Feed Me!

At almost 3 months we tried to feed her some solid food, and she did okay, but she's just not ready for it yet. She kept spitting it out and was getting fussy after only a few "bites."

Play Time & First Big Smiles :)

Lexa is 2 months old now and it seems like she has doubled her size! It is so amazing how much she grows. I notice it most when I see other people hold her. She loves the mobile on her play pen and smiles as the elephants fly in circles! In these pictures she is playing with her 3-in-1 gym; she flaps her arms and makes the toys move and make noise and is very entertained by the noises and the colors!!! Once I turned her over onto her tummy she wasn't as entertained and broke out into tears soon after. Such is the life of a 2 month old.

Lexa's Picture Day ~ 6 Weeks Old

I'm sure I broke multiplue copywriting laws by scanning and posting these pictures, and I'll most likely keep breaking those laws because I'm going to print some copies at Wal-mart. I think they turned out really cute but don't want to spend more $$$ on getting more prints. Oh well, I won't say where I got them taken so you can't turn me in. :))) They did turn out really cute, didn't they? I think I'm going to use the same place for her 3 month pictures and that time I'll try again with her red Christmas dress because none of the shots turned out as well as I had hoped; and I'll try with some jeans and sneakers!!! She's very very cute in that outfit!

Wintery Mix

We put up our Christmas tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving.







Well, today I would say is the first day of winter in my book... err... my blog. We have a wintery mix, which means I guess icey and wet. It looks like sleet to me. It's pretty, but very cold outside and a little too icey to be driving. Lance said he saw lots of fender benders on the way home today...

First Bath

Lexa loved her first bath! At first the water kinda scared her a little, but after she was put in she calmed right down and loved me dripping the warm water all over her. I think it reminded her of being in my warm tummy. She lost her umbilical cord stub just yesterday and I couldn't wait to give her her first real bath!!!




We are working hard to get her on a schedule. We are trying to feed her every three hours and play with her for a little while and then trying to get her to take a little nap after the playtime. The book I'm reading "Baby Wise" recommends this kind of schedule and it also recommends putting the baby to bed while still awake and with out any "props" (i.e. pacifier, rocking...) I think this is the most difficult part. We are still working on the schedule though, if it works then after a while she will go to sleep easier and this habit should last through her childhood if we stay consistent. Sounds like a dream, but right now its a lot of crying... :(

Baby Lexa is Here!!!!

6:18 AM October 27th, 2006 ~ 7 lbs 8 ozs ~ 20 3/4 inches
Wow!!! Let's begin this crazy story of how she finally arrived! My water broke on the 26th at 12:30pm. I drove myself to pick up my husband where he works, contractions and all... yeah. Then we went to the hospital to check in and got hooked up on the epidural after a couple of hours. I was in labor for 18 hours and pushed HARD for an hour before the Doctor let me know that the baby was not moving past the pelvic bone, and we had to do a C-Section. I was not happy about this - I really really wanted to do the regular way even if it was with the epidural. I wasn't so much nervous about the surgery - just really hung up on doing it as "natural" as possible. But now, I don't care. The C-Section went fine, Lance was in there with me and got to carry the baby to the nursery. I'm sure he was just bursting with pride walking down that hallway with that bundle of love!!!