3 Months

Aaron turned 3 months last Tuesday. He is outgrowing his bouncy seat so we recently started propping him up in a Boppy on the floor. Right before I took this picture, he had been smiling and playing with Thom. But we can't seem to get him to smile for the camera. As soon as the camera comes out, he turns serious.

The same thing happened when we tried to take pictures of him smiling on his changing table. That is where we get the most smiles from Aaron. In this picture, Thom was gathering up his feet and hands like a pig over a spit. Aaron thinks this is a fun game and gives Thom big toothless grins when he does it (except when the camera is aimed at him).

Another favorite game on the changing table is the gear shift game. Aaron will stick his right fist up in the air when he is lying on the changing station and likes it when I grab his hand like a gear shift and make car sounds. First gear gets a little smile, second gear the smile gets bigger. By fourth gear he is all smiles and after fourth gear, I shake his arm back and forth and make silly sounds. He finds that downright hilarious. Afterwards, he squirms around, kicks his feet, and then slowly puts his fist back up in the air to play again. For awhile, I figured he just put his arm up in the air because that is what he does while lying on his back, but this week, I was sure he was doing it intentionally to get me to play the game again. Sometimes, he puts both fists in the air and I shift gears double-handed.

At 3 months, Aaron is much more interactive and alert when he is awake. He still sleeps about 16 hours a day, but when he is awake, he is more playful and has started doing new things. Like grabbing things. At least fabric. He grabs his own onesie, he grabs his dad's shirt or belt loop on his jeans when he is on the changing table, he grabs the cloth diaper we use to cover him during diaper changes to keep from getting sprayed. Pretty much any fabric he touches, he grabs. He also coos and jabbers more and cranes his neck to watch TV when it is on (not something we encourage, but maybe watching CNBC will make him a successful investor when he is older).