Joshua Daniel: Three Months

Little boy should only be about a month old right now, it's weird for me to think about that. I'm sure it'll normalize with time, but it hasn't yet. Not complaining at all that we've had extra time to love on him!

Joshua is basically only in newborn clothes now. His preemie clothes are getting too small. Kinda sad, but he's growing so well. He's still in newborn diapers, but once we run out of those we'll probably move him up to size ones. 
He has been doing pretty well with his night stretches, going anywhere from five to eight hours without a feeding. Mama has loved that! During Dan's paternity leave, he took the night shift a few nights in a row. He seemed to go longer when Dan was on duty than with me. We don't do the "wake the baby up to feed them" thing. 

Dan's paternity leave was honestly magical! Haha. He's never really had one before being in undergrad and then med school, so this was glorious. I firmly believe it helps him and Josh bond better as well. It helped my mental health more than I can express. I only had about a week of surviving on my own before my parents came for Thanksgiving, and things went ok. I'm a little nervous about how it's going to be once they leave.
Joshua has officially met all his grandparents now! I'm so grateful for my parents and in-laws in being so active in our kids' lives. And soon he'll meet all his Aunts and Uncles.

Joshua has started smiling more. I love that his personality is coming out and his wake periods are getting a little longer. He's also working on his voice. I love hearing his little coos and watching him try and get them out. 
Joshua got circumcised this past month and did pretty good with that. He only seemed to be unhappy the day it happened and then was fine after. Everything looked great as his follow up appointment and his surgeon told me it has a "lifetime guarantee" haha. 
Poor little guy did get sick again. It seemed like he was just over his last cold when he got another one. Kind of hard to avoid all the germs when he has three sisters in school going to three different classes and two of them riding the bus and all the other things. Hopefully he gets over it quick and we can avoid him getting sick for a while. 

Evelyn thought he needed his bear by him.

The cutest turkey I ever did see.

First Thanksgiving. Outfit from Grandma Becky.

Hayley made her sisters all matching bracelets and she thought Josh needed one too.

We're all loving life with little brother!