3 Month Update

It's been a few weeks since my last update and a lot has happened! I went back to work 2 weeks ago and Alexa started daycare. The first day was so hard. I cried on the way to the daycare and then started really crying when we dropped her off. She had this huge smile on her face like she was telling me "It's okay Mommy." I don't know if that made it easier or not! I'm pretty sure I saw some tears in Brian's eyes too :-) My Mom knew how hard it was for me to take her to daycare and how guilty I was feeling leaving her there so she offered to watch Alexa 2 days a week. This works out great because Alexa still gets interaction with other babies, which I think is really important, but she only has to go 3 days. Alexa loves going to my Mom's too! She smiles at her all the time! This has definitely made my return to work a lot easier!

So even though Lex has only been at daycare for 2 weeks (and not even 2 full weeks) she already caught a cold! She started showing symptoms on Friday and she's been pretty congested since then. I am really pretty angry about the situation! I just knew one of those snotty nosed kids was going to get her sick! The first day of daycare I visited Alexa over lunch and one of the other little girls had a nasty runny nose. A few of the other kids had coughs like they were 20-year smokers. Ugh...I knew this would happen! I guess the only positive thing is that she'll build up her immunities but in the meantime, it's heartwrenching to see her go through this. She actually hasn't done too bad considering though. She's still awfully smiley, eating, no temperature, and sleeping fairly well. You really wouldn't even know she was sick if it weren't for the snorting! I still feel bad for her though. I'm hoping it only lasts a short time. I just wish I could suck the cold out of her and take it away.

Last weekend I went shopping at the outlet mall in Aurora with my friends Nina and Abbey. We all ended up buying tons of things for our little girls and only a couple things for ourselves. It's funny how your priorities change! It's so much more fun shopping for the little ones! Here's a pic of an outfit I bought for Alexa. I just love her little boots!


Yesterday we had family pictures taken. Alexa did pretty good considering she was sick. We didn't love the family pic of us, but we're getting more done when she turns 6 months so I think those will be better since she should be sitting up by then.