la familia sahagun

la familia sahagun

2009-10-08


Happy 3 months!

I called this 'happy 3 months' b/c this is the happiest 3 months of Alex's and my life! Lexi is such a pleasure to have! She turns 3 months today, october 8. And she is growing so much!
She must weigh at least 14 lbs by now, but when  I say she's growing, I don't mean only in size.
She has been reaching for things for over a week now, it started when she reached out and grabbed the edge of my sweater when I was holding her last Saturday night. After that, she would work her way to try and reach for something you put in front of her. It was funny to watch, in a sweet way. You could just tell her little brain was working so hard to try and tell her hands where to go! She's still working on it but it's getting there!
She can't always reach for what she wants, but for the most part her hands go where she looks. Yesterday I bought her a toy, it's a big ring that has some rattles on it and a small stuffed animal and I think it really stimulates her. I ended up attaching it to the bar of her car seat and I can tell she's playing with it when I drive b/c of the rattles. Sometimes she gets her tiny hand around it and can't figure out how to let go, nor can she understand why she can't pull it into her mouth! haha. Other times she can't get her hand around it and she's just hitting it while reaching for it.
On other development, she is quite the talker!! She babbles so much for so long and gets so loud. It's hilarious! So much for tv time! you can't turn it loud enough to hear over her! So we all get some entertainment out of watching and listening to her and talking back. I think it's better than any tv show anyway!
She is easily turning her head and watching people and following them around the room. Her ability to see things further away is improving, it seems she can see me when I'm several feet from her.
Her smile is amazing and contagious! She smiles so big all the time. She is just so happy and sweet! I couldn't have asked for a better baby!
Every morning I send Alex a good morning picture and every night a good night daddy picture, and then several throughout the day. Other than that we are keeping in touch by phone right now until the internet gets better and we can get on the web cams again.
If we could just have him home, that would complete our lives and make them perfect :)