To say I have been on a whirlwind trip in the last two weeks is an understatement! Poor Alexandra and I have had no semblance of a schedule since we left to visit family and once we became settled somewhere we were uprooted to the next location! But I wouldn't take back these two weeks for a thing!
My adventures started off by heading up to Virginia to stay with David's parents for one night. From there I traveled to see my parents for two days where they spent time doting over Alexandra. Jacob held her for the first time and instantly fell in love. What's not to love about our sweet baby girl though?! He smiled at her and played with her on the floor. He even gave her a bottle! I'm so proud of Jake for how well he handled holding a newborn!
Josh (my brother) also got to spend some time with her. We went to his place for dinner and he made chili for everyone and spent some time bonding with his new niece. He too fell instantly in love with her and had quite the conversation with her. :-) I met my brother's roommate John and he seemed like a really nice young man. I'm so proud of the man my brother is turning into and I can't believe that just a few years ago he still lived at home!
After visiting my parents we went back to stay with David's mom and dad. Matt surprised us and showed up for a short visit to meet his new niece. He held her and it was also fun to see his reaction to her. He was a natural!
Frank and Brenda got to see Alexandra attempt to roll over several times and it was fun to watch them encourage her to conquer this big milestone! They both, like my parents, are very much in love with her and we had a great visit with them too. We got to take her to David's home church and show her off to all of the people David knew from his childhood as well as some of Brenda's co-workers. Alexandra also got some bonding time with her grandpa while I got a few moments away from her to go shopping for my best friend who is having a baby in December.
After spending time with David's parents I went back to my mom and dad's for a day. Jake got to spend a little more time with Alexandra and then we headed off to Indiana to spend a week with my grandparents. Boy was that a fun experience! Both of my grandmas got to spend time with her and as I thought, they fell in love with her! My Grandma Wlodarski took my shopping for my birthday and helped me on the great mission to find a nursing bra! (That story is to be saved for another time) We had little success with the nursing bra, but my Grandma Warren finally helped me track one down! Thank the LORD! No more messing with pulling off and pulling on straps!
Grandma Warren and I also went shopping one day for some clothes with long sleeves for Alexandra. The weather turned cooler than I had predicted and I needed more long pants and long sleeved clothes for the baby since I knew it was going to be chilly the remainder of my time there. I found a few things on clearance at Sears that were WAY big, but I bought them anyway. I figured I could wrap them up and give them to her for Christmas. :-) Grandma also bought Alexandra a few outfits as well and she enjoyed spoiling her!
We also spent one day going to visit my Aunt Barb's house that is being built by Habitat For Humanity. It looks great! She gave me an awesome blanket she made for Alexandra (its big enough that I could wrap myself in it!) and some other baby related items as well. That evening I went to see my cousin Whitney play volleyball and I had a lot of great memories come back to me! My goodness it has been a long time since I watched a volleyball game, or played one for that matter! They did pretty well and I'm proud of her for playing her first game! :-D
