Three Months for Liberty May!

Liberty is beginning to become her own little person! She’s settling into more of a routine these days. She wakes between 430-515 quickly takes a large amount of milk and then goes back down until about 9. She will then wake and want to play, which includes a lot of Canton watching and will eat around 10 and then go back to sleep around 11 until 12, awake 12-230, sleep another 30 mins or so, and she continues to be awake until 8 or so, sleeps for another 45mins, then usually is down for the night around 10:15 or so. She sleeps great overnight, usually waking around 5, which we are thrilled about!

She is starting to become more social, she’s always had an adorable smile for mom, dad, and big brother since she was a week old, but she gives great ones to friends and neighbors now too. Her laugh is so sweet and she isn’t hard to please. She doesn’t do a whole lot of talking, Canton handles most of that for her, but I swear she says “mama” and “no” when she wants her mommy. Canton loves to hear her talking and frequently reports what he thinks she has said! Mostly, Liberty is just wants to snuggle and watch her brother.

Yesterday she banged her head at the top of her crib from all the pushing she’s doing with her feet to try to go from back to stomach. She’s not a huge fan of tummy time, but who is? She’s all about bearing weight on her legs and keeps her head aligned when pulled to sitting. We’re a little concerned about her right eye being a little too close to her nose and she only tracks about 150 degrees, so that’s something we’re working on and need to keep watch.

Her favorite toy, beside her hands that is, is her taggie blanket and rattle doll. Aunt Rhonda just brought her a few teethers so they’ll be added to the rotation soon.

She is holding her head and keeping her balance like a champ, though still not a fan of the bumbo, nothing beats her bouncy seat.

Weight: 14 lb 4 oz

Height: 24 7/8 in

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Man on the Moon

Canton had a VERY SPECIAL day today! Canton and Daddy were lucky enough to get to meet Dr. Edgar Mitchell, astronaut of Apollo 14 and only 1 of 12 people to ever walk on the moon!

Daddy and Canton had to travel to the Science Museum in Roanoke to meet Dr. Mitchell and it was worth every minute of the long drive! When they got there, they got to watch a video about Dr. Mitchell’s space travel and hear Dr. Mitchell talk about his journey. At the end, he took a question from Daddy and Canton and said he wasn’t worried about going to space after Apollo 13 because he worked with the engineers to make sure the problems from the last space mission were fixed. What a brave man!

After Dr. Mitchell’s presentation, Canton and Daddy went around and toured the rest of the museum including some huge periodic table of elements (Canton loved these), a dinosaur, some fish, and lots of cool science experiments. Afterwards, Canton and Daddy got in the long line for the opportunity to meet Dr. Mitchell, got his book autographed, and got some good pictures but Canton forgot to look at the camera. Oh well, still got a picture with an Apollo astronaut!

Canton and Daddy went back into the museum after meeting Dr. Mitchell and saw the rest of the exhibits including the roof top garden, the butter fly garden, and went back for a few more fun experiments. On the way out, Dr. Mitchell was getting ready to go on break and Canton yelled to him “Goodbye Dr. Mitchell!” Dr. Mitchell came over to acknowledge Canton and asked if he was going to be an astronaut. Canton said yes and Dr. Mitchell told him to work hard in school so he could become one. Canton, being the direct kid he is, said he wasn’t looking at the camera in the picture from earlier and Dr. Mitchell said “well we can fix that”. We went back to the front where pictures were being taken and got a second shot! What a great guy to do that! Hopefully Canton heeds the words of Dr. Mitchell and works hard in life and meets his dreams! We feel like he is on the right path πŸ™‚ Thank you Dr. Mitchell!!

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