2 Months Old!

 Today is Alaina's 2 month birthday. It is hard to believe how much she has grown in just 2 months. She is now on a great schedule of eating every 2 and a half hours, playing for about an hour after she eats, and napping for about an hour. She is now going to bed around 9 PM, wakes up at 4 AM to eat, and is back up for the day around 7:30 AM. She is already wearing 3-6 month clothes and she is smiling a lot these days. Harry and I are loving every minute of our time with her.

Another Playdate... Updated!

Today Alaina and I went to have brunch and hang out with Jessica and Liam. Jessica and I enjoyed spending the day together (adult conversation... during the day!) and the babies seemed to have fun playing as well.

• Jessica got a great video of the babies playing. Check out her blog. 

 Liam playing with his feet and his puppy dog. From what Liam says, the puppy is a great conversationalist; or maybe Liam is the great conversationalist and he will talk to anybody (and anything) that will listen.

Alaina gave Liam's Bumbo a sit and decided she liked it! I think Harry and I will be purchasing one of these for our house in the near future. 

 

Liam and Alaina playing together. Liam rolled over to see Alaina and she decided to touch his face. It was incredibly cute.  

Too Tall!

In the past week Alaina has outgrown most of her 0-3 month clothes because she is simply too tall! Her little 5'1" mother can't believe it and blames it on her 6'3" father. Just one more part of the baby that looks like him; I promise I carried this sweet baby for 9+ months, even though you can't see much (if any) of me in her looks. Check out how big our little lady is!

Here's Alaina playing on the floor. I love this picture because she looks so happy-go-lucky... like she might be dancing a little jig. Check out that long torso and long legs! She's getting so big!!!

 

A close-up of her face; what a cutie!!!

 

My baby in her gym. Again, check out how long she looks! I think she's grown overnight. 

Here we are together; she looks a little grumpy because she was getting ready for a nap. Gone are the days when she peacefully drifted off into sleep. She now fights her naps with a passion. You would think she would need all the sleep she can get with all the growing she is doing. I'm sure that's a phase and she will grow out of it... right? right?

Our First Airshow

On Saturday, Harry took Alaina and I to our first airshow. It was chilly and a little loud but we had a great time and got to see a lot of really cool planes do some dangerous maneuvers.

 

Harry's favorite planes, flown by professional pilots.

The up-close version.

Amateur pilots passing each other. These pilots eventually joined up with 4 more amateurs to do a 10 plane fly-over.

My favorite plane name and picture... very WWII.

Alaina, all bundled up and enjoying the day.

8 Weeks Old!

Current Likes:

• Pacifiers
• The Activity Gym
• Squirming on the Floor
• Being Held
• Rocking in the Rocking Chair
• Eating
• Napping in the Bouncy Seat

Current Dislikes:

• Going to Bed
• Getting Out of the Bathtub

Thankful For...

Taking a cue from Karen, I'm posting about what I'm thankful for today.

1. Alaina... and snuggling.

2. Harry. He loves us and has endless patience, even when I don't.

3. Family. They support and encourage us and are always willing to lend a hand.

4. Good Friends. We call them our family, too.

5. Coffee. I have an 8 week old, need I say more?

I wanted to stop at 5, but Alaina just reminded me of another.

6. Sleep smiles. What are you dreaming about, little baby? Hopefully your Daddy and me; we love to make you smile.

One Tough Workout

Alaina really got into her gym workout yesterday.

Time for the Crib

Up until today, Alaina had never slept in her crib. She naps in her bouncy or car seat (or in our arms) and sleeps in her cradle in our room at night... up until today. Recently, Harry and I have noticed that Alaina isn't sleeping as soundly. She used to be able to sleep through Harry's alarm in the morning and his getting ready; now she stirs and spends a good bit of the morning grunting as he gets ready. She is also getting too large for her cradle. The other morning I woke up to find her rubbing her fingers along the bumpers on the sides of her cradle (yep, she can touch both). At about 12 pounds, it's time to move to the crib. Harry and I are having trouble with this move, we will miss having our baby close by (even though her room in steps away) but we realize it's in her best interest.

Today, Alaina tried napping in her crib. She seems to be enjoying it. I am so thankful for the video baby monitor Carrie and Ruth got us. I can spy on her any time I want (which is often).

Play Date!

Today Alaina had a play date with Ayla and Liam. It was cuteness all around!

Ayla (1 month), Alaina (almost 2 months), and Liam (5 months)
The trio had a lot of fun and all wanted to touch one another; I guess they enjoyed being around other babies.

Alaina and Liam holding hands.

Ayla and Alaina holding hands.

Trick or Treat!

The Halloween festivities continued this evening with some trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.

Alaina got all treats and no tricks.

Happy Halloween!

From our little flower.

Best Halloween ever!

A Presidential Welcome

Alaina got a pretty important piece of mail yesterday... a "Welcome to the World" from the President and Mrs. Obama.


We sent The White House a birth announcement and got this in return. It will make a great addition to her baby book.

Alaina's First Pumpkin

Alaina is very excited about Halloween tomorrow. She planned her pumpkin design the day after we got home from the pumpkin patch and woke up bright and early this morning knowing we were going to carve it.

Alaina and Harry resting up for the pumpkin carving.

All set to get started!

Let the carving begin!

Harry really enjoyed gutting the pumpkin... maybe he had a little too much fun.

I'm cutting the eyes. Alaina insisted on hearts.

Our finished product.

The pumpkin all lit up. Alaina is thrilled with how it turned out.

7 Weeks

Alaina turns 7 weeks old today; it's hard to believe. She is smiling and staying awake for longer periods during the day (I use this time to take lots of pictures). To answer our favorite question, "Is she sleeping through the night?"... No, no she isn't; she's only 7 weeks old. She gets up at least once, sometimes twice to eat, but we are working on sleep training so hopefully she will be able to go longer hours soon.

When you take a lot of pictures of a 7 week old, you get a variety of results.

Sometimes they look happy.

Sometimes they look really happy.

Sometimes they look thoughtful.

And sometimes you don't know what's going on, but it makes you laugh.

Happy 7 week birthday, Alaina! We love you!

Date Night

Last night Harry and I had our first date night sans baby since Alaina was born. We went to dinner at Villa Antonio and to see the movie Buried. Both were wonderful and even though we missed Alaina it was good to get some alone time.

We paid Laura with coffee and cupcakes. I'm calling this the babysitters survival kit.

Alaina arriving at her Aunt Laura's, ready to be sat.

Laura and Alaina after a cultural evening consisting of Jeopardy, "It's Not the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", Baseball and the News.

Harry, Alaina, and I ready to go home.

Wordless Wednesday

It felt like a pink overalls day.

Playtime for Alaina!

Alaina is really starting to become active and have a sweet little personality... I thought I would share it with all of you.

This was Alaina playing today.

This was Alaina playing with her Aunt Laura on Friday.