So many changes have happened in the last month. Hopefully I can do some justice in high lighting the big ones. Both of my girls are happy and healthy, what else can we ask for as a mother? Well how about sleeping through the night, being well mannered and being best friends? We will get there... (I hope)
Alexa has grown up so much this year. I think a lot of has to do as her new role as a big sister as well as her first year in preschool. Sometimes she will be mature beyond her years and other times as she is rolling on the floor in the middle of the commissary I am reminded she is only 3. Alexa is very empathetic towards others. She does not like when others are crying. She will immediately try to find out what is wrong and more importantly, how to fix it. If I am sad she will ask what happened. I generally try to tell her but on a 3 year old level & she will tell me only the witch makes us sad.
Alexa responds to any answer with the question, Why? She get you on your own crazy cycle if you are not careful. I love her curiosity but sometimes things just have one answer and I cant keep answering as to why things are the way they are. I have even been caught telling her to ask her Daddy. :) Alexa's best friend is named Gabby and they do everything together at school. Recently she has started to play with the boys again after a good 6 months of only playing with the girls. I don't think her Daddy is going to be thrilled with her requests to have Gavin and Ethan over.
Alexa has become very schedule oriented. She likes to know what day of the week it is and what we have going on in the upcoming days. She knows Sunday is Church, Monday is dance class & so on. Alexa still has many eating restrictions. I never would have imagined she still would have such a limited diet at 3 1/2 years old. Once the decision is made on where and more importantly when we are moving I will put her back into therapy to see if it can help her discover new foods.
Last thing on Alexa, she now likes to go by her middle name, June. I am sure it's just a phase and I think it's special. I am happy she wants to go by a name I chose for her instead of something off the wall.
On to our little Cox girl. Addison is doing the normal 6 month old baby stuff including learning how to crawl, discovering her voice and trying new foods. She does not care to jump in the jumperoo at all. She does not mind being in there but she just plays with the toys instead of trying to work off some energy. She is so tiny she does not need to burn any calories. I hope her legs are getting strong without the exercise. The biggest change with Addison is she is starting school (daycare) in 2 weeks. I am so nervous and excited for her. She LOVED playing with the kids in her new room last week so I know she will have fun. She will be in the same Butterfly room Alexa started in when she was 7 months old. Two of the teachers are the same too. Addison has a few things she needs to accomplish before she starts. She needs to sleep unswaddled, get on a schedule and take a bottle. So I got her to sleep unswaddled in just two days of trying. I went cold turkey and it worked. The first night she was up 3 times and woke up early for the day. I felt it was a huge success that she made it. The second night she only woke up twice. I am hopeful she will be back to being our good little sleeper within a week. Addison also got on a really nice schedule, she wakes up at 615 and nurses, Breakfast at 745, Nurse and nap at 10, Lunch at 1130, nurse and nap at 2, dinner at 445, nurse and bed at 645. Of course this is earlier than most would want, but our days have to start out early with my work schedule. I am not sure I will get her to take a bottle in the next week but if she is on a schedule I will at least know when I need to be at "school" to feed her.
Addison has always been a big babbler. In the last month the big change is it appears her sounds are starting to have meaning. She has always sounded like she is saying Mama when is was crying but now she says it when she is happy as well. I just LOVE hearing it. She has very recently starting saying sounds with "D's" in them. It is not quite Dada yet, but I am sure in the next few weeks it will be.
Addison still loves to be carried around constantly and does not like being left alone. She has recently started to sit unassistanted for long enough periods to where I can let her play that way on her own. I think it has helped with her overall happiness but I believe once she starts crawling her day will get a lot better.
This month Addison was dedicated at our church. She wore a beautiful dress bought by Grammie with a matching bow and shoes. She did great through the entire ceremony and even sitting through the service. Raising our daughters in faith is very important to Justin and I. I am glad we were able to make the commitment to God, our church and our children. Alexa loves going to church and she even sings her church songs more than her favorite Disney songs. :)
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