The past few weeks have been wonderful. We went to church for the first time when Alexia was just 3 weeks old (we waited until Week 7 with Diego!) and it went great. She slept through most of the service and I just had to sneak out with her during the last 10 minutes. We have a new family room at our church so I was able to feed her and continue watching/hearing the service which was really nice. We went again this past Sunday and Alexia and I spent most of the service in the family room.
Alexia is doing fabulous. She eats like there’ll never be another meal in her life and sleeps as if she doesn’t want to miss a thing (as in, not a whole lot!) Yesterday she had a 4+ hour awake period and those usually end in inconsolable tears. She gets overtired and has a hard time settling down. She is becoming much more alert and can track things with her eyes, which is a great milestone. She’s not very fond of tummy time, but Diego makes sure we do it every day by running into his room, lying on his belly and saying “Tummy Time!”
Diego is a wonder. He is talking so much these days and continues to amaze us with all he does. Yesterday he walked out onto the terrace and said “Como hace frio!,” which translates to “How cold it is!” He is talking in toddler sentences and everyday adds new words to his vocabulary. He loves to label things as “grande” (big) and “chiquito” (small) and by colors. He is learning to count and can count to ten in English, but usually says “1,2,3,4,5,6,9,6,7,8,9,10” – so cute! He absolutely loves reading books and has a long attention span to sit down and listen to stories. Whenever I nurse Alexia (which is often!), Diego and I read books and he loves it. He has been allowed to watch some videos the past couple of weeks and he can’t believe what he’s been missing out on. I let him watch one 30-minute video every few days and he really enjoys it. He asks for popcorn every time I turn the TV on, but we save that for special family movie times.
The weather has been gorgeous this week so we’ve been able to go for walks in the afternoons. Diego rides in the stroller and I carry Alexia in the Baby Bjorn and it feels so good to get outside!
Life with two children is wonderful. It’s not always easy to get through entire days on little sleep and no nap, but the Lord is providing me with energy, patience and enthusiasm!
Decorating the Christmas tree
Diego loves to check out Alexia wherever she is and is good about being gentle with her
Diego trying to calm Alexia with a kiss
3 comments:
I am glad to see that you all are doing so well! Alexia really IS getting more alert, just her pictures with her eyes wide open---I can see how much she is growing and changing already! We've missed seeing you guys. Hope we get to chat soon. Are you planning to come to the Family Christmas party on Friday night?
Wow, in that last picture I thought Alexia was laughing at D until I read the caption. That day will be here sooner that we'll be able to believe!
She looks just like you Dre! SO cute :)
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