Thanks to Leap Year, Abel is celebrating a proper three month birthday today!

This month has been fun for us, as we’re starting to see little personality differences between Rhett and Abel.  They still look nearly identical, but their personalities seem to be really different.  Abel is a crazy momma’s boy.  I am loving it (duh), but it does make it challenging to leave him with a babysitter or at the nursery at church, or even with Doug.  In more than two years, we’ve never been called out of church for Rhett.  With Abel, 2 out of 3 times we’ve left him in the nursery, we’ve been called to come get him.  And somehow, as soon as I pick him up he magically falls asleep.  He’s a pill, for sure.

He also seems to be more emotional than Rhett was.  He smiles more, and cries more.  Rhett is in the thick of being a two-year-old, so he’s getting disciplined fairly often.  Typically, Abel has a bigger meltdown when Rhett is disciplined than Rhett does.

Abel doesn’t seem to be quite as laid back as Rhett was, but I still think he’s a pretty easy baby.  He’s a good eater and a pretty good sleeper, and a very happy baby.

Here are a few updates:

• Weighs 13 lbs.
• Had his first ear infection this month, but fought it like a champ.
• Was sleeping for about 7 hour stretches until that big bad ear infection.  We’re working on the 7 hour stretches again.
• Is crazy about big brother Rhett.
• Can get up on his side, but is not rolling over yet.
• Met a third pair of great-grandparents this month.
• Still naps in his swing or on-the-go.  (How do second kids have normal nap schedules?)

And a few pictures from Abel’s first quarter birthday: