What's New With Alayna

Alayna is getting so big on us. I know with Grant I had the excersaucer out before this, but we are running out of room. This weekend we finally got some of Grant's Christmas presents out of the attic to be put together and (I kid you not) at one point I had a big red wagon, a tricycle, an activity house and the excersaucer (oh - and a potty) in my KITCHEN! Then moving to the living room you find - another little ride on bike for Grant, his little tool bench, a kick 'n play for Alayna, her playmat and bumbo seat and Grant's red Cars chair. Somewhere aroun the house (it travels frequently) you will still find the bouncy seat and the swing is almost ready to head back up to the attic (just waiting on its' final washing). SO....that was a really LONG way of saying - Alayna may have done a thing or two in here a bit earlier, but we simply didn't have room to get it out. SO - now is her chance.

Actually, it may be perfect timing. She holds herself up really well in here and will sit in here for about 10 - 15 mins (at the longest). At times she has a hard time realizing these toys don't come off and just gets mad that she is in there - so then she doesn't last long at all. I'm looking forward to the days when this brings a good 30-40 mins of solid entertainment :)

Yup - it's CEREAL TIME! Crazy! I can't believe she is starting cereal already. Sunday night, at 24 weeks old, Alayna had her very first taste of Rice Cereal.

It went OK. I think the majority of it was pushed back out of her mouth by her toungue, but that's to be expected. Adding new things to her diet lately (formula and cereal - both in small bits) have been messing with her belly. She's been really gassy and had an upset tummy the last few days. Poor girl!

On to rolling!!! She didn't roll completely over in this picture above, but she did lay sleeping like this for a while. She has only rolled back to front twice now, but it makes me nervous when she starts doing this in her bed. The other day she started crying and I went in her room to find her stuck (because she can't get the one shoulder to completely roll) with her face in the mattress and her leg stuck between two spindles. AHHHHH!

She is back to having rough nights again. Like I mentioned - upset tummy and added to that the last few days she has had a bit of a fever....GRRRR... The doctor said it is just a virus - let it play through. That is hard to do when you can clearly tell she feels so crummy. Hopefully we will have our smiley girl back soon!