Lex and I had a very busy day
today. First we picked up lunch (yummy Panera Bread) and went
to visit a friend of mine who had a baby 3 weeks ago. Her baby,
Emily, is sooo tiny – she weighs just 7lbs. I was saying that
it’s hard to remember when Lex was that small, then I realized
that he was still in me when he was that small!! He was was an
extra 9oz before we got to hold him. Mommy and baby are both
doing well though and we had a nice visit. Lex got a little
fussy towards the end, but it was definitely nap time. So I
popped him back in the car and prayed he took a good nap since
I had to do a bunch of shopping for the rest of the day. He
slept well and was a perfect angel while I shopped. He was
awake the whole time, just looking around and checking things
out. About half way through the shopping I stopped at Borders
and cozied into a big chair in the children’s section and
nursed him. Then we read “The Witch With A Twitch” because I
had been staring at it for so long I just had to read the story
:) When we got home Lex got fussy, but went right to sleep.

I posted a whole bunch of photos to
photos.datdec.com. I didn’t realize
how far behind I was. I posted pictures all the way back to
when he was just 2 months old. I have one more month to post to
bring me up to date, and I’ll try and get that done tomorrow.
It’s fun to look back at the older photos. Makes me long for
summer again. I also never realized quite how many sleeping
pictures we took :) Or quite how much dark hair he had! Yes, I
like to reminisce about last month :)

Now it’s time for me to go to sleep.

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Those are his thoughts
on the matter. Yay baby!

Typing with lex is tough because he really likes
those non-letter keys (windows, alt, ctrl, etc.) He also tends
to close windows, open programs, open IM windows, and turn on
random features I’ve never heard of before (Caret Browsing
anyone??)

I was thinking today (while
pumping at work) about this article I read awhile ago. A woman
wrote that her 4-month old daughter had come to know the
“nursing position” and would calm down as soon as she started
getting settled in for nursing. Lex, on the other hand, gets
all worked up when we’re getting into position. He crunches his
stomach, pulls his legs up, pulls his head up, pulls on my
shirt… like he’s trying to take care of things himself. Then
his head gets going and he makes little snorting piggy noises.
It’s hysterical and adorable and completely unhelpful. :)
Remember that Cosby episode where Mr. Cosby takes Rudy and some
other kids out to dinner at a nice restaurant? He goes through
a series of rules with them and they end up chanting “no mad
dogs when the bread comes.” My Lex is a mad dog with the boob
comes :) Like I said, a totally random thought. And two photos
to accompany the thought. These photos are from dinnertime
tonight – hot off the presses! You don’t get that too
often.

I think we have the world’s happiest baby.
We had a great weekend and Lex travelled so well. We spent
Saturday visiting friends from our childbirth class (I think I
mentioned that already) then headed over to Jim and Julie’s.
Lex napped in the car and was very social visiting everyone. On
Sunday we went to the mall for a few hours and Lex was great.
He sat in his stroller looking around and chewing on his new
doggy toy (thanks Grandma Meem!!) He was also adorable napping
in his car seat with his arm cuddling the musical dog :) In the
mall I was noticing the other babies kind of lying in their
strollers and zoning out while Lex was sitting upright looking
around, playing with his toy and chewing on his stroller. He’s
such a fun baby! After shopping we went to the Johnson’s for
dinner. He took a nap and got a little fussy there (I think he
was too cold) then nursed like a champ and slept the whole way
home. Saturday and Sunday nights were also the first ones he’s
slept through without the fan for white noise. He’s such a good
baby!! I get so happy just thinking about him :) This morning
Alan dressed him in overalls and a thermal, long sleeve onsie –
both too big for him, but he looked adorable with his cuffs and
sleeves rolled up. :) Sigh… back to work now…

It’s raining this morning and
I can’t remember the last time I’ve heard rain beating down on
the roof. I guess it must have been in Syracuse when we last
were directly under a roof. It’s a great sound.

