Goodbye Weeks, Hello Months!

When I was pregnant, everyone would ask how far along I was in my pregnancy.  I'd never quoted any period of my life in "weeks" before.  It seemed a little odd at first, or maybe just awkward.  After awhile, though, it became second nature and I would proudly state what milestone week I had accomplished.  Dan and I had a blast trying to seek out new and creative ways to capture these "weeks", starting this summer when we were in a train station in Europe.....ironically, on train car #15.  From there, each week became an adventure to see how we could capture the moment.

For the past 12 weeks, its still the most popular question, but now in reference to the week milestone Maya achieved.  This week, we hit a tipping point....the 12 week mark.....in my world, that calls for a celebration.  We're dropping the weeks and we've graduated to months.
We're talking 3 months, baby!

3 months of having a 3rd person living in our house.  3 months of always having a passenger in the backseat.  3 months of not once sleeping from 10pm to 8am.  3 months of laughter, joy and fun with this new human being. 

Tonight, it was time to celebrate those 3 months.

(Don't worry.....we did not eat these cute little pink cupcakes without slathering a ton of frosting on them. 

I took the easy route and bought a can of frosting. 

I opened it up.....and it was colored bright green...I admit, the can had a bright red 89 cent clearance tag on it. 

Clearly, Target was ready to be done with Christmas. 

I tried to put red food coloring in to go with the pink theme for her 3 month milestone. 

Bad idea.  They were really ugly.  And really, really delicious.)

Regardless, we celebrated today. 

Dan and I sat down tonight and talked about the first 3 months of her life.  We talked about what has surprised us, what we've loved and what we've learned.  We laughed that it was like a "performance review" at work when you are on probation for the first 3 months of being a new employee......no worries, she passed.  We want to keep her.  Actually, she passed with flying colors.  We love her like crazy.

We laughed tonight.....a ton.  We laughed at how much fun it has been and how crazy it has been.  We laughed at how naive we were in the beginning and how we feel like we get it "just a little more" now! 

We laughed at the fact that Dan had never changed a diaper in his life.....and now he's a diaper changing champ.  He could enter a contest.

We both agree that we didn't know how heavy a baby is when they fall asleep in your arms....and how sweet that moment is.

We're amazed that we haven't slept through the night since November 1st, 2011.

We reminisced on the fact that she's such a happy baby....she only screamed at the beginning because we starved her....a little bit....actually kind of a lot, but we didn't know it, and we hope Maya wipes that one clean from the memory bank!

Speaking of celebrating, we also celebrated Dan turning 35 (or 1,820 weeks if you are into measuring things in weeks).  It was a different kind of celebration.  Not too crazy.  We were at home, with pizza and Dan's parents.  Grandpa Gary and Grandma Pat spent time kissing, feeding, hugging and loving her. 

Dan said it was a perfect birthday. 

Farewell, 12 weeks.....hello 3 months!