We went on our first family road trip this past weekend and had a great time. Alex did really well on the trip and we made sure that he got plenty of rest and snuggles. We left Saturday and returned last night. It was a short trip, but we didn't want to be gone longer with Alex just over 2 months and needing so much good sleep. Here are some pictures from our weekend:
Alex was not pleased with the accommodations!
Now he's fine... ;)
A nice lady took our picture while shopping in Canal Park.
Alex was fascinated by himself in a shop mirror.
Both mom and dad got much needed snuggle time on a lazy Sunday morning.
We broke out the Snugglie-thingy for our trip to Hawk Ridge.
It was getting chilly last night and we didn't have any mittens... but we did have some clean socks! It seemed to do the trick.
Alex was particularly hungry tonight. He ate 5 ounces of milk from a bottle and was breastfed! After that we played a while. He was talking up a storm. Tummy time was when he turned the corner for the worse. He hated it!! After about 3 minutes of laying belly down on a blanket, we decided that was enough. I changed his diaper and he was still crying and beat red. Then I laid him in his crib to put on his sleeper with the intent of picking him up again... and he started staring at his mobile.
Tuesday was Alex's first day at daycare... and the first day I went back to work. There were many tears (from me) but we survived. It was especially hard to leave him this morning because after I fed him... he just looked at me and smiled.
In fact, he was so blissfully happy that I had to run and get the camera. He is starting to be even more alert, coo, and smile. It's wonderful.
The week went well in large part to both Brent and I being comfortable with our daycare provider Pam. She lives about a mile south of us and is in love with our son. She has five kids of her own and they all fight over who will hold "Mr. Alex Johnson" next when they get home from school. He is a big hit.
I labeled all of his stuff with "Alex Johnson" so now he has a family nickname. They all thought it was cute that I labeled his things so formally! I overheard one of her kids saying, "Paging Mr. Alex Johnson. You are late to your conference call." Pretty cute.
I am just glad that I have a 3 day weekend ahead of me. Leaving my baby has proven to be very difficult... being a mom is by far the best job in the world.
Tonight our family went to one of our favorite places... Target. We stocked up on essentials like formula, Diaper Genie refills, and Drop Ins. Then I started looking at swings.
We had been told on numerous occasions to get a swing in the house and were asked why it wasn't on our registry. No idea why not especially seeing how much he enjoys it! We bought Alex the "My Little Lamb" which in my opinion is the Cadillac of baby swings. This puppy has side-to-side action and front-to-back, a moving mobile, mirror, 8 different tunes, and 6 speeds.
Brent put it together the moment we got home and we couldn't wait for our feeding session to be over to get him in his new toy. As you can see from the video at the bottom of the post, Alex fell in love with his new swing. He was just mesmerized. It did exactly what it was supposed to- it engaged and comforted him.
Oh how we love this little man of ours. He is adorable!
