Hats!

We had a lot of fun with hats while on our vacation. Here is Alexandra in a cute pink hat that her GG gave her just for fun.

My mom also bought her this princess crown, which I personalized.

I also personalized this cute pink hat. Christopher loves this photo because our six month-old looks like a kid in it!

My french cousins sent her an adorable beret and matching scarf. Here is Alexandra (this morning, before daycare!) appreciating her french heritage.

Christmas (part 2)

Our story continues!

Alexandra had fun spending time with her grandparents while in Colorado. She learned about playing the harp from her GG.



She grew to have an appreciation of Texas Tech from her grandpa.




We had to keep her bundled up to stay warm up in the mountains (Emily says that she looks like Maggie Simpson in the photo below).




She enjoyed using the carseat that my parents bought and kept warm in the car with the cute pink blanket that her GG made.

Alexandra is quite a good traveler, so we look forward to more fun family trips together!

Christmas vacation (Part 1)

It's no shock that I'm behind on my holiday blogging. Christopher, Alexandra and I spent a wonderful week out in Colorado with the Grimmers for Christmas. I'll have a couple more entries to go to get caught up, but here's my start! In the photo above, Alexandra is wearing her paper hat from her Christmas cracker (a British tradition we picked up while living in Dubai). She loves the Sassy toy on her right - it plays "Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle." Whenever she's upset at the table, I hit the button for the toy to play, and she smiles and is happy! We think that the voice singing sounds a little bit like me, so maybe that's why she likes it so much :)



Auntie Em and Alexandra having fun together on Christmas Eve.




Her Uncle Joey suprised her in this shot at our cabin at the YMCA's Snow Mountain Ranch.




Alexandra looking surprised at dinner at the YMCA dining hall (she doesn't like the red-eye double flash).



"Hello" from our borrowed exersaucer on Christmas morning!

Stay tuned - there's more to come!

Six Months Old!

Wow - where did the time go? Alexandra turned six months old yesterday! We had our visit with the pediatrician yesterday, which went well (except for the shots, which we both cried over). Here are her stats:

head circumference - 17 inches (75th percentile)
length - 26 1/2 inches (75th percentile)
weight - 16 lbs 7 oz (63rd percentile)

I had been saying the other week that her head has grown a lot, and I was right! I'm shocked that she's not 17 pounds yet, since I've worked up some major arm muscles carrying her in her carseat lately. She's so much bigger than that little newborn we brought home from the hospital.

Oh yeah, and I was told during our visit that she hasn't slept the night since I went back to work because she misses me. As if a working mom doesn't already feel guilty enough as it is :(

Christmas decorations!

Alexandra helped us decorate our tree this year! We'll be in Colorado for Christmas day, but we have had fun decorating our home and look forward to our little family's first Christmas together (the day after we get back). I realized I'm always in my green sweater for the photos of me on this blog. I have more clothes - I promise!!

Christopher thinks Alexandra will be great in the Advertising/PR world since she's doing such a great job selling Baby's First Christmas 2008 in her ornament :)

Visit with Santa!

We took Alexandra to the mall to see Santa last weekend! He already knew what a good little girl she had been this year, and we look forward to seeing what he brings her for her first Christmas. Maybe next year we'll see if her cousin Will would like to come at the same time, since I think it would be fun for the two of them to see Santa together.

Gas

I paid $1.78 a gallon for gas yesterday! It was under $25 to fill up my car! The last time I paid less than $25 to fill up my car (in the DC area) was 4 years ago! Thanks to the hard-working and dedicated people at ExxonMobil for saving the consumer money :)