Jasmine turned 3 months old yesterday. It’s hard to imagine that so much time has already passed since she was born. Our beautiful little girl is growing like crazy and is already wearing some of Natalie’s 6 month clothing. Although Jasmine takes a soother very well, she has recently been preferring her fists. Her favourite activities are bath time, tummy time, and watching her big sister. Jasmine is a very happy baby and smiles and giggles all the time. She loves attention, trying to talk, and being tickled.

Bedtime is going very well, and she typically goes to bed at the same time as Natalie now — around 7pm. She still wakes up to feed a few times in the night, but we are really enjoying having our evenings back to ourselves.

We did a little photo shoot last weekend, and this photo is my favourite from it.

It looks like we might have a high maintenance girl on our hands. Our little type-A princess.

Natalie only wants to wear “pretty dresses”. She has to have her necklace and bracelets on. She wants a haircut and nails trimmed. If that wasn’t enough, after she finishes getting ready for the day, she checks herself out in the mirror, fluffs her hair a little bit and says,

“Lookin’ good!”

Fall made a dramatic entry this year. Our family welcomed October by being sick for two weeks. The flu started and ended with Natalie, and hit all of us to varying degrees. Poor Natalie was the hardest hit, and spent many of her days watching movies and attempting to keep what little food she ate down.

We spent this Thanksgiving in Kelowna with Christina’s family. It was a great visit and the first time Jasmine got to meet Christina’s grandparents and brother. As expected, Natalie spent a good deal of the time visiting with the dogs, and the rest of the time talking about them. We celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday with a wonderful feast and three special guests, the Ribeiro’s. On Sunday we visited the McMillan Pumpkin Patch where we explored the many varieties of pumpkins and enjoyed a hayride together. We returned home on Monday, and we were very thankful that the roads to and from Kelowna were snow-free.