Isabella is 3 months old today

Seems a little quick because I just posted last week about Isabella's 2 month pediatrician visit.... but today she is 3 months old.

Here are some photos of her in a "party dress" that Aunt Michelle sent up.  Cute!  The little pink doll is in the photos as a comparison to the first day she came to our home.  ( Mercer "presented" it to her when he first met her as seen in this blog post from November:  http://candice-and-todd.blogspot.com/2012/11/so-much-to-be-thankful-for.html )

We thought it was a good way to measure her progress / compare how she's grown. 

Here she is... 3 months old.





















Whoops, she slid down.

OK - propped back up.

And the finale~


She hit a milestone today too:  Isabella held her own bottle.

She sort of held her bottle (propped up on a blanket) a couple of days ago, but today's bottle -- there was nothing underneath it.  It was all her! 

I know it's a good thing, but the bottle-holding and the pacifier thing that I posted about last time -- shows progress towards becoming independent.  < sigh >

Tonight, we went to the service at our church for thebeginning of Lent.  Sweet baby girl also got a blessing tonight too from one of the pastors. 

A good day, indeed!