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

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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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New Pictures

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Alex is 1 month old today...well, 4 weeks. I guess one month would be on the 31st. Anyway, the pictures with his hand in the air were taken today.

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here's fussy Alex and the bib is from Alex's Great Great Aunt Dolores. Also, if anyone knows where my car keys are, that would be great. They've apparently been missing since the hospital and I'm just now finding out because I'm just now able to drive. I called the hospital and torn the house apart.

Cell phone pictures

It's been a while.

Things have been pretty boring (routine) so there's not really much to talk about, but I figure I'd give an update anyway.

Alex is doing fine. He's gone from eating 3oz every 3 hours to eating 4 oz/3 hrs. If you feed him less than that then he's hungry an hour later. I guess he has his dad's and mom's appetite. He's still sleeping at night. He wakes up every 3 hours without fail, and thankfully goes back to sleep..mostly. Sometimes I have to rock him for 30 min or so.

Patrick's doing well with school, I wish he didn't have to work so much. Sometimes he doesn't get to see Alex because we're sleeping when he gets home.

That's about all...I'll try to take some pictures later today and put them up here.

Baby Update

Things are going well. He seems to have a pattern of sleeping at night. He wakes up between 3-5 hours to eat and goes right back to sleep. It's pretty nice. Some days he stays up from 7am on, other times he goes back to sleep until 10 or 11 and that's even nicer for me.

He's begun to stay awake for 6 or more hours during the day. He's so good, because when he's awake, he's content in the swing, bouncy/vibrating seat, or the pack and play bassinet. I hold him a lot too, but I have choices when I need to get stuff done.

I've started to try to do some housework. I did some laundry and dishes yesterday and today I'm feeling sore in my incision area. I'll take it easy today. I do think that it's about healed though.

Alex has been to 2 doctor appointments. He's gaining weight and growing. Last appointment he was 7lbs. 10oz and 20 1/4 inches long. There's one NB outfit that's getting a bit short on him. His face is filling out and he's looking even cuter. Unfortunately he's not so photogenic (lol) and his pictures aren't nearly as cute as he is in person.

That's about all for now.

New Pictures

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