6 months!

Here are a few preview of Lexi's 6 month pictures! So happy with them, but wanted to share. She was so easy, until we put on her Christmas dress...notice she likes the nude! Uh oh, Dad!

Baptism

Last weekend we had Alexa's baptism. She was great! Talked as she was getting water splashed on her and was all eyes when Pastor Janis passed her around the congregation. My cousin Rachael and our good friends Kevin and Erika LaPean are her godparents.

This weekend Lexi has caught her first bug. She was running a temp, vomitting, coughing, sneezing, runny nose and then of course to top it off, pink eye. They think it is this bug going around right now that is everything down to the pink eye. Although she looks miserable, she has been a trooper talking and playing and smiling still. She is such a good baby!

Vacation, giggles, and chatter

We just got back from our family vacation for the summer. The Griswald family vacation was fun, but not quite like the T.V. Lexi was a trooper. The airplane ride was pretty uneventful. California was hot 105 or so.....Sequoia National Park was beautiful. We made it to Kings Canyon and did a Cave tour. Lexi slept in the bjorn the whole time. We did a few hikes, one morning Lexi blew out of her diaper at the first stop, peed while I was changing her in the car, then blew out of her diaper at the second stop. It was a messy morning. We even saw a bear cub, thankfully while in our car. On the way back to L.A. we went through wine country and had some great wine...even joined a wine club. Then we stopped and had dinner at a friends house in Pasedena. It was a great first trip as a family...but I did become that person that didn't wander more than a few miles from the road in a National park.....

The night we got back after a major crying burst, we gave Lexi a bath and she just giggled and giggled and giggled and broke us all up laughing.

Thursday Lexi went to her first day of day care. We got there and she was all eyes and smiles at the kids. It wasn't so hard leaving her once I saw how well behaved the other kids were. She is the only infant. She is going to an inhome daycare with a friend of mine from our tri club. Very nice family, her husband is a teacher in Mequon and bball coach that I have coached against. When I picked her up I walked in and she was sitting in the swing...facing the wall...WHAT?!? Nikki was quick to walk out and say she was getting a little fussy and had kept looking at the calendar, so she turned her to face it. (All the other kids were taking a nap). I went around and her eyes were as big as can be looking at the calendar, she didn't even realize mom was there! Finally after realizing I was there, she turned and gave me a big smile...AHHH!! She has not stopped talking since her day at daycare, she loved it soo much. She won't even take her naps because she just wants to talk.

We are heading to the 'sau this weekend for the Speci-al Olympics......we'll fill you in.

Growing by the minute!

We weighed Alexa at Mommy class this week and she was 12lbs 13 oz! Oh my! She is falling into a routine when mommy doesn't have errands to run or people to see. She is now sleeping in the big girl crib at night and we have broken the every two hour routine from her first week and half in it. The other night she slept from 7:45 to 4:45 with one waking in there that we managed to put in a binky and she fell right back to sleep...Yeah!! I'm hoping that continues.

Today has been a great day! Mommy had a good night sleep sleeping through her night wakenings after she fed Lexi at 2...thanks to Daddy. I have gotten so many things done around the house cleaned the sheets, washed the cat water dish out, went for a run, ran to Target, cleaned my linen closet and tried on some of my clothes. YEAH for jeans that fit!! All of my jeans fit, with my favorite skinny jeans just a bit tight yet. Some shorts, but that is ok. Lexi has been content talking to mom as she has been getting stuff done, walking around in the baby bjorn to practice for our trip to CA and now taking her long nap! I love days like these!

Looking forward to our trip to CA in 2 1/2 weeks. We will let you know how it all goes when we get back.

Big Bed

Well, Mommy started to break down and had to start putting Lexi in her big bed for naps. Right now she is, well I guess not, but suppose to be sleeping the night in her big bed in her own room. Sounds like she is stirring, but hoping she falls back to sleep by herself. She is regularly sleeping 6-7 hours in the first stretch. I'm hoping tonight in her crib will be the same.

