bath time, bathing suit and more bubbles!

We've been spending some time outside since the weather has been so great here! The girls love it! Alex loves looking around at everything and trying to eat leaves! She always has such a serious look on her face like she is about to start asking questions!

We took a few new bath time pictures yesterday. I think we are getting close to retiring the baby bath and moving onto the regular bath tub!!!

When I was blowing bubbles for the girls I noticed Cooper wasn't around. Anytime I am on the floor with the girls, he is usually right there in the middle! While the girls we napping I decided to blow some bubbles for Coopie. I quickly learned why he was MIA during bubble time. He is not a fan of bubbles! He kept backing away from them as they got closer to him. He even barked at them! As they landed, he would move in to try and sniff them, but as soon as his nose got close, they would pop! What a chicken!

I had to try Alex's new bathing suit on her! She looked adorable! I love it!

We have a busy day ahead of us. I am getting the oil changed in my car, so Josh is meeting us up there to take us to lunch so we don't have to wait around for it! From there, Alex and I are going to Sam's, HEB, and maybe Target! I want to get her some shorts since it has been so warm lately! Plus, I just love going to Target! I am in charge of the grocery shopping for our trip this weekend. We are heading to the lake house around 1 tomorrow with 6 friends, 2 dogs and a baby! That means, I'll be spending tomorrow morning packing for all of us, trying to load up the car and praying that Alex takes a nap in the morning so she won't be a fuss bucket on the road!

Thankfully Alex is napping now to get ready for our afternoon of errands!!

One more reason to love the iPhone!

Soo, if I'm doing this right, I should be able to post from my
iPhone! Like I said IF I'm doing this right!! I really don't see a
reason why I would actually need to post from my phone, but it could
make road trips just that much more fun!!

**it worked and I can add pictures from my phone!!!**

Bubbles!!

While I was at Gymboree yesterday, I bought a little container of bubbles! Alex loved them! She was more interested in the bubbles that landed without popping then the ones that were floating around. She kept trying to touch the ones that landed. Abby didn't seem the slightest bit interested in the bubbles. In fact, when I put her in the Bumbo, she was more interested in her toes than the bubbles! All good things must come to and end. I realized Alex was no longer interested in the bubbles when she started chewing on the Boppy tag!

I finally went in for a LONG overdue appointment with the eye doctor. (I haven't been since we moved to College Station, almost 2 years ago! YIKES!) The bad news is, my eyes are now worse than they were before, I guess that can be expected, I am getting older! Good news, I have a brand new pair of contacts to try out to make sure I like them before I order them...and with them, my vision is better than 20/20! Who knew that was possible? In addition to the bubbles, I got Alex a swim suit! It is the cutest thing I have ever seen! I can't wait to see her little chubby legs in it! She also got a new dress! I had 3 picked out I wanted to get her, but they only had one in her size. I may have to order the other ones! I can not wait for it to get a little warmer so she can wear all her cute little dresses! I tried a pair of shoes on her and decided, this may be a shoeless spring/summer. She hates putting shoes on. She curls her toes so I can't get them on her!

On the Move!!

Alex has been pushing up on all fours for a couple of weeks now. She does this when she is playing on the floor, laying in her crib or when I am about to pick her up. She can roll anywhere she wants to go. Today, she really started army/combat crawling! She is very good at staying on the blanket, rug or just off the edge, but I have a feeling in the next couple of days, that's all going to change!

In addition to her combat crawl, we are working on sitting. She will for several minutes if I put a Boppy around her to keep her from falling back, but she gets bored after a few mintues and rolls onto her tummy so she can reach more toys. She can sit unasissted for about a minute, but ends up falling backwards if the Boppy isn't there!

We had a great time at the James' last night! They grilled steaks and shrimp, made twice baked potatoes and veggies. Everything was soo good! I ate way too much! We played Wii for a little while to work off dinner then dove into the brownie pudding! It was sooooo good! I did try to make it healthy by pairing it with fat free vanilla ice cream! After dessert, I thought I was going to puke I was so full! Alex did great over there. She played in the exersaucer while we ate then I got her ready for bed. She is great about sleeping as long as she is in a crib. Thanfully, Abby let Alex use hers! She woke up for the ride home, then I put her back to bed and she fell asleep about 15 minutes later. She has started doing this fake sleep. I always go in her room to check on her and her eyes will be closed and she is in the position she usually sleeps in, the second I step foot in her room her head pops up, and she looks at me with bright eyes and a huge smile, as if to say, I'm not really sleeping, I was just resting my eyes for a minute!

Daddy's Girl

I know I've said it a million times, but Alex adores Josh. If he is with her and I'm not home, she will not nap and she will not go to bed. I like to think it's because she sees me all day long and really just can't get enough of her Daddy time!

