Out to lunch!

Mimi and Billy's beautiful home

Alex with Grandma Grace

Last weekend Jeff, Alex and I took a trip to Columbus. The trip there was easy as we drove through the night while Alex slept. The trip home was a bit trickier but he did well for a 5 month old. We stayed with Mimi and Billy at their new house and had a wonderful time. Mimi put on a wonderful party and Billy did some fabulous grilling:) We were able to visit with lots of family and Alex was able to meet both of his Great Grandmothers. What a lucky little man. Thanks to everyone who came. We loved our weekend spent with you all and hope to do it more often.

New News!

I know it has been a while but life has surely become busy! I started back to work last week and life has become one big circus. Alex has been in daycare and although I really like where he is going and trust the ladies in his room, it breaks my heart every time I drop him off. My friends keep saying that it will get easier but I have my doubts:) Well, I also applied for a teaching position in the Mt. Pleasant School District and got an interview!!! It went really well but I haven't heard anything back yet. No matter how it turns out-it was a great experience for me!

Jeff has been working a lot. He is very busy and it is definitely hard to find family time these days. We are planning to spend some time together next weekend-as it is his birthday on the 5th:) He has just completed the painting in our new room. We decided that a dining room is just not practical for us right now and have turned it into a guest room/office. We are going to purchase a new sofa bed and Jeff is in the process of building bookshelves and a desk. We are very excited about this and will post pictures as updates are completed!

Alexander has two new teeth! That's right-TWO teeth. He is a drooling machine but is soooo cute with his new little chompers. He is definitely ready for some real food-as it won't be long now.

Jeff and I miss you all very much. Take care and I promise to try and do better at updating this blog.:)

We had a very busy week last week. On Tuesday, I was able to go to the Dave Mathew's Band concert at DTE with some great friends. - Thanks to Jeff for switching his schedule a bit so that I could go:) Alexander and Poppies spent their first ever, alone time for a couple of hours that day! They had fun-as my dad says-he stepped outside and Alex fell asleep for a couple of hours and woke up crying. When Grandma Peg got home, Alex was in a full blown fit but ended up sleeping through the night and awoke a happy baby:) Thanks to my wonderful family, I was able to spend some much needed friend time!

Then, Wednesday night, my Aunt Bentley and Uncle Gary drove in from Florida. We had a BBQ at my dad's house and it was great to spend some time with them! It was a lot of fun! I am so glad that Alexander and Aunt Bentley were able to spend some time together. He enjoyed himself:)

Sleeping Too Long?

Ok, so I am not sure, since this is my first time being a mommy, should I be worried that Alexander slept 11.5 hours last night? Please, don't feel the need to sock me a good one:) I am just not sure if long stretches of sleep like this, on occasion, are normal or if this means impending illness, growth etc... I am just not sure. Yesterday, he hardly napped and every time I tried to put him down, he screamed. So, I was just figuring that he would be overtired and not sleep well during the night.

This whole sleep/nap thing has got me confused. Every book says that by now, he should have scheduled naps but how do you do this? I have the morning nap pretty much scheduled (varies 1/2 hour each way) but the afternoon is tricky. He usually falls asleep when he is tired but lately it seems as though he is playing games with me. He will fall asleep in my arms but the moment I put him down, he begins to scream. Anyone have any suggestions?