16 Weeks

Happy Saturday! Ugh! I am so exhausted... I need sleep.. BAD! But Adrian is sleeping with Mia (he is on lack of sleep as well) and Alex is up and ready to go! Luckily I am able to pacify him with his little singing star so I can bust out this blog before I forget... AGAIN!

This has been one amazing week for little Alex. He did a HUGE first this week... he took his very first trip to Oxnard! Thats right he made it all the way up there without hardly crying at all!!! The ride home, however, is a different story. But the visit was fun, we went to my Brother and Sis-In-Law's house to visit. They had not seen Alex since he was in the hospital and it gave Mia some much needed bonding time with her cousins. It was a short turn around visit but still fun. I can't wait to see them again.

Alex also graduated from his newborn napper into the pack in play officially now! WOW! My little man is growing up way to fast. He seems to like it too because I always find him all over the place when I get him up. He is never in the same place twice. I think he loves the room. I want to move him into his crib but its still in Mia's room (acting as a play toy) and we don't have sheets for it yet. I am hoping I will make the move once we move into our new place later next month.

The theme of this week is the magic swing!!!! Alex has hated Mia's swing since day one so you better believe how surprised I was when he fell in love with his Cousin's old swing! He used it so much at my brothers house. They called it their magic swing and since my youngest niece Sophia finally outgrew it, they gave it to us!! YAY! Ever since its been home hes been loving it and its been a life saver for sure. The only thing is, Mia..... she wants a swing too! So I gave her, her old one (ya the one she hated as well) and not shes laid claim to it and LOVES it! She swings next to her brother ALL the time! I know shes too big for it but she has so much fun that I just don't have the heart to take it away from her just yet.... I will probably wait until we move.

Alex also rolled onto his tummy from his side for the first time, however, he did use me as leverage so I can't really count it as a true milestone but hes close! He moves around all over the place by rolling onto his side, then his back and side and back and eventually gets to where he wants to go. It isn't very far and and the movement usually consists of a circle haha

The older he is getting the more awake time hes demanding. Also, its not just any awake time, its one on one time with Mama! So balancing between tickling him, tickling Mia, talking to him, talking to Mia isn't easy. He doesn't like to be left alone with nothing to do so I always have make sure he has a batch of fresh toys around him at all times and then rotate him around the room. I am actually surprised that he is letting me write this right now because he usually needs me to keep talking to him and interact with him. I better hurry up!

A bad thing that has happened this week is he has learned how to scratch up his face and BAD! Poor little guy has tons of bloody scabs all over his precious face! I can't get him to stop and I can't put gloves on him because he sucks his fingers to soothe himself. I don't know what to do... I have clipped and filed his nails down to nubs but he still finds way to tear into his face. Ugh.. I hope this phase passes quickly.

Well I better get going, hes gurgling at me which means he needs attention! Off to do my Mama duty!