Week Forty Six Pictures...

Week Forty Six Pictures (Monday, February 4th - Sunday, February 10th)

Week Forty Six Pictures...

Week Forty Six Pictures (Monday, February 4th - Sunday, February 10th)

Week Forty Six Glance...

Week Forty Six Glance (Monday, February 4th - Sunday, February 10th)

• Had a good week at school - despite a few diaper blow-ups
• Bedtime @ 7:30-7:40pm and usually went down fairly well; woke up around 5:30am with a few times stayed in his crib until 6am (Then we have the 6:20 & 7:15a on the weekend!!)
• Does really well at pulling himself up and getting back to the floor
• The crawling speed has picked up to the level of "speed-demon"
• No teeth yet but does well at gumming his food
• He does not like having the other babies touch him or be in his personal space. I witnessed it on Thursday morning. One baby came over and tried to touch his hair and Alexander let out the biggest scream and then started to cry. It wasn't as if the baby pulled his hair either...
• Had some normal solids & milk but also tried waffles & croissants (liked), ravioli (did not like)
• Got a pretty bad case of diaper rash Thursday night - gave him baking soda & mylanta bath and that's helped to really bring it down.
• Hung out at home with Mommy & Daddy on Saturday
• Had a photoshoot or two for his birthday
• Went to lunch with Moira, Charles, Sean, Joann & Alyson on Sunday for our "Christmas"... (I know, we're almost 2 months late). He was very well behaved in the restaurant and will wear Auntie Moira's outfit tomorrow and Auntie's Sue's outfit on Tuesday (Thank you, Both!)
• Put his convertible carseat in the car because he's outgrowing his original one - can't tell what he thinks of it yet
• Walked around the mall after lunch and saw Nancy & Kaileen
• Had a diaper explosion when we got home and decided to have our first shower. Didn't hate it but definitely took his time trying to understand it. I have to say it's the easiest rinsing of his hair - ever!
• Read some books with Mommy & Daddy and then off to bed

Milestone!

We have cause for celebration! Grab your glasses, prepare your toasts...

No, Alexander didn't take his first steps or finally get some teeth. He didn't even put together a whole sentence. What could be more amazing that that??

Alexander slept til after 7am on a Sunday!!!

Hey... I'm not one to shy away from the dramatics. But this is huge for us! He slept until 6:20am yesterday and 7:15 this morning! He's never done that and it's such a big thing for us! Neither one of us had to get up at the crack of dawn when we really just wanted to sleep.

He slept a few times til 6a this week so maybe he's passed the phase for where he needs to awake when all morning creatures do.

Finally...

Alexander has added a few more words to his vocabulary. Prior to today, the main word was 'dada'. He did a few 'lala' or 'baba' but never consistent. Dan, to his credit, has been trying to get 'mama' out of him but Alexander will say it when he's good & ready.

Well maybe this week he's starting to get ready. He said mama Friday night... and subsequently started to say it more and more this weekend. And with the new mama, he also said "ooh" a few times when we would laugh.

Speaking of him responding...we've noticed that when our voices get louder (not by yelling just talking or getting the other persons attention in another room), he'll grunt & screech as if he wants us to stop. He's not keen on people yelling or talking loud. He also doesn't like the loud noise of a grocery bag as he grunts at that too.

Cute kid...

Week Forty Five Pictures...

Week Forty Five Pictures (Monday, January 28th - Sunday, February 3rd)

Week Forty Five Pictures...

Week Forty Five Pictures (Monday, January 28th - Sunday, February 3rd)

Week Forty Five Pictures...

Week Forty Five Pictures (Monday, January 28th - Sunday, February 3rd)

Week Forty Five Glance...

Week Forty Five Glance (Monday, January 28th - Sunday, February 3rd)

• Sleeping overall is ok but the better news is that I think he's in a growth spurt because he'll finish each bottle & he'll eat breakfast, lunch & a PM snack. Sometimes have multiple things too.
• He's had cheese with lunch and cookies & puff with his PM snack
• He's doing a great job of feeding himself
• Blew Mommy a kiss when I walked in the door from work (it was as if he said "mama")
• Crawling is getting quiet speedy
• Pulling himself up to a stand is pretty much a constant now
• LOVES doing rasberries - and pretty much does them all the time (even when he's sleeping)
• Was really knawing on his thumb as if his back teeth are coming in (but still no teeth - poor kid will be gumming his birthday cake - heehee)
• He can push things and walk behind them all by himself
• Didn't necessarily want to go down to bed each night - sometimes he would cry unless I stood there, other nights he would crawl back & forth in his crib, then pop up & down (it was quite entertaining to watch)
• Loves bathtime
• Waking up @ 4am almost every morning but will cry and sometimes go back to sleep on his own (sometimes I have to go in and give him his pacifier). Then he'll wake back up @ 5a to which he'll come in and sleep with Mommy & Daddy until 5:45/6am
• Quiet yet good week at school
• Went to visit Grammie & Grampie on Saturday (dual reason - to visit & to record his camcorder tapes to DVD)
• The DVD recording worked but now we have to figure out why it only plays on my Dad's dvd player and not ours
• Grammie fed him Turkey & rice - his first meal of poultry; he won't get chicken nuggets from Mommy...so Grammie's prepared to give them to him
• Stopped by to see Alyson at work on our way home
• Hung out with Daddy & Mommy on Superbowl Sunday in his Brady Jersey
• Got VERY Fussy at the start of the superbowl so we started bedtime 30 minutes early

CONGRATS...

The Giants have beaten the near-Perfect Patriots at the Superbowl. The final score 17-14, and it literally came down to the last minute.

Dan is SO excited! When Eli threw the game winning touch down, he let out a loud yelp. I reminded him that we had a sleeping child, so he then ran around our first floor. I opened the door and he ran right outside. I was figuring when outside he could yelp & holla, but he ran right back in. It was quite comical even though the Patriots just lost.

Congrats, Dan! Congratulations to the New York Giants! Job well done...

Pats Fans...

Alexander & I sported our Patriots pride today in honor of the Superbowl! How cute is his jersey!

I was looking for a jersey for him everywhere. I checked 5 stores and many places online. A guy at work was helping me in my search. The one online store we did find had 12 months in stock but I decided to check another store first. But that store had nothing. When I went to go order online, the 12 months were now out of stock - figures!

However, John went to a different store and found one right in the window! So because of John, Alexander was able to get his jersey...

GO PATRIOTS! But regardless of who wins - someone in our house will be happy that their team won! Yeah Football! Currently the Pats are winning 7-3 but it's by no means a landslide...