Week Twenty Five

It seems like I was just typing the Week 24 blog and here we are on Saturday again. Only one more week until Alexandra's 1/2 birthday!!

On Sunday, we took Alexandra to Redondo Beach to see her Grandma Sara, Grantie Lorel and Great Uncle David. She really enjoyed the visit and was fascinated with her grandma's watch. We decided to try peaches there and she LOVED them. She is officially a fruit lover! We will have to revisit the veggies at a later date since she has had a pretty mediocre reaction to all of them. Sara also joined us for the afternoon and evening on Labor Day and got to spend lots of quality time with her granddaughter.

Alexandra finds so many ways to amuse herself, often with the help of Marivel. She loves to switch up the items that hang down on the play mat so Alexandra rarely has time to get bored. On Friday, mommy added a few new items to the rotation that had been in the basket upstairs. Her favorite one is a ladybug with lots of things hanging down that Auntie Ayliz gave her. Keko (her monkey) seems to be the favorite toy right now, with Sophie a close second!

She is getting so good at sitting up and can do it for a few seconds before she wobbles to one side. She has been trying to crawl more. She can get completely over the boppy. Practicing standing is still one of her favorite things and always brings huge smiles to her face!

Whenever mommy has Alexandra in her lap and is working on the computer, this little girl gets so excited and starts banging at the keyboard or trying to reach items on the desk. She also loves the phone. I think she is going to be a techie!

She continues to put anything and everything in her mouth. And let me just tell you about all the drool! We think we see the beginnings of her first tooth which may make its grand appearance any day now.

It has been so hot here that we have not had much chance to venture outside with Alexandra and nightly walks have been non-existent. Finally last night, we got in a short walk. She was very happy about that.

Today Alexandra had her first ride in a shopping cart when we went to Target. She loved being able to look around and see everything. Since the cart was so wide, she wobbled a little. Grandma Janet bought her a c cute Minnie Mouse hat that we put on her before we went outside. Here she is:

Not much else to report for this week. I guess I better tell Alexandra to start writing her 6 month blog since we are getting so close. Here are some more fun photos from the week: