A visit from Grandma E!

Grandma E took the train down for the day so she could hang out with baby Alexa! We had a nice afternoon playing with Alexa on her activity mat.

Check out this adorable pink ruffle outfit from Alexa's other grandma. It fits and she looks so cute in it! Thanks, Grandma R!

Grandma R got to see Alexa roll over for the first time when she was here for the holidays. She helped teach Alexa how it's done. Now, Alexa is rolling both ways!

So Alexa showed Grandma E how she rolls over! She also showed Grandma E how she gets up on her knees! And how she does the "down dog" yoga pose!

Click HERE to watch a 25-second video of her getting onto her knees and rolling onto her back!

Click HERE to watch a 70-second video of her rolling back onto her tummy and continuing to practice her crawl. She's getting better and better!

Here is Alexa showing Grandma E how strong her arms are. She can push up to straight arms!

She also showed Grandma E how she sits up!

And how much she loves her Bumbo chair!

And how much she loves her exersaucer!

But most of all, Alexa loves her grandmas!

Later, we all gave her a bath and she stuck her foot out like she was reclining at a spa. Ha!

Then Grandma E read Alexa the personalized Fairy-Tale storybook that she got her for Hanukkah!

After the story, Grandma E gave Alexa a bottle. And Daddy put her down to sleep! What a nice day. Thanks for visiting us, Grandma E!

More adorable bath pictures

Fact: Alexa loves her plastic rings.

Fact: Alexa loves her plastic Oball.

Fact: Plastic toys can be played with in the water.

Result: Alexa had a blast playing with her favorite toys in the tub!

Click HERE to watch a video of her in the tub. Or scroll down for some ridiculously adorable pictures of our little bath princess!

Random shots from this week... Enjoy!

Oh yes, we did. We put up the pink flamingos!

Alexa loves eating ice cream with her daddy!

And she loves wearing black turtlenecks with Mommy!

She also loves eating her Oball!

And she loves taking naps... with Uncle Ben!

Bumbo! We are soooo getting one!

Shhhhhh! Don't tell Alexa, but this is going to be her Christmas present from Mommy & Daddy! A bunch of the ladies from my mom's group got together today to hang out at one woman's house and Alexa got to try out her son's Bumbo seat! She loved it!

This seat, made from foam, was great because it allowed her to sit up. And she couldn't get out! Add the tray, to hold her toys, and it's a great place for her to "hang out." Love it! We are soooo getting one!

Alexa meets cousin Kim and little Amanda!

We had a nice day-after Thanksgiving party at Grandma's house where Alexa got to meet more family. Cousin Kim came over with little Amanda! We had a blast!

Here are Alexa and I with Kim and her daughter Amanda, who is four years old and the cutest little girl ever! She sang songs for us from "Little Orphan Annie" and had Alexa laughing all day.

Amanda also helped Alexa work on her tummy time. See, Alexa? Someday you will be able to do what Amanda is doing!

Alexa: "It's not as easy as Amanda makes it look!"

Here are Kim and Alexa... Kim is a speech therapist and was able to get Alexa to start talking and repeating her sounds! If only Kim could see her in the morning when she is the biggest chatterbox, she talks and talks and talks! Agoo Goo Ga Oooooh! You know, baby talk!

Alexa with Daddy and Aunt Phyl!

Amanda and Samantha with Alexa! (And me, since she was getting tired and didn't want me to put her down... She went down for her nap afterward, and we all got to eat lunch!)

Alexa was all smiles after her nap! She had so much fun with her Oball that I had to take a video... I mean, just look at that motion blur in the second photo! Click HERE to watch her!

Alexa discovers the Oball!

We had a nice day, especially since it started with Alexa getting SIX hours of sleep last night! Yay, go Alexa, sleep queen! We then drove up to Rockville to have lunch with a college friend of mine who has a 9-month-old baby, Emma.

After lunch, we walked to Buy Buy Baby and my friend introduced me to the Oball, which is soft plastic with holes in it so a baby can grip it. Since Alexa just started grabbing the rings on her activity mat, I thought she's like grabbing the ball - and boy was I right!

Click HERE for a video of her playing with her Oball!

Oh, and by the way, I just mailed most of our thank you cards and birth announcements! Yay!