Milestones

I have many updates since the last time I posted. First of all I want to share some of the pictures from Alexa's Baptism last weekend. Even though it was hot everything went well. We did discover that despite going to daycare, having numerous visits from all sorts of people since she was born and traveling all over the state already at only 4 months old, Miss Alexa is a little shy of strangers. That coupled with the fact that she is definitely going through some sort of developmental phase and we had one upset baby several times throughout the day. However, she charmed everyone at the church by LOVING the water being poured over her head and smiling at her daddy!

As I said before, we have known the last few weeks that something was up with Alexa. I have researched something called the Wonder Weeks (based on a book) since Alexa was born and she has pretty much fit each predicted fussy week perfectly. This happened to be Wonder Week 19 (please cue the dramatic music here) and we checked off all of the signs exactly: loss of appetite, sleep regression, clingy, demands more attention, shy around unfamiliar people, etc. Oftentimes these Wonder Weeks lead up to a new developmental milestone (i.e. cooing, discovering hands/feet) which in Alexa's case was ROLLING OVER!!! This evening after Aaron laid her down on her tummy, for the first time ever she immediately flipped over to her back. As this Wonder Week comes to a close her appetite is slowly coming back, she is sleeping better and new milestones are revealing themselves. It hasn't been easy, especially on mom and dad haha but so worth it to see these new discoveries.

In other news I have made a big decision to take a new job at a local school as their Speech-Language Pathologist. I will be starting in the fall. While sad to leave all my co-workers at the hospital I am looking forward to this new change and what it has to offer for my family!! Wish me luck!!