8 Weeks

Alexandria Elizabeth completed 8 weeks of life outside of my belly yesterday! She is getting chubbier by the day and has quite the personality!

Alexandria holds a steady gaze, is attracted to colorful objects, and can track anything that is within several feet of her. She found her toys last week (hanging above her bassinet) and LOVES looking at them, batting at them, and babbling to them - along with plenty of smiles and giggles! We are both pretty happy, since I can get stuff done while she entertains herself for up to 30 minutes at a time!

Lexi's favorite thing to do is to stand up while you are holding her. If you try to make her sit or lie down, she will fuss and cry until you let her stand up again. Seriously, she wants to go run around!
The best face ever. Gotta love that poochy lip right before she starts wailing! And yes, as you can see here, our baby has a serious case of the Chubs.

At this point, you might be wondering why my daughter never has any clothes on. Yes, she owns clothing. But hey, don't we all wish we could be nudists? (you would if you lived in our apartment in Chicago with zero air conditioning!) Besides, spit-up clean up is so much easier. Trust me.

["Mmmm....cheese?"]

Serious moment.

Because Lexi is constantly kicking her legs and wiggling around, she spends a good portion of her awake time on her tummy. She rolls over constantly, holds her head up all the time now, and lifts up her entire body by straightening her legs and pushing up on her toes. She scoots around some because she kicks so much and we won't be surprised if she is running around and kicking the soccer ball with us in the park next week. (And I thought she would be born and act more like a baby. Good grief.)

Alexandria is one happy baby after her morning milk!

Feel free to laugh. I seriously can't keep a straight face with this picture.

Baby laughs! Happy to be alive.