Four months!

Alexandra had her four-month appointment with the pediatrician today!

Here are her stats:

length - 25 1/2 inches (90th percentile)
weight - 14lbs 14 oz (75th percentile)
head - 16 inches (50th percentile)

Christopher and I were both a bit surprised at her weight - we thought that she would be over 15 pounds. It looks like we have a very tall girl on our hands, which is not a shock for tall parents :)

Before a round of shots, we were told that she was doing "extremely well" developmentally, and she got especially high marks for her neck strength and tummy-time skills. We're continuing our breastmilk-only diet and will wait to introduce solid foods until closer to the six-month mark. She did better with the shots this go around (as did mom), and we hope she'll be happy and smiley for our family portraits tomorrow!

More rolling!

Alexandra waited until both Christopher and I were playing with her last night, and she rolled over from her stomach to her back (the first time she rolled, it was her back to stomach). She's now rolling and wiggling all over the place and gets frustrated when things (like sleep sacks) restrict her movements! She turned four months old on Saturday, and we have our four-month appointment with the pediatrician on Friday to learn how big she is :)

Family weekend (Part 2)

Alexandra and I had last Monday off of work and daycare for Columbus Day. We convinced Christopher to take off the day as well, and we had a lovely time together at Meadowlark park in Vienna, VA. It was also Alexandra's first time ever to wear jeans! We got some great photos that day - here are the highlights:

It's fun to do tummy time with Mommy in the park!

Alexandra showing off who gave her those baby blues.

Family shot!

This is my current all-time favorite photo of Alexandra.

Even though everyone says that Alexandra is now starting to look more like Christopher, this photo shows that she's still my mini-me!!

Family weekend (Part 1)

We had a lovely visit this last weekend with Grandma Evelyn Lewis, Alexandra's only living great-grandparent. Alexandra wanted to wear a new dress for the occasion, so she tried out her plaid pink dress (as she is modeling above).

Below is a photo of four generations on the Lewis line (Christopher, Barbara, Grandma, and Alexandra). Pretty impressive! Christopher's side of the family is where Alexandra gets her beautiful baby blues.






Great-Grandma gave Alexandra a cute set of socks and this adorable headband, which she is modeling below.

We also had cousin Will's baptism last weekend (hooray!). He was baptized at the Fairlington United Methodist Church bascially up the street from us in Alexandria. The service was followed by a fun party at William and Erica's place. Christopher and Alexandra were exhausted and fell asleep together in a chair during the party. Fortunately for Christopher, I messed up our camera's settings and did not get a good daddy-daughter-asleep photo.

This is the absolute cutest photo of Will (at least that I have taken - I'm sure his parents have even cuter ones). His baptism outfit was complete with this adorable white hat.



Cousin Will with his proud parents after his baptism.

Alexandra rolled over for the first time. . . .

Mere minutes after this photo was taken last week! Maybe it was something about not being restricted by clothing right after her bath. Good thing mom was there to catch her so that we didn't have a little naked baby roll off of the table onto the floor :)

This photo is for Alexandra's GG, who wanted to see what her new purple chair looks like. We absolutely LOVE this chair (it's a Bumbo chair). She can sit in it and play with her toys, and we have been putting her in it while we eat dinner so she feels like she's part of the group. We even brought it to Grandee and Granddad's house last weekend! I have a lot more fun photos of our family weekend (with a visit from Christopher's grandma, cousin Will's baptism, and our little family's Columbus Day time at the park), but I'm going to stretch them out over the week.

Once Upon a Time. . . .

There was a little girl named Alexandra, who did not like to sleep.

Return to Work

We made it through my first day back at the office! Our little family is having some difficulty adjusting to our new early schedule (sleeping from 12am - 8am had been just fine for baby and mom for the past three weeks), but other than that, everything went better than expected yesterday. Many thanks to everyone who kept us in their thoughts and prayers.