The Wassers

Happy Halloween!!!

2009-10-31T13:50:00.007-05:00

You know I've been stressing about how much catching up I'm going to have to do on the blog, but I've decided to start from today and move forward. That will take some stress out of it and when I get around to and IF I can remember what has happened since August to now, then I'll fill you in too!

Actually, the first thing that tops my list of what happened just a week or so ago was Lexi's ECHO at Cypress Heart. A couple of months ago, her doctor heard a heart murmur. She said it sounded functional, but Lexi needed to see a specialist to make sure. Long story short, her murmur is "innocent" and they are not concerned one bit! Thank the Lord!

Cox Farm

Okay, I just broke my first rule - blog from this day forward. Oh well, that was important news to share. Next up, Halloween! Last year, we did nothing! We even kept our porch light off and just went about our day like any other. We felt that Lexi wouldn't really know what was going on and that it was too cold to get her outside. Little did I know, there are lots of events going on inside! So this year, we are enjoying Halloween! I gave her some options on her costume and she told me she wanted to be a bumblebee.

cutest little stinger

Last night, we went to the Y for their Halloween Fun Night and she thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though most of the games were for older kids, she just got a kick out of everything. She was super upset when I told her we had to go. So, I did what any good mom would do. Gave her a sucker for the car ride home! This was her first sucker, so I feel it was okay to splurge on Halloween.

Today, we are going to the mall for their Malloween. It starts at 3, but more than likely Lexi will sleep till 330. So we'll just be late and not spend too much time there. If we're up to it, we might even go trick or treating because it is nice out. Dave is getting over pneumonia and he works till 5, so it really depends on how he feels.

mommy & lexi's semi-matching hats

That's all I have for now. I must jump in the shower and get ready so when Lexi wakes up we can go to Malloween. Happy Halloween everyone!

Until next time!

and some more

2009-09-17T23:34:00.002-05:00

i forgot i had a few on my camera - here they are!

who doesn't like 2-4-1's!

i think we all do! these were great drinks too!

good times!

we were at the new york new york and this lady grabbed andrea and they danced on the new york street.

vegas pictures

2009-09-17T23:31:00.000-05:00

i don't know how i forgot to post pictures. this was actually saved in my drafts and i just now saw it. oops. these were all taken with my phone because i suck and didn't carry my camera on me at all times. oh well. enjoy!

just having as much fun as we can at the airport

lots of fun!

jenn, lilly, myself and annison

what a cutie pie!

annison

so beautiful!

jenn said it was a good move to get this - a yard of pina colada!

the sushi was amazing!

shrimp tempura appetizer - sooo good!

and these crepes were amazing!

a very large chocolate fountain, actually might be the largest. it even goes into the ceiling and if you look up it looks like chocolate is going to fall down onto your head.

really really ridiculously good looking...cakes!

definitely couldn't leave without squeezing a hot guy's nipple!

prayer request update

2009-08-30T23:44:00.003-05:00

i forgot to mention earlier that the singhs have not had their baby boy yet! i'm not sure why she was taken off of the magnesium last week, but the great news is she didn't go into labor after coming off of it. she is at home now and told to sit and lie down as much as possible. she's 34 weeks now, so the longer he stays in there the better! thanks for all the prayers!

vegas pics and lots of stuff about lexi coming up!

vegas baby!

2009-08-29T23:25:00.004-05:00

I'm back! Well, I got back Sunday, but I've been super busy just getting back into the swing of things. I went to visit my good friend, Jenn, and her family. Dave wasn't too excited about the idea of traveling with Lexi, so he decided to stay home and was gracious enough to watch her for 4 days while I went! My other good friend, Andrea, accompanied me and boy, do we have stories! Do you want the good news or bad news first?

I'll just start with the bad. The bad occurred before we even reached Las Vegas. Never. Fly. Frontier. I thought I was doing the right thing by not flying Allegiant and saving over fifty dollars for each ticket and who cares that there is a layover in Denver? We didn't. Until...we missed our flight out of Denver to Las Vegas! We were sitting outside our gate for an hour and were confused as to how we could possibly miss our flight. I thought we were being punk'd or that we had traveled into another dimension. As we walk to customer service to figure out how we can get out of Denver, my confusion turned into stupidity. How stupid am I that I missed my connecting flight while sitting outside the gate?!?! We reached customer service and then we see 6 other people who missed the same flight!

We were put on standby for the 6pm flight (our original flight was 420). Frontier overbooked the 6pm flight so some of the paid customers who were supposed to be on the 6pm flight didn't even get on. So, that means none of the standby did either. So, that automatically bumped us back to the 10pm flight. That flight was also full, so it was unlikely that we'd get out of Denver that night. We walked back to customer service to see what our options were at this point. There, we found 2 additional people who missed the same 420 flight to Vegas (total now is 10 people, including us). All of us were sitting at our gate and none of us heard them call our flight nor did we even see anyone board the plane! Our first inclination was that the 420 flight was overbooked like the 6 and 10pm flights and that maybe that is why they did not call the 10 passengers names that were missing on their flight. Customer service says that's impossible, of course. We asked to speak to the supervisor and he also told us that's impossible. We found out there was a 715 am flight leaving the next day and had 16 open seats. We asked if he could get us confirmed seats on that plane since it was not looking good for the 10pm flight. He said nope! Our option was to fly standby or come back at 5am and he would give us confirmed seats for $150 per seat! He then said well, that's my answer, so....

To make an even longer story shorter, Southwest Airlines was able to get us out of Denver and to Vegas that night. We, of course, had to pay for that one-way ticket, but it was worth it to us by this point. The really great part is when we finally land, I go to Frontiers baggage claim to get my bag that arrived at 5pm earlier that day. Frontier is the only baggage claim closed! Sign on the door said to call the number provided if someone is not in the office. The number just rang and rang. We waited for an hour and a half for someone to finally arrive to let us in. The really crappy part was I could see my bag through the window. So close, yet so far away!

We were pretty exhausted by the time we got back to our room. Poor Jenn got to the airport when our flight landed, only to wait with us to get my bag. Andrea had the right idea - carry-ons! I didn't think I could fit all my stuff in a carry-on so I didn't even try it. I should have though. Lesson learned.

Friday, we hung out at the pool and played with the girls, Annison (5) and Lilly (3). These girls have to be the best behaved kids I've ever met! They are also very good sisters and I don't think I saw them fight once. Amazing! Jenn and Mitch are truly blessed! Hanging out with the girls definitely made me miss my Lexi bean even more!

