Alex is growing so fast!

Well, Angie and Nannie came to town Monday afternoon and Angie could not believe how much Alex has changed in just 2 weeks. His cheeks have filled out so much and he is much more alert.
We had a fun outing yesterday at a Mexican restaurant in town and of course Alex was an angel the whole time, but once we got home, he had trouble going down for a nap. However, he slept from 10:15 PM to 3:30 AM!! What a champ he is. When he awoke, he was VERY hungry and he had a long feeding...then went back to bed until 6:45 this morning.

Alex is also showing us how quickly he is learning about the world around him. He has started to focus on bright objects like his lamaze puppet sock and tracks the object moving from side to side and up and down. He has fully discovered his hands and arms and even gave himself a little hickey yesterday from sucking on the inside of his arm!! This morning, Jonathan played with Alex and took him in the bathroom in his bouncer while he was getting ready for work. Then, he laid him on the bed because he had fallen asleep. When he came back over to the bed, Alex had turned over from his stomach to his back! We are not sure if he rolled over completely on his own or what since we did not actually see it, but we were amazed none the less...I am not sure I am ready for such an advanced little guy!

We are preparing for Alex's baptism this weekend and enjoying the bright, sunny days with Nannie in town for the week. We look forward to seeing all our family and closest friends this weekend!

Big Weekend for the Little man

What an exciting weekend we have had so far. We went out on our first official Jonathan Tinker family date Friday night. Jonathan and I found a little place called Spice that has great sushi and is cozy and not too busy so that is where we decided to take Alex Friday night. We all dressed up and the food and wine were great, but Alex slept through the whole event! That night it was a little hard to get him to sleep a solid 5 hour stretch, but he had a slightly mixed up day with a doctor's visit and Ma Ma and Pa Pa leaving, etc. so his naps were too short in the morning and too long in the afternoon.

With that in mind, we had lots of play time and a nice long bath Saturday morning and afternoon. We took Alex out on his first stroller adventure - to Sam's! See the pictures below to see how he travels in Chicco style. After a good meal and a nice long nap, we went over to one of JT's resident's homes for a game of Texas Hold 'Em. Of course they all oohed and ahhed over Alex, and he was great - even with a little gas pain he had to work through. Then, we got home and fed him and he went straight to bed. He slept TWO 5-hour stretched in a row, waking at 7:00 AM for breakfast. Now, we are headed to church to praise God for the beautiful miracle he brought into our lives!

Two weeks have flown by...

Well, Alex is officially 11 days old today and already he is changing before our eyes.
His face is filling out and losing the wrinkly newborn appearance. His hair has gone from VERY dark to brown to a dirty blond. His cheeks are fuller and rosy with color, especially now that all of his jaundice has gone away since breast feeding has been such a success (thank you, Lord for that blessing)!

We had a great week with Ma Ma and Pa Pa in from Louisiana. Ma Ma gave Alex baths and held him and birped him all week long and Pa Pa helped us keep the house in working order and resembling some sort of organization - we will miss you both!

Today we had Alex's two week newborn check up (you do it anytime after 7 days of age). He is not only 100% healthy and showing all the reflexes, etc. he should at this age, but when the nurse pricked his heel for the PKU testing, she said he is the only baby that did not cry at all in five years of working as a pediatric nurse. What a little over-achiever we have on our hands... see pictures below for what we are sure is a grin already!

Alex is growing heartily - he lost weight the first week of life and has already regained his birth weight plus 13 oz - he weighed 7 pounds, 14.5 ounces this morning! He is 21 inches long.

Since Ma Ma and Pa Pa left this morning, today was my first afternoon with Alex all alone. We had a grand time...a little food, a little play time and then a couple nice long naps. Tonight, Jonathan will be home after 6:30 or so and we will go out on a family date for dinner.

Life is great!!