So yesterday was Elizabeth's 3 month mark! I know you hear everyone say this, but it feels like it was just yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital. Her looks and personality seem to change everyday, so you have to be careful and not blink too much around her! LOL. She is starting to talk more and is learning new words, although we have no idea what she is saying. We figure as long as she has a smile on her face then she is having a pretty good day. And that seems to happen a lot! She has also been drooling tons! We wonder if she is starting to teeth, although nothing may come through for months. Until then I'm thinking of having her wear a small teething bib so she doesn't constantly soak her clothes. It also helps that she has been sleeping through the night which makes things a whole lot easier on Craig and I. To celebrate this wonderful occasion, we decided to move her into the nursery. She has been needing her own space, and seems to love it! It took me two days to get her bedroom ready, and this is how it all turned out. Of course you will notice the theme of "Peter Pan" and "Tinkerbell" in the pictures. I have collected all these items since I was a little girl in hopes of using it to decorate a nursery for my baby. I'm so happy it has finally come to pass.
It's nice to finally have a routine down and know what to plan for every day. Lizzy's is usually in bed by 9:00 pm, so we start to give her a bath @ 8:00 pm, feed her, and then rock her to sleep. Sometimes she enjoys having us read to her before we place her in the crib. She loves looking at the pictures and hearing our voices. She definitely knows who her mommy and daddy are. :)
Each day that passes I love being a stay-at-home mommy even more. :) Being able to spend so much time with my child I feel is such an honor. I'm grateful to Craig for being able to provide for our family so I don't have to work. I believe that nothing is more important than having a mother in the home. That being said, I also thought staying at home would mean more time to get other things done. I was so wrong! LOL. Elizabeth takes up a lot of my time, but I don't mind one bit. :) When I do get some time on my hands, I like to work on small projects around the house. I have started a bit on Lizzy's scrapbook, but as you can see, I haven't gotten much done. I will probably only scrapbook her birth and adoption story, etc. But the rest of her pictures I will probably just put in a photo album as I have tons of them! 
One activity Elizabeth has enjoyed lately is going on stroller rides. I recently took her on a trip to Las Vegas with my parents to visit my brother and his family this past weekend. I tested her out in the umbrella stroller before we left to make sure she would fit, and sure enough she fit well! LOL.
On Valentine's Day, Grandpa and Grandma Miner gave Elizabeth a cute card with money in it along with a stuffed kitty rattle and a counting book. That kitty stays with Liz at all times when she is in her carseat. That along with her pacifier, blanky, and kitty are her coveted comfort items. She must have them to be able to take her nap! LOL. With the Valentine's money from Grandpa and Grandma we bought Elizabeth a "Tummy Time Mat". She hated it at first but can now go 10 minutes before she starts to scream. :)
Liz sure enjoyed visiting her aunt, uncle, and counsins down in Vegas, and I'm sure they loved seeing her as well. :) Liz did pretty good on the drive down and back. If she ever started to get fussy, I just put on her Disneyland Sing-Along or Sleeping Beauty and she was good to go. Either that or she had to be eating a bottle. :) Here are some pictures I took to remember our trip.
Upon returning from our trip, the following day I was scheduled to get some oral surgery done. I have not been looking forward to this since the day my dentist told me that the root canal I had done by another office extended the root too long into my sinuses, and I would probably have to get surgery done in the future to correct it as it would soon start causing me pain. That was over two years ago. I would experience pain off and on since then, but nothing too terrible. The night Elizabeth was born, the pain started to be more frequent, and I would take Ibprofen to spell it off. A week later I woke up one morning with such horendous pain, and no medicine would help! I called the dentist but they could not fit me in that day. I went back into our bedroom and cried to Craig because of the pain, and I hadn't been able to sleep all night long. Craig called the dentist back and got me in that afternoon. I thought I would be getting the surgery done that day, but they ended up giving me ANOTHER root canal on the same tooth and cleaned it out. They then scheduled me a month later for my oral surgery as the doctor who does it is only in once a month. I was not too happy about this considering I "had" to get it done due to a botched root canal. Then again, who willingly gets any type of surgery done?! It went by fairly fast for me since I was put out for the procedure, but Craig said he was waiting about 2 hours in the waiting room with Elizabeth while she slept most of the time. Then next thing I know is waking up in a chair with Craig in front of me (I have no idea how I got there). The recovery has been more uncomfortable than painful. They gave me a whole bunch of perscriptions to take, which I don't like taking either. I hate it anytime I have to take any form of medicine to feel better. The swelling on the left side of my mouth has gone down some now, but the stitches on the inside are bothersome and make it hard to eat. I was pretty ornery the first few days when I could only eat diet shakes and oatmeal. Bleh. I hope this will be the end to my bad root canal, and I will be more cautious in the future of who does it if I ever need another one.
Hope everyone is doing happy and well. Feel free to leave any comments, we would love to hear from you! :)
