Dear McClellan,

Tomorrow my title gets a little longer. I'll go from Mother...to Working Mother.

This means that tomorrow morning I have to get up really early, and sadly that means I have to wake you up really early too. I'm going to have to go back to work tomorrow and leave you at home-luckily this first week you'll get to stay with your Dad and next week your Aunt Maegan and Cousin Keeton are coming out to take care of you.

I want you to know that there is nowhere I'd rather be than with you, and that if there was anyway I could stay home with you I would...but I can't. Don't think for a second that I want to leave you behind and be away from you all day-that couldn't be further from the truth. If I could, I'd stay with you every second of every day, listening to your little giggle, getting lost in your gummy grins and holding you in my arms and watching every second of you growing up. You have no idea how hard this is for me little one.

I want you to know that no matter what my title is and how long I have to be gone during the day, my most important job will always be being your mom. There is nothing that is more important to me than you are, believe that.

These past 14 weeks have been amazing...you are a true dream come true and I never imagined that I'd be so lucky.

Don't doubt that I'll be thinking of you every second of every day and that as soon as I can I'll be rushing out of the office to come home to you. I probably won't let you go all night-so be prepared for tons of cuddling and kisses!

I will miss you more than you will ever know.

Love you forever and a day-
Mom

3 months old!!

McClellan is 3 months old today and growing like a weed! Today she weighed 13 lbs 3/4 oz - I took her into the Doctor's office to check on her.

Her third month brought about lots of changes and more firsts-

~Rolling over from her back to her stomach! Apparently this is the "harder" roll over too!

~Sitting up and staying there with a little help - she can do it and not fall over!!


~She's started grabbing on to things-my hair, her bottle, toys, blankets-you name it she's grabbing it!



~Giggling-she giggles and responds to you laughing with giggling back at you-it's honestly the cutest thing I've ever heard!



~Crunches-this kid is going to have abs of steel! If she's on her back, no matter where, she's lifting her legs and torso and doing little crunches-she's going to have amazing abs!



~She is no longer being swaddled at night-we went cold turkey with getting rid of the swaddle and she hasn't woke up a single night! No miracle blanket, no swaddle, no sleep sack-no nothing!



~She had her first temperature-BOO! She ran a temp of 100.2 last week-which may explain why she wasn't "performing" for Ann at her 3 month photo shoot!



~She had her first mountain trip & gondola ride on our trip to Breck' last weekend-she loved it!





~She's so wiggly now-it's hard to change her diaper these days she's so squirmy!!





~She loves laying on her back, grabbing her toes and rocking back and forth-it's so funny to watch!





I can't believe my little girl is growing up so fast!

Weekend in Breckenridge

We headed to Breck' this past weekend for a little getaway before I have to head back to work.



Saturday we headed to Quandary Grill for Happy Hour and the gorgeous view!





McClellan and Sophie were loving the view and mountain air.

This was the view from outside the house we rented-not bad 'eh? The weather wasn't the best unfortunately-rainy and cloudy the whole weekend pretty much.

We rode the gondola up to Peak 8 for some great scenery and a little hike. McClellan loved it and Maddie was super happy to finally have some time without it raining!

She was absolutely perfect the entire weekend-she loved being outdoors and everywhere we went people kept commenting on how good she was and how cute our little girl is-of course we couldn't agree more.

Operation No Swaddle Underway!

And lastnight was a HUGE success!!

Apparently once kiddos start rolling over you should stop swaddling them to sleep. Apparently you should start the process of Operation No Swaddle slowly, leaving one arm out, etc to get the kiddo used to it. Apparently you also should/could transition to a sleep sack.

Apparently I didn't read any of this info before last night, after she rolled over.

So we tried going cold turkey and she had no problems at all!!

Put her down at 9:45 pm last night and she woke up, when I woke her up, at 6:45 this morning!!

Go McClellan Go!!

Let's hope that it keeps going this well!!

She rolled over!!

Tonight McClellan rolled over for the first time! She's been so close for the past couple of weeks, getting closer every day...but tonight she pulled it off!!

I was so excited! I'd been watching her and video taping her thinking that any minute it was going to happen...of course the one time I don't have the camera in my hand she does it! Darnit!

The good news is that I was able to get her big roll over on tape the second time she pulled it off tonight. Good thing since Matt is working the Lady Gaga concert tonight-he'll get to see her new trick on video!

She's changing so fast and it seems like every day doing something new and different!

McClellan's first concert!!

Those of you that know us know that music is a HUGE deal in our household. I've always loved music but Matt lives and breathes music.

Tonight we took McClellan up to Southlands for a picnic dinner and outdoor concert. It was the perfect night to be outside listening to 80's tunes! The band was called "New Sensation", not exactly Matt's style but I loved the Journey covers they played!!

McClellan loved dancing around with me, luckily she's WAY to young to be embarrassed by that, and watching all the people in the crowd.

Tonight was just what I needed. I've been in a "bit" (who am I kidding) of a funk this week and honestly have barely left the house. Getting out of the house with Matt, Maddie and McClellan was exactly what I needed. We had a great time at the concert and then walked around the mall area afterwards-ending up at Maroon Bells for their yummy homemade ice cream! Maddie even found a pond on the edge of the mall area and took a quick swim.

After tonight, I see many more Friday night concerts in our future!! There's a Police cover band coming next month-I'm totally there!!

Nap time!

Today was an overcast, dreary day...but finally out of the upper 90's, so I'm not complaining!

McClellan and Maddie took advantage of the weather, and my favorite sleeping weather (thunderstorms & rain), to take a nap while I worked around the house-must be nice! : )