3 months and growing

March was Ada's three month birthday. The first month we didn't have to do a doctor visit, as she's been on a good weight gaining trend. Unofficially she was 9.6 pounds and about 23 inches.

It's hard to believe how much she's grown in the past three months and how much she's changed. For the most part, Ada's a happy baby. We get lots of smiles and laughs each day (in addition to some fussy times). She's talking more and more each day and becoming interactive with toys and life around her. She wants to be able to see the world around her and feel included, even if that means Momma or Daddy has to hold her.

We set up her activity mat, which she really enjoys. Ada enjoys watching a couple TV shows, namely Dinosaur Train and Word World on PBS. So far, no rolling yet. More tummy time would help, but we aren't always keen on tummy time. I don't anticipate her getting teeth until she's closer to 7 months, but the drooling has begun. Might have to cave and start putting bibs on her soon.

Life is settling down nicely and we've gotten a decent schedule going now that Ada's a little bit older. I'm excited for our move and getting Ada her own dedicated space and not just a corner of our bedroom.

Three months old!

Houses, houses and more houses

After seeing several houses and weighing our options, we decided to put an offer in on a house in the non-gated section of South Shore Harbour. It was a 2 story house that backed up to a small man made lake. Originally we hadn't been sure we even wanted to see it, but we decided to check it out and it grew on us.

Sadly after some back and forth, we ended up becoming the back up offer. We're not sure what happened, but it was becoming more of a headache than we really wanted. So we began the house hunt again, as we'd ruled out the other one we'd narrowed down to in the previous round.

We went back to the League City area two more times to see all the other options for our price range that met our needs. The second time around we saw an amazing house inside the gated section of South Shore Harbour. The house backs up to the golf course and a water hazard. It was a little outside our price range, but we decided it couldn't hurt to see if he'd entertain a lower offer.

We heard back by the end of the day and he agreed, so we started the process of putting in our formal offer. Last week we had a home and pest inspection done. We should be closing late May and moving by the end of the month. It's going to be a whirl wind couple months! Here are some pictures of the new place.

 The front and side of the house

The view from the deck/patio in the backyard

Two Month Check-up, Valentine's Day and House Hunting

Ada's two month birthday fell exactly on Valentine's Day, which ended up being a very busy day for us. We started the morning with her two month check-up and immunizations. Ada was up to 8.1 pounds and 21 inches, which was great progress! I was warned that we could have some adverse reactions to the immunizations (fever, fussiness, etc), which worried me as we were planning on house hunting in the afternoon. Fortunately, that was not the case. Aside from fussing during the shots, she did amazing the rest of the day.

 Two months old!

It was a long day....

During the afternoon we toured several houses in the League City area and found 3 potentials. Two that were in the neighborhood of South Shore Harbour and one in Victory Lakes. Earlier in the week we looked at some houses in Galveston that just didn't quite fit our needs. There were a few more houses on the island we wanted to see before we made a decision.

Upon returning home, we order delivery from Mario's Ristorante. It was a very romantic Valentine's dinner on our living room floor.