A Few of My Favorite Things

Here is a list of Alexis' current favorite pastimes:

1. destroying leaves when we go outside to look around
2. pulling blankets off of her face when we place them there and ask "where's Alexis?"
3. scooching under her bouncy seat so that she can have the tags right on top of her to pull on, play with, grab, and put in her mouth
4. having her father or mother gently toss/roll her to the other side of the bed, where the other parent is waiting to do the same
5. having a beach ball bounced on her face (yeah, that seems kind of weird to me, too)
6. getting up on her hands and toes with her butt in the air, then her knees, and rocking back and forth, trying to figure out how to crawl
7. destroying pages from magazines

Six Months!!!

Yes, Alex is six months old now. It's hard to believe. She had her checkup on Monday and gained a full pound the last month, which is great; she now weighs thirteen full pounds. Dr. Mora again said she's doing great, and next month will be her last appointment with him.

She's developign so much. She's so inquisitive about everything now and reaches out to grab things she wants AND things she shouldn't have! One of her favorite new things is a page from a magazine, but I have to supervise her closely if she plays with it because all she wants to do is eat it! She's still doing great eating and has been practicing with her sippy cup. She still initially just bites it, but once she realizes that golden nectar (apple juice) flows forth when she sucks, she usually gets the hang of it. Everyone still tells us what a happy baby she is, which of course makes me proud, even though I didn't have anything to do with it. Jason is currently doing her exercises with her and she just started bawling a little bit, but what can you do? I think she's going to be sitting up on her own really soon. She can already do it for a little bit, althouh she's really shaky about it. I've discovered that all these milestones that people talk about are really hard to determine. She's sat up a tiny bit for about two weeks, and she gradually increases the time, so how does one know the exact moment a child actually does something? It's kind of weird.

Sorry folks. I've tried twice to attach some really cute videos, but it doesn't seem to want to work. My apologies. I'll try to put a few pics, though.

5 1/2 Months

At the moment, Alex is sleeping in her bouncy seat with her cheek smashed up against one side and one arm stretched to the sky. It amazes me the positions she can sleep in. This is just a quick update. She started rolling over all the time from her back to her stomach, so now she is all OVER the place. We had to create a bigger area for her with some mats that we have, and she just rolls all over it. Her physical therapist hopes that she'll be crawling by the time we go home but thinks it's optimistic to think she'll be sitting up in two weeks, which is what Dr. Mora wanted, even though it's still in the early time period for that. We also aren't allowed to let her stand up anymore because she's using it as a reflex of some sort, so it's sitting for her, and she does not like it! She's getting better at it, though. And she has started to grab her feet and put her toes in her mouth all the time; it's so cute! She's been eating well and loves her cereal, endures carrots, and enjoys apple juice, which she has also begun drinking out of a sippy cup. I have to help her, of course, but she does a really good job and even tries to use the handles. Lots of little developments that make her seem so big to me.