We ate at a lot of great places. Friday night we went to the Palms and ate at Little Buddha. The food was delicious! Sushi, salads, lettuce wraps, shrimp tempura, egg rolls and plum wine! Who could ask for more? I was in heaven. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we had creme brulee for dessert. Yum! After dinner, Jenn took us down to the strip to sightsee a little bit. This was Andrea's first time there, so she was just in amazement of all the lights, the people, everything! The funniest thing was Sephora on the strip. It's open till midnight and I needed lip gloss. So we go in about 1150 and look around. While I'm searching for lip gloss, little did we know what Andrea was doing. As we are leaving I notice Andrea looks different. Her nails are done, her lips and I swear her eyes were made up too (although she promises she didn't do her eyes). It was the funniest thing!!! I wonder if the employees saw her sitting on the ground doing her nails and what they thought. They probably see a lot of crazier things on the strip.

The whole trip was fun. We played dress up with Annison and Lilly and reenacted Cinderella. We shopped. We ate the best Thai food I've ever had. We had a great time! Thanks to Jenn and Mitch for entertaining us!

We got home Sunday with no problems, thank goodness! Only problem was when I got my bag in Wichita it had a nice hole that went all the way through to my clothes. When I got it home and opened it up the metal bar on one side was completely bent in. Needless to say someone threw, kicked, stabbed my bag at some point between Vegas to Wichita. Did I mention? Never. Fly. Frontier.

Prayer Request

2009-08-20T11:30:00.003-05:00

Hi blogger buddies! I have a special prayer request for our good friends, The Singh's. Vedika is 33 weeks along with their first baby, a boy. She went into labor yesterday and they put her on a magnesium drip to stop the contractions. They've given her one steroid injection and hope to give her the second one today. She's not feeling so hot on that drip as some of you have probably experienced that. The doctors said by tomorrow she'll be off the drip and we'll probably go into labor shortly after. Please pray for them and the birth of a healthy baby!

I'm leaving for Vegas in a couple of hours, so please pray Andrea and I arrive safely!!!

Until next time!

My first blackberry post

2009-08-17T23:52:00.001-05:00

Testing out my blogging capabilities on my blackberry.

Here's my new, dark do. You can't see it in this picture, but it is stacked up in the back so it is more angled. I love it!

exciting week ahead!

2009-08-16T22:17:00.003-05:00

tomorrow i get my hair done. tuesday i'm getting my spray tan. wednesday i'm going to pack. thursday i'm going to VEGAS!!!!

August

2009-08-13T21:31:00.001-05:00

Hello! Boy, where has the time gone? It is pretty sad when I have to put a reminder in my phone to remind me to update the blog. I feel if you write a to-do list, you are more likely to make those things happen. In this case, I typed it in my Blackberry. Speaking of Blackberry. It's my new toy! Dave has always referred to it as crackberry because people love them so much and I can see why! I'm glad I made the switch from a measly camera phone to my Blackberry Tour. Thank you Verizon (not only for paying my husband's salary, but for my phone too)!

I'm just going to skip the past couple of months and jump right to August. August 3rd was the day I celebrated my 27th birthday! I could have sworn I was turning 28, but Dave reminded me that was just not the case. Turns out, he was right. I blame it on being a multi-tasking, always busy, memory loss mother of one! To celebrate my birthday week we planned on having a night out with friends. However, Lexi decided differently when she gave her mommy and daddy the stomach flu. It was just a 24-hour thing, but I was tired and knew no fun would be had with no energy. So, I postponed the plans to the following weekend (last Saturday). We had us some fun too! I'm glad I waited a week because I was 100% fun (or so I think). Here are pictures from the night out...

Paige, Andrea, Carly and I

Dave x 2

Back at our house - Jessica, Andrea and I

We ran into Andrea's brother, Michael, at Old Chicago. So I had the bright idea of arm wrestling him. I won!

The day of fell on a Monday, so my sweet husband brought me sushi and we ate in and hung out with Lexi. Afterwards, he sat through the Notebook and Pride and Prejudice without complaint! Also, as part of my birthday he is going to take me to The Time Traveler's Wife. I can't wait to see it! He also spoiled me with a gift certificate to Von Maur!

Now, let's get to the good stuff. Alexis. She is growing so fast! She loves to be the center of attention (which she usually is) and loves to make us laugh. I say this every time, but I really should write things down as I think of them because when it comes to typing it out, I forget! One of the things she did last night was taking my phone and holding it out in front of her and she said "smile! cheese!". Dave just looked at me and said yeah, you take a lot of pictures! Here is a little sample of said photo taking.

The Queen and her Princess

Inside a tornado simulator

We also have quite the talker, climber, musician, artist, and lots more! She remembers the songs she hears in tumble tots and sings "toe knee chest nut knows i love you" (tony chestnut) and some wiggle song. She loves to dance to Dave's type of music like The Who.

Probably the most frustrating thing going on now is her eating habits. She changes her mind constantly on what she finds acceptable to eat. She takes a few bites and is done. I don't get how she's not starving! This week she likes chicken noodle soup (actually, she just likes soups period), plum organics mish mash fruit, yogurt (she doesn't like yo baby anymore, she prefers yoplait's flavors), tortilla chips, salsa, shrimp scampi, and chicken (sometimes). I worry about her nutrition so I try to give her vitamins. Yeah right! The liquid is just disgusting and I would never take it, but I try to get her to and she doesn't, of course. She shivers it's so gross! I tried the gummy vitamins and she hates those too. The only thing I am able to get her to take is a probiotic. I mix it in with her yogurt. She hasn't lost weight, so I'm going to assume she is fine and this is just a phase like anything else. She is still a little girl though and is wearing 12 month clothes half the time.

Okay, that is all I have for now. I hope that catches us up a little bit. Talk to you in a couple of months! Just kidding!!! :)

Until next time,

happy aniversary and some other stuff

2009-08-13T08:37:00.000-05:00

UPDATE: Well, I found this in my "drafts" and I guess I never finished it or posted it. I really am slacking. I'm just going to post it even though it is not completely finished. But, I'm working on a new post for August, so stay tuned!

If I had planned ahead, I would have had a nice post on July 7th. Dave and I were married on 7/7/07 and it was such a great day! All of our closest friends were there. One of my bridesmaids, Jenn, even flew in from Las Vegas! Most importantly, my mom was there.

Two years have flown by fast. I'll never forget the very long engagement we had (a little over a year). Dave really liked the date, so we decided we'd wait and get married on the 7th of July. I remember finding out I was pregnant just a few months before the wedding. My first thought was "am I going to fit into my dress?". Thankfully, I did! It's amazing - Lexi just knew to hold back until after the big day because the day I got back from our honeymoon I could not fit into my regular clothes. I hadn't planned very well since this was my first pregnancy, so I had no maternity clothes come Monday for work. So I wore the only thing that worked - grey sweatpant gauchos! LOL! Just thinking of that day cracks me up. I looked like such a bum at work, but hey, it got me to work that day and I went shopping after work!

a whole bunch of randomness

2009-06-16T17:10:00.000-05:00

(Seriously, what is wrong w/ Blogger? All my paragraphs get mushed together and the spacing is all off! This happens way too often to me!!!)

