Week Twenty Five Pictures...

Week Twenty Five (Monday, September 10th, - Sunday, September 16th 2007)

Daddy & Me...

Daddy & Alexander relaxing on the front lawn... And Alexander is showing off how he's getting the hang of this whole sitting thing.

He's such a big boy and I can't believe he'll be Six Months Old next Saturday. Where does the time go?

I think these two pictures are my favorite ones of him right now.

I love how he's so happy and smiling - it shows off his personality and just how cute he is!

The Playground

This afternoon, Mommy, Daddy & Grammie took Alexander to the playground. Alexander went on the slide & the swings for the 2nd time (the 1st time Daddy took him but didn't have a camera)... Alexander wasn't all that enthralled, but a couple of times we caught him smiling & laughing. Most times he was just looking around and watching the kids run wild.

Practice Makes Perfect...

Someone is perfecting sitting up all by himself. Here he is sitting, by himself and without being propped up. Most time he still leans forward or slumps over to the side but he is getting the hang of sitting up an supporting himself at the same time. Although he doesn't seem to think it's nearly such a big deal the way Mommy does.

Pretty soon he'll be pushing himself up into a sitting position from lying down... and then he'll be crawling, walking & going off to kindergarten.

Someone stop this crazy whirlygig of fun... I'm dizzy!

And so it happened...

The one thing I've been dreading since bringing home Alexander has finally happened. I fell down the last couple of stairs while holding him last night. I have been dreading the stairs for that very concern. In fact, I've had a mental block the past couple of weeks with the stairs that I find I have a hard time taking that first step when I'm holding him.

Thankfully it was only the last two steps and Alexander probably didn't even realize what happened. He wasn't hurt at all as I landed on my knees. I almost bursted into tears at the thought that I could have dropped him or banged his head and it would have been my fault. The thought of it makes me shudder with fear & guilt.

Fingers crossed that this is a one time only type deal...

Handsome Man...

As we all know Alexander is blessed with an extensive and stylish wardrobe, mainly supplied by Auntie Alyson.

He has so many new clothes that I've been able to put him in a new outfit every day for school and each day his teacher, Miss Linda comments on how handsome he is and how cute his outfits are. (Dan calls it an obsession of mine)

I laid out his outfit for Monday so that Daddy could get him ready in the morning. I picked a new white polo onesie and a new pair of blue & white stripped pants from Grammie. He looked quite cute in his outfit - but what Daddy didn't know was that there was a hat to match!

Once we pulled up to school, I put the hat on him so we could walk into his classroom and show off the hat! As soon as I turned the corner Miss Linda let out the biggest gasp. "OOOOOOHHHHH" She couldn't get over his hat and how cute he looked. I took him out of his carseat and she immediately wanted to show him off. She took him over to another room and called for the other teachers attention. Once she was able to get their attention you heard all of the teachers say "Oh my goodness Alexander" and then one of the teachers popped her head out and told me that she checks in the infant room every day to see what he's wearing!

Then one of Alexander's other teachers, Danielle, who mainly works in the older infant room came in and just kept repeating "too much cuteness, too much".

I think we fulfilled the cuteness quota of the day. Obsession...I think not.

Week Twenty Four: At a Glance

Week Twenty Four: At a Glance - Monday September 3rd to Sunday, September 9th

• No School on Monday for Labor Day - so had a day with Mommy & Daddy. Took a long walk and got some ice cream
• Didn't take have a great day of napping on Monday so he was fussy as bedtime approached
• Went for a walk with Daddy a couple times this week
• Had bananas earlier in the week... Miss Linda says he loves his bananas
• Still has eczema on his arms & legs - it gets worse in the heat. Poor little guy has Mommy's sensitive skin.
• Had a little rash/eczema on his belly & face but went away by Friday
• Daddy took him to the playground across the street and he went on the slide & swing with Daddy for the first time
• Started to develop a nasty case of diaper rash Wednesday night
• Didn't like bathtime on Thursday due to his diaper rash
• Although he had the diaper rash, he was in a really good mood
• Diaper rash was so bad on Friday that I picked him up at 11:15am and brought him home for the afternoon.
• Called the doctor for the diaper rash and they gave me a remedy of a Baking Soda bath along with a Maalox/diaper creme concoction (which by the way is working really well)
• Alexander went o' natural on Friday & Saturday (without a diaper) to help air out his bum region.
• He ended up peeing on me 8 times this weekend. We had an accident twice but thankfully there was blanket to protect me otherwise it would not have been pretty
• Daddy had a softball tournament on Saturday so it was a Mommy & Alexander day
• Took several baking soda baths throughout the day
• Daddy & Alexander went to see Cousin Nick's football game on Sunday
• Watched the Patriots season opener with Mommy & Daddy (Pats won!)
• Was in a great mood on Sunday despite the diaper rash and not a lot of napping
• He still has his Diaper rash but it definitely has improved greatly since Friday
• I'm holding off on bananas, oatmeal, cereal, etc to see if he had a reaction to them which caused the diaper rash for this week.
• He loves to stand but is getting a bit better with the sitting. He was able to sit by himself this morning for a few minutes before toppling over.

Week Twenty Four Pictures

Week Twenty Four Pictures (Monday, September 3rd - Sunday, September 10th)

I'm busy here...

Obviously I was disturbing him as he enjoyed eating his hand & his clippy toys...and he gave me the look to let me know it too!

Mommy & Me

We haven't had a good picture of Alexander & I in a while so I thought I would post a one...we were practicing our walking after Daddy fed him some bananas.

Did I mention that he loves to stand & walk yet isn't fond of sitting?? Yup, looks like we have a mover on our hands...

PS - Mom, does this pose look familiar? Isn't there a picture out there with you holding me just like this?

Week Twenty Three: At A Glance

Week Twenty Three Glance: Monday, August 27th - Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

• Was a quiet but good week at school - Played well, went outside a few days, had good tummy time & some decent naps
• Brought in bananas & sweet potatoes for school - Miss Linda said he loved them and gobbled them up each day
• Brought Miss Linda flowers for her birthday, she was very happy
• Still wearing new clothes to school (Daddy scolded Mommy for the obsession however it's not my fault if we're still going through his clothes - it's not as if we're out every day shopping)
• He did very well this week with sleeping - usually woke up at 5a... a couple times woke up at 6a & 6:45a!
• Only one night did he wake up during the night and need to be put back to sleep
• Usually plays has his quality daddy time in the morning when he wakes up as Daddy will go play with him on his mat.
• We took out his AC and replaced it with a fan and an Air Filter to see if that makes a difference with his congestion & potential allergies.
• Still loves to swim during bathtime
• Loves to stand! Even does a pretty good job moving his feet to walk but still doesn't want to have anything to do with sitting.
• Does a great job of rolling both front to back and back to front.
• Stopped to visit Steve, Carolyn & the boys to give Will his birthday present (a few weeks late)... loved hanging out with his cousins
• Went to Steve & Ann's for Sierra's birthday party - it was baby central!
• Went in a real pool for the first time - wasn't all that happy because it was chillier than bath water.
• Met Uncle Pete who took him into the pool
• Went in a big-boy jumpy with Daddy
• Daddy had his Jimmy Buffett concert so we went to Fanueil Hall with Alyson (the line for the Aquarium was too busy all day) - we had fun walking around and letting him take in the sights
• Tried oatmeal for the first time and seemed to like it
• Was very tuckered out on Sunday and fell asleep on the changing table getting his pj's on

Week Twenty Three: Pictures

Week Twenty Three Pictures: Monday, August 27th - Sunday, September 2nd, 2007