3 months

some highlights:

• Laughed for the first time on March 30th (12 weeks old). he has been doing little laughs for a while, but never a full laugh. it was the cutest thing! he has only done it a couple times since, we keep trying to get him to do it again though!
• loves to stand while you hold him. he gets all smiley when you put him on his feet
• does not like tummy time! he can last a few minutes if i read a quick book to him, but does not like to be put on the ground or left alone for more than a couple minutes! 
• he likes books! he sits still and looks at the pictures while i read to him at least:)
• loves the toys that hang above him in his crib. he is always staring at them and will follow them with his eyes when i move them
• such a good sleeper! he will usually sleep 7-8 hours and sometimes even 9 hours straight at night! he has also become a great napper as well. he usually will go to sleep without fussing...we just swaddle him and put him in his crib, we often hear him talking to himself until he falls asleep...but he doesn't cry too often!
• he likes his changing table for some reason. we can always get lots of smiles when we are changing his diaper.
• he seems to be liking the bath less. he has recently started crying sometimes in the tub, so hopefully that doesn't last.
• he started singing with us when we are singing him to sleep. he stares at you for a while and then joins in. seriously makes my heart melt.
• his hair is getting red! and getting lighter as well...looks more red in pictures, but we'll see what color it turns out to be in the end.
• he is pretty good at cuddling (he has gotten much more snuggly this last month).

Month 3 has definitely been the best month so far! the beginning was a little rough just because Simon was going through a growth spurt that lasted a little more than a week! so he was fussy and not sleeping as well just for that little while. But since than we have gotten him on a schedule of roughly up for 2 hours and down for 2 hours. He usually gets tired at about 1 hour and 45 minutes of being awake, and starts talking loudly...like complaining talking (but it is actually really cute).

Since Simon has been on this schedule, he seems so much happier!! It took me a while to figure out, but after doing some research I came to find that babies can only be awake for shorts amounts of time. But I love the time that i have with Simon when he is awake. We often don't get enough of him while he is awake! The hard part about this schedule is when we go to costco or other places that are an hour away....i always end up nursing him in the car for an hour at some point...and he hasn't been as good about taking naps in his car seat...and he isn't quite as happy when he doesn't get enough sleep. But he is totally worth it! we love Simon so much!