Catch Up

Sorry for the lack of blogging the last month+. Our computer had problems for a couple of weeks, then the task seemed daunting as so many pics accumulated. So, this posting will contain MANY pics to catch up to today. A lot has happened since I last blogged: one friend had a baby, another friend lost her 7 week old baby, another friend announced she was preggo with #2, Layla and I had a 30th birthday bash, we went on a small getaway vacation, etc. Alex update: Alex says da da, ya ya, aiya, ba ba, ma ma, hey, other babbles and extended versions of the first three. She is not crawling yet, but is vigorously rocking on all fours. She also LOVES to stand up. She will be 8 months old this Sunday and has no teeth yet. We thought she would break one through last weekend as she ran fever off and on for 3 days randomly. However, no teeth broke through. Alex is such a happy baby who loves to smile. We are enjoying her so much! Ok, here goes the picture/update overload!Alex riding Clay and Jennifer's dog, Sabrina, at the river. Go to The Glasgow Family link to learn more about what Sabrina "says." We all went walking on Sunday and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Every time Alex petted Sabrina, she would laugh. It was so cute. She loves dogs.

Me at 29 weeks preggo and me holding almost 8 month old Alex in same spot at river.
A few weeks ago, we showed up to church and the girls in the nursery were all wearing pink and green. So cute!
Alex's first experience in the pool. She enjoyed the water overall. This was the pool on our getaway to the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs.
Alex's first time in the pool.
Gazing at the beautiful lake on a boat ride at my dad's house in Shreveport, LA
Alex driving my dad's pontoon boat
Alex with Annette (my stepmom), her "Nana"
Alex with my dad, her "Papaw"
Chris was so excited to find passion fruit at 2 Krogers recently that he wanted it to make the blog. We discovered this wonderful fruit when we lived in Australia 8 years ago. It is yummy on ice cream or in yogurt. :) Since it took Chris 8 years to find it here (and he has been looking), he bought extra and froze it.
Pinnacle Mtn overlook
Pinnacle Mtn overlook
Pinnacle Mountain overlook
Pinnacle Mountain overlook
Rocking like crazy
Layla hosted a 30th birthday bash for myself and her as we both turned 30 in April. Layla is second from end on left. She announced to all that day that she is preggo with #2 due in November. The hubbies are there, but they are not into pics like the girls. :)
Alex and Jacob (about 4 mos younger, yet same height or taller)
Alex in her prison outfit
Alex has been pulling the bumper pads down to look out of her crib. This time, she fell asleep while looking around. Now, she can push up high enough to look over the bumper pads.
Hostessing shower for Jennifer (in front on left) who is due June 5
Play group at Murray Park
The 2008 Guatemala Medical Mission Team. I did not go this year, but they are special as I spent many weeks with them as they prepared to go.
Being cute as always :)


Just cooling off from 6.5 month pics. Alex did great taking pics amidst beautiful flower beds of tulips and other flowers. Thankfully, we didn't get kicked out of the fancy neighborhood where we found the pretty backdrop. ha!
Meeting Daniel for the first time. Elizabeth is a pro baby deliverer.
Caroline attended play group while her mommy was having her little brother, Daniel. Notice her shirt. Daniel was born that afternoon. Yes, Caroline is sitting in our fridge. She just sat right down when I opened it once. Come to think of it, Chris thinks it is a good place to sit down and relax...cool, food and drinks at your fingertips. :)
Little Evangeline (Evan is 2 months older than Alex) came to play group for the first time this week. At one point, the moms were not paying attention and we heard a long shreek. Oh yeah, Alex had Evan's hair gripped into her hand and she was pulling it. Poor Evan! Thankfully, Alex is past seeing hair pulling as a novelty. Unfortunately, Evan has never been back. :(
Play group at my house

Updates Will Come

Well, I promised a friend I would try to have the blog updated today. That is not going to happen. My goal is tomorrow. Sorry!

