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Zach is growing so quickly. I can’t believe he is 3 months old already. It really feels like just yesterday we were in the hospital with him. He has changed so much already in 3 months. Here is the update.

Zach can now hold his head up all the way when he is on his belly and doesn’t need his head supported when on our shoulders or being sat up. He can also grab toys and bring them to his mouth. Time to start watching where we lay him and what is around him. We have to be careful that Abby isn’t putting her fingers in his mouth or any of her toys. She loves to touch his face and is always trying to put her fingers in his mouth, probably because whenever she puts her hands near his face his mouth opens. Too much of a temptation.  He is also very vocal. He loves to coo and the daycare says he talks to them all day long. He is such a happy baby that is very laid back.

It was another wonderful Sunday we just had to take advantage of. We packed up a picnic lunch and headed over to South Park for the day.

We started off the day with going on the slides and the swings. Abby always loves doing that. We even went on a big slide that Abby had never been on before. She loved it!

We then tried to have our picnic lunch. We went over to the picnic benches and started to set everything up. We got Abby all set up with her lunch when the wasps showed up. The most unwanted thing at your picnic: 4 yellow jackets swarming around your 3 year old daughter’s jelly sandwich. Ugh! We packed everything back up while shooing the yellow jackets away from our kids. We then tried going to the other side of the playground to another picnic bench. The annoying things just followed us. We decided to eat in our car. Not exactly what we intended, but it worked. We cooled down a bit with the A/C on and just relaxed away from the pests.

When we were done eating, I asked Abby if she wanted to go ride her bike. Abby then said, “My bike is far away at home.” I told her that Daddy had packed her bike in the car. She said, “And my helmet?” with a huge smile on her face. We said yup. We got her bike out and went over to the section of the park where it was flat and you could ride your bike. There were several other kids there with their bikes too.  Abby did so great. She was steering and making the bike go where she wanted. She even peddled fast and slow. It was wonderful to watch her grow and learn. She had so much fun. She was on her bike for almost an hour non-stop. I’m so glad we got that for her for her birthday.

The last thing we did at South Park was try and fly a kite. We had bought a kite at Kitty Hawk Kites, OBX. It is a blue butterfly. The wind was not cooperating. There were times we thought we could get it up and going and then the wind would die down. We are definitely going to go back another day when it is windier and try and fly the kite.

Abby on her bike from Scrumpy Daddy on Vimeo.