Hi, I'm Ashley, and I'm a Facebook addict. I know I'm an addict because other things in my life are being punished for my addiction. One of which, my blog. Secondly, cleaning. That's about it. I love the applications on FB, such as, Farm Town and Bejeweled. Bejeweled is just downright wrong. You get one minute and that's it. The minute flies by so fast, but you keep going back for more. Soon, I look up at the clock and it is past 11 and I have been playing for almost 2 hours! What?! How does a minute long game turn into 2 hours worth of playing. You got me.

The other setback I seem to run into is when I sign into blogger. I realize that I'm way behind on reading other blogs, so I decide to do that first. Bad idea. By the time I'm done catching up, my attention has turned onto FB again. I also find it very difficult to update my blog when it has been forever because I don't know where to start. Then, the thought of uploading all these pictures that are already on FB makes me sleepy.

Let's start with this weekend. It's the most recent and then I can work my way back. Saturday was a fun filled day. Carly, Lexi and I went to the zoo to check out the tigers. We went in the morning and I couldn't have asked for better weather. We must have gone at a good time because we were able to see the tigers being fed and doing tricks. Then, the gorillas were feeling energetic and wrestled and chased each other around their compound. I've never seen so much action out of all the times I've been to the zoo.

They were just staring at each other!

The tiger exhibit is very cool!

Lexi picked out this tiger from the gift shop. He has velcro on his paws and she loves to wrap it around her body. I think this picture is adorable - her expression is cute.

One of Lexi's best buds, Riley, turned one Wednesday. Her birthday party was at Eastborough park Saturday afternoon. We were about 45 minutes late since Lexi was still sleeping till almost 4pm! The party was in full force and we got there just in time to see Riley finish her birthday cupcake. Sugar Sister's strawberry....yummy! I had never been to this park before, but it was so pretty! I wish I would have taken my camera. We will definitely have to go again to play. Lexi really enjoyed looking into the water and there were geese and ducks all over the place. She got a kick out of watching them too.

It was about time to go and I hear Lexi say "SHOE!". As I turn to look at her, I see something fall into the water. She had put her leg between the bars and when she pulled it back through, her shoe fell off. This was my favorite pair that she has. They are gold gladiator sandals - super cute! They also aren't sold in-stores anymore, so I was sad for a minute. Riley's family even had a fishing pole and attempted to get it out of the water, but it attracted the ducks and then they started poking at it like it was bread! Well, I got home and looked online just to see if they were available there. Yeah, you know what's coming next. Found them. Paid for them. Waiting for them.

This is not from Riley's birthday, but from the daycare BBQ the Sunday before. It was nice to meet all the parents and see our kids interact. Lexi and Riley liked the hoola hoops.

Dave worked all weekend, so we just decided to relax as much as possible today (Sunday - that's the day I started this darn post). She played in the Kid Zone at the Y for 45 min while I went to the kickboxing class, but other than that we've been home having fun together. We're doing a super job of leaving the television off and playing with toys and reading books. We've been making a valiant effort to leave the TV off more often. Even if it just our shows or the news as background. I know Lexi is a smart cookie and I have nothing to worry about, but I still do. She hands me the remote when the TV is off and starts singing songs from the cartoons she likes. It is cute, but I do not like that she watches TV that often to know these things.

Lexi's vocabulary is far better than I ever expected. I know I've mentioned this before, but I just cannot believe the things she has learned already! I cannot even remember half of the words she says now, but some just from today are broccoli, lettuce, noodles and strawberry. The other day she said watermelon and it was so cute! Oh, and chicken! She loves to say and eat chicken. It's adorable, she calls any meat chicken. I made french dip sandwiches the other night and gave her some of the roast. Of course, it is "hicken". She devoured it though. I've never seen her eat any table food so fast! She kept asking for more and ate half of my meat! Her favorite food is yogurt (and maybe roast now too) and she will go to the fridge and tell me she wants yogurt. She knows how to open packages and bottles now too. I learned that when she opened up the bottle of lotion and got it all over the carpet!

Monday morning I was naming off all the kids to Lexi that she was going to see at daycare. I forgot to mention Peyton, but before I could say it she said "and Peyton". My jaw dropped! How the heck does she remember all of that? She also does simple things like throwing stuff in the trash. The reason I mention that is when I told her to go throw it in the trash, Dave said "she doesn't know how to do that". So, what did you think she did? That's right, she walked right by him and threw it (piece of junk mail) in the trash! Take that daddy! :)

Oh, another thing, that just blew my mind. Wait, did you read my title? Randomness is the word of the day so that is why I'm jumping around like crazy. Please follow along. Saturday morning I get home from my working about 9am. As I'm getting out of my car, Dave is walking out of the house. He says he's on his way to get his allergy medicine at Dillon's. He looks in my car and asks where Lexi is. I said she should be with you?!?! She was playing so quietly in her crib still that he hadn't notice she was in there. He almost left the house with her at home by herself! Lexi usually gets up by 8, so I'm, once again, shocked!

Here's some more randomness with pictures.

This is the very last outfit I have left from my mom. It's an 18 month romper and it says duck duck on the front (w/ duckies) and on the back it says goose! I never realized before this, but I don't say the word grandma a whole lot. Both of Lexi's grandma's have passed on and when we talk about our mothers, we just refer to them as "mom". Well, I told Lexi who got her this outfit and she quickly responded with the word "grandma" for the first time. :)

The laundry bed

Loves hats! She picked this one out of her closet and ran around the house with it on. It went so well with her dress!

We are also getting our house ready to put on the market. We own a rental home too and we'll either continue renting or sell it. We haven't decided yet, but we are certain that we need a bigger house. We only have 2 bedrooms right now and we are quickly growing out of this house. We've already found the house we want, which is a total bummer since our house isn't on the market yet. It's pretty safe to say we won't be getting that house. Unless, it sits on the market awhile. Fingers crossed! If we don't get that house, I hope we can get one just like it! It is beautiful. Split bedroom floor plan (my favorite), 4 bedrooms, full finished basement w/ wet bar and lots of storage space AND 3 car garage! Dave cannot seem to part with his first wife (his sports car), so we have 3 cars since that one doesn't have a backseat. So, we definitely prefer 3 car garages.

