Alexander and I headed to Atlanta for a long weekend to see many of our favorite people.
I was truly amazed with how well he did in the car. In both directions, I fed him oatmeal and gave him a bath before loading up, and in both legs, he slept for all except for about 30 minutes in the middle, when he woke up to play and eat. This makes me feel so much more at ease about our upcoming road trips to Knoxville and to Colorado Springs.
He loves that his mesh teethers fit in the Pulley Palz
We got to Atlanta on Thursday, my mom's bridge night. This Thursday, the bridge group was celebrating Sue's birthday. We thought crashing the party was a great surprise. We had such a wonderful time with these ladies, they never even got around to playing bridge. We were so happy to get to see them!
After breakfast with Petty and lunch with Craig, we headed to Dunwoody to see Weston and Bruce. We loved getting to play with Hudson, meet beautiful Beth Ivy (just five weeks old!) and see their new home. The house is so family friendly and the yard is amazing! I just love it!
Milestones
We hit 7 months old during our trip!
To mark the occasion, Xander decided to start waving hello
He officially sits and plays for extended periods of time without toppling over
He pulled himself up one time during our weekend trip
He rolls all over the place and scoots/ army crawls occasionally
He LOVES solids, as long as they're pureed (he still throws up some when
there are chunks- sorry Gen!)
He sleeps between 9 and 11 hours at night (thank you, Lord!)
He has his first tooth! It actually came up during our car trip back to Florida without him making a peep
He wears 9 month and 12 month clothes and size 4 diapers
He has chunky thighs and chunky cheeks, but otherwise is not too roly poly
He makes all sorts of sounds and has finally started to copy our faces and sounds on a regular basis
He loves big dogs, but is sometimes frightened/ overwhelmed by little dogs
If he is ever upset for no apparent reason, a quick dip in the pool or bath tub will calm him down
His go to communication is to grunt. He rarely cries anymore.
He weighs in at just over 19 lbs, eating solids twice a day and nursing about 6 ounces 6 times a day
He loves everybody, but gets really excited when he sees his favorite people, and Zoey of course
I thought this shirt would be too big, but it turns out this will the first and last time he will wear it!
I was truly amazed with how well he did in the car. In both directions, I fed him oatmeal and gave him a bath before loading up, and in both legs, he slept for all except for about 30 minutes in the middle, when he woke up to play and eat. This makes me feel so much more at ease about our upcoming road trips to Knoxville and to Colorado Springs.
He loves that his mesh teethers fit in the Pulley Palz
Xander slept nearly the whole way! He did wake up for lunch at Chick Fil A. This is him sitting in the booth like a big ol' boy.
Gammie was pretty excited when we finally arrived
We started off with a relaxing afternoon at my mom's to recover from the drive.
A laundry basket is sometimes the perfect play pen
Xander PULLED HIMSELF UP while playing in the laundry basket!
Though he was terrified of the two little Dachshunds that greeted him to begin with, once he had been fed, he started egging them on with squeals of delight
He somehow wrestled his right arm out of his PJs our first night in Atlanta
He slept wonderfully in the Pack n' Play without any disruptions to our new WONDERFUL sleep schedule
As soon as we woke up on Friday, we headed over to see Grandpops and Grandma Jay
Alexander now gives hugs, and he had a big one for Grandma Jay!
Another first while in Atlanta- officially big enough for the shopping cart! I've since bought a cart cover. The straps were pretty gross...
Though I love him in hats, Alexander is not a big fan
Saturday morning we headed to the park to see Petty and her three kids, including Jacob who is just four weeks younger than Xander
Alexander was a little more enthusiastic about the friendship than Jacob was
All the kids
Our first experience with a slice of watermelon
Had to get a baby bottom pick while we changed out of our sticky watermelon clothes
Baby swap!
Another first- highchair time with Uncle Craig!
What a big boy
All smiles for Uncle Craig
After breakfast with Petty and lunch with Craig, we headed to Dunwoody to see Weston and Bruce. We loved getting to play with Hudson, meet beautiful Beth Ivy (just five weeks old!) and see their new home. The house is so family friendly and the yard is amazing! I just love it!
Playing with the big boy
Gammie held tight to the littlest in the room
Xander was loving time with Weston
I cannot believe Alexander was ever this little!
Sibling love
While at Weston's, we got a wonderful surprise! Gen, who lives just down the road, walked over to see us! I haven't gotten to see Gen since having Alexander, so it was so wonderful for us all to spend time together. As of this week, our college crew now has 11 kids!
Eating watermelon for the second time in one day, but this time he threw it up....sorry Gen!
Saturday was go, go, go!
To slow things down, we woke up leisurely on Sunday and headed over to Granpops and Grandma Jay's house for breakfast before getting on the road.
Alexander was so content playing with Grandma Jay. He had so many giggles for her before he settled into his morning nap.
A quick breakfast and bath after a good nap
We hit 7 months old during our trip!
To mark the occasion, Xander decided to start waving hello
He officially sits and plays for extended periods of time without toppling over
He pulled himself up one time during our weekend trip
He rolls all over the place and scoots/ army crawls occasionally
He LOVES solids, as long as they're pureed (he still throws up some when
there are chunks- sorry Gen!)
He sleeps between 9 and 11 hours at night (thank you, Lord!)
He has his first tooth! It actually came up during our car trip back to Florida without him making a peep
He wears 9 month and 12 month clothes and size 4 diapers
He has chunky thighs and chunky cheeks, but otherwise is not too roly poly
He makes all sorts of sounds and has finally started to copy our faces and sounds on a regular basis
He loves big dogs, but is sometimes frightened/ overwhelmed by little dogs
If he is ever upset for no apparent reason, a quick dip in the pool or bath tub will calm him down
His go to communication is to grunt. He rarely cries anymore.
He weighs in at just over 19 lbs, eating solids twice a day and nursing about 6 ounces 6 times a day
He loves everybody, but gets really excited when he sees his favorite people, and Zoey of course
can't believe he's already 7 months old!! #timeflies
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