This past Tuesday, Beatrice turned three months old! Here’s our precious little peach at three months:

Beatrice’s third month has been full of new accomplishments. For one thing, she’s figured out how to grab things!

One day, I came home from work and held out her bee with the crinkly wings for her–she loves to hit it–and instead of just batting at it, her hands zeroed in on the wings, opened up a little like a pair of lobster claws, and latched on. Soon she was making her happy noises while tugging at the wings and listening to them crackle.

She’s getting lots bigger, too. Here she is in the chair for comparison with the 1- and 2-month updates:

Her newest trick is babbling! She’s become very vocal over the last few weeks and lets us know exactly how she’s feeling. We’ll post a video of her talking one of these days and you too can be enthralled with her command of consonants and vowels (I think she’s got enough to say “Dang!” if she puts them together in the right order.)

Best of all, she’s developing a little personality and becoming more like herself every day. She will hold your gaze now, look into your eyes and beam at you to see if you’ll return her smile. She knows her momma and her daddy and rewards us with huge, toothless grins when we walk into the room. She loves it when her dad pretends to be a lizard and when her mom sings songs to her. She thinks she’s a little grown-up and always wants to be part of the action, sitting with us at the table if we’re eating and shouting little interjections if we’re talking.

We love you, Beatrice! Don’t grow up too fast!