I wish I'd write more

I've said it since first finding out I was pregnant. I don't want to forget a thing about this baby. I wish I could write everyday. I think she's learning something new everyday and I feel like I'll forget it all. I think back to when Abby and Nate were babies and I can't remember at what age they started to do anything. I should go back and read through their baby books I suppose but even that isn't as thorough as I'd like it. Today Alexa tried out her exersaucer for the first time. We got it as a hand me down from Uncle Bobby and it's just the cutest pinkest thing! Alexa seemed to like it. She stared at all the tosy for a bit and proceeded to chew up the seat. She's like a little puppy now. She chews on everything. I think she's going to teethe early. Today she was sucking away on my kuckle. Felt kind weird but she loved it! And she's constantly chewing and sucking on her own hands. Half the time she'd prefer to suck on her hands instead of her binky. Today was a day for a lot of firsts actually. Tonight we tried feeding her baby food for the first time. She's 14 weeks and five days old and she ate applesauce. Quite the piggy she is. She's been wanting a bottle more and more frequently. I'm actually concerned that she's eating way too much formula everyday. I swear she might have eaten like 38 or 40 oz today. After listening to her cry for a bottle only 2 hours after having eaten five ounces I figured I'd give it a whirl. We started out by trying to give her rice cereal for the 2nd time now. She did exactly what she did the first time which is cry and never swollow one drop. That's when I decided we'd try something a little more tastey. Cindy had given me a few odds and ends things from the "guess the price" game we played at my baby shower and applesauce was one of them. Boy did she love it! After charging up the video camera a bit I finally taped her making this "mmmmm" sound after every bite. She was in baby heaven!! She's growing everyday. She's becoming more and more of a baby and less and less of a helpless baby blob. On Saturday she grabbed her bottle as I was feeding her and tried to hold it with her fists closed. On Sunday she held onto it with her hands open and tried to pull it out of her mouth every time she needed a breather. Today she actually supported the weight of the bottle for a few seconds. She'll be holding it any day. I'm always so excited for her to learn something new but in the back of my mind I know that whatever she learns is one less thing she needs me for. Sometimes it makes me sad. One day she'll scream and cry when I try to cuddle her close and hold her bottle to feed her. And I'll think "Man, do I miss those days when all she did was lay there and stare into my eyes as I fed her!" And I'll be sad. Please don't grow up to quickly Alexa. In other off topic news, we got a new pet today. Abby decided that with her b-day money she wanted to buy a hanster. She used her $48 and bought herself a cute little cage, a big bag of bedding, and hanster food. Oh yea, and the hamster. It's a chinese dwarf hamster and it's so stinkin' cute!

3 months--I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad

Today is one day past Alexa's 3 month birthday. Oops! Story of my life, a day late and a dollar short! Oh well! I took her three month pictures today on the recliner. Her gerber 0-3 month onesie is now quite snug! I still remember the one month pictures like it was yesterday. So today I figured I'd take some time to compile a list of facts about our Lexa Lynn.

Here goes it!
~~She looks like a balding old man. No hair on top but plenty in the back.
~~Her eyes are still blue and her hair looks to be a light brown.
~~The toe next to her pinky toe is crooked on both feet.
~~She still doesn't fit into her 0-3 month sandals from Children's Place.
~~She had an explosive poopy event two days ago where I was shot in the stomach with diarrhea.
~~She is in size one Pampers but next case I'll be buying size 2.
~~She has outgrown her o-3 month one piece outfits. She's too long!
~~She wore her first pair of jeans yesterday on her 3 month birthday.
~~Everyone says how adorable she is and asks about her hair bows everyday.
~~Her legs never stop kicking.
~~She holds her arms in fists very close to her body and stretches out her legs when she's trying to poop.
~~She now enjoys her mobile and will watch it until it goes into sleep mode at which time she starts crying.
~~Still loves to be swaddled
~~She wakes up every night around 3 or 4 am.
~~She has long "conversations" with me. We go back and forth "talking" to each other as she stares into my eyes.
~~She loves morning time and is most happy then.
~~She likes for me to sing The Wheels on the Bus and move her legs, arms, and feet around.
~~She will be getting her ears pierced tomorrow.
~~She's still drinking Nutramigen.
~~She's eating every three hours now so I must bump up her ounces.
~~She loves bathtime and has begun splashing away.
~~She loves to cuddle. When I'm holding her at night on her back she will curl her body up so that her face is nestled into my shirt.
~~She will stop crying immediately in the car if Abby knocks on her car seat. Weird! I know!

September 11th, 2010

So today I woke up and completely forgot it was 9/11. I didn't remember until I signed onto facebook and saw all the tributes to it. Ever since then I've had a bit of a melancholy feeling. I can't help but to think back to that September day. I remember it like it was yesterday. My life was so different then. No kids, still living at home, working at the sev. It's weird. Every year I've tried to teach the kids the importance of that day. At such a young age it's been hard but every year they seem to grasp the concept a little better. It's so important to teach them and let them remember every year for as long as we remember we can help to protect ourselves. I showed them a tribute that someone posted on facebook and then we spent some time watching news footage on you tube of that morning. We watched the 2nd plane crash into the south tower. I showed them pictures of men and women jumping from the towers. I showed them the wreckage left in the Pennsylvania crash and told them about the heroes that thwarted that plane's course. I told them about the Pentagon. This year they were truley interested. It made me feel good as a mom to know that I'm passing on that piece of history that I lived through. And for the rest of the day I will remember. I took some time to post a thank you message to my friend Daniela's husband Keith who fought in the war and who now suffers badly from post traumatic stress disorder. If everyone remembers they'll never win.

A Day in the Life of Alexa @ 11 weeks

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