Alex spent another day indoors without any trips outside except to the mail box. It was pretty much a day of running, watching DVD's and eating. Samantha mainly sleeps but also needs changed a lot and Alex likes to help out when she can. Mum found and old tummy time mat of Alex's and had Samantha on it whilst Alex lent a hand with things.

Alex spent the morning inside playing and watching some DVD's. Breakfast was peanut butter on the spoon and some milk. Every weekend there is plenty of football on TV in the house and it looks like Poppy decided it was time Alex swapped the Redskin colours for a real team. Unfortunately he could only get Pittsburgh Steelers uniforms where he lives, Alex did look good in them though!

Mum took Alex out to the shops for a good couple of hours in the afternoon and left Dad at home with Samantha. For the most part Samantha sleeps and sleeps but she decided to stay awake for the two hours Alex and Mum were out! Later in the evening Alex took an early bath and grabbed a suit that has a zip again and played around unzipping things.

Mum bought Alex a DVD player for Christmas and the Baby Einstein DVD's play throughout the day.

Samantha is still doing her usual and sleeping soundly for most of the time. She is also eating well and growing out of the new born clothes quick.

Alex wore a full suit to bed that included covered feet and because it had a zip down the front Alex decided to take it off and run around without it for a while. It got cool and Mum set Alex up on the chair with curious george and a blanket.



Dad got a ipod for Christmas from the run crew and loaded a few songs onto it and Alex enjoyed dancing to the tunes.



With all things scattered around in the basement ready for the move Alex found some fun things to play with.

Mum made rice and beans for dinner and let Alex do some finger tasting!

With the big snowstorm Sunday night it meant everyone had to stay indoors and Alex had a good variety of toys to play with. The pink phone that Kara bought was well used!

Another fun game was playing with the plastic food and shopping basket.



Alex was allowed to put her toy foods in the fridge and along with a few other things.

Some of the plastic food is made in the shape of bread and a fried egg which looked like a good sandwich. Mum asked Alex if she wanted a real egg sandwich which she said yes too but after it was made she preferred the plastic version.

Alex has also been keeping up with her run training and ran around the room on several occasions wearing her new Stanford jumper that Carolyn bought.

It was a long Christmas day today because Alex had many presents to open but only opened one at a time, played with it and then needed Mum or Dad's encouragement to open another.

Samantha had a good day of sleeping as she is out growing all of her 0-3 months clothes!

Alex had a good variety of presents to play with and the building blocks were a hit, a couple of new dolls and some cooking utensils were also good. Alex also had some nice clothes from Meme and a Stanford jumper from Carolyn and an outfit from Michael O'Malley from swimming.



There was also a Dr's kit and Alex let Mum take some blood pressure reading's.

Alex had a visit from Carolyn Yesterday afternoon and a surprise Christmas present.

There was also a large package that arrived in the mail from Meme and Poppy in PA that had plenty of goodies in including biscuits and an angel food cake.

Mum was making some food for Christmas and Alex helped with a few spices.



As usual Samantha has been getting plenty of sleep as Alex gets to enjoy the excitement of her second Christmas.

There was only one photo from today and that was of Samantha sleeping which is a regular thing around here. There has also been some snow the last few days so Alex has stayed indoors. With the next snow coming this weekend Dad hopes to take Alex out to play in it.

It has been a couple of days since the last blog but things have been busy and one thing was the selling of our house with January 15th the last day here. The basement is now off limits to Alex because it is full of moving stuff and Alex likes to open the door anyway because she is not supposed too.

Since the arrival of Samantha Alex has taken a big interest in babies and the toy doll has become a good thing for Alex to practice being a parent with!

Alex has spent plenty of time wrapping the doll, changing the doll and dressing the doll.

Mum has hidden all the Christmas presents in the closet and each night before bed Alex likes to open the door and pull them out one by one.

Kara bought Alex a nice outfit the other week and Alex just discovered the clips open up easily with a slight pull which makes for a fun suit to hang out in.

Mum let Alex put one present under the tree, if it stays wrapped the others will probably go under soon too!

Alex and Mum spent almost all day together whilst Dad was out and about. Wraping Christmas presents, making buiscuits and playing around kept Alex busy.

Samantha has been eating and sleeping pretty well and has put on a good bit of weight.



For breakfast Mum had pancakes and Alex had some peanut butter and buscuits.

Alex and Samantha were up early this morning for the 5.30am swim. Samantha slept the whole time and Alex kept busy watching everyone swim. Back at home Alex had a playful day and for some reason chose the Redskin clothes from her wardrobe to wear for the day.



Alex is 100% back to her happy self, running , jumping and having a good old time. Hopefully there will be no more colds for a while!

Alex had a great sleep last night and a nice sleep in this morning. It is good to see her back to normal again, no sniffles and plenty of playing. Alex and Samantha went to the pool for the first time in three weeks today and Mum managed both of them whilst Dad swam. Alex took an afternoon nap and then later in the day found a loli pop in one of the draws.



Alex plays a little with Samantha and plays a lot with her toy doll. Changing diapers on the doll is Alex's latest past time.

Alex has a few Dvd's to listen too and likes to get comfortable to watch them.

Alex has finnally gotten over her sickness and took a nap during the day and pretty much was back to normal throwing balls, kicking balls and playing with her toy doll.

Baby Samantha has been eating and sleeping all day and is getting some good weight gain.

Alex has been very friendly towards Samantha and even got the chance to hold her a few times.

It has been a tough few days with Alex refusing to go to sleep, not eating much, a head cold and then all the crying she was supposed to do for the first year and a half of her life bundled into the last few days! Luckily the new baby can sleep through it all. Besides ice blocks, Mums diet coke was pretty much all Alex wanted to drink.

With no sleeping Alex was up for most of the night so it was watch some DVD's and read books to pass the time and Alex had some more diet coke with some Tylenol mixed in as a refreshment.

It was another tough day with Alex not feeling well. Just a short nap on the chair helped things a little.

Putting coins in the piggy bank was a good thing to help Alex take her mind off being sick.

Four or five ice blocks during the day was also a good remedy and treat to keep Alex's spirits up.

Yesterday was a tough day for Alex, it was the first time she has not felt good. Either some teeth or a cold and fever is the culprit and Alex wasn't feeling well all day.

Late in the afternoon Alex fell asleep for a short time watching a baby DVD.

Samantha has also been sniffling and it looks like she has her first head cold at 2 weeks old. Unlike Alex she slept for most of the day!



After Alex woke from her nap in the chair she had a touch of baby Tylenol medicine, 10minutes later her high temperature went down and then it was running around and kicking the ball for a few hours.

There haven't been many photo's to post lately and today there was only one. Alex has been in between some new teeth and a head cold and somehow Samantha now has a head cold with plenty of sniffles. Mum has plenty of heat on in the house to help things and Alex has some good PJ's to choose from to stay warm with. Hopefully some more photo's for tomorrow.