Alexa second (play) date with a boy!

Don't worry, Daddy chaperoned. Here are Alexa and I with Jason and his mom. Jason was born a month before Alexa. What a cutie pie!

The two babies didn't seem too interested in each other though...

After our visit, we hit the road hoping to make it back to DC before the crazy traffic on Sunday. Unfortunately, there was a tractor trailer accident on the Turnpike, so our trip took 10 hours! Luckily, we were not in a hurry. So we stopped about every 2-3 hours to feed and change Alexa.

Here she is having "music time" with Daddy before getting back on the road! Lucky for us, she slept the whole time we were driving, even in traffic, only waking up at rest stops. Good, baby!

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'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.

Off to Grandma's we go!

We left bright and early for New Jersey today! We had previously thought about driving up Tuesday night, but I didn't want to mess with Alexa's sleep schedule and thought it would be nice for her to have one more night in her crib before our trip.

We put her down early -- at 10 p.m. She slept until 4 a.m. SIX HOURS! I nursed her and put her down again, then when she woke up again, we hit the road, around 7:30 a.m.

The roads were clear and we had a great drive. Alexa slept for two hours in the car, then we stopped at a rest stop for an hour to get snacks, use the bathroom, nurse Alexa and change her. She then slept two more hours until we got there! It was almost too easy....

Below are some photos of us at Grandma's house! Daddy showed Alexa how to fly an airplane... She was skeptical at first, then she loved it!