Can you see how busy this baby has kept me? I haven’t blogged in nearly two months. That’s half of Iris’ life!

Little Miss is now a whopping 17 weeks old. I seriously can’t believe the changes that have taken place in the last couple of months. Everyday she gets stronger, bigger, sweeter, and even louder. At her three month check up she weighed 14 pounds, 7 ounces and, after consulting my bathroom scale, I have a sneaking suspicion she’ll be around 16 and a half pounds at her four month visit on Valentine’s Day. Iris has been “talking” up a storm quite a bit. It’s so loud that you can’t hear anything over it. I’m interested to see if that translates to a talkative kid. Todd and I were both very shy when we were younger, so it would be funny if we end up with a chatterbox on our hands.

Probably the biggest thing that has happened since my last blog post is that Iris started daycare. She seems to be handling it just fine – it was me that had the hardest time with it. In fact, they tell me almost every day how happy she always is. Thankfully, it’s just down the street from my office, so I usually check in on her on my lunch hour. It’s a “learning center” so they have already started working with her to improve things like her strength and hand-eye coordination. She really is growing up fast – she grabs toys and her toes, can put lots of pressure on her leggies, laughs quite a bit, and is getting closer to sitting up by herself. One of the best things that has happened in the last month is that we are now on a real schedule, which is mostly important for our sleep (and sanity). Iris now sleeps in her crib from 7 pm to 7 am, waking only twice to eat. Not too shabby!

I have tons of photos that I still need to edit from my digital camera, but for now, here are some of my favorite Instagram shots. (And I promise to update more often).