Tummy Sleeper

Alex recently has not been a great napper. He jerks awake and thrashes and has been waking up about 30 minutes into his naps. My very smart sister-in-law recommended putting him to sleep for naps on his tummy...well this new (slightly nervous) mom resisted at first...but today after he woke up 40 minutes into a much needed nap - I tried it... well 2 1/2 hours later and he is still sleeping - so I am sold on this tummy sleeping and so is Alex....(and in talking to other friends, apparently this tummy sleeping approach is fairly common - with good reason!) I should have listened right away and we may have avoided his nice bald spots : )...... Lesson Learned: Always Listen to Ang!

Who Says Men Can't Multi-task...

Saturdays=College Football

Alex and Daddy watched the Spartans BIG WIN over Michigan yesterday.....



Alex tried, but he just couldn't quite make it through all the night games...

Oh the humanity!

So we are in the middle of college football right now, each Saturday is a smorgasbord of exciting college football games. And with one of the greatest inventions of the 21st century - high definition TV, football is even more enjoyable to watch.

Julie calls me at work on yesterday, "The TV isn't working and a light next to the word "Bulb" is blinking." Ug, the bulb on our big screen went out, a fairly common issue with big screens. Looks like today's MSU/UM game will be on low definition TV. Will I somehow survive? Its unknown at this point. If I can make it thru today without having some sort of high-def withdraws, a comparison can be made to this feat and when Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest. The (male) readers of this blog would not doubt agree with me......

Charlotte's Web meets Freddy

I am closing the pool this week, which required me to go into our shed to get the winter pool cover. While I am grabbing for the cover, I glance to my left and see a fairly big spider. I look a little closer and see a red hour glass shape on the spiders back......yep a black widow. Alabama is home to both black widows and another poisonous spider called a brown recluse. I asked Julie if she wanted to walk to the shed to see the spider, she declined.

1st Attempt at the Bumbo Seat

Now I Know Why My 2 month old fits into Size 6 Month Sleepers

We had our 2 month Wellness Check Up today. Will post updated pics tomorrow - just didn't happen today..

I am happy to report that Alex is a very healthy baby and VERY TALL!!

Weight - 14 lbs - 75th percentile
Height - 26 inches - off the chart - above 97th percentile!
Head - 43 cm - 95th percentile

He only cried for a second for his shots : (.... but was definitely the loudest I have ever heard him cry!.....he has been a little fussy today -not sure if it the shots...could be because he is all off schedule b/c I had to wake him up this morning to go to our appt. He did take a 3 hour nap this afternoon and has been much happier since.

We do have to go see a Pediatric ENT to have his tongue looked at. The doctor said he is on the borderline for needing it clipped, so he wanted the ENT's opinion.

One additional side note - I resigned from my job today, so I am officially a Stay At Home Mom now - yeah!