3 Months Old!

Alex is 3 months old today! Time sure does fly! She is getting so big. She spent most of her day sleeping. She finally fell asleep last night around 10:30. She woke up this morning at 6:30 to eat, then went back to sleep until 10:30! After she ate and got dressed we headed out to run some errands. She fell asleep again around 1:30 and slept until 4! I am a little shocked she is actually sleeping now. I figured she would be up all night!

We celebrated her 3 month birthday by hitting Gymboree to spend the Gymbucks that were burning a hole in my pocket. I got her some of the cutest stuff for fall and winter! We also stopped by Target. I decided we different type of bottle. On the rare occasion that she takes a paci it's usually a Soothie so I thought I'd try the Soothie bottles. So far tonight we have not had any luck, but we'll keep trying. Most people have problems breastfeeding so they have to give their children bottles. I am opposite, no problems with the breastfeeding, I just can't get my baby to take a bottle. Kinda frustrating.

bottle = screaming baby

we are having the hardest time getting Alex to take a bottle. We worked on it for a while, she finally started taking the Dr. Brown's, now she is refusing them. We have tried the past 4 days and she just screams. She acts like she is sucking then she just spits the milk out. It is so frustrating. I hate hearing her scream and cry, but I know we have to keep working on it so when I do stop breastfeeding it will be a little easier on her.

Enough of the bad stuff...I have some new pics! Nomi got Alex a few Halloween onesies! Here is one, I'll post more as she wears the others!

We went to Josh's office on Tuesday to have lunch with him and Alex helped Josh do a little work! My two cuties!

Tomorrow Alex will be 3 month old! I can't believe it! Of course there will be some 3 month pictures to post tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Random Pictures...

While I was at my parents house, I found all the pics she had from my showers and stuff. Here are some of my faves..and other favorites from the weekend!

the table set up at my shower in Dallas. My sister made the gorgeous topiaries that are now in Alex's room!

The proud parents to be 10 days before Alex was born!

My sister also painted Alex's name on canvas which is hanging in her room!

last picture before my sweet baby girl came into the world! (woo hoo for epidurals!)

our first family picture

another one
sweet sleeping baby this weekend

Alex and her Nomi sleeping on the hammock

hanging on for dear life in the swing!

Just like Mommy

I'm at my parents until tomorrow and I've taken a TON of pictures. I'm sure I'll be posting more pictures throughout the week. This one is my favorite! You can always find me on the couch reading a gossip magazine when I'm here. Alex is starting her love for celeb gossip early. Reading is reading isn't it? It doesn't matter if it's a children's book or celebrity gossip!

1st Trip to Canton!

Alex did amazingly well last night. She went to sleep at 11 and slept until 6:30, ate, then went back to sleep until 8. When she woke up she was so happy and smiley so I woke Nomi so she could enjoy my sweet baby girl. Nomi got in bed with us and we just watched Alex for the longest time. She ate again then went back to sleep until 10! I got up and showered while Nomi and Aunt Pam took Alex out on the porch to enjoy the fresh air.

After everyone showered we were off to Canton. It was so crowded and hot! There were people everywhere. Josh would have hated it. People seem to lose all common sense when in large crowded spaces. People just stop for no reason causing you to bump into them. Alex did ok for awhile, then she started getting so hot. Nomi had to hold her and look for the coolest places so she would calm down. We didn't stay too long.





My only goal was to find a camo onesie for Alex to wear to our work cook off in 3 weeks. Our teams theme is "Backyard Buffet" so think redneck. Here is what I found!!!


After we left we stopped at a little taco stand that has the best tacos ever! I know I am at my parents house. For some reason when I'm here I snack all day and eat like crap. My diet today has consisted of chocolate chip cookies and OJ for breakfast, 2 tacos, a handful of peanut M&M's and a half of a coconut fried pie. The pie was soooo good! We have more flavors for later!

Alex is going to be so spoiled when we get home. She napped in Nomi's arms for the second day in a row.

At the lake

We are at my parents house until Monday. Josh is in Las Vegas :( so I decided instead of sitting home missing him, I decided we'd visit my parents. I was a little nervous about making the 3.5 hour drive by myself with Alex and Cooper. I mean, anyone who knows me knows I can not take any length of a road trip without taking at least 1 potty break. How was I going to run in for a quick potty break with the baby and the dog. Luckily, no potty break was needed! The drive was perfect. We left a little after 10am and got here about 1:45. Alex slept the entire time! I never heard a peep out of her. She is usually pretty good in the car, but she never sleeps the entire time. We got here and Nomi started the spoiling! Alex got 3 new Halloween onesies. I can't wait to see her in them. The drive must have worn her out because she woke up for about an hour then took another 2 hour nap on her Nomi.

