About Alexandra: Alexandra is consistently sleeping a six hour stretch, eating and then sleeping for two more hours in the morning. Swaddling her has become part of our nightly routine and helps her sleep. More frequent baths are also important now that it is so warm out. Alexandra loves the water and I look forward to when she can sit up on her own and play with bath toys. She loves to hold on to things including mommy's hair, her burp cloth and her bib. We are trying to introduce her to other things to hold on to like stuffed animals. She often pumps her right fist like she is shadow boxing. She also has blown bubbles in her bottle a few times. It is so fun to watch as she develops new skills and likes, almost on a daily basis it feels like.
As always, she loves walks. She "chats" as we walk, making all kinds of cute little noises as if she is talking about what she sees. And she almost always is alert and smiling. Her other favorite thing is still to fall asleep on mommy or daddy (or a grandma if available). It is so fun to snuggle with her and we are cherishing it now, knowing that all too soon she will be "too big" for that.
What's New: Alexandra has grabbed her feet a couple of times. They are not in her mouth yet, but I have heard it is only a matter of time! When I put her over my shoulder to burp her and we are sitting on the couch, she will push with her feet like she is trying to get higher up. We will have to get her one of those jumparoos.
Visitors: Alexandra met a ton of people this week. On Wednesday I took her to Temecula to meet my hair stylist Ellen and then to school to introduce her to some of my co-workers and my 6th period students. She slept through the entire experience.
Today she met some of mommy and daddy's friends. Joell and David and their two kids, Kadin and Kiyan came over for a visit. The boys had fun playing at our house while we caught up with their parents. And Shiao and Armando brought their son Julian (who is about 3.5 weeks younger than Alexandra) over for a play date. Alexandra enjoyed meeting another person closer to her own age!
Mommy: Maternity leave has flown by and I have to go back to work in one more week. That is the bad news. The good news is that I am only working 6 days before school is out and it is summer vacation. I won't have to go back to work again until August 9th.
Photos: Here is our little cutie at 10 weeks!
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