Uncle Dick and Aunt Kay came down to visit Stefie and Tim. We went down to say hello and Uncle Dick took pictures of Lexi for her 2 month birthday. She was a little crabby that day as I think she was warm and possibly going through a growth spurt. We had our 2 month appt. last week (10 weeks) and had our first round of shots. Daddy came with, Mommy choked back tears. She was a bit cranky a few days after, but we aren't sure if that is why or not.

Mommy is going back to school part time in the fall after her leave is through. She will be 80% at the Middle School, so she won't have to go in until 9:30. That will be nice to get stuff done in the morning and spend some extra time with Lexi at night or even in the morning.

Lexi is making big strides. She now is in size 2 diapers and weighed 11 lbs 3 oz. at her visit last week. She has grown 3 inches and now is 23 inches long! We are no longer in the 5th percentile for weight, but 50th% and 75th% for length. She is getting chunky legs and arm rolls and loves to Sing, Dance and Play when she wakes up in the morning. We throw on music and dance, dance, dance. She loves music! She is all smiles especially in the morning. We have been trying to do our part for the environment by using G Diapers when we are home. They are ok, but you have get past the mess that they can be at times.

7 hours of sleep for some....

We had a church dinner thing that we signed up for on Saturday night. Lexi had Mark and Karen Bruggemann come stay with her while mommy got snuuckered on a few too many glasses of wine. Who would know that those church faring people would drink so much?

Although she was a bit fussy, when mommy and daddy came home at 10 she was still up, but went down shortly there after. She didn't wake until 5 a.m.! Mommy on the other hand woke up and had to pump at 4 and Daddy of course had to go potty so we didn't make it. After Lexi fed, she went right back to sleep downstairs in her swing and mommy laid on the couch and fell asleep until 8:45! What a great night of sleep. Too bad mommy had drank the night before, it could have been more rest for her too! We don't know if our drunken snore drowned out Lexi's snorting to signal time to wake up, or if she truely slept that time??

She's been crabby all day on Sunday and fussy on Monday, so we are thinking she is going through a growth spurt and just trying to catch those zzzz's. :) She is sleeping now and even allowed for mommy to take a nap too.

2 months and Milemarkers!

Wow, how time flies!! Can't believe Lexi is 2 months old today. We have had some milemarkers this week. Last weekend at Nana and Popi's over the 4th Lexi officially smiled when she was awake. We have seen that gummy smile several times this week. Yeah!

Tonight Lexi took her first bath where she didn't cry, we could hardly believe it. She also went to sleep like a charm at 8:00. Hopefully this will continue. Maybe that 2 month magic date has hit and we'll wake up in the morning running to her bed to see if she is still breathing....of course she will be, just slept through the night. One can wish, right?!?

Lexi is getting out her running legs and biking legs and gabbing up a storm. She looks at times as if she will flip over onto her back at any moment. Somehow that basketball round belly that she has with the cork stopper popping out seems to help in the turning and stopping. Ha!

Mommy is getting out on her own a bit. She went on her first 2 hour bike ride with a friend today, managed to go for a run this week, and runs errands while leaving Lexi behind with our sitter. Freedom, Sweet Freedom.

Yep, sitter. We have an incoming 7th grader that lives down the street coming to get experience with Lexi while one of us is at home. She is doing great! Cheap labor and a ton of help when I can get in a shower or run or just clean up while she holds Lexi on a fussy day, or plays with Lexi when she is awake. A couple hours here and there allows her to get some money to pay her texting bill. She is a quick learner and has fared well through some of Lexi's cranky moments. I don't know when I'll leave her by herself, but as long as we are in the area and her mom is home maybe sometime sooner than I had anticipated.

Lexi's room is getting closer to being done. Just waiting on some wall art that a friend is painting before hanging any of the other stuff. Her butterfly rug came this week and her crib is made. We'll be moving her to her crib soon, atleast for naps for the time being until she gets closer to sleeping through the night. Most nights she'll go a 5 hour stretch first, than a 3 hour stretch second. Sometimes she fights going back to sleep at 4 or 5 in the morning...I think she hears the birds and thinks...yeah, time to keep mommy and daddy up. Well, bedtime while we can. I"ll post more pictures next week!