Cooper was so excited to see Stony and Annie. Annie and Cooper are best buds. Stony is an old stick in the mud and just gives Coops friendly growls. Poor Cooper had to stay inside most of the day. His very forgetful Mommy has forgotten to give him his flea and tick stuff for 2 months now so I didn't want to take any chances him being outside too much. He was outside for about 5 minutes and within a few minutes of being inside I found a tick on him. Sorry Coop, unless I can get something tomorrow, it's inside for the weekend!

My Dad and Aunt Pam got here this evening and we had dinner then everyone loved on Alex. She turned into a little fuss bucket so Nomi and I gave her a bath and she calmed down. It took her a while to go to sleep (maybe because of the 2 monster naps today) but she finally fell asleep around 11. Mom and Aunt Pam are scrap booking nuts. There are 3 tables set up in the living room with TONS of supplies. I would love to start scrap booking, but I don't know where I would keep all of the stuff you have to have. Well, I'm sure you don't have to have it all, but it sure looks like more fun when you have all the gadgets!

We are going to Canton tomorrow. I'm excited because the weather is supposed to be great! I don't really have anything in particular I am looking for, but I'm sure I'll find a ton of things I just can't live without!

Our Weekend!

This weekend was great. We relaxed most the majority of the time. Alex let us sleep in on Saturday. She fell asleep around 10:30 on Friday night and slept until 6:30, then went back to sleep until about 10! I could not believe it! (She made up for it by staying awake most of the afternoon and evening!) One of Josh's friends, Patrick, came down to visit Saturday night. He has a Ducatti and loves taking day trips so he rode down Saturday, got here in time for us to go out for barbecue, then headed out Sunday after breakfast. Sunday we relaxed again! We went to the James' for a yummy dinner of bratwurst! Abby was awake when we got there and actually stayed awake more than she slept. While we were eating dinner, Alex was in the swing and Abby was napping on her Boppy lounger then Alex started getting fussy, then Abby started getting fussy. They both looked surprised to hear another baby crying. Alex kinda looked around to see where it was coming from, then they started fussing back and forth. I was the only one who thought it was cute, which I guess is a good thing since I'll be watching them both starting in 2 or 3 weeks!

Our weekend was pretty uneventful...except for a trip to Wal Mart. Let me start out by saying Josh hates going to Wal Mart, but we needed 3 random things and knew they would have all 3 so we decided to go. I was coming down an aisle and turned onto the center aisle and a lady with her kid, who was maybe 3, was stopped in the middle of the aisle. So I patiently waited behind her to keep going. She decided to back up, right into Alex's stroller and had the nerve to turn around and say, "You could have told me you were behind me." To which I replied, "You could have not stopped in the center of the aisle." I went around her and she called after me saying, "Well, you're just a rude little bitch." I kept walking and Josh turned around and said, "You do not talk to my wife like that." (he was so cute sticking up for me!) She replied, "Well I'll talk to you like that." Josh said fine, talk to me like that, just don't talk to my wife like that. Anyway, the whole thing got me thinking. 1. What kind of example was that lady setting for her son. I mean, he was old enough to understand what she was saying, but she didn't seem to care. 2. What am I going to teach Alex to do when she is confronted by someone like that. Just walk away to stand up for herself? I'm not talking about fighting, because if she is anything like me, I'm sure she will be kinda wimpy. I don't know, I guess I have some time to think about it.

We (being Alex, Cooper and myself) are very sad. Josh is going to Las Vegas on Friday and taking his 3 managers. We haven't been to Vegas since last year, about 2 weeks after we found out I was pregnant. He is leaving Friday morning and coming back Monday night. I know he is going to have so much fun, but I am a tiny bit jealous I can't go. I mean, he gets to eat at Fat Burger and he is staying at the Rio, which I love! I decided we are going to visit Nomi and Popi so we aren't home alone. I am so excited about it. It is Alex's first trip to their house. My Aunt Pam and Uncle Jaime will be there too, so I'll have lots of helpers! We are heading to First Monday on Saturday since the weather is supposed to be nice, then Mom and Aunt Pam are scrap booking the rest of the time. I may use this as time to work on Alex's announcements. I'm horrible, she is almost 3 months old and I haven't sent them out yet. Oh well, better late than never!

Alex is smiling so much now! She will break out a huge smile anytime she sees us or if we talk to her. She is also a little obsessed with a yellow and red Sassy lion we have on her swing. She will stare at it then just start smiling at it. Then she make a little chuckle/laughing noise. I don't get what is so amusing about it, but she sure loves it! I'm grateful it keeps her occupied while we eat dinner! (oh, the picutre above was taken while Josh was singing and hopping around, Alex found him pretty darn entertaining!)