At this exact moment 5 months ago, Steve and I were at the hospital anxiously awaiting our precious baby girl. We knew absolutely nothing about her, other than her approximate weight and that she was perfect.
It's so hard to remember life without her. And there was life before Alexis.... 28 years of life before she came along. But, some how all those other years have been blurred and the past five months with both Hudson & Alexis have been the best months of my life.
Alexis is growing and changing every day. She can now sit up for a few seconds and holds her head up really well. She can almost roll over, but not quite. She still doesn't enjoy tummy time. Not that we have gotten to have tummy time much.... Things are a lot more difficult with two. Instead of tummy time, we put alexis in her bumbo sitter or her jumper so she can look around and see what's going on. She LOVES her jumper. I don't know when we first put Hudson in it, but Alexis has been using it for a month now and thinks its just great.
As of now, Alexis is still sleeping in our room. Hud slept next to our bed until he was 6 months old, but I think Alexis is ready to make the transition. It will be so weird not having her right there, hearing her cute sleeping sounds. I don't know that I'M ready to not have a baby in our room anymore. It's just another phase we are transitioning out of and I don't know that we will ever be in that phase again... does that make any sense.
We are pretty sure that TWO is our magic number, so every milestone, while exciting, is a little sad because not only is that child growing up, but we will never agin use the newborn clothes or bassinet.
Anyway, At 5 months old our beautiful baby Alexis:
- has 2 teeth
- wears a size 2 diaper, but we are transitioning to size 3
- wears 6-9 month clothes
- sleeps all night long (8:30pm-6:00am)
- takes one long nap and one short nap each day (usually)
- enjoys playing on her activity mat
- laughs and smiles a lot
- can sit up with some assistance (bumbo or pillows)
- loves bath time
- hates being cold (after a bath)
- rarely cries unless she is hungry or tired
- can intentionally grab things with her hands and pull whatever it is to her mouth
- loves Hudson
- likes to know where everyone is and what's going on
- has started trying to copy sounds and facial expressions
- tried rice cereal, but didn't care for it. We will try again soon.
- sits at the table with us in her special seat while we eat dinner
- goes to the church nursery every sunday
- loves the staff at the YMCA and they adore her
- thinks Hudson is hilarious (and he is)
- drools a lot
- laughs at mommys singing and enjoys being sung to (wheels on the bus, patty cake...)
- is still nursing really well (no biting yet), but will also take a bottle without problems
Our whole family has fallen in love with the newest addition to our family. Her Grandpa Frank has even given her the nickname "mini mouse". I can't say I know why, but it's really cute. Over the past five months, she as filled everyones hearts with such joy and love. Each day with Alexis is a happy adventure. We can't wait to see what she discovers next. Alexis Grace, we love you more than words will ever be able to describe. You are the most perfect little girl and we are blessed to be your parents.
Love,
Mommy
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