"The fundamental mission of motherhood now is the same as it always was: to nurture, protect, and instruct children, to create a home environment that enables them to learn and grow, to help them develop a heart for God and his purposes, and to send them out into the world prepared to live both fully and meaningfully."

-Sally Clarkson from the Mission of Motherhood

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Mary Claire is 3 months

  1. I no longer have a "newborn" anymore!  :(  It seems like time has started fLyInG in the past few weeks!

Some shots from the last month...
Bathing beauty 

Too bright, Daddy!

Spending some sweet time with big brother

She made Mother's Day three times as special!

She LOVES her two middle fingers. We keep expecting her to find her thumb like her siblings, but not yet.

How sweet am I?

Nanny Nanny Boo Boo!

Starting to see some chunk on those thighs.  I love it!

She went to Kindergarten Track Day.
All dressed up in orange and blue for Mommy and Gigi :)

Color coordinated (not on purpose) :) with Gigi and Papa at Brooks's party
Wow. Need to pause here and say that my big kids look SO OLD in this pic, and I cannot believe I am a mother to THREE children.  Doesn't seem possible!  What a blessing.

Playing with Pepaw
Three month birthday!

She looks just like Clark here to me.



This baby is the SWEETEST baby.  We say it over and over again, all day long.  YET another blessing.  She has gotten into a {fabulous} routine of sleeping 10-11 hours at night.  Again, blessing!  She hardly ever cries even though she is dragged around and woken up many times a day.  (I know, enough already, but I must document!)
Every once in a while we find her on her back after a nap.  She laughs and coos in response to the sounds we make---especially to Sean.  She will even mimic our noises!  I think we might have another little talker on our hands!  These days we enjoy our quiet time with her after the big kids are in bed.  Precious time that is hard to find during the noisy and busy daytime.  
And lastly, we just can't imagine not having her to complete our nest.  We all four fight to get our snuggles in! :)

2 comments:

Shannon said...

SHE IS CLARK!!! I love, love, love that hair. Cannot wait to get my hands on her this summer! Love you!

rackersfamily said...

Scott is freaking out over all that hair!! He wants to know if people ask if it's a wig. He thinks it's longer than Bubba's! and do you think pj can borrow some!
she is adorable! and looks more and more like her big bubba!