weeks 11 & 12

My mom came down the weekend before Thanksgiving to help us paint our new house. We are repainting the entire house...ceilings, trim, walls. We were able to complete all three bedrooms upstairs and the upstairs hallway. Alyssa was taking two 2-3 hour naps a day which made it really easy to get work done. We put her in the office downstairs and used an air purifier to make sure she didn't get any of the fumes. She rarely will nap like that for me at home but she really seems to cooperate when I need her to. We ordered our cabinets for the kitchen and they will be in the end of December so unfortunately our house will not be finished when we move in this month. The kitchen is completely livable in, its just not what we want and very outdated. We are also putting new vanities/sinks in all 3 bathrooms. The rest of the house is just getting a fresh coat of paint (or 4 in some cases to cover up the dark/bright colors the old owners painted). I can't wait to set up Alyssa's nursery finally! She has been sleeping in her pack n' play in our room since she was born and now she will finally have her own room. We painted it yellow, 'Blonde Beauty' to be exact.
We went to see Dave's family in Missouri for Thanksgiving. Alyssa had only met dave's parents, not the rest of his family, so she got to meet everyone. Pretty much all of Dave's family thought she looked like me. We looked through Dave's baby pictures and she still looks like Dave when she smiles, but I guess she has my eyes and nose. It was also Alyssa's first airplane ride and she was perfect, didn't cry once. Dave even sweet talked the stewardess into letting us ride first class on one of the legs home! The trip went really well...until we got back home. Alyssa caught a virus in Missouri so my poor little girl was throwing up on Sunday and still has diarrhea. This was not just a lot of spit up, it was throw up. I've never seen a kid this tiny throw up. I felt so bad for my baby! I stayed up with her on the couch Sunday night and let her sleep on my chest. If she was going to throw up I wanted to be right there. I was too paranoid she would choke on it in her sleep. I slept on and off, ,which didn't help me get any better since I have mastitis again. I was in the ER on Sunday getting antibiotics and it allowed me to ask the doc about Alyssa. They said the only thing to worry about was dehydration. Shes still soaking her shirts in drool so i think shes doing okay.
As far as the sleeping through the night goes...She slept from 7-11 the first night, 9-5 the second, 11-6 for a few nights, and 11-830 one night. so she slept through the night for a week, and then hasn't for the last week. Between the traveling and her being sick she hasn't been sleeping too well, waking twice each night to eat. Hopefully things will get back to normal soon, i was really liking sleeping through the night again!
She is pretty much out of her 0-3 month clothes. Everything is getting too short on her. They aren't getting tight around her, just in the length. Who would have thought I would have a tall child?! I guess Dave has a big part in that. Its fun getting to go through all her 3-6 month clothes and get her in some new outfits. I don't even know how long she'll be in 3-6 months. She had a 3-6 month sleeper on last night that looked like it won't fit for long! Oh and the best part of all which I can't believe I almost forgot...I can get a bow to stay in her hair now! People ask me once in a while if shes a boy, someone told me because she has short hair. Well what do you expect, shes 2 months old, was she supposed to be born with a ponytail? Shes got a good amount of hair for 2 months so I am pretty happy a bow stays in it now!