As 4 months nips at our heels, I thought I’d share some sweet shots from our 3 month photoshoot

Those eyes…..sweet sweet girl

Lucas making sure the talent is comfortable

funny face

MADELINE AT THREE MONTHS

Weight: 12lbs 5oz    Height: When she stops squiggling we’ll let you know
Eyes: Blue   Hair: Auburn(ish?)
Eyelashes: Still Looooong

Highlights from her third month:
Went to her first birthday party – Ella Konick’s 1st Bday (4/19)
Celebrated her first Easter (4/20)
Started to really love her playmat (4/21)
Slept 5 hours overnight! (4/21)
First shopping trip (went to Target) (4/25)
Started daycare with Grandmum (5/7)
Slept thru the night for the first time 11:15pm-5am (5/8-5/9)
Celebrated her first Mother’s Day (5/11)

Maddie still likes sleeping with her arms straight over her head and strokes the hair near her ears to soothe herself. She likes stroking blankets with her hands and likes to pull them up to her face. She has new cries and squeals all the time. Current favorite toys are Lambie blanket, Horsie blanket and her Sheep with the big eyes. She shifts it around in her hands to feel all the different textures and fabrics. She can grasp her pink cage ball and shake it. She gets bored pretty quickly and tells Mommy and Daddy to entertain her. She has mastered putting both of her hands in her mouth and crosses her eyes guiding them there. While she has shown us that she can sleep through the night, she still likes to wake up a few times a night to eat.

We spent a beautiful 1st Mother’s Day having a Richardson’s picnic at Ladew Gardens. Maddie slept for a majority of the trip which means we will just have to head back there again soon.

Josh, Lauryn, Lys and baby Emmy came to visit the Rapp household this Sunday. While a 9 and 11 week old don’t have a lot to talk about now… we’re sure that they’ll have plenty to talk about when they are roommates at Syracuse in 18 years. For now we just stood by and watched Lys show us what a good big sister looks like, and after a test-drive I think we got her stamp of approval on the nursery! Looking forward to the next visit.

Maddie went to visit Great Nana before heading to Grandmum’s house for Easter festivities with Aunt Katie, Jon and Poppy. Maddie was excited to play with her new swing and rock-n-play that now live at Grandmum’s house. Too young for an Easter basket, she got spoiled by Aunt Katie and Grandmum with some fun new clothes for summer. Grandmum had an Easter game of epic proportion up her sleeve this year. She created 100 card memory featuring her favorite things! Aunt Katie was the winner (by far…) and I’m still wondering where the other turkey card was located?!?!? Fun for all.

We went to Nana and Poppo’s house today so that Maddie could meet Uncle Howie, Micah, Jaden and Lena. We missed Aunt Patrice and cousin Veronica, and look forward to seeing them next time.

Maria and Aubrey came over to hang out today. While the adults had a home cooked meal, the babies got stationed next to each other and it was super obvious that they love each other and will be best friends forever. Aubrey was super chill and liked playing coy with her bib. Love this little girl!

Aubrey 16 weeks and Maddie 9 weeks

Aubrey sleeping with one eye open – she doesn’t want to miss a thing

Maddie looking sweet before showing off her lung capacity for her friend

Aubrey is exhausted from all the excitement – catching a nap with Mommy

And Grandmum’s too! We traveled to Nana and Poppo’s for Seder dinner and Maddie got to find out why this night is different from all other nights.

Maddie got to meet some of her neighbors today. Ghia, Kyra and Arianna stopped by to meet the littlest Rapp. They so generously gave us 1 year old Belle’s newborn clothes when she outgrew them. (see previous post SO MANY CLOTHES!!!) She slept through most of her meet and greet, but looked cute while doing so. We look forward to many years of our daughters growing up together. It’s so nice to have such great neighbors and a play group so close.