About Alexandra: Alexandra weighs 9 pounds 9 ounces as of Thursday's appointment. This is about the 37th percentile for her age. She is also 21.25 inches long. This is the 41st percentile for her age. The doctor says she looks great!
She has been fussy this week and those two nights of 4 and 5 hour stretches of sleep from last week were a fluke. On Thursday night she woke mommy after just 30 minutes of sleep....three different times throughout the night. Mommy was happy to at least have had one stretch of 3 hours. I have read about a six week growth spurt, so I am hoping that is the cause of her fussiness and she will be back to normal soon!
Alexandra has pretty eyelashes. When she was first born, they were so light in color that you could barely see them. Now they are getting darker and it is easy to see that they are long.
She continues to receive gifts and we are so grateful for the outpouring of love from our friends, co-workers and family. I have to share this one photo of monogrammed burp cloths from Dave's cousins that she received a few weeks ago. I especially love the Baby Myers one!
Mommy & Daddy: Mommy feels better physically and is gaining more confidence in her new role. This week she ventured out on her own with the little girl to two doctor's appointments and even went shopping. Thankfully Alexandra slept through most of the experience!
Both of us have been taking Alexandra for walks. It definitely adds to the workout when you have to push a stroller up hill.
What's New: Alexandra is smiling a lot more. She still does not smile very well on cue when smiled at, but she is definitely showing us that she is a happy girl. One of the pictures below shows this nice big smile! I am looking forward to more smiles in the weeks to come.
Visitors: Alexandra met a lot of people this week! On Sunday, our friend Ayliz came for a visit with her 4 year old son Jason. She likes meeting mommy and daddy's friends!
Then on Monday night, we took her to her first Toastmasters meeting. She was wide awake and was not too fussy. I missed part of the meeting to feed her though. Then on Tuesday, she met several of Dave's co-workers at T-Mobile. She slept through the experience but got rave reviews on her cuteness!
On Thursday Alexandra went to my school for a swim meet. Since I had been the JV Girls coach for the past 2 years, I wanted to make it to one meet this year. I got to see some of my current students and swimmers from last year. Everyone was excited to meet her and happy to see me. She seemed to take in the whole experience and like it. Hopefully someday she will be a swimmer like mommy!
Alexandra also went with me to a couple of doctor's appointments and again got all kinds of comments about how pretty she is - love to hear those! Guess Dave and I have really good DNA!
Photos: Here is the official photo from this week!
And some more fun photos:
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