Halloween

Today we went some friends house , it was so cute to see all the little ones dressed up in their costumes. Alexandrea is now almost 12 months and we will cellebrate next month.

Where has the year gone?

wordless wednesday

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch. Alexandrea was fasincated and just really looking all around we also got her first pumpkin!!


Our little pumpkin!

Alexandrea started waving this week, Its pretty cute , she just hold out her hand and waves her whole arm

Alexandrea for the most part is doing well. We stil have our struggle with eating but we are hoping that we will get there eventually.

Eleven months

Our little princess is now eleven months old, She is such a fun little one even though we have many feeding challenges.starting early on working the cell phone sending her first text message

dady holding up, not quite standing alone

happy baby!

more later

Miracle Baby Reunion

Today we went to locals hospital Miracle baby Reunion at the hospital where Alexandrea was born. it was great seeing some of the nurses that took care of Alexandrea and all the other kids and babies. But being back in the entrance of the nicu and heaing the bells and whistles brought back a flood of memories. My camera batter died so I only have a few pics.

My sweet neice , who was also a preemie, She is now 15 months.

Swaddling

Chillen in the chair, She loves to watch bella our dog.

You are a sweet Princess
You love your feet and shoes Since Alexandrea was born, she has always loved to be swaddled. Putting her to bed was about a 10 min process, Change diaper, get her jammies on, swaddle and place in bed with her paci.
Now the past few days, she wants her arms out but wants her legs wrapped . You are now nearly 12 lbs, you have quadrupled your weight and have grown nearly 10 in. Wow.

Yes she likes to have a spare.

Becky and Lars

10 Months

I just can't belive Alexandrea is 10 months old today! Wow! Where has this year gone?

Park Swing

We have had a pretty uneventful weekend but little miss Alexandrea has had lots of first the past few days


Tonight we went to the park and met some friends from church. We all had a great time and she got to go in the swing. She giggled with happiness and smiled pretty much the whole time she was in there. It was a big hit and I think we will have to make it back again before the weather changes and gets rainy and cold.

Since being home form the hospital , Alexandrea has slept in our bedroom in a bassinet. She had only slep in her crib a handful of time and that was generally for a nap here or there. We wanted to put her in her bedroom but were having a hard time with it, but last night out angel sleep all night in her room. For the past week or so, everytime I was crawling into bed after pumping, she would start to cry. It was not long 20 min or so, but I did not want this to develop any further. We did turn on tthe Monitor Just in case but she did not make a peep until 730 am . Yipee!! It felt good to get some sleep.

Alexandrea also got to go to her fisrt birthday party for her friend Lilly who turn 1. She had a grat birthday and can'twait to play with her more. Alexandrea is just now counting down the days till she gets a birthday cake.

Overall Alaxandrea is doing well, We right now do not know how long she will have her feeding tube. It all depends on her and how much she eats orally to be able to gain weight without falling furhter off the charts. She is now about 11lbs 10 oz and 24 1/2 in long .

I have also had to go through some of her clothes and pack them away as they are getting too small . Depending on who make it she is now wearing anywear form 3- 6 months. After we finish off this last pack of diapers, we will also be going up a size in diaper to size 2.

Please continue to pray for growth for little miss Alexandrea so we can at least get her on the growth charts.

Becky and Lars

Pacifier

Alexandrea was started on the pacifier when she was in the nicu , She first had a special one for preemieS that was purple , once she got bigger, she graduated to the larger one in green.

She still loves her paci when going to sleep. Tonight she could not make up her mind which one she wanted. Sorry the videa is kinda dark but we only had a small light on.

5 min later when she was all wrapped like a little burrito she was out like a light happy sucking one paci.

First Tooth!!

Today Lars brought Alexandrea and met me at my office and we all went to lunch We went to a mexican place called Mazatlan grill. We all had a great time ! Alexandrea also visited with some of my coworkers,, it was pretty funny as she just really would not give anyone a smile and just gave everyone the look.

Tonight when I came home from work, Alexandrea was a little more cranky and , I checked in her mouth and our little miss has cut her first tooth.

When I am able I will get a pic.

My pretty girl

Alexandrea for the most part is doing well, The Dr had said it would take a few weeks for her to recover so she is getting there, it is just taking some time.

Alexandrea is slowly starting to eat more food, she seems to love oatmeal, applesauce, peas, and squash. Some of the other foods we have introduced her too, she is not too sure is rice cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots and avacado. In a few more weeks , we are hoping to be able to introduce her to products with dairy if all goes well such as cheese. We can't wait for the day for her to be able to eat what ever we are eating. It funny at times because when we are eating dinner, she sits at the table with us, we aslo have her a dish of her baby food, if she had her choice, I thing she would go for what ever is on out plate vs hers. I guess our food is much more appealing than pureed foods.

Yesturday I held one of my coworker's baby, She was 4 weeks early and now is 3 weeks old and weighs 5 lbs 2 oz. It made Alexandrea look huge, I am amazed at how far she has come even though we have the failure to thrive dx. Its so hard too in some ways believe that Alexandrea was that small.

Overall Alexandrea is a very happy baby, and always has smiles for mommy and daddy. We are closely approaching her 10 month birthday and then before you know it , She wilbe turning one.. I do not think she will be walking by one, but our goal for now is getting her to sit more independently, yes she can sit,but only for a few min. She still hates tummy time and is perfectly content laying on her back and if you place her on her belly, she will cry till you turn her over , or just roll over herself.

So please pray for Alexandrea to continue to do well , and to gain more independence in rolling over and improve her sitting time. And also for her to keep chowing down so we can move toward getting rid of the feeding tube.

Becky, Lars and Alexandrea

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update. Alexandrea is doing well and feeling better. The first few nights home from the hosp were a little rough. On Tuesday night, she had 2 spells of projectile vomiting. This is not fun in the middle of the night, but have not had any more since. On Wed we went back to the pedi and her weight was back up but, not quite all the way . She weighed in at 11lbs 5 oz., most of this was though due to the high amount of iv fluids they had her on. We Will go back again in a week to see how she has gained.

here are a few pic of our little lady.

Thanks to everyone for all the warn though and prayers during this time.

Much Love
Becky, Lars and Alexandrea







Alexandrea loves to watch her fish aquarium and mobile.

She is such a goofy fun baby!

All Smiles , getting ready to eat her dinner! Such Pretty blue eyes,

Her hair is also starting to grow, you can barly see it standing up on her head.

Weigh in at the Dr's , loves to watch herself in the mirror already, oh no I am in trouble when she gets older.

I did not do it! Playing innocent., I just love the look on her face.