I started my advanced photography class last night and it was a lot to take in. We learned about aperture, ISO, shutter speed and how to manually work our camera. He said automatic is no longer an option now! Scary!!! We have several assignments for next week and I feel confused at the moment. I'm sure it'll sink in more as I do some of the assignments. Crystal (mom of triplets) is taking the class with me, so it's nice to see a familiar face. I will be posting some of my work up to get everyone's opinion! Whenever possible, Lexi will be my subject. :)

I hope everyone has an excellent week despite the humidity and the 100 degree weather. Until next time!

Hello

2009-06-03T16:26:00.002-05:00

I know it's been awhile and I will make an attempt to actually finish one of my "drafts". Promise!!! For now, this is all I have and this is fine by me! :)

18 Months

2009-05-21T23:10:00.000-05:00

I'm a couple days late, but no one noticed, right?! Our little Alexis is 18 months old now! It sounds so much more grown up than 17 months old, doesn't it? The check up went way better than I could have imagined. First off, she is still in the less than 25th percentile for weight and height - 21.9 lbs and 30.5 inches tall. Her noggin is still large - >75th percentile - thank goodness for all that hair because it hides the noggin well. :) Her right ear had no fluid in it so that's great compared to the week before. Both tubes are still in there. Now, on to the good part - the shots. Why would the shots be the good part you might ask? Because my little lady didn't shed a tear! That's right folks! No crying, whimpering, or mean looks.

Lexi amazes me all the time whether it is not crying when she gets shots or the things she understands or her ever growing vocabulary. I'm reading a book called Toddler 411 and one thing it said was that "your toddler understands way more than you realize". It didn't really sink in until Lexi made a mess (what's new) and I told her to go pick it up. She turned around and picked up all the papers she knocked off the table and put them back. My jaw was on the floor. I usually just pick up after her because I never thought she would know how to do it. Where have I been? I must think she is still 6 months old or something. I need to retrain my way of thinking!

The vocabulary of Lexi is forever growing by the hour! Some of the newest words are diaper, Cheerio, Lexi, and she is very good at remembering what her stuffed animals are and the noises they make. One of the cutest things she does (I think) is walk backwards. It's the cutest thing to watch. Another cute thing, (yes, there is more) is she can do an almost somersault! Here's the proof!

Here's some pictures I took from Grandma Jo's (Andrea's mom) house. This was right before we left for OKC last Friday.

Kansas wind

Knocked her right over!

And here's some pictures of the Mommy and Daddy Wasser from our trip. We ate at Sushi Neko and then went to see The Lion King. The show was awesome and I wish I could have taken pictures. I got my camera in, but I saw several people getting talked to by the ushers for taking pictures, so I decided against it. Here are the few pictures we took in our hotel room and at the restaurant.

I feel pretty, very pretty! It was nice getting dressed up for a change!

Lobster shooters - lobster balls inside shot glasses with a curry sauce over them. Such a cool concept and they tasted great! Lots of calories were consumed this night!

Tempura - yummy!

Oh my goodness, I was in a sushi coma after this! I felt bad I couldn't finish it all, but I was just too stuffed! I couldn't take it with me either because we were going straight to the show. Oh well, we'll just have to go back again another time! The best was the Lifesaver roll in the middle. It was soo good! I'm hungry now!

Well, it's past 11 and I'm tired now. This post took way longer than it should. Blogger and/or my laptop is/are having issues. Lots of error messages and those never make me happy. Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! We don't have any plans, but I hope we think of something. I really want to take Lexi swimming, but I don't know where yet. We'll figure that out I guess. Anyway, goodnight!

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

2009-05-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

We're back! Dave and I went to Oklahoma City Friday to see The Lion King and it was AWESOME! Grandma Jo and Auntie Andrea helped out and took Lexi for the night. To be honest, our week was so rough that I wasn't even sure if we'd be able to go. I'll start from the beginning and work my way towards the weekend.

Sunday morning, aka Mother's Day, was supposed to be a fun-filled day for moi. Even though Dave had to work all day long, his co-worker offered to cover for an hour or two so he could have lunch with Lexi and me. Then, we were going to go by Grandma Jo's house to visit with their family. Lexi slept in till 9, which meant I got to sleep in too! Great day so far! The moment I walked into her room I smelled something awful. I thought she had messed through her diaper, but when I got closer I realized it was her green beans from the night before. Poor baby slept right in it without a peep! She won herself a ticket straight to the tub, so off we went. I got her all cleaned up and decided to give her water, instead of milk, and some Cheerio's. I realized that wasn't going to work about the time she threw it all back up on me. I won't go into all the details, but her temp got up to almost 104.

Monday morning rolled around and she didn't throw up and slept through the night. She only had about 100 degree fever and was just sleepy. Dave really wanted her to see the doctor just to be safe, so I took her in. The doctor thought it was just a little stomach virus and wasn't too concerned. She weighed 21.9 lbs! He did say that the tube in her right ear looks like it is starting to come out and that some fluid was in there. He gave her an antibiotic just to be safe. Her normal doctor was full that day, but we see her today for her 18 month check-up. I'll have her double check her ears again to make sure that fluid is gone.

I thought all was well, but then she threw up Monday night, a couple times Tuesday and Wednesday morning. At this point, I called and left a message for the doctor's nurse to let them know what's going on. I was a little worried because Lexi has never been this sick this long w/o improvement. They called out an anti-vomiting medicine to try and they still didn't seem concerned. They warned me this medicine would make her sleepy and boy were they right! I swear she was only awake a total of 4 hours Wednesday!

At this point, I was getting a little worried about if she was going to get better in time for us to make the trip to OKC. The tickets were non-refundable and cost us an arm and a leg and half of the other arm. Luckily, Thursday morning Lexi woke up a whole new lady! I could tell she felt so much better. I didn't give her the medicine because I wanted to see if she could go w/o it and not throw up. She did! Thursday was a success and she has felt fine since.

Lexi's new thing is picking her nose - of course, we had to get a picture!

Not sick yet!

Having fun outside

One of her many funny faces

Kissing Tacoma

Dandelion bouquet

This was about day 3 of her stomach virus. I had to bring her car seat inside to take apart since she threw up in my car. After it was washed, she thought it would make for a great living room chair. Even comes equipped with a cup holder! Who needs a Lazyboy? This smart cookie has also figured out how to buckle her seat belt on the car seat. Thank goodness she is not strong enough to unbuckle it!

Starting to feel a little bit better

Now that she's finally feeling better, I had to put her Mother's Day shirt on. Can you see all the teeth she has coming in? She has about 4 bottom teeth that have broken through and her canines are still coming through slowly, but surely.

Blogger has officially ticked me off! I spent a couple hours last night trying to upload more pictures. It kept giving me an error and then the pictures it did upload would not rearrange the way I wanted. I give up! I will try again tonight and I'll have Lexi's 18-month results too! Stay tuned!

Happy Mother's Day to Ashley!!!

