15/52.

A few days ago, Franz found his feet, and this is what he does each time we lay him down. I'm just waiting for the day when he starts to eat his toes!

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14/52.

Franz likes to roll over onto his tummy, spit up, and then rub his face all over in it. That's my boy.

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13/52.

That tongue. :)

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12/52.

Franz tried solid food for the first time last night! Homemade brown rice cereal! He loved it, and would cry when I took the spoon away to get more.

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11/52.

This guy loves to blow spit bubbles lately. And look! A smile! 

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10/52.

I've been trying to transition Franz from the swing to his crib for daytime naps. It's been hard, to say the least. About an hour past his nap time, and after lots of tears, this is how he fell asleep: on his side, back arched, and binky in hand.

Also, as of today, he can officially roll over from back to tummy! Go Franz!

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9/52.

I feel like Franz's 4-month update is so far away, and he's changed so much lately, so here's a little update on him.

This little guy has developed so much personality over the last week! He's found his voice, and loves to coo, ahh, ohh, squeal, and even rawr (we've been rawring at him for a few weeks now). He's also started doing fake coughs, and sometimes those make him sneeze! He's obsessed with his binky lately, and has started trying to fit the whole thing in his mouth. Still hates tummy time, but can tolerate it for longer periods of time than before, and loves to roll over onto his side when he's lying on his back (but hasn't rolled completely over to his tummy... I think he realizes that if he does, he'll have to be on his tummy). He smiles all day long, and even gave us his first real cracked-up laugh the other night while Zac was changing his diaper.

He makes me laugh so much! He's getting more and more fun the older he gets, which is a good trade off, because I was (am) really missing that cuddly newborn stage. 

And that's Franz at 3 1/2 months.

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8/52.

I accidentally skipped last week's picture. Sometimes life takes over, and sometimes life is known as "Franz." Which is a-okay with me. I love that boy. He's been going through a growth spurt, I think, so last week was a really busy week (I spent the majority of it holding my babe). 

But, I'm keeping this going. So here's number 8.

After putting him beside me on the couch when he finished nursing this morning, he fell asleep. I wasn't about to wake him up, because he's been lacking on sleep lately (see above paragraph), so I left him there and grabbed my camera. Oh, and that blanket covering the couch? That's from last night, when I slept on the couch, because the only place that Franz would fall asleep without screaming was in his swing, which is in the living room.

Oh, babies.

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6/52.

Playing with his favorite toy in his robot jammies before bed a few nights ago.

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5/52.

Three things that make Franz, well, Franz: 

1. his fuzzy hair that sticks straight up
2. his tongue that is constantly sticking out between his lips
3. those chubby, oh-so-kissable cheeks

I love this boy.

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4/52.

Even though I'm a little late with this, I've decided to start taking weekly portraits of Franz this year using a real camera instead of my iPhone. I've taken so many pictures of him with my phone (posted to Instagram), which isn't a bad thing, but I want to take some with my real camera, too. 

Lately, Franz has taken to sucking on his fists, like, all day, every day. He's also getting sooo wiggly. This was taken after a diaper change, before I put some clean clothes on him. 

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