The Return of Sunshine

This last week we got Alexa back. I can't even remember which day it was. She woke up. She finally wasn't sick, experiencing separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, having an allergic reaction to anything or teething. She does have a pretty severe diaper rash from the antibiotics, but that won't slow a girl like Alexa down. She woke up all smiles and went to sleep all smiles. She had energy. Joy. The best laugh in the world.

To be honest I thought we had lost her. Or less dramatically, maybe we didn't know her personality as well as we thought we did. She just hasn't really been herself for more than a month. She lost her cool. She became a crying mess. She wasn't smiling like usual. She stopped sleeping through the night. It just wasn't a side of her we've seen before. Now I know what people who have normal infants go through. Alexa has spoiled us with her abundantly good and easy going nature. I never had any of this when she was a few weeks old. It totally rocked my world when it popped up at eight months.

Happy Belated Easter! I got a pretty learning purse from the Easter Bunny!

It's soooo good to have her back. Alexa, the real Alexa, has a beautiful and spunky personality. When she's in the zone, the days never seem long enough to soak up her adorable giggle and silly grin. She'll always be our sunshine, we're just happy she's popped back out from behind the clouds.