I figure it's about time that Alex gets a post all to herself. Allow me to brag on my favorite daughter for just a minute :)
Alex is such a good girl! For fear of jinxing it, I'm a bit nervous to let you know that Alex has been sleeping through the night - every night - since about 3 weeks old. She's amazing. I owe a lot of that to the good people at The Miracle Blanket. On the rare occasions she wakes up early, it's because, for whatever reason, she wasn't swaddled in her Miracle Blanket. This thing is just amazing. Have a newborn? Buy one. Know someone who is pregnant? Buy one. These things are awesome. I wish I was getting paid to tell you how awesome they are. Miracle Blanket People, feel free to pay me in product samples ;)
So our little girl is still usually the serious, mellow girl, but she is also smiling much more often, and not just when conditions are perfect. She is happy and smiley and sweet and content most of the time. We are so blessed. Just last week, she began laughing at things, which was really cute. Also, I didn't see her do it, but my mother-in-law was changing Alex when I was at a photoshoot and Alex rolled from her back to her tummy. Today, at 10 weeks old, Alex rolled from her stomach, onto her side, then onto her back. I remember Jake doing that much later...will have to check on that. We definitely have to keep a very close eye on this little roller!
So I leave you with this funny picture from our not-so-perfect photo session a week ago. For all of the things Alex is doing so well, behaving for her mama's camera is not one of them. But all said and done, I'd rather have a good night sleep than perfect happy pictures that came out just as I planned.
(P.S. - We go to the doctor in the morning for her 2 month checkup - I'll be posting her stats after the appointment.)
7 comments:
Good job, Alex!! LOVE the pics of her! What a cute baby girl!
Such an adorable baby girl. I love the photos but the last is priceless.
Thanks ladies - I should have made that last photo a "make your own caption" contest - ha!
I was totally laughing when you said you were afraid of telling us that Alex is such a good sleeper; Eric and I have always been so paranoid about complimenting our children's behavior to others because it almost always jinxes them. But that is awesome! She is just beautiful, Kelly. And your taste in girl hats is just as great as your taste in boy hats. :)
P.S. Where was the Miracle Blanket when I had my boys?!? What an amazing invention! :)
I heard about the Miracle Blanket from MckMama's blog when Stellan was a baby. Jennifer had raved about it. Filed it away in my memory for when I had a baby. Glad I did! Yup, wish I had one for Jake. Amazing what they come up with in four short years!
I did see many mentions on Jennifer's blog as well, but I just wondered where it was when we had our boys. I had something similar from Babies R Us, but it was terribly complicated with velcro in several places, and we could never get it to work quite right. We ended up returning it. The Miracle Blanket seems much more logical. I'm so glad you are able to put Jennifer's advice to good use! :)
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