2009-05-03T22:20:00.004-05:00

For all who know me, I cannot keep a surprise or wait to get my surprise. The day I have someone's birthday/Christmas/any other occasion gift, I can't wait to give it to them. It is near impossible for me to actually give someone their presents the day of. The same goes for receiving too. So, in true Ashley fashion, I have my Mother's Day gift from my loving husband. I didn't know which camera I wanted until I sought the advice from friends and professionals. So, I now have a Canon Rebel XSi and I heart it already! It came with a EFS55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens. I have no idea what half of that means, but it's a zoom lens. It's awesome!!! Check out the pictures I've taken so far.

The first picture we took - couldn't resist with that headband on

Bath time

Starting to figure out the camera a little bit more

Banana chip - taken with my awesome zoom lens!!!

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends

2009-05-01T11:08:00.003-05:00

I was turning the channel the other day and this show had just started. Lexi went crazy, she thought it was the best thing since Dora! So, I turned it on for her yesterday morning so I record her reaction. I have no idea where she got the idea to do that with her arms, but I think it's pretty adorable! Enjoy!

I wanted to also include this funny picture. Lexi thinks Tacoma is a table. She likes to put her crackers on top of her and then eat them one by one...if Tacoma sits still long enough. It's so funny to watch!

This is taking forever!

2009-04-29T20:20:00.001-05:00

So, you may have notice that I've been MIA for awhile. The times I am on the computer I've been on Facebook playing Mafia Wars or UNO. It's a sad thing to admit because my blog has suffered for it. Because of my "time off" from blogging that means I have lots of fun pictures to share! So, I won't waste your time by typing a bunch of stuff and will just give you visual aids.

Daddy teaching Daughter how to play some tunes. Her favorite - the Top Gun Anthem

Lexi chilling on her couch with the Stink

Exhibit A: Lexi needs a haircut

Lexi gets a haircut

Lexi doesn't like her haircut

Okay, so we didn't dare cut off any length, so she got a bang trim

Last week was so nice, so off to the park we went!

Figured out what dandelions do when you touch them

Stopping to smell the dandelions

Look! There's more over there!

And, she's off again!

Lexi's bangs were still getting in her eyes, so we took her in one more time and had them trimmed straight across.

Mom's going to get her!

Look close and you can see her canines coming in

Just being silly

My baby looks so grown up here!

Lexi has changed a lot in the past week or two. She only wants me all the time. She wants to sit in my lap or wants me to carry her around the house. She'll follow me around the house saying "up, up!" and if I don't pick her up she gets so upset. I do not always pick her up. Especially if I'm in the middle of cooking or doing laundry. Even when Dave's home she gets very upset when I leave the house without her. Is this all normal for an almost 18-month old? Another thing that she's doing that is just about to drive me nutso is she is showing some signs of those pesky terrible two's, ALREADY! If she doesn't get her way, she is not a happy camper. She'll scream NOOO very loud and try to hit us. When we tell her to be nice and not to hit, etc. she starts crying. I try to ignore her, but it's very hard. Last night, I took her to the WSU baseball game and she really wanted to play on the stairs of the stadium. I let her walk up and down them once. Then, we sat down and she wasn't having that. She arched her back and screamed NO! These kind of things are making me rethink trying to travel on an airplane with her! Any advice ladies?

As for me, I'm still enjoying life and being home more with Lexi. Even if she acts possessed a fourth of the time. I'm a Make-A-Wish Wish Granter and I meet my first wish child this week. I cannot go into detail, but I am looking forward to making a wish come true for her. River Run is coming up for all you Wichitans! Hope to see you all out there running the 10k or 2 mile. I, myself, will be running the 2 miles. Also coming up is the Lion King! It's touring through Oklahoma City, so Dave and I are going to see it in mid-May. Grandma JO and Aunt Andrea are going to watch Lexi for the night, so Dave and I can make a quick one night trip down there. I've always wanted to see the show on Broadway, but have never made it out to NYC. Luckily, it came to the midwest!

I hope you all enjoy the plethora of pictures I posted. I have a ton more, but I figured I'd spare you all! I'll do my best not to be gone for so long. Hope everyone is having a great week. Until next time!

Grand Opening!!!

2009-04-28T15:01:00.002-05:00

A good friend of mine is venturing out into the entrepreneur world and I wish her the best!!! If you live in Wichita and like to get manicures and/or pedicures, you must stop by sometime! Fresh Spa Market has something that no other spa has - a blending bar! You can custom scent your own lotions to be used for your mani & pedi. You can also make all kinds of great products to take home with you!

Grand opening is tomorrow! Call to make an appointment or just stop by!

TGIHF - HAPPY FRIDAY

2009-04-17T14:55:00.002-05:00

Yay for Friday! Time has been flying by for me and I've been majorly slacking on blog posts. Forgive me!

I got super-duper excited when I saw on April 15th Allegiant Air had 15 one-way tickets to LA. So, I spent a good portion of my day trying to purchase tickets. The site was so bogged down by traffic that it literally took me 5 hours to finally get to the "purchase tickets" page. I didn't realize Allegiant charges you a fee for every little thing. So two tickets (since Lexi is free still) round-trip to LA went from $60 to almost $250. So, needless to say, I was angry at myself for wasting so much of my life trying to get tickets. We're still going to make the trip out to Vegas to see my friend, Jenn, and her family. I hope we can afford it and we can figure out a good time to go. I'm thinking August or September. Dave is far from excited about flying w/ Lexi, but I keep telling him we have to try it someday.
I'm going to The Fray concert and the NKOTB concert in July!
Tomorrow is Tumble Tots and I'm probably looking forward to it more than Lexi! I love doing new things with Lexi and getting her out of the house to try new things.
I am now CPR certified!

That's all I have for now! Until next time!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T22:47:00.000-05:00

Today was such a fun day. I don't have much to say because I think the pictures tell the story well. Hope everyone had a great Easter with family and friends.

Started off the morning super happy - that's never a bad thing!

Daddy helping Lexi with her shoes

All ready to go!

Monkey + Dora cup = One VERY happy girl!

Hello!

Very unusual these days - a picture of Mommy & Daddy together

Mommy and her bean (with food in her mouth)

Grandma Jo and her mother (Andrea's Grandma)

Lexi and her Grandma Jo

Andrea and I

Silly girl

Waiting patiently for her eggs. No egg hunt because of the weather. This worked out well though because Lexi probably wouldn't have found any eggs if we had an egg hunt.

Hmm, what's in my basket (that basket is actually my Easter basket so it's pretty old!)

She spotted Daddy taking pictures across the room

Oh yes, there was chocolate and I have proof!

Time to go home!

