AWAKE TIME

Check out that neck control! He held this for almost a minute!!

The most recent development for Alexander seems to be the amount of time spent awake. He's staying awake for longer periods during the day and is content to sometimes just lie on his back on the floor and look around. I play with him some, but he really enjoys just taking in the sights. We still do some tummy time every day and he's making progress there too. In fact, yesterday he rolled over again! The first time was when he was 3 weeks old and then he did it again yesterday. He was on his belly and pushed himself up on his arms and just flipped over! Chris and I couldn't believe it. He hasn't done it today, but he was kind of close. It's just amazing to see these little advances everyday. He's changing so much!!! He's also becoming more expressive with his mouth. We've had some gorgeous smiles!

This weekend Chris went cross country to Fort Worth (Yeah, I know, real far.) and Alexander and I met him down there on Saturday and spent the night with him in the hotel downtown Fort Worth. We had a great time, and Alexander did great on the car ride down there and back. And he slept really well in the hotel. We brought our pack n play to the hotel and he actually slept for 6 hours! Of course I couldn't really take advantage of the sleep because I was too worried that something was wrong. I kept getting up to check on him!! We also figured out that we can no longer just throw a single bag together for an overnight trip anymore. We had 3 bags, the stroller, the pack n play and the car seat! We looked like we were moving in for a week instead of less than 24 hours!!!