Happy Father's Day

We Have a Walker

I've been meaning to post this for a week now, but for some reason I can't post videos from my phone using the blogger app. :(

Alexis took her first steps May 26th, the weekend we moved into our new house.  What a great way to start new memories in a new home.  This video was taken a few days after her first steps.  She is now all over the place.  She walks more than she crawls now.

Cousins

My sister in law and nephews made the drive from Dallas last weekend to come visit. We haven't seen them since Christmas, so it was fun getting to spend time with them. Alexis was in awe of her cousins. 

Jordan, Alexis, and Jacoby 

Jacoby wanted to hold Alexis so bad. She's not a girl that likes to sit still long enough to be held. Haha

Walmart trip. Alexis wasn't too sure about these crazy boys. 

Fun at the park. 

Uncle Eric took the boys to the pond to go "crawd" fishing. They didn't catch anything. 

Thanks for coming to visit us in our new home in St. Louis. We had a great time! 

Welcome Home

We are officially all moved into our new home in Eureka, Mo. We moved in on Friday, and we have been non stop ever since. We have lots we want to do to make it ours. I painted the kitchen this weekend. 

I will eventually paint the counter tops with Gianis Granite Paint. Then we will either put in hardwoods or stone flooring and a new range/microwave. But for now I love our big open kitchen. 

Ill post more pictures as we get things settled in. It will take some time as we moved from a one bedroom apartment into a four bedroom house with a finished basement. Lets just say we have some empty rooms. Haha

Water Play

Today's fun activity was playing in the water on the patio. I grabbed the largest thing I could find, threw some bath toys in it and she had a blast. Our new house will have a big backyard to play in. For now, the patio and Tupperware bowl will have to do.

Stay at Home Mom

Now that med school is over, I get to be a stay at home mom for a little while. Residency orientation does not start until June 17th, so it's just Alexis and me. I'm excited to spend so much time with her.

Yesterday we walked to the front of the apartment complex to check the mail. Then we walked up to the McDonald's for an ice cream cone. I love this little girl to pieces!

9 Months

Weight: 15lbs 4oz (3rd%)

Length: 27 inches (25th%)

Eating: We are eating anything and everything.  This has been our routine.  Nurse in the morning around 6:45 and then oatmeal with 1-2oz fruit at 7:15.  Then a bottle of expressed breast milk at 10:30, 3oz solids and 1/2 banana at 11:30 for lunch.  Then a bottle at 3:00.  Nurse at 5:30.  Dinner of about 5oz solids at 7:00.  Usually she will also eat whatever we are having for dinner.  She loves eating broccoli, carrots, pancakes, cinnamon apples.  She will eat chicken, ground turkey, anything and everything.  She still isn't too found of fruits.  I can get her to eat strawberries, bananas, and apples.  We tried kiwi this week and she actually liked it.  I've really enjoyed making her baby food.  It's been fun!  The last 2 weeks though she has been having a middle of the night feed around 2:00am.  I have no idea where this came from as she hasn't had a middle of the night feed since December.  Growth Spurt?

Bedtime: So we are still in limbo with this evening nap ordeal.  We tried getting rid of it to see if that would help sleep through the night.  eh not so much.  We are back to taking an evening nap with bed time around 8:30.  We usually do baby massages, pjs, brush our teeth and then story time.  If it's bath night, we do bath first then the rest of the routine.

Awake: She is awake for about 3 hours now.  I'm done with school, so I get to be a stay at home mom.  We are having fun with our awake time.  We have gone for walks, played in the water on the patio, worked on walking, clapping, waving, and blowing kisses.  We also read books and just play.

Naps: She has been taking a one hour nap in the morning around 9:30 and then typically a 2 hour nap around 12:30/1:00.  Then we do the 45-60 min nap in the evenings at 5:30.

Diapers: size 2

Clothes: 6 month clothes 

Favorites: This past weekend she started standing on her own.  She will let go and stand.  She has made it for about 1 minute now.  Once she realizes she's standing she usually plops back down.  If we keep her distracted with a toy in her hands, she can stand longer.  We are also starting to wave bye-bye.  It's so cute.  She has her hand facing her, so she's really waving bye to herself.  She just watches her hand when she does it and then gets so excited.  We are cruising across the couch.  She can walk holding onto our fingers.  She pulls up on everything.  We are having so much fun watching her explore everything around her.