Baseball is back!

Alex and her Daddy watched her first Astros game! Andy is very excited to start watching the games with his girl. I made "sliders" for the grownups and a good time was had by all, except maybe the Astros (they lost).

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Alex wearing Mommy's hat!

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Yummmy, mini hamburgers! Beautiful weather and cooking on the grill!

Alex talks!

I finally got it on camera! Please turn up the volume and enjoy the video of Alex "talking"

My child has gone bananas!

Alex is a creature of habit. She has to have things done the same or she has a complete meltdown. So when Daddy (who usually puts her to sleep) had very late softball games on Tuesday night and Mommy had to put her to sleep, she was NOT having it. She fought me the whole way and finally went to sleep at 11:30 at night, only 20 minutes before Daddy got home. Since then her sleeping has gone totally wonky. I am exhausted. I need a magical Mommy to come in and take over so I can have a nap! Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, she changes everything. Mwah mwah mwah hah!

Dancing with the stars!

Alexandra is pretty fascinated with the TV. She LOVES dancing with the stars. I don't know if it is the movement on the screen or the music or both. Maybe it is all the hot male dancers? Anyways, here is a pic of Alex and her daddy watching Lil Kim's awesome tango. Alex gave it a standing ovation!

Also I was accused by my husband of always posting sleepy pictures like this one.

How can you not think that is so stinking cute. Look at those lips. I might be biased. The reason that I only pick the sleepy ones is because when she is awake she is always moving and those pics always come out blurry (might be the operator of the camera) or she looks totally bored because it takes so long to take the picture (also fault of the picture taker). Here is an example of Alex just waiting for mommy to take picture.

Alex also has a new buddy. His name is Mortimer the Moose. She loves him and has secrets that she tells only him. Here is a picture of her with Morty (you can see his nose)

4 months is coming!

Wow, I can't believe this little girl is almost 4 months! She has come so far and I love watching her grow. She is now looking so much like Andy (at least I think so) and when you put her flat she will try to sit up. It looks like she is doing crunches! If you let her grab your fingers she will pull herself to sitting position, she just can't do it all by herself yet. She is also grabbing everything! Check her out in her swing - she is grabbing the bar like the swing is going too fast!



I only have one more month with her before I go back to work and we have been looking at daycare, childcare, nannies, etc. It is just so sad to me that she will have to go but I see her at home sometimes being totally by herself and I want her to be around other kids. I just took this picture of her sleeping on her jumper - she will play until she goes to sleep!




She is actually using her pacifier now but totally prefers her hand. She puts her tongue on EVERYTHING! Andy has nicknamed her the slugger because it feels like a slug going across you when she licks. She also has two animals that she loves to slug. One is a little bear on a blanket (you can kind of see it in the pic above between her and the chair) and the other is a dog. We call these sluggie bear and sluggie dog. She will slug them to where they are sopping wet!

Can anybody can guess what this adorable little girl is doing in the above picture? HINT: it involves a big diaper change.

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12 weeks- 18 years to go

Blurry Smile

Ok, I only have 18 more years to go with out dropping my baby again. Well dropping is a serious word, basically Alex slipped off the bed and hit her head on a wood ottoman on Monday. It totally freaked me out. She was crying right away and I picked her up and she stopped crying. Being a nurse I do know what to look for but when it is your baby all thinking goes out the window. I did a neuro exam- in other words all extremeties were moving, no vomiting, pupils were equal,round, reactive, and baby was smiling! What? baby was smiling, cooing, etc.?? Did I knock her silly? I needed 2nd opinion so i went to the ER. Alex ended up being ok and was actually flirting with the very cute doctor. She was giving him smiles and talking to him. I think if I wasn't married that I would've done the same. At least my girl has taste. Dr said she might have bruises or black eye but 2 days later she looks like nothing happened. I feel like a terrible mommy for this but I am happy nothing is wrong.

Also Alex has a jumper that she loves--she loves it so much I can't take her out until she is practically sleeping. She is not big enough for it (she is suposed to be 4 months or something like that) but she has such strong legs I want to take advantage of that so I put her in it anyways. She can't reach the ground so I put a pillow or book under her so she can bounce. When she bounces it lights up and makes sounds but she has found out that if she hits her head on the side of the chair it makes the sounds with out having to do the physical activity (obviously taking after me). I have solved that problem; I put a blanket between her and the front of the chair. I can't have her hitting her head too much this week right?

Sleeping in jumpy chair

People have asked where I got the cute bow in a previous post and I would like to give a shout out to one of my oldest friends, Tiffany. She is a stay at home mommy that has a business making bows, etc. Please visit her site and support the SAHM-- http://www.mybowlady.com/ . They make great gifts (especially for Alex).

Jedi baby

On an end note, I have changed the music because some people have complained about the songs (Andy) but I still stuck with The Beatles (except the pina colada song). These are all the songs I sing to Alex because really these are the songs I know the words to. If I knew the pussycat girl songs I would sing those. Please listen and enjoy.

Beat box baby