3 Months :)

Holy time is flying! Sophie is such a light in our lives, always teaching us! 

Sophie is the best at simply letting us know when she is ready for something. When she was 3 weeks old she let us know she was done being swaddled, when she was 5.5 weeks old she let us know she was ready to be swaddled again, when she was 6 weeks old she let us know she was done sleeping in our room, about a month after that she let us know she was done being nursed to sleep, and this last weekend she firmly let us know she was done with me and would rather eat from a bottle. Yay for pumping! Oh we love this sweet, stubborn girl! 

Sophie loves:

Fans

Daddy

Squealing
Snuggling

Sitting up

Seeing what's going on

Singing with mom

Blanket games with daddy

Being outside

Milk

Blankets

Blowing bubbles

Her hands 

Sucking on her fingers

Traveling

Staring

Telling stories

Showers

Sophie dislikes: 

Getting undressed

Getting dressed

Feeling like she is falling

When her bottle is gone

Being tired

Baths 

Too much tummy time

Pacifiers (we have tried and tried and she simply won't take one!)

Milestones:

Smiling

Puts herself to sleep (for naps)

Holds her head up (always has!)

Flying (she has actually flown 5 times now! quite a little pro!)

Camping

Sleeps through the night

Facts about Sophie:

Stubborn and determined

Plays this game with daddy called "daddy-swaddles-me-up-real-tight-and-I-try-to-break-out-by-morning" (Sophie usually wins... hehe) 

Soph is the biggest spitter... oh man so much spit all the time!! 

She loves chilling with her hands behind her head
Anytime Sophie sees a phone or camera she stops smiling/talking and just stares

She is so alert... has been since the moment she was born...but she is observant and aware and you can see it in her big big eyes! 

getting Soph to smile for a camera is pretty much impossible

This thing called time....

Sooooo do you remember being little? The concept of time was almost nonexistent. Then you got to elementary school, time started to make a little more sense... and it moved soooo slowly. As soon as you got to the point you were changing classes time seemed to speed up a little bit. Freshmen year comes along and once again time seems to crawl by sooooo slowly. Senior year hits and before you know it you are walking onto that stage, shaking a hand and accepting a diploma. College comes, life moves on, and before you know it you are standing (kneeling) at the alters of the temple, dressed in white, saying yes. 
I thought I understood time, it moves at the same pace, never changing, always moving forward, and yet the older I get the faster it seems to go.
 I thought high school was going to go on forever, and yet senior year passed like the blink of an eye. I dreamed of the days I would have a husband, someone to confide everything with, and before I knew it, Tyler walked into my life. 
The simple desire to be a mom always seemed so far away, and yet here I am. A baby, my baby, squealing, smiling, and melting my heart. She is here, we are here, as a family, and I can't seem to get time to slow down again. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's going faster than it ever has before. 

Tyler and I were talking the other night, about the distractions of today. The phones, tv shows, activities, social media, the need to go go go, and yet we find ourselves remembering and cherishing the simple moments, the moments without phones, without tv, the moments when we are sitting on the floor, giggling at our daughter, the moments that don't always get captured on camera. The laughter, the squeals, the snuggles, the smiles, and even the tears. 
If there is anything being a mom, no, if there is anything Sophie has taught me, it is to stop, to fully focus, to be aware, observant, alert, and to cherish. 

I don't want my daughter to look back and only remember a mom always on her phone, a mom not "present". I want to know my daughter, and I want her to know me. It's hard, it takes practice, dedication, and constant reminders, but I know that it is worth it! 

Time is precious, time moves so fast, and as hard as we try we can't get time back.

So enjoy, be aware, laugh, and put your whole heart into it, for we never do know when it will all change, and we don't know which moments will become our favorites!