3 Months

Elijah turned 3 months old last week. Although I'm a little late on posting, I took this picture on the right day.
Our sweet little boy is growing and developing so fast! As of the past week he started being able to control his reach more and just today he definitely reached and grabbed his toys intentionally. So fun! He loves grabbing Sophie the giraffe from Aunt Jamie.
This month was especially fun because my parents came down to meet Elijah. We was a total trooper as we did tons of sightseeing. He did start screaming every time we put him in his car seat, which was a bit of a bummer, but he always stopped as soon as the car started each time. However, as soon as my parents left, he stopped doing it all together. Maybe he liked their sympathy and attention??? Elijah loved Popi and G-ma and it was so fun to see them play together. This month we also dedicated Elijah in the church, which was an encouraging and challenging moment.
Elijah is also starting to laugh which is SO fun!!! He doesn't laugh at things that are really funny yet, but sometimes his smiles just randomly come with laughs. He loves to "talk" too and seems to carry on conversations with us at times. If only we knew what he was saying!
Ejlijah also gets tons of attention from strangers here in Brazil. Maybe it's the blond hair, but people just LOVE him! When we're walking down the street people have pulled over to chat with him and at the bakery, the employee asked to hold him behind the counter while we ate. Great to get the free babysitting :)
Elijah is still on a 3 hour schedule and sleeping through the night. My next goal is to drop his dream-feed which seems to be annoying to him when we have to wake him up. Once we get back on a good schedule after G-ma and Popi's visit we'll work on that.
Elijah, we just grow to love you more and more each day!