3 months old!!

I know I say this every month, but I really can't believe it has been 3 months.  In some ways, I feel like Gavin has been apart of our lives forever but in other ways it seems like just yesterday that he was born.  Especially when I look at my self in the mirror, sob, sob.  Oh well, I am doing absolutely everything I can short of pills and surgery so I guess I just have to be patient or go get a prescription :-).

This has been a big month for my little love bug (bug for short), I know the nickname is terrible, but I can't help it!    It's better than the one Clay came up with, which I will not even mention!

I think that he is developing a sense of taste, or at least that is the only thing I can relate to his need to stick all of his toys into his mouth.  He tries to grab and hold everything, things that aren't stationary still give him a little trouble.  You can almost see the wheels turning in his head as he slowly reaches out to grab whatever toy is swinging from his car seat.  It still takes him a couple of tries usually, but he is getting better and better everyday.  One thing that he doesn't seem to have a problem grabbing and holding on for dear life to is my hair!  Thankfully this doesn't happen too often because my little bug has quite a grip!

He can now sit up all by himself in his Bumbo chair which he is starting to enjoy more and more. And as you can probably see from the picture he is also starting to drool ALOT.  Not exactly sure why, I don't think he is supposed start teething for quite awhile.

Gavin has started to laugh, barely.  He will only do it every once in a while and it only lasts a second.  He smiles ALL THE TIME, which melts my heart, but really hasn't gotten into the laughing thing yet although you can tell when he thinks things are funny, like his Daddy making noises at him.

 As you know from my last post, he has also started rolling over, which I am happy to report he has gotten used to so we are now back to our normal sleep pattern.  I have been using the sleeping on his belly as an excuse for not making him have belly time at night, not sure if that is ok or not.  There is so much guilt wrapped up in being a parent!

He is also "talking" our ears off!  He is especially talkative in the mornings and late evenings and really chatters when he is getting his diaper changed.  He has the most serious looks on his face sometimes and then does this move with his head like "are you listening to me??"  I'm sure you can not even begin to picture it from my awesome description :-).  But trust me it is super cute and funny.

Gavin's and also my latest achievement was his first night and weekend away. We had a wedding to go to in Savannah this past weekend that just happened to start at the same time as Gavin's last feeding and bedtime. If it were not for this I probably would have attempted to bring him with us, which I am sure would have been miserable for all involved! So my parents agreed to keep him and met us up here to pick him up Friday. I dreaded it all week and said many, many prayers. I knew Clay and I needed some time alone together but that didn't make it any easier to leave Gavin. Well we loaded my parent's van down with everything Gavin could possibly want or need and then we headed off to Savannah. I won't bore you with the details of our trip but I was very proud of myself I only called home twice a day, didn't shed ANY tears, and didn't try and make Clay leave for Thomasville after the wedding Saturday night. We had a wonderful time together and I really enjoyed my first and hopefully not last trip to Savannah. Gavin got spoiled rotten and he told us several times after we picked him up that he wanted to go back to his Me-Me and Pa-Pa's where he was appreciated :-).

Beautiful church steeple downtown Savannah