Tumble Tots and some other stuff

2009-04-11T18:56:00.000-05:00

Today marks the second Tumble Tots class that we've completed. Last Saturday (the first class), Lexi had fun, but you could tell she wasn't completely warmed up to what was going on. She was in a new environment and wasn't sure what to make of all the gymnastics equipment. Today, was a completely different story. She was excited from the moment we got there. The class starts with singing and dancing. Then, we have free time to explore and play on all the equipment. Lexi was screeching with joy while we sang songs and was quick to run around and check everything out. Dave couldn't make the first class, but was able to join us today. We were able to get a few more pictures because of this.

First Tumble Tots class

Pretty excited!

Second class - going up the steps

Meeting mommy on the other side

Harper - our friend's 19-month old is enrolled in Tumble Tots too!

Harper wasn't too sure of Lexi!

I promise she is smiling, not crying

Kinda jumping on the trampoline

Are you wondering why these pictures look weird? You probably weren't, but I noticed. Lexi got a hold of my camera and scratched the lens. Guess that means I need to get a SLR sooner rather than later! I'm not sure what kind to get though...I can't remember which ones all of you have. Can you remind me? I'm putting it on the top of my list for Mother's Day! :)

What does everyone have planned for Easter? Today is a such a beautiful day. I hope tomorrow is just like today, but I heard it might rain. I really hope it doesn't! We are going to spend the day with Andrea and Grandma Jo and all of their family. There are going to be kids galore and of course, a huge egg hunt! I don't know what we will do if it rains. Lexi has been playing with her plastic eggs and carrying around her Easter basket all week. I think she is ready! I hope to capture lots of special moments, even with the scratch.

Here are some random other stuff from the past week.

All snuggled up on her Dora couch with her favorite toy - a real phone

Almost fits in mommy's t-shirt

I almost forgot to mention that Lexi has her canine teeth coming in! I've felt bumps for months now, but yesterday I noticed two white sharp spots. She's getting so big, so fast! She learns new things all the time. I need to start writing everything down so I can put it in my posts (I know I've said that before - I'm a broken record). Some of the things that just come to mind are saying new words. If I ask her to say something out of the blue, like today, I asked her to say Harper. She said it after one try! Her cutest word right now is banana. She says a-ma-na-na.

Not all the new things she has learned are good. She won't leave the TV and surround sound buttons alone. She knows how to open DVD cases and take the discs out. She knows how to open the disc player on my laptop and play with the little things inside it. She knows how to open the wipes case and pull out every single wipe. She used to be nice to the cat and dog, but now she thinks it is so fun to hit them and pull their tails. They are so good that they meow and yelp, but never try to hurt her. She's lucky, so far! She loves to pull our glasses off our faces and anyone else who is within arms reach. It's funny, I have no problem remembering all the things she does to test me!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. Until next time!

P.S. Blogger is killing me! I don't get why sometimes my paragraphs work and other times it mushes it altogether. It annoys me so much!

Happy Friday

2009-04-03T13:30:00.000-05:00

It's not exactly a Happy Friday when you're sick, but I'll play along. Remember last week when Lexi had all that drainage? Well that drainage was passed on to me. Get this though. I got it worse than she did! How's that?! I must take that much better care of my daughter! I went to the doctor today because I realized I wasn't getting better after I woke up at 3 am with a fever and the lovely chills that usually comes with. I made it to the doctor today and I have a sinus infection. Something simple and easy to get over with so I'm happy! See, it can go into my Happy Friday post. :)

Lexi makes me happy. Every single day she does something out of the blue and it just cracks me up. For example, yesterday she took a wet wipe and "cleaned" the furniture and tables with it. She was cleaning for at least an hour with that thing.
I'm very excited to start Tumble Tots tomorrow. I sure hope Lexi has a great time!
Sunless spray tanning by a professional is freaking awesome! It's my newest, favorite thing to do.
I had 3 coupons to use at Carter's, so I had a total of $115, but after coupons I only spent $70. I was pretty happy with that and now, Lexi has even more clothes! Just what she needed! :)

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Until next time!

April Fool's Day!!!

2009-04-01T18:56:00.000-05:00

Can you believe it is April already? Eight more months and the year will almost be over with! I can't believe Lexi is going to be two this year! Craziness! I'm starting to feel the pressure of the second child. Are we going to do it? Do we feel now is a good time? Do I want to have a baby right now? My mind changes back and forth every single day. I also know I want another girl IF I were to get pregnant again. However, that is never a guarantee. Knowing my luck, it would probably end up being a boy, which would be okay too. The reason I want a girl so bad is because we already know what we would name her.

I also cannot believe Easter is almost here! I took Lexi to get her Easter pictures on Monday. They turned out really good! She was very happy and even allowed me to pick the pictures I wanted. It was just the two of us and we were there over an hour so I figured she'd get restless. She entertained herself by walking herself into the studio and coming out with her arms full of stuffed animals that they use as props. It was so cute! Here are some of the pictures from the shoot.

Well, I'm sorry to cut it short. I've been doing that a lot lately, but I wanted to post this on April Fool's Day and I've got a busy night ahead of me. I'll post more later this week (have you heard that before?)!

I do have to give a birthday shout out. Today is Annison's 5th birthday! Her and her little sister, Lilly, have the easiest days for me to remember. Lilly's birthday is the same day as mine and of course, Annison's, is on April 1st. Who can forget that? Their mom, Jenn, is one of my closest friends even though we live several states away. Check out her blog here.

Oh! I almost forgot to mention that Lexi starts Tumble Tots (gymnastics) this Saturday morning! It is only for four Saturdays, but I think it will be fun and she'll have a great time. I'll try to get some pictures!

Hope everyone is having a great week! Until next time!

i heart faces - Week 12 - Pout & Pet

2009-03-31T11:37:00.004-05:00

This weeks i heart faces challenge is the best pout face for kids and the "anything goes" for pets. This picture just cracks me up. So, Lexi wasn't exactly pouting in this picture, but it could pass as a pout! :) Either way, I think it is adorable and definitely shows her personality!

This is Dave's pet at work. His name is Jimmy the Squirrel. He is blind in one eye, but that doesn't stop him from eating everything in sight! Some of his favorites include, but are not limited to, donuts, crackers and as you can see here, pizza!

Snowy Saturday

2009-03-28T22:34:00.000-05:00

What is going on with this weather? I just heard on the news that west of Pratt got 28 inches of snow! Holy cow!!! I think we got about 2 inches, but it is over 2 more inches of sleet and it is still snowing. I just looked outside and there are some huge flakes! (It's not snowing now, but it was when I first started typing this morning) Is the world coming to an end? You have to admit it is weird that February was nicer than March!

