Happy Halloween!

As tradition dictates... for this household at least, we turn off all the lights, vacate the property, and head to Pho Dat for dinner.  Even though we didn't leave until 7PM this year, there was no disturbance at the front door so that was a relief.  Not too surprising as the whole street of townhomes had their front lights off... only a couple down the street were lighted.  We are such an anti-social (or lazy) neighborhood.  :)  This year we met up with the Hum/Culver couple for dinner.  Unfortunately, it was prime feeding time for Alex so she promptly started melting down in the restaurant.  Not much of an issue as the restaurant itself was pretty noisy.  Afterward we dropped by the Tang resident to take some pictures of the cousins in their Halloween outfits.  The one we gave Keira to wear was still too big for her, so it went over the top of whatever she was wearing already... I think at that point she had on 4 layers.

From Halloween 09

Two cousins

From Halloween 09

Trick or Treat!

From Halloween 09

Not happy

From Halloween 09

*Wink*  That's a huge hat on her head.

From Halloween 09

Daddy and Keira

My Niece

Keira Tang a.k.a cutie pie

Stuffed

Alex has a nose full of boogers. She can't breathe, she can't sleep. I left the bulb-booger-sucky-thingy at my sister's. Ryan's making a trip out to the store to find another. My poor baby.

My Baby's Growing So Fast!

I didn't realize how tiny Alex was at birth. Now at two months of age
she's into size 1 diapers, and wearing 0-3 months clothing. The left
is what she wore on the way home from the hospital. The right is what
she's wearing tonight.

Daddy Tummy Time

Look at that head control!

What?

I'm in your way?

So Comfy

There's something about mommys bed that's just so comfy.

My baby likes to sleep on her side.

Sleep Training

Someone recommended the book "Twelve Hours Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old" to Ryan. It's a quick read and the reviews on Amazon sounded pretty good. Right now we're trying to figure out how much Alex is getting in a 24 hours period, so that means I have to bottle feed her with pumped milk. I'm really hoping this is the real deal cuz as of right now if I get 3 hours straight, that's exciting. And I really only get that when Ryan takes her in the morning on the weekends.

The book stresses routine... that is definitely not a strong point in this family. We'll see how it goes.

7 Weeks Update

Birth: 18.5 inches / 5 lbs 7.5 oz
1 Month: 21 inches / 7 lbs 15 oz
7 Weeks: 21.5 inches / 9 lbs 8 oz

She's chunking up fast, eating more, and it seems sleeping less especially at night. Or maybe that's just because I'm exhausted from going back to work.

Sleeping In

It's the weekend!