-months old.  She has decided to become a thumb sucker instead:

She was getting increasingly frustrated when I would swaddle her at night and fighting harder to get her hand out.  Two nights ago I decided to let her arms free to see what would happen.  All you could hear the rest of the night into the next morning was her sucking on her thumb/hand, and she slept 10 hours straight!  She slept 10.5 hours last night as well.  She was sleeping well before, but 10 hours straight was definitely a record.  I guess the thumb is a good self-soothing method for her :).

Here are just a few more pictures of our super sweet little girl:

I tried a headband on her for the first time in a while.  They were way too big when she was first born, but they finally fit!

She's just too cute for words!