Alex seems to be changing her schedule, and I am not happy about it. Instead of her 2 long naps she is taking 3-5 short cat naps. By cat naps, I'm talking 20-45 minute naps! No matter how tired she is, she will roll around in her crib for about 10-15 minutes before each nap. It makes for tough days, because once she wakes up from a short nap, she'll be good for about an hour and a half before she is ready for another nap. Tonight, she got really fussy around 6 so I decided to let her take a nap instead of trying to keep her up until 7, when she usually goes to sleep. (The pictures above were taken around 5:45 and she was already getting fussy, that's why she didn't look to happy.) She slept for about 15 minutes. The short naps are also messing up her feeding schedule. She takes 4 bottles a day, her last one being about 20 minutes before bed. Yesterday she took her last bottle at 5, ate solids then I offered her 4 ounces since I couldn't stand putting her to bed when it had already been 2 hours since she ate. She didn't take any of it. Tonight, she took a bottle at 6, ate carrots, sweet potatoes and rice around 7 and we'll see what she does before she goes to bed.

After I saw how much she loved being on the hardwoods at Erika's the other day, I moved Cooper's toy basket so she would have about 2 feet between the edge of her blanket she plays on and the wall. She LOVES it! She scoots off the blanket and slides around on the tile.

We have a fun filled weekend. Some friends are coming over tonight so plan out some of the details for our trip to the lake house next weekend and then we are going to play some games. Tomorrow we are going to the James' for dinner! The Sorensens will be there too and we have all been asked to bring our Wii remotes!! When Sheena was over the other day we watched the Barefoot Contessa make a chocolate brownie pudding. She described it as a molten chocolate like cake so I'm making it to take for dessert! Josh loves brownies and I love gooey chocolaty anything! Sunday we plan on sleeping in...we'll see if Alex allows us to. Once she is up, she's up. I wish she would at least once go back to sleep if we put her in bed with us!

I end with a (very grainy) video I took of Alex and Josh "dancing" with Cooper! Enjoy!

Go Speed Racer!

Yesterday, I decided to meet Josh for lunch. In typical fashion, I spent my morning getting ready for our outing. The girls woke up a little earlier than normal from their naps. By the time we were done with lunch, both girls were getting a little fussy. After lunch, we went to the bank then we were supposed to go to Erika's. I knew it was nap time so I was trying to get to Erika's so I could get them out of the car before they fell asleep. They tend to sleep better (and longer) if they are out of their carseats. Wouldn't you know it, in my rush to get to Erika's I got pulled over. The girls really let me down, then minute I stopped the car they stopped fussing so my excuse for driving fast didn't seem very believable. I ended up getting a ticket for going 46 in a 35. I honestly didn't even notice what the speed limit was. Now I get the pleasure of doing defensive driving...oh the joy!

While we were at Erika's Alex had the best time. The girl is soo close to crawling. I put her on a blanket and she kept rolling off onto the hardwood floors. I took her socks off so she could get a better grip with her toes. She could push herself forward to reach the toys she wanted. When we are at home, she pushed her butt up as far as she can and straightens her legs to try to move. At times, she kinda looks like she is trying to get into a sitting position.

Alex has started scrunching up her nose when she smiles. It is soo cute! She does it non stop!

We decided to stop with the prunes. She pooped 5 times yesterday afternoon. The norm is to give any new food 3-4 days in a row to make sure there are not any allergies. She didn't have any problems for the 2 days we gave them to her so I'm adding them to the list of foods she is ok with. Going forward, I'll just give them to her if she has any constipation issues. I decided to try yogurt today...again, huge shock, she loved it! I was debating between Yobaby yogurt and a plain, whole milk organic one. The only Yobaby they had was flavored so I went with the Horizon Organic Whole Milk. (Plus, it at a LOT less sugar then the Yobaby.) I mixed it with peaches this morning. I figured the plain it easier because I can mix it with anything I want to! Josh laughs at me because for each meal I blend new veggies or fruit so she doesn't eat the same thing two days in a row. He said she doesn't care, but I like to think she appreciates the variety!

Next on our list will be plums! I got some at the store last night so I'll go ahead and make them in the next day or two and freeze them in cubes. On a semi-related note, I am still making all of her food. I love making all of it! It is so easy and I get to control everything that goes into it!

When Nomi came to visit us she brought Alex the cutest dress, head band and blanket! (She's wearing it in the video below!)

Just a cute pic of my pumpkin!

Last night Alex was having some Daddy time. She was just relaxing with him and looked so cute with her arm on his chest. She is too cute with him.

This morning was day 1 with prunes. I swear, this girl loves everything! I mixed them with apples and a little oatmeal because, personally, I thought they stunk and looked funny. If it was me I wouldn't have eaten them...apparently she takes after her Daddy by eating anything you put in front of her!!

Alex loves making silly sounds! Josh and I spend so much time laughing at our little cutie!