The whole week I've caught myself thinking "oh I need to blog about that" and then I forget. I need to write it down to or text it to myself. After I blogged about Happy Friday, I realized there were so many more things I could have mentioned! For example, I bought a new cookbook, Hungry Girl, that has great recipes for normal everyday meals. The meals are just tweaked a bit to make them lower in calories and fat. Last night, I made my first Hungry Girl meal - rockin' roasted shrimp & asparagus corn chowder. I loved it!!! Now, things I usually love to eat, Dave doesn't, but this one has his stamp of approval. I waited till after he tasted it to tell him it was healthy. He said it was one of the best things I've ever made! If anyone wants the recipe, just email me! There is only 180 calories in 1 1/2 cups! This afternoon I also made a great BLT with turkey bacon and for dinner chicken strips. Both of which were taken from Hungry Girl. The breading on the chicken is something you'd never guess - Fiber One Original cereal blended to a fine grain. I received a Magic Bullet as a wedding gift and this is the second time ever using it.

You might be wondering what's new with Lexi, so I'll go ahead and answer that. She is growing up so fast! She learns new words daily and understands things I never would've thought she would. For instance, she took her pajamas out into the living room and I asked her to go get her pajamas and bring them to mommy. She turned around, picked both of them up and brought them to me!

I think she's starting to feel better!

She loves her "menke" (monkey)

I don't think Lexi will ever let me put the mirror back up on the wall

Not only do we have a Pocket Edward, we have a Pocket Dave! This was his bobble head lookalike Christmas gift. Lexi also tried to eat him.

Lexi was jumping up and down and this is how I captured the picture. I think it is a little creepy looking!

Okay, I know I had a lot more to blog about, but I'm so tired! I'm going to have to call it a night and I'll do my best to get more done tomorrow. Until next time!

Happy Friday!

2009-03-27T11:40:00.005-05:00

I completely missed a Thousand Words Thursday, but at least I'm here for Happy Friday! Boy, what a Happy Friday it is!

Thanks to Lauren, I discovered Pocket Edward! I had to get my very own Pocket Edward and that I did. I purchased him last night and realized more why I like him so much. His birthday is June 20, 1901. Do you know who else shares their birthday on this day (different year of course)? Dave and Andrea! My two best buddies (one of which is my husband). August 3rd (me) and June 20th (them) go very well together. So, I get Pocket Edward home and get him out of his plastic box and introduce him to Lexi. I'm getting the feeling that she might need one of her very own.
I was able to work out every single day this week! Woohoo!!!

Lexi kisses Edward

Lexi tries to eat Edward

Lexi puts on a funny face and allows Edward to kiss her

Mommy has to pose with Edward, at least once!

So, that's all I got! I'm trying to post this before Lexi wakes up and I still need to shower from the sweatfest aka cycle class at the Y. Lexi got sick yesterday and didn't sleep too well last night. She's really stopped up and it makes it hard for her to sleep. She seems to be a little bit better today, so I'm just going to keep her at home and skip the doctor's office. I don't think it is anything infectious, so I doubt there is anything the doctor could do. Noob Mommy isn't feeling well either, so I hope the Pocket Edward pictures cheer her up!

I have some cute pictures and video to post, but I'll do that this weekend. Dave is off this weekend so I should have some more time to myself and my blog! If you're in town, enjoy this weather - NOT! Until next time!

I Heart Faces - No Flash

2009-03-24T19:18:00.003-05:00

This is my very first time doing this, but it looked like fun. Thanks TuTu for recommending it.

The theme at I Heart Faces this week is either a kid or adult picture taken with no flash. This is the most recent picture I have of Alexis taken w/o a flash and I just love it.

Happy Birthday Mom

2009-03-21T07:51:00.000-05:00

Today would mark my Mom's 62nd birthday! If she were here right now, I'd ask her what sounded good for her birthday dinner. She would respond with "Whatever sounds good to you girls" or "I can cook something". My Mom never thought about what she wanted. She was such a selfless person with strong Christian beliefs.

Even in her lowest times, I never saw her sad or heard her speak bad things about people. Fourteen years ago she became a single mom, raising 2 out of her 3 girls, when her husband divorced her for another woman. It wasn't until I was older that I realized what a hardship she went through raising my younger sister and myself on a secretary's income. She never had it easy and I was hoping one day I could return the favor and take care of her. I was never able to do that for her, but she did spend the last 6 months of her life with Alexis and that just lit up her life. She never went more than one day without seeing her! For that, I am glad.

I am fortunate to have known such a great woman. She was my rock and I was hers. She gave me confidence in myself and always told me how proud of me she was. But she is the one I am proud of.

The very first time meeting my Mom. I arrived from Seoul, South Korea and flew all the way to Kansas at 8 months old.

Easter 1985

Celebrating Dave's 29th Birthday - June 2006

My wedding day - July 7, 2007

First night home with Alexis

Christmas 2007

Johnson Christmas Reunion - 2007

Mom lit up whenever Lexi was around

Mom, I'll see you again someday. I love you and miss you every single day. I tell Alexis all about you, so hopefully she will feel like she knew you. Please watch over her. Happy Birthday!

Happy Friday

2009-03-20T12:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! Here are my happy moments of the week:

I bought a Wii and Wii Fit and LOVE them both!!! I also love Wii Sports - tennis is my favorite. Boxing Dave was also fun!
I haven't had chocolate in such a long time, but I could not resist the pretty Easter candy at the store. The m&m's are too cute not to purchase! They have cute Easter colors and little chicks printed on them. I wasn't going to buy any until I saw the almond m&m's! I love almonds! I love almond m&m's! My world is a happy place! I have to eat them in extreme moderation because they are soo bad for me and I don't feel like working out even more than I do just because of those cute m&m's.
I'm starting to see definition in my abs!!! This makes me REALLY happy! I'm still trying so hard to tone my lower abs and obliques. Having a baby definitely made it looser and jiggly! I'm slowly getting there. Let's just hope I don't get knocked up as soon as I get there.
TWILIGHT is released tomorrow! This makes me VERY happy! I saw a little sneak peek of the deleted scenes and bonus stuff on the disc and I can't wait to see those.
Target finally got the Dole salad I crave! They were out for about a week because Dole shorted them and they got some in today. The Asian Crunch salad is awesome and I could eat it all day and night. Actually I'm eating a whole bag for lunch. Is that bad?! :)

Stay tuned for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a very special day and I have a very special post to honor that day. It is the least I can do. Happy Friday!

A Thousand Words Thursday - My Beautiful Alexis

2009-03-19T11:19:00.006-05:00

I found this blog through Noob Mommy and thought I'd join in for A Thousand Words Thursday!

This was Alexis and I's first face-to-face encounter. As you can imagine, this picture speaks volumes for me and I'll never forget this day. My wedding and her birth are the most memorable moments of my life so far!

