3 months

Oliver is 3 whole months as of yesterday! How does this happen??? How can time just keep ticking by without even a hesitation? I love being a mother and am extremely grateful for the lessons that I have learned from my little O.

Curtis and I have just survived my first week back to work. This has been a very difficult decision that I have had so much anxiety over. The only thing is I don’t know if my heart can take it. Curtis will get the baby ready and take him to either Kristi or my mom. Wednesday s are the exception, this is the day that Doll babysits Oli. I drop him off because Doll lives right up by my work. My heart aches every morning as I make the drive and every second until I can pick my baby up. The only thing I can do for my baby is pump every break I have so he can get as much milk as he can. It has been a long week and very tiring. My heart breaks for every working mother out there.... I am glimpsing/living the difficulties of balancing job and family. I think Curtis has really had to deal with a lot from me as my spirits haven’t been as high as usual and also that our home is a complete disaster. We thought it was bad before but now we need to be quarantined. Its difficult to think of the things I am missing… I miss waking him up in the mornings and seeing his smile to start my day, I miss watching, every minute he was awake, discover the world around him, I miss the little laughs he tries to push out when he is overjoyed. I just miss him! I am just grateful that our son gets to be with family and that Kristi, Doll and my mom have been so helpful in watching him. Oli is pretty predictable and is on a pretty set schedule which I hope makes it nice for other people watching him to have an idea of where he should be. I feel like among the madness of our life we are trying to figure things out and let the storm clouds settle.

Oli turned three months yesterday and I still am amazed at how fast our children grow.
· You continue to be very interactive & love people and watching the animation of different faces.
· Drooling has kicked in this last week
· You love to just lay on your back on your blanket and just thrash your arms and legs around
· You prop yourself up on your arms during tummy time and hold your head up like a pro but you don’t last very long in that position
· You had a growth spurt at the beginning of your third month and would wake every three hours at night
· Last night you slept for 9 hours! Ate, and then slept another 3 ½ hours
· You graduated out of newborn clothes and are almost grown out of your 0-3 clothes
· You started grabbing your toys and exploring them with your mouth
· You have this tiny little baby laugh; it is the cutest/sweetest thing.
· You love to talk. You were able to carry a conversation with Emerson!
· You still haven’t officially rolled over but the way you kick your legs scoots you around a little


Jack loves Oli, we have been fortunate that he hasn't shown any aggression toward him. Occasionally he will act jealous. like try to cuddle with us while we try to cuddle with the baby. He likes to put his toys in the baby's diaper bag, its pretty funny!

Mr. Brown Eyes

This is Jacks favorite part of the house. He loves being in Oli's room and hanging out behind the rocker. (umm dont mind the mess, laundry day)

Just swingin


I love when Oli holds his hands together

Farewell Sister Degen! We will miss you!!!

Oli and Ava, poor Oli got woken up for this little photo shoot... he wasn't happy about it

Little O can hold his head up like a champ but then fusses when he gets tired

Oli is reaching a lot for things. Yesterday I had my face right up by his and he kept punching me trying to grab my face.

Discovering his toys with his mouth

He always gets this look when I first pull out the camera

Again with the dog

Daddy loves his Oli

So does Gampa

He almost rolled over/ fell over!!