Chick Fil A

Last week, we had play group at Chick Fil A. Jacob and Nirvan (3 days older than Jacob) came to play group for the first time.
Alex checking out Jacob...
Alex and Reagan

Spring Cleaning with Prunes

As most of us get motivated to deep clean our houses when Spring comes around, I accidentally cleaned out Alex. Let me explain... I introduced PRUNES to her last week and split up an entire jar over a whole day. Yikes! When she woke up the next day (well actually it woke her up), about 2 pounds awaited clean up in her diaper. Her Spring cleaning spilled over onto her clothes. So, a shout out to Oxy Clean Baby for removing all traces of the blowout!

Spring Break/Easter

Alex and I spontaneously booked a flight last Monday to leave the next day to Mississippi to spend time with family before meeting Chris in MS for Easter. Alex was a trooper on the flights especially since our first flight was canceled that Tuesday a.m. and we had to go home and come back to catch a later flight (thanks again Wendy for helping us to and from the airport!!!). Then, our 2nd flight was delayed about 1.5 hours. On each flight, Alex fell asleep within 5 minutes of take off and woke up when we landed - perfect considering it was her nap time and then bedtime for the flights. We had a great time seeing family. Alex met many cousins, aunts, uncles, and great grandparents for the first time. She is such a happy baby and smiled so much at everyone. As you can see, Alex is so loved! ;) Alex stood in her carrier until take off. She was so cute looking out the window and sweet by smiling at all the passengers boarding. I really liked having a seat for her as she could sleep snug in her carrier while my hands were free. Without our free vouchers from C's parents, she would have been a lap passenger for sure! :)
Alex with Aunt Cathy
Alex with Mimi and Grandaddy (Chris' parents)
Alex with Uncle Craig and cousin Hunter. They were so cute and silly playing with each other especially when Hunter let Alex pull his hair for fun.
Alex on mom's tractor. "Does somebody have the keys to this?"
Sucking and chewing a warm washcloth...one of Alex's favorite things to do as she is on the verge of cutting teeth
Taking her first bath in the big tub
Alex visiting her great grandmother at the nursing home
Alex meets Papaw, her great grandaddy
Playing with second cousin, little Denise
Playing with Uncle Denise's beard
Traditionally, all the kids at the Easter family reunion hunt hundreds of eggs. Each kid gets a money egg. Here is Alex finding her first money egg on her first Easter egg hunt. Actually, she liked the fake grass in the basket better than the eggs. :)

Alex had so much fun outside in the grass hunting eggs.Alex and cousin Amber



Family Pic - My sister - Robin, her hubbie - Steven, daughter - Amber, stepsons - Nathan and Wayne, My mom, and us.
Stopping in rural AR on way home to feed Alex. Yes, that is the bumbo sitting in the passenger seat. ha!

Forget Crawling...

We've worked with Alex to crawl, but she would rather stand. She loves to stand and is very strong for her age. She tries so hard to take a step. She has even stood holding on to the coffee table for a short time before her knees collapsed. However, she knows to push back up...she looked like she was doing squats the other day with a little help holding my fingers. so cute... I think we will be baby proofing soon.

Checking Email Already

Alex has watched mommy and daddy use the computer enough that she knows to reach for the "mouse" and push the 2 buttons underneath.

Not so sure about peas...

Alex ate one serving of her peas the last few days.. The other tries were not so successful. She would only eat part of them with a strange face.I didn't know if mine were smooth enough so I bought some baby food peas. She didn't take to those either tonight. I'm going to lay off the peas for a while. Green beans next...then, fruit. :)

6 Months Old

sitting up
crashing down
chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo.

More Snow Pics

A picture perfect site with snow flurries falling all day!



punkin eating snow


ok, ok, i know. she looks like the kid from The Christmas Story. ha!

2nd Snow This Week

Since Alex does not own a snow suit, I layered her clothes under a sleep sack that "Aunt Gina" gave her. Alex loved the snow and kept opening her mouth and sticking out her toungue to catch it...so cute! I thought the snow was slacking off, so I rushed to get outside with Alex. However, the wind and snow have just picked up...so maybe more pics later. :)

Jumperoo

My sister, Robin, gave us her daughter's Jumperoo since Amber out grew it. The Jumperoo has become Alex's new favorite toy! She loves to bounce. She is taking a break in this pic from bouncing so she can watch her new favorite DVD, Praise Baby. She loves watching the kids of all ages play on there while adults and kids sing praise music in the background. It's a precious sight!