P3's Baby Blessing

 P3 was given a name and a blessing my his father. Both of P3's grandpas were in the circle, as well as our bishop. There were 2 other baby blessing that same Sunday, so we had a full house. It was a sweet blessing, and there were no surprise name changes. P3 did great during the blessing, and slept through almost all of sacrament meeting. He woke up and starting crying during the closing song. He wouldn't take his binkie, so instead I let him suck on my finger and he was content with that.

I had a hard time getting his outfit. P1's blessing outfit was a 3-6 month size, which was much too big considering P3 is still in newborn size clothes. I bought a 0-3 month outfit, but it was still too big. I finally found a newborn white dress shirt on Etsy that worked perfectly!

 

 

Family pictures are getting harder to take! It's almost impossible to have all 3 kids smiling nicely for the camera. P1 was especially goofing off during these photos.

 

2 Week Check Up

P3 had his 2 week wellness check. His umbilical cord stump fell off that morning in his pajamas, but it was still a little oozy, so the doctor gave me some antibiotic ointment to put on it. Other than that, he has been a very healthy baby. He nurses very well, and still wants to eat every 1-3 hours which is pretty normal. I sure would like to get more than 2 hours of sleep at a time though. 

P3 hates his carseat, and screams most of the time that he is in it. During one of his sponge baths, all the hair on the top of his head came off while I was scrubbing off dandruff. Sorry buddy!!! P3 took his binkie pretty well for the first week or so, but has now decided that he doesn't like it at all.

Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz (21st percentile)

Height: 20.5 inches (42nd percentile)

Brothers

P1 was very excited to have a baby brother! He wants to hold him all the time, and is constantly making sure P3 has his stuffed animals. P1 likes to tell P3 how cute and adorable he is (probably because that's what he hears everyone else say). P1 is a great help with the baby. I am excited to see their relationship grow and develop as P3 gets bigger.

 

 

 

This is my favorite picture so far!

September Pictures

P1 and P2 finally earned their Elena and Bumblebee toys. They had to fill up a little bean jar. We would give them beans when they were good listeners, and take them away when they weren't. It took them quite a long time! Every time they got close to the top, one of them would have a meltdown and they would lose a lot of beans.

Enjoying a treat at Bahama Buck's:

Lunch date at Spanky's with mom:

P1 and P2 reading books together. Aren't they so cute when they get along?

P1 is such a good brother (usually). Here he is helping P2 put her shoes on:

We ventured out to the park for the first time with the baby. So of course, P1 just had to find a mudhole and get stuck in it. He lost his shoe in it, and got his bum pretty dirty.

P1 doing Upstart, his online preschool. It is an awesome program and P1 has made a lot of progress towards reading. He enjoys doing it each day, and can do it by himself. He has to do it for 15 minutes, 5 days a week. We try to do it every day after lunch, and P1 is usually good an remembering all by himself.

 New pajamas from grandma:

Dad made a Lego table for the kids to enjoy during conference:

Big Sister

P2 became a giant overnight when P3 was born. Look how big she is!!! She slowly warmed up to P3. At first she just loved him from a distance. It took a few days before she was willing to hold him. But she does love her baby brother!