Alexa loves her aunties!

Alexa has had a great time these past two weeks hanging out with her aunts, uncles and grandparents! Here she is playing on her activity mat with Aunt Jen!

And enjoying (look how focused she is!) her bottle with Aunt Kelly!

Babies! Lots of Babies! VIDEO LINKS BELOW!

Today was my LAST mom's group meeting! So sad. The group, called PACE, meets for eight weeks with the idea that we'll continue to meet after the formal session ends. We already have a play date set for this Friday and another in January! So, hopefully, we'll stay in touch.

Here are 9 of the 11 moms and babies who were in my group:

And here are the babies! Click HERE to watch a video!

More adorable pictures of the babies... Pictured below (left to right) is Ella, Alexa, her birthday twin Avery who was also born on 9-9-09, and the youngest in the group, Anjali.

Also today, my sister gave Alexa a bottle!

Then Alexa had dance time on her activity mat! Click HERE and HERE for videos of her dancing! She apparently likes Beyonce and is getting closer to turning over!

And then, we went for a walk...

And picked out a Christmas tree...

And lit more Hanukkah candles! Alexa got a beautiful silver snow globe from Grandma E!

Later, at home, Alexa relaxed on her chair.

Alexa's FIRST Thanksgiving!

We started off the day the way we usually do... With a little exercise! It was such a nice day that we went for a walk in the neighborhood. (I also ran two miles. Boy was that hard!)

In the afternoon, we headed to Daddy's sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Here is Alexa getting all dolled up for her first Thanksgiving! Her outfit was a little big, but it was still cute!

Daddy's family has a great tradition. Every year we go around the table and everyone says what they are thankful for. This year, it was obvious what to say: I am thankful for my beautiful daughter! (Extra thankful that she slept through dinner!) And thankful that she was born into such a wonderful family.

With that, we dug in! My sister-in-law hosted Thanksgiving and, as always, the meal was amazing. I couldn't tell you what my favorite was because ever dish was a favorite! And, like I said, Alexa was a good girl and slept through dinner so we actually got to eat and enjoy our meal.

That, by the way, was thanks to the E.A.S.Y. schedule! I have been keeping track of her feedings and naps for the past few days and I've noticed that she catnaps for 30 minutes to an hour most of the time, but ONCE a day, she naps for a good 2-3 hours.

I monitored her all day to make sure she did not take that big nap until the right time. Then, right before leaving for Daddy's sister's house, I fed her. She then fell asleep in the 30-minute car ride. And she stayed asleep for two more hours! Yay, success!

Here is Miss. Alexa after she woke up, having her Thanksgiving dinner via bottle with Daddy.

After her meal, she played with cousin Jason and tried on sunglasses. You know, fun stuff.