Teeth, teeth…where are you?!

Wow, baby girl is getting big!!  Very big!  She has so much personality that I can do nothing but laugh and smile with pride!  This past two week (especially the past few days) have been a tad difficult though.  Love Bug is teething and the poor thing is hurting!  She has discovered that her tongue is a very handy chew toy and that having anything in her mouth will help the pain.  I rub her gums down as much as possible and she seems to really love it.  Tylenol is a must in our house, these days.

Bug has discovered her feet and Momma has discovered she has stinky, old man feet!  Lexi, like her momma, has sweaty hands all the time.  She unfortunately has sweaty feet as well.  I never thought a little baby could ever have feet smell like hers.  When the hot days go on and on, I swear its like she just took of running shoes!  Yuck!

Its amazing though, to watch Lexi grab her feet and pick up her Binky to put in her mouth.  She has great depth perception.  Seems to be such a smart girl.  And to think she will just be 4 months this Wednesday.

We will keep you updated with our Fourth of July and her 4-month Doc appointment (next Monday).

Union is the way!

Just wanted to say hello to all my Teamsters!

An Auntie Again!

My sister, Kati, and her husband Tyler live in Idaho.  It seems so far.  They have an adorable boy, Quincy!  I sadly have not even gotten the chance to even meet him (this Thanksgiving I’ll finally see him).  But I LOVE seeing his pictures and watching him grow through the Howard blog.  I’m excited to say that I will get to watch ANOTHER BABY grow, even if it is just through the internet.  That’s right…found out yesterday that KATI AND TYLER ARE PREGNANT!  Yippee!  CONGRATS YOU THREE!  Love you!

(Kati hope you don’t mind I borrowed a couple of pics…)

Side note…

I just have to say…I’m EXTREMELY grateful for my job and the people I work with!  Its the best working environment, good pay, amazing benefits, union, nice location (would be better if it was closer to home), etc.  On top of loving where I work, everyone has asked that Lexi comes to work every Friday!  It is now ’set in stone’ that she is a Friday employee! hehe.  She will be allowed to come until it just doesn’t seem to work anymore.  Only at BTB!  I swear!  Everyone looks foward to Friday’s so we can have our little mascott here!

Big girl now!

Every parents knows about Rice Cereal.  Its kinda the stepping stone from formula to pureed/solid food.  Lex and I have been experimenting with it.  A tablespoon here and there in her bottle.  She seems to really like it.  The expression on her face when she tasted the difference for the first time was adorable!  When something big or something new is going on around her, those big eyes of hers somehow get even bigger!

We are trying to adapt to a new schedule with me going back to work.  So I thought one night maybe we should try thicker Rice Cereal to help her sleep better…didn’t have cereal nipples for the bottle (I was thinking  of a thicker consistancy anyways) so why not try a SPOON!  Yes, I know she is only 3 months old, but why not?!

It was quite fun!  We both got quite a kick out of it!  At first it was weird trying to find a rhythm.  She kept trying to eat it, but was pushing her tongue out.  After a couple of minutes of giggling between bites, we figured out how to do it!  It was lots of fun and I will make sure we do it from time to time.

I was trying to feed her with one hand and take pics with the other so some of these shots are a little messed up, but you will get the gist…

Adjusting

I officially started work as of  Thursday, May 28th.  I figured I would come back on a Thursday so I could try two days away from Love Bug before jumping into a whole week away.  Of course, I left her Thursday morning with tears in my eyes.  I’m proud to say that I only called to check on her twice!  First call, she was napping.  Second call, I could hear her talking and giggling in the background.  Needless to say, I was comforted.

Friday, I was extremely fortunate enough to have attorney’s that asked me to bring Lexi into the office for the day.  They have all seen her before, but they got to experience her true demeanor for the first time.  They were so impressed that they joked about having her come in ever Friday.  The more they joked about it the more serious they became.  So who knows… if the parnters pass on it, I will be SO happy to have her here.  I truly am so lucky that have a such a great baby girl.  I don’t know that tons of people could bring their baby into work and still be able to get all their work done because the child is so easy going.  The ladies at work melted as they listened to her cooing and chatting to them.  I’m such a proud mom.

Lexi is getting very big!  And she has conquered several baby mildstones early (my little overachiever)!  She was holding her head up the first day she was born.  By the 1st month she was standing and smiling (and not just because of gas-hehe)!  By 2 months, Lex had rollen over.  She also acknowledged her hands and reflection (which she still gets a great kick out of).  She is 3 months, today, and is starting to chew.  Those teeth will be coming in early.  Also she perfecting her depth perception.  She can grabs things and hold things.  Woow….slow down baby girl!  Momma doesn’t want you growing up too fast on me!

Unforunately Alexandria has some eye problems.  I know lots of babies experience eye discharge, but Lexi has it pretty bad.  Her tears ducts aren’t forming.  And due to the constant issue, she keeps experiencing eye infections.  I have never seen so much puss come out of  eyes!  Poor baby!  We know have special drops.  Hopefully they help and her duct forms.  If not she will need to have surgery (the doctor started explaining how they would put a metal instrument into her eye and I got protective of Lex.  Hope it doesn’t resort to that)!

First Day at Work