Visitors

Ok there is so much to tell here that I am just going to have to sum it up...Alexis just completed her first round of out of state visitors...

My parents came out at the end of March and left on Easter. Ashley came out mid week that week as well. We had a great time. My mom squealed with excitement when she saw Alexis at the airport and she barely put her down during the whole trip. Alexis enjoyed reading books with grandma and hanging out (she went to the dog park one day and then met daddy for lunch at work). Grandpa is also smitten with her, which was fun to see. Aunt Ashley adores her and is looking forward to coming back at the end of June with Eva! The worst part was seeing my mom crying when she had to leave...for now we will have to get by with skype, but we are hoping they come back in August. But, Alexis will be spending her FIRST Christmas in Pittsburgh so she will spend lots of time with her then!

Bri's parents just left on Sunday. Alexis also had a lot of fun with them visiting the Usinger's sausage shop, the cheese shop, the National Mustard Museum, and the Sprecher brewery. Bri's dad and mom helped us with a lot of projects around the house that we haven't been able to get to in a while. We are hoping to head out to NY next year to visit and so Lexi can meet her cousins.

Lexi also got to meet Sarah and Mike, friends of ours, that moved to Wisconsin Rapids. She has met most of the gang in Madison and is looking forward to seeing them all again!

Alexis is wonderful in the car and very well behaved while running errands or eating at a restaurant. So far she has just come everywhere with us and I have no anxiety about it since she is such a good baby.

Thank you to all of our visitors for helping- we appreciated everything.

Hip Appointment

Today Alexis had her followup ultrasound and appointment for her hip. Because she was born breech her right hip is not completely formed around the ball as it should be. For the last two weeks she has had to wear a hip brace to help stabilize and get it to form properly. She doesn't seem to mind it, although it is a bit of a pain for her parents. She will have to wear it for four more weeks. Her ultrasound today showed some improvement and the doctor was pleased. We go for a brace check in 2 weeks and then another ultrasound in 4. I am counting down the days until she gets to take this thing off.

Where does the time go?

Okay so I really need to get better with this blogging thing, but it is so hard to find time as many of you can imagine. So, we will give you the update and get back on a better schedule. The last seven weeks have just flown by. I am back to work now part time as of last week and I have two and a half weeks left before I return to full time. I was expecting it to be a rough transition, but honestly I feel like I never left. Alexis doesn't start daycare until the middle of June so Brian and I have had to work out schedules with work. Alexis is doing well, although she does seem to be having some issues with gas and constipation. We recently changed her formula and things seem to have improved thus far. Lexi slept from 8:45 pm to 4am so we were super excited about that. She doesn't nap for long during the day, but she will sleep if she is in her swing or we are running errands. She definitely knows the difference between her days and nights! (but it does make it hard to get anything done during the day). She is starting to smile a lot and she really enjoys tummy time. She also loves bathtime!