Family Picnic

I'm a little behind in my blogging, as I've been working from home and getting Alexandra ready for daycare for the last week. Anyway, the weekend before last, cousin Will came to hang out with us on Sunday afternoon, and we went on our first family picnic in the park. Will slept for the entire picnic, but seemed quite happy in the shade! Alexandra had fun playing with her parents on our new blue picnic blanket. We also took some fun video of the day, which I'll post as soon as I figure out how to do that!

Fun with mom!

Enjoying the blanket.

Fun with dad!

Fun with Flowers

Since Alexandra is starting to grab things, Christopher and I thought that it would be fun to give her a flower to hold. She enjoyed experiencing the flowers with multiple senses! She enjoyed touching, seeing, smelling, and tasting the flowers.

In this first photo, she is poking herself in the eye with the flower ("seeing" the flower).

Here she is smelling the flower. Doesn't she look thoughtful?

And, in this last photo, she is about to eat the flower ("tasting" the flower).

We're glad that she enjoys flowers, and Christopher is happy to be the first man to have ever bought them for her :)

Scottish Games

Christopher, Alexandra and I headed out to Delaplane, Virginia this weekend for the Virginia Scottish Games and Festival. Alexandra's first Scottish Festival - she was so excited! We got to see our friend, Fr. Jaffe, compete in the athletic competition (although we unfortunately had to leave before the caber toss), and brought home some tastey scones and honey. Christopher and I had the sound of bag pipes ringing in our ears all the way home!



We finally got to see Fr. Jaffe throw something!!



It was a really hot and bright day. Good thing Alexandra came prepared :)



I absolutely love this photo of my little girl.

Sucking her Thumb

Alexandra has sort of figured out how to suck her thumb. She doesn't quite yet understand how to hold the rest of her fingers together while doing so :)

Isn't she super cute hanging out with her daddy?

No footsies!

This last week, Alexandra has hated to wear pajamas with feet ("footsies"). We thought she just hated the outfits that she was getting too long for, but it turns out that ALL footsies upset her. We think she likes to have her feet free to kick and move around. So, it's nightgowns and sleepsacks for Alexandra. Too bad it took a nighttime meltdown for her silly parents to figure this out. :)

Star of the Ocean

So, my sister Emily is currently doing an internship at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida (http://www.mote.org/). She loves it! To share her love of the ocean with Alexandra, she gave her this adorable t-shirt (shes' our little Star of the Ocean) and a stuffed shark.

Can you believe my not-even-three-month-old is wearing a size SIX MONTH T-shirt!! That's what you get with tall parents :)

The shark is the first toy that Alexandra grabbed and put in her mouth - meaning either that she loves sharks or hates/wants to eat them. Either way, Emily is excited that her neice has a passion for sharks!

Hair Fashion

Alexandra loves to sit on my bed watching me dry my hair. Skeptics out there will say that it's because babies like the white noise of a hair dryer. However, I tell Alexandra that she likes it because, already and at such a young age, she has an appreciation for hair fashion. To prove it, here are some adorable shots of her modeling her very own first hair fashion statement.

Family shot.

With her Auntie Em.

"I do appreicate hair fashion, Mom!"