A Letter to Our Baby at 3 Months

Dear Miles,

You are three months old today and what a wonderful, exciting, exhausting, awesome time it has been. We have watched you grow and nearly double in weight, we heard your first attempts at laughing, and soaked in all your smiles.

We likely won't be forgetting your biggest milestones--the first time you held your head up on your own or held a bottle by yourself (mostly...daddy was there to catch it) or when you looked at us with a giant smile and a little gurgle-giggle.

But, there will come a day when we forget some of the small things, like when you threw up all over mommy in a restaurant or the time daddy wore you strapped to him while we shopped in Target (you loved it).

Time moves on and with it our memory fades. You won't remember any of these first few years, so it is our job to absorb it all for you.

Mommy loved when you fit to her like a warm puzzle piece, and daddy had fun taking a bath with you. Your hands are so small and when you wrap your little fingers around ours, we become further wrapped around yours.

You'll never remember a time when you hated being changed, and now you smile as soon as we get you out of your crib for the morning diaper change. You love to babble and talk with daddy in the morning, telling him all about your night in your crib.

Your skin is smooth and soft and perfect, which makes mommy jealous. Your toes are nearly tinier than daddy's pinky fingernail. Your eyes fluctuate between brown and blue, but mommy not-so-secretly hopes you get her brown eyes.

You smile with your whole body, and we hope you never lose that quality. Your eyes light up when you see us in morning, which makes our day a little brighter. The "cranky hours" after work are the worst, but it is also a wonderful excuse to cuddle.

We often wonder how you got so big so fast, and everyone always says they want time to slow down with their kids, but for us, we want to see you grow up. Your personality is budding and it is a beautiful thing...we love how tiny you are, but we would never wish for you to stay small forever because it is too much fun to see you become the person you are going to be.

Our lives, while more challenging and tiring, are better with you in them. Keep up the smiles and learn to laugh and you are golden, kid.

Love you,
Mama and Dada