New Pictures

Alex with Grandpa: Grandpa was surprised at Alex's strength. Alex was standing with the support of Grandpa.

He rolled over

This morning he woke up at 4:45 for a bottle. I gave him the bottle and put him down on his back around 5:15. When I got him out of bed this morning at 7:45 he was on his belly. He rolled over!!

New Things

Alex has been mocking sounds. Patrick does a "boo" sound and I do a "motorboat" and he tries it. It's so cute! I tried to catch it on video, but he doesn't do the sounds right after we do it. It's a delayed reaction.

Alex is pointing to the best team in baseball.


Got tickets to the gun show?

Grandparents

We visited Great Grandma and Great Grandpa over the weekend.



Daddy bought Mommy flowers. Why? Because he can!

The Mommy Factor

Mommy at 5 months....Alex at 3 1/2 months.

The grossest diaper ever!

We've started putting some formula in with his breastmilk so when we go out we can give a formula bottle. It's a pain hunting down hot water to defrost milk. Anyway, Patrick was feeding Alex tonight and Alex pooed. Patrick handed Alex to me to change and it was the grossest thing ever.

The poo was almost up to his neck. It was grayish and was the consistency of peanut butter. Alex got a bath and his outfit and changing table cover got a wash.

I wish I had pictures.

New Pics

Find the baby. Hint: He's on the floor watching basketball.

Oh, and don't mind all the baby stuff and the messy living room.


Alex is sucking his fingers while admiring his daddy.

Routines

Seems like Alex has made a little night-time routine. He goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30 and sleeps to around 3am. He wakes for a bottle then goes back to bed until 5 or 6. Sometimes he sleeps all the way to 5am. When he does that he wakes again around 7.

I think he's going through a growth spurt because lately he's been eating more frequently. He used to eat 5oz every 3 to 4 hrs. Now he's eating 3-4 oz every 2 hours. I have tried to give him 6oz/feeding but he stops eating, so I guess until he wants to eat 6oz at a time, we're stuck with feeding him every 2 hours.

3 month Professional Pictures.

Today we went to see Jose Garcia to get our pictures taken. There are so many great ones....I chose a few. Alex fell asleep half-way through the shoot, so we got some angelic sleeping pics.

Finally, pictures

Alex loves sitting up in his Bebe Pod.







Here's Alex with McAllister. McAllister is my friend (Michelle) from high school's little boy.



My new haircut and color. I have red with blond highlights and bangs. I haven't had bangs in about 15 years.

Hi Mommy!

St. Patrick's Day

Hi Granny!

What are these things?

Videos

These are for all you far away relatives who can't quite see Alex (or us) as often as you'd like.

Enjoy!

2 month visit and shots

Today Alex had his 2 month visit and shots today. He weighs 12 lbs. 4 oz and the doctor said he hit a growth spurt. Apparently he is a big boy. He has also outgrown his 0-3 month clothes. He's now in 3 months and he's only 2 months. Crazy because he wore Newborns only 2 months ago.

Alex cried so bad during his shots (so did mommy). He did fine once it was over. Hopefully he'll do well tonight.

2 month pictures

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First day at work and daycare

It all started last night :) He wasn't a bit tired at 10:30 when Patrick and I wanted to go to bed. We brought him in the room with us in his bouncy seat. Patrick put him next to the bed and he was there until 4:00 am when he started crying. Patrick fed him while I pumped. Alex slept in his bed until 5:30 when he got fussy again. I put the pacifier in his mouth and he slept until 7:00. I got up at 6:30, took a shower and got ready.

I left for work 5 minutes later than I wanted to, but from what I hear that's pretty good...essentially on time in mom's world. I got to work, brought Alex to the cottage (the daycare), and was a bit sad to leave him there. He just sat in his carseat, wide-eyed, soaking in the environment. Poor little thing didn't even understand what was going on. The Easter Bunny was at school so he got pictures with him....Alex was awake for it but covered up his outfit with his hands :(

My day was pretty good. I pumped twice at work, got to spend about an hour with Alex. My class had library today so I stayed with Alex through the library time and gave him a bottle. While I was feeding him he looked all over the place. He usually looks at me, but I guess he was being nosy.

My classroom wasn't in too bad of shape, but the sub left papers everywhere and nothing made sense. There were tons of papers not written on and stuff stapled together. I have so much to go through and I need to look at my grades....I guess I'll find time to do that this week.

After work ended I rushed to pick Alex up. They were feeding him and he was almost done eating when I got there. They had already changed his diaper so I took him off to my room to do some work. After about 20 minutes he got fussy so I picked him up to buckle him in and he had poo all over his back. I guess in his seat when he poo's there's so much force it just went up his back. So I went back to the cottage to change him out of his cute Easter outfit that Granny bought.

So now I'm working on the stains...hopefully Oxi Clean will get it out.

Being a mom is HARD. I thought the early days when we brought him home was tough, but this is hard too. Coming home after an exhausting day and cleaning dishes, pumping parts, etc. I forced myself to get everything clean and now I'm watching Idol.

Wow this is long....bye :)

Tattoos

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Grandpa's Hands

Where's Alex??

He's hunting in his camo outfit and safety socks.

Mystery Solved

My keys have been found. They were in a jacket I wore to the hospital. It was in the back of my car the whole time.

Valentine's Day

Family time with the Miller's

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New Pics

Mommy went red....Alex is getting more alert....He found the mobile on his swing.

1 month pictures

Here's a sampling of some pictures we got taken.

Playtime and Bathtime

Alex played with Oreo and then had a bath. His umbilical cord finally fell off so he had his first bath last night.

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