I'm one of THOSE Moms!

Yes, I am that Mom who that can not stop taking pictures of her baby! I can't help it. Since she started rolling over, it is so much more fun because she just does the cutest things ever!

I checked on Alex while taking a nap and she had rolled over and stuck her foot out of the slats. I think it's time to get a breathable bumper!

We had naked baby time last night! She just has the cutest little buns!

Thankfully I put a lap pad under her because she took the opportunity to tinkle while we were playing!


My sweet beautiful baby girl sleeping with Lenny!

Can I tell you, this rolling over thing is the best thing ever! She has taken 3 hour naps in the afternoon the past 2 days! She LOVES napping on her tummy! Last night was a great night for us. Alex has been super fussy in the evening, but last night was completely different. She was great! She actually let us sit down with her and was happy! I don't know if it is the long afternoon nap or the fact that we are on more of a schedule now. She has been waking up between 7:30 and 8, I change her diaper and then she just hangs out for awhile. She takes her first bottle around 9, plays until 11:30 or 12 when I feed her solid food. She takes another bottle around 1 or 1:30, naps, bottle around 5 and the last one around 9. She has been going to sleep between 9:30 and 10. I put her down awake, plug in the lights on the Christmas tree in her room and she falls asleep within about 5 or 10 minutes! I didn't want to be a strict schedule person, but she seems to have created this for herself! (I'm knocking on wood as I type this because just my luck, it will all be thrown out the window tomorrow!)

Part 2!

Ok, I couldn't resist. The little munchkin is on the move! She scooted herself around and rolled under the Christmas tree! I think all of the movin' and groovin' has worn her out because she has been napping on her tummy most of the afternoon!

One more update! I stated below Alex is now weaned, which is great! I'm now dealing with drying up my supply. One side is great, but apparently my left side is an overachiever! The darn thing will not stop producing milk. The supply has gone down significantly, but every morning I am super full. I've been pumping just enough to relieve the pressure, but it's still uncomfortable. I'm hoping it won't take too long for the left side dry up!

Click!

In the last two days it seems like Alex has learned so much, like little things are just clicking! I was washing sippy cups yesterday and I looked over the counter and there she was completely rolled over just looking at Pinky! Before, she could get her bottom half over but couldn't quite get her arm out from under her. Of course, I turned her on her back and let her do it again and again! She was actually content on her belly. She used to get fussy if she was on her tummy too long. She took 2 short naps on her belly yesterday and is napping on her belly right now.

She is also using her rolling abilities to look at the things that interest her. She will scoot her body around until she can face the Christmas tree or get to a toy. Yesterday, her doll was a couple of feet away from her and she rolled on her side just to get the doll then she rolled back and played with it. Cooper laid down near her blanket and she rolled on her side so she could play with his fur.

Other big news! Alex is officially weaned! The last time she nursed was Saturday at 6:30pm! She is doing great! She took a total of 30.5 ounces of formula in sippy cups yesterday!!!

We are also finding new tickle spots. If you wipe her neck with a wet wipe, she giggles over and over. She is also ticklish under her right underarm. Josh found that one last night! I really could spend my entire day just sitting there trying to make her laugh. It is truly one of the best sounds in the world!

She loves trying to sit up. If she is on our laps, she wants to be sitting up, not leaning on us. She is also starting to use our hands to pull herself up to stand. I was sitting Indian style and she was in my lap holding onto my fingers. The next thing I knew, she had arched her back and pulled herself up to stand up!

Our little girl just continues to amaze us every single day. Josh and I are just so enamoured with her. We spend our nights just watching her.

UPDATE!!! She can roll from tummy to back also! I figured she could, but has never done it! Well, she just woke up from her nap and rolled onto her back!

Christmas Party

We had Josh's company Christmas party last night in Houston! Alex got to stay in a hotel for the first time! It is amazing how much more stuff you have to pack when you have a kiddo! Cooper got to spend the night with Aunt Linda and he had a blast playing with his doggie friends! We had lunch at Landry's first then headed to the hotel. I wanted to get there early enough to have time to relax and take my time getting ready. Our sitter, Caitlyn, got there about 7:30 to stay with Alex while we went downstairs for the party. Alex has been doing great taking a sippy, but it seems she only likes taking them from me. She refused to take anything from Caitlyn. I guess getting her weaned was only the start, now we have to get her to take a feeding from someone other than me! The good news is, she should be completely weaned by the end of the week!

Alex and Josh relaxing watching TV while I was getting ready.

Alex, always munching on her hand! Yummy!

Chow Time!

We had so much fun today eating solids! About half way though her feeding, Alex got fussy so I thought she was over it. Nope, she just didn't like wearing clothes so I took them off and she went right back to eating! Thank goodness I did because this was by far our messiest meal ever!

Little piglet scarfed down her food, then tried licking the rest off her hands!

Coopie moved in because he spotted BABY TOES!!

After Alex was out of the Bumbo, Coop moved in to help me clean up! (Don't worry, the Bumbo has since been cleaned with something other than the dog's tongue!)

Baby, it's cold outside!

We woke up this morning to the tiniest amount of snow on the ground. As the day went on it melted. This afternoon it started coming down again, and it stuck! Here is the house with snow!!! (and decorated for Christmas, we are still looking for lights for the house!)

Coopie went out with me to check the mail and he looked so cute with some snowflakes in his fur I had to grab the camera!

Alex tried butternut squash for the first time today! Surprise....she loved it! She has taken 6 ounces of formula so far today and will only be getting sippy cup feedings for the rest of the night! We gotta break this girl from the boob!

When Abby got here this morning she was sporting her monkey hat! She looked adorable, so of course, I had to put Alex in her mouse outfit and hat for pictures!

5 Months Old!

My little pumpkin is 5 months old today! She showing us more and more of her personality everyday! I love it! Last night we went to Ninfa's for a work dinner Josh treated all of his employees to and Alex had a blast! She was passed around from person to person and she just smiled and had the best time!

This month, she has started...
laughing real belly laughs!
rolling over (but only when she is mad!)
taking a sippy cup with formula (she took 3 feeding from the sippy yesterday!)
improving her motor skills! (she will reach for something, pick it up and put it straight in her mouth!)
eating solids (so far only rice cereal, which she hated, oatmeal and sweet potatoes!)
she is getting very good at trying to stand while we hold her!

A message from Alex! (yes, she is very advanced for 5 months old!)

I am such a lucky little girl to have a Mommy who buys me pretty much any toy I show an interest in, but here are a few of my favorite things!

I love my Infantino Jittery Pal. I have a lion, his name is Lenny! I give Lenny slobbery wet kisses! When Mommy makes Lenny kiss my nose, I laugh!

I also love my Gund Pinkaboo pony! My 2 favorite things on Pinky are the mirror and the green plastic squares!

One of my new favorite things is my Nuby sippy cup! I hated bottles so Mommy decided I was a big girl and got me a sippy cup!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Mommy and my Daddy. Mommy spends all of her time with me and she is always making silly faces and making up silly songs! She takes me shopping and buys me all sorts of cute clothes and jammies. She also lets me take baths with her! Daddy won't admit it, but he is wrapped around my little finger! My favorite game with Daddy is crying when he sits down. As soon as he stands up I stop, if he sits I cry again. It's a fun game, I like it!

I also have the best big brother ever! Coopie is a little clumsy so Mommy has to make sure he doesn't accidentally step on me, but I know if he did, it would be an accident. He loves giving me kisses on my face, head and toes!