100 days old

Mavry turned 100 days old yesterday!  In traditional Korean culture, the 100th day is celebrated because the first 100 days are the hardest for the baby to survive.  I would have forgotten to mark this day except I have a friend whose (third) baby was born just three days before Mavry, so she reminded me.  :)

Mavry decided to make her 100th day count by doing a few new things: sleeping successfully without a swaddle and rolling over from back to front!

Up until early this week, we had been putting her to sleep half-zipped in this swaddle.  We started out a month or so ago unzipping it just an inch or so when she started to discover her hands.  While it was in the dirty laundry, we started going back to regular blanket swaddling, but leaving her arms free. 

Yesterday she rolled off the bed for the second time, so I decided she needed to sleep with her legs free.  (I got these pictures while I was reading in the room.  I saw she had edged close to the side of her floor bed and wanted to see what happened next since Colin had already found her on the floor once.  She rolled off the bed in her sleep but then woke up shortly afterwards.)

 She did great without a swaddle for her nap and at night!

After taking two marathon naps (because of teething or a growth spurt?), she was ready for some play time.  I put her down on her back centered on the mat under the bells and went back to the bedroom for something.  When I came back, there she was on her tummy looking all happy!  I guess she knew it was a day to remember. 

Video to the Family

Colin filmed Mavry, asking her what she wanted to say to the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.  She can be quite the talkative one!

Creamed Kale and Eggs

I saw this recipe on a friend's facebook page recently and made this creamed kale and eggs for breakfast recently.  It was delicious.  It would have been even more delicious if I had not overcooked the eggs - I thought they needed more time since they were still shiny, but I guess they cook different in the oven.  Anyhow, I recommend this one!

Black and White

We went to a friend's surprise 50th birthday party two weekends ago.  The guests were asked to wear black and white, so Mavry joined in the fun with a black flower ironed on to her onesie.  She wore it with some black pants and her black and white "mary jane" socks. 

Cuteness

Catching up on uploading and posting pictures over here:

Behind the scenes of her three month picture shoot. 

 

Mavry and I went up for the day to a men's weekend that Colin was staffing a few weeks ago.  She got her whole outfit wet and had a series of poops in her diaper, so Colin took her off to the sink in his room for a bath.  I think she liked the coziness of this sink and the running water - a little different than her normal bath. 

 

We took Mavry for her first beach experience one Saturday in April.  It was kinda cold and windy, but I think she liked it.  

Rattle and Hum

Mavry can hold things in her hand for a little while now.  This rattle is one of my first (and only) crochet projects that I finished before she was born.  It has two large jingle bells inside.  I modeled it after this one I saw on etsy and got some help from a friend at church who taught me how to make it.  

Of course, the first thing she does with it once I put it in her hand it take it to her mouth for inspection.  (And she's not humming yet, but she does coo and gurgle in the cutest way!)

Mavry at 3 Months

Mavry turned 3 months old over the weekend!  She loves when people make eye contact with her for a conversation.  We read a few books together yesterday and she was very interested in the pictures, touching the pages of the board books.  She is turning over from front to back less now - maybe because she is interested in the things in front of her.  I put a wooden rolling toy in front of her yesterday and she was busy for a while looking and touching it while she was on her tummy.  I keep thinking she's going to roll over from back to front, but she stops halfway to enjoy the view from her side.  She is drooling a lot and has been changing up her sleep patterns (at least I wanted to think they were patterns) in the last few days, so I wonder if she is starting to teethe?  But I guess it's still a little early for that.

I'm so thankful for our beautiful, healthy and joyful little girl!

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