Happy Thursday everyone! Until next time!

Beware of Hand Sanitizer!!!

2009-03-10T13:00:00.002-05:00

A friend of mine e-mailed me this story about a 4-year-old that went to the ER because she got alcohol poisoning from hand sanitizer! I checked snopes.com and it is true! Purell has 62% alcohol and even just an ounce or two could be fatal to a toddler! Lexi likes to play with the little Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer bottles. I'm not going to let her do that ever again!

Calling All Mothers Again!

2009-03-09T11:06:00.006-05:00

Lexi has this new obsession of gagging herself! My little girl already has an eating disorder! She sticks her fingers in her mouth until she gags, then she smiles. I hold her arms down until she stops doing it and moves on to something else. Yesterday, we didn't catch her in time and she actually threw up some! What is that all about? Why would she think that is fun to do?

On a more fun note, my good friend Erin made me a March desktop. I LOVE IT!!! Thanks Erin!

Here are some cute pictures from the weekend. Lexi and I had fun in front of the mirror making faces!

Our Home Alone faces!

Lexi and Daddy - I think he's harder to get to smile then Lexi!

That's all for now!

Say Cheese!

2009-03-07T11:31:00.004-06:00

I am a very camera happy person. I really want a SLR camera so I can be even more camera happy, but in a cool professional photographer looking way. If I ever get that camera, I'm definitely going to take a photography class. I think it would be so much fun! Anyway, enough about my wish list.

Yesterday, Lexi and I went to the park and had a great time! I didn't even think about putting shoes on her. What kind of mom am I? I just figured she'd be in the stroller the whole time and wouldn't need them. As you can tell, she did. Oh well, she had socks!

Getting ready to go and she wasn't too happy! I think she was just ready to get out of the house.

This is one of the looks she gives me. It is so funny!

Swing time!

This one is my favorite!

Walking around and exploring

As you can see, she had fun! On nice days, I'm going to try to take her to the park or to the Y to swim. Now that she is walking, I can enroll her for the toddler gymnastic class at the Y. I'm excited to do that. I think it starts in April.

Lexi and her Mo Ma (Tacoma)

Here is a picture of the painted living room. Please ignore the mess!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday - Updated

2009-03-06T12:37:00.001-06:00

In case you haven't realized, it is Friday! I am going to try to keep up with Happy Friday since I have more time at home. I got this idea courtesy of Noob Mommy, who has a great blog and I recommend checking it out. She has a super cute Noob Baby too!

Here are a few of my happy moments this week:

The living room is officially painted and the wood blinds are on order! The house looks so much different with just paint on the walls. I am so happy it works perfect with our furniture and window treatments.
I successfully negotiated a reasonable price for our roof replacement. Originally, we got estimates ranging from 6500-9500!!! I was not happy with any of those estimates, so I used my negotiating skills and got it down to 4200! Depending on if it needs to be completely redecked then it might go up to 5100, but that is the highest it will go. I'm still satisfied with that.
Lexi is talking more and more. One of my old co-worker's daughter, Riley, goes to the same daycare. Lexi goes one to two days a week so I can work on the house. On Wednesday when I picked her up, she was saying Riley! It's so cute, she says Ri Ri. When she says Tacoma (our dog), it sounds like Mo Ma. She says many other words and it's so exciting!
Lexi is a walking champ now! She stands up from a sitting position and walks around 95% of the time. She even runs when we chase her. I love it! She looks so cute walking around with her fists up like she's a boxer.
Dave and I went w/ our friends, the Singhs, to see Slumdog Millionaire. We wanted to see it after we saw it sweep through the Oscars. I see why it won so many - it was a great movie!!! I highly recommend it! It was nice to have a little time out of the house, thanks Carly for watching Lexi for us.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the weather! Yesterday, it was about 85 degrees, so I spent half the day outside trying to get a tan and painting the porch. The cycle circuit classes are paying off because I didn't feel like a complete fatty! Today, it is suppposed to be super nice out again so Lexi and I are going for a walk in the park where I'll further work on my tan and she will wear 50 proof, just in case.

Update: I forgot I had a cute video to post. Here is Lexi walking around w/ her cup. She just holds it w/ her teeth when she needs both hands. It's so cute!

Well, that sums up my happy moments for the week. I hope you all have a Happy Friday!!!

The Hot Dog Theory

2009-03-03T22:25:00.005-06:00

Jillian has been my favorite since the premiere of the Bachelor. She seems very genuine and a great friend. Part of the reason she stood out was because of her Hot Dog Theory. A guy can pick one topping for his hot dog and it is supposed to reveal a lot about him.

Ketchup - good, All-American guy who probably is not a huge risk-taker.
Sauerkraut - bad boy all women think they want
Onion - this guy will never marry
Mustard - the guy that all women will ultimately want to marry

Jason chose mustard, which you could tell made Jillian happy. He may be a guy women want to marry, but he definitely is no different then most men. Indecisive and wanting what he doesn't have.

I just finished watching the 2nd show of the finale where they had Molly and Jason back to talk about their relationship. Jason mentioned that Molly is his best friend and it's great. If I'm not mistaken, Jason let Jillian go because she was the ultimate best friend. I'm sure there was much more to their conversation, but due to lots of editing that is the point abc was trying to make. I have great news though! I no longer am mad at Jason because Jillian is going to be the new Bachelorette!!! That announcement made my night and I can't wait for it to air.

Now, onto more important things. Since I posted last the weather got cold and we haven't been outside since! I think Lexi is so tired of being indoors and I don't blame her. It is supposed to be almost 80 degrees Thursday so I can't wait to enjoy that! Saturday night, my friend, Carly, came over along with Andrea. Carly was going to make her famous enchiladas and we were planning a movie night. The enchiladas were fantastic! Best I've ever had! Are you thinking you'd like to have the recipe? Well here it is:

1 lb ground beef - browned and drained (can also use chicken w/ rotisserie chicken from deli)
1 large bag of shredded cheddar cheese
1 onion diced
1 large can of tomato juice
1 pkg chili seasoning
1 pkg fajita size flour tortillas (at least 20)
1 pkg bacon

Mix chili seasoning and tomato juice in large soup pot and heat till just warm and remove from heat. While tomato juice is cooking, fry entire package of bacon and save all the grease. Place 3-4 tortillas in tomato juice to soften and coat with sauce, fill with beef, cheese and onion, roll and fry in bacon grease. Fry on both sides until crispy. You can also make chicken/cheese/onion, cheese/onion, etc. Keep adding grease until all are fried. Keep fried enchiladas warm in oven until all are fried.

When I first heard of this recipe I thought "bacon grease"??? I also thought no way are these going to be good, but Carly proved me wrong. They were delicious! Definitely not on my diet, