3 Months

Shelby is officially 3 months old today. When I think about the last 3 months I get very tired. I have to say that we have been truly blessed because she has been pretty easy from labor on. At 3 months her favorite thing is her left thumb. She has it in her mouth a lot and even though we tried to go the pacifier route, she chose the thumb. It is nice though because she can put herself to sleep. If you dare take it out of her mouth you better have something better to replace it or you are going to get yelled at in baby talk! She has quite an attitude about it. Her second favorite thing is her jumperoo. She smiles, squeals, and talks the whole time she is in it. And her third favorite is bath time.

I do have to make a mention of a habit/ritual. Shelby has a toilet. I know what you are thinking, this is something only a mom would mention. Shelby's grandma Johnson bought her a chair that vibrates. You are supposed to strap them in this chair so you can take a shower, cook, etc. and she has always loved it. This has turned out to be the "poopey chair". This is the only place Shelby will go, with extremely few exceptions. We will be busy and not have time to put her in the "poopey chair" and she will not go. Finally, when I have time, which can be a day and a half later, I will put her in the chair and within 10 minutes it is a done deal. We can't help but laugh about it sometimes. The "poopey chair" has never failed us. I don't know what she is going to do over Christmas without it!

Shelby is still in love with her daddy. She smiles at him when he comes home from work and wishes she could see him more often. Ross has been working a lot lately. He has a lot of houses to get closed before Christmas and this morning he was out the door at 5am and we probably will not see him until 6pm. He works hard for us, and Shelby and I really appreciate it.

Shelby still gets lots of attention from her grandma and grandpa Leyendecker. Grandma stops by pretty much everyday on her way home from work. I know her grandma and grandpa Johnson are probably a little jealous but it is all due to geography. Shelby is excited to see them next weekend in Port Lavaca at her great-grandparent's house. It will be the first of three rounds of Shelby's first Christmas. There will be lots of family members for Shelby to meet.

On the 20th Shelby will be taking her first plane ride. It just so happens that our plane to Harlingen starts out in Jacksonville and stops in Houston before heading to Harlingen. Shelby's aunt Kristi, uncle Josh (Josh maybe flying in at a different time due to work. I'm not sure.), cousin Cade, and cousin Bailey will be on the plane when we board. Shelby will be meeting her aunt, uncle, and cousins for the first time on a Southwest Airlines plane. We booked our tickets at different times and found out later that we booked the same flight. I think this story should get us some free plane tickets from Southwest. We will be in Harlingen for almost 5 days for Christmas and Shelby will also be meeting her aunt Kelsey and uncle Charlie (Charlie is stationed at Camp Pendleton near San Diego) for the first time. For those of you that don't know Kelsey we call her PAK. PAK stands for Psycho Aunt Kelsey. Kelsey gets a little psycho about her nieces and nephews and I know she has been counting down the days until she gets to see all of them. Well I have rambled enough this morning....