Yesterday was a good time. We stopped to visit
a couple who was in our childbirth class. Their son is a few
weeks younger than Lex. I am excited to introduce Lex to other
babies. They sort of played together, but not quite. Lex was
happy in his own little world and Des just looked very dubious
at this other child playing with his toys. Lex drooled on
everything and we were joking that he was trying to mark his
territory and claim the new toys. Des’s mom, like many new
moms, is struggling to maintian her career and still be with
the baby. It’s a pretty amazing struggle. Last night I was
talking to Julie about that and she said that there are two
women in her office that do the job sharing thing and its
apparently working remarkably well for them. There are so few
offices that would even be open to that.

Now Lex and I are up playing (and bloggin) while the rest
of the house is quiet. Today we’re off to do some shopping at
Target (wish we had one near us) and dinner at the in-laws.
Apparently its going to be quite the crowd. First clam chowder
of the season is a big event, I guess :)

We woke up to a beautiful morning this
morning. It was cold (turned the heat on for the first time
last night), but sunny. I scraped frost off the windows and
enjoyed the bright colors of fall and the mist on the lake as I
drove to work. Lex slept all night last night, with only a
brief awakening (to be rewrapped and plugged) at 3:30am.
Needless to say, I was feeling good this morning. After a long
day at work I was exhausted (corporate life can be draining!)
and excited to come home to my boys. I love coming home to my
boys – easily the best part of my day. Throughout the day I was
thinking of interesting things to post here, but now, as usual,
it’s 9:30pm and I’m not thinking of anything but the big bed.
We’re off to MA tomorrow to visit the J’s and a couple from our
childbirth class. Should be fun. I like introducing Lex to
other babies. Speaking of Lex (aren’t we always??) he’s doing
great these days. I think he has hit another growth spurt
because he’s eating like mad. He took 23oz from the bottle
today!! That’s almost twice what he normally eats. He’s also
rolling over all the time (only from belly to back, over the
left side), talking, laughing, and being perfectly adorable. I
know I’m deliquent on the photos and I’ll try to get some more
up soon. I have so little time at home on the computer – and
lately I’ve spent all of it researching my nursing project.

We made it through another night. He still
woke up a few times, but I re-wrapped and plugged him and he
went back to sleep. It was really hard at 3am though. I woke up
to the sounds of him cooing and talking in his crib. It was
sooo adorable. I stayed in bed for a few minutes just listening
to him. When I got up he was all smiles – waving his arms and
playing with his blanket. (I was also full of milk and ready to
nurse!) It took everything in my power to avoid eye contact and
just cuddle him back up and put him back in the crib. I think
it’s for the best though. As he’s coming up on 5 months now we
really need to start sleeping through the night. As much as I
wanted to go back to bed, I also wanted to get up and nurse and
cuddle him for awhile. :) Not sure if this is tough love for
him or for me.

Last night Lex made it through the night
last night. He woke up very briefly around 3am, but we
re-wrapped him and plugged him and he was right back to sleep.
I won’t tell you about the milky mess I faced in the morning
though ;)

Alan says Lex has been eating
and sleeping all day today. Maybe we’ve hit another growth
spurt. Let’s see how we do tonight. He just now fell asleep,
but he’s been happy as can be all evening :)

My grandpa is going in for surgery at 7am tomorrow morning
– wish him luck and happy healing!

We have a roller! Our days of tummy time
are over. I put him on his belly, he rolls onto his back. Just
like that :) And consistently. He also rolled into the coffee
table and bumped his head. Let the fun begin.

I’m so happy he chose to learn this new skill on a weekend
so I could enjoy it with him. He’s such a good baby.
:)

Especially when it’s quiet, peaceful, and
just the two of us. I love watching his face and his little
hands while he nurses. Such a perfect thing.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, Lex rolled over for us
today – 3 times!! Is this the start of things to come? We’ll
have to wait and see.