Christmas Eve Eve

I am so excited Christmas is just around the corner! Josh and I are exchanging gifts tomorrow since we won't be here for Christmas. We figured it would be easier than trying to take the gifts with us! I am trying to talk him into us doing it before he goes into work (for half a day) because I just can not wait! We'll see what he says!

Hmmm, what else is going on. Oh, we decided to nix the bananas for a little while. Alex tried them Sunday and loved them, but she had some "interesting" diapers that evening and the next morning. I am guessing the bananas didn't agree with her. Alex goes for her 6 month check up on the 12th so I'll talk to the pedi about it and until then we will just move onto something else.

Alex is still loving her newly accomplished skill! We can not keep that girl off of her tummy. We put her down and within a minute she has rolled over. I posted a very short video below showing a little bit of the rolling action. It took about 15 minutes to get that because she was more interested in looking at me with the camera than rolling over. The second I would put the camera down she would start rolling over.

Speaking of the camera...Sunday was a very sad day in the Stafin house. Josh dropped my camera and bent something that holds the lens cover/shutter things. A few pieces came off and will not say on. It is still usable, but the lens is not covered so I can't really take it anywhere without worrying about scratching the lens. I called Wolf Camera first thing on Monday and they said it will take 6-8 weeks to get it fixed!!!! I am going to have to use my crap-tastic Sony camera until it gets fixed.

I am having a day where I am not motivated to do anything. I am sitting on the couch...I think...it looks like Alex's closet threw up on it. I've been doing laundry and I'm now surrounded by piles of her clothes. I need to figure out what I have to pack. I used to think I would never get tired of folding and hanging up these cute little baby clothes, boy was I wrong! It's just more laundry to add to our ever growing pile.

Oh, on top of trying to get the laundry done so we can pack, taking care of the babies and wrapping presents, I am getting sick. My throat is killing me and I am so stuffy and congested. It's a real pretty sight in the morning when I'm stiff from the RA and snotty from whatever it is I have. Poor Josh, I'm sure if he knew this is what he had to look forward to, he would have thought about it twice! The crazy weather isn't really helping.

Alex is loving her exersaucer more and more. She loves looking at herself in the mirrors on it. She will even start talking to the reflection. It really is the cutest thing. Cooper loves it because he can do drive by lickings since she is at his level.

ok, enough rambling, I better get off my rear end and get some stuff done!

mmm, bananas!

Yes, this weekend has been relaxing! I started wrapping presents yesterday and we watched a couple of movies last night. We got out today for one more gift and now we are watching some football before we go meet some friends for dinner. We are going to Texas Roadhouse. I am starving already, a steak sounds sooo good!

Miss A tried bananas today. Another hit! I wanted to do some veggies before doing any fruit because I heard if you start with the sweets, they will prefer those over veggies. Who knows if it's actually true but we went with it.

Getting ready for that first bite! She cracks me up, sometimes the flash just completely catches her off guard and she makes the funniest faces!

First bite...a little mushy...hmmm, not sure about this!

Oh yeah, I love them...Mommy, more please!

This last pictures shows what I call her baby bird face. She has started doing this when she eats and when the sippy cup gets anywhere near her mouth! You would think we never feed that girl!

Little things are making me happy these days. Not only are a few days away from Christmas, but I just realized I don't have to cook for an entire week! Like I said, we are meeting friends for dinner tonight, tomorrow we are going to the Sorensen's for dinner so we can check out baby Kyler's nursery. He is making his appearance in a couple of weeks and we can't wait to meet him! Tuesday, we are going to Red Lobster with the James'. Then of course, we are heading out of town and I'll be helping out in the kitchen, but I won't have to cook a whole meal!

Ho Ho Ho!

We took Alex to have her picture taken with Santa on Thursday. Little pumpkin would not smile no matter what we did! The second I started walking towards her to pick her up, she started smiling! I guess no smile is better than crying!

We tried green beans again yesterday, while she wasn't sleepy, and she loved them! Yeah! She is so funny when she eats. If the spoon gets anywhere near her mouth, she opens her mouth and tries to move her head towards the spoon. She is such a little piglet!

We are planning on a pretty quiet relaxing weekend since we have a busy 2 weeks coming up. We have a little Christmas shopping to finish up but other than that, no plans!

green bean...yawn

We introduced green beans today! I made a few mistakes. Alex didn't take her usual nap so she was tired but seemed ok when we started lunch. I also decided to use the high chair instead of the Bumbo. She ate quite a bit then started getting fussy.

The first bite!

I thought she was getting fussy because she was in the high chair so I moved her to the Bumbo and she ate a little more! Then, she decided she was just too tired to keep eating! Tomorrow we will go round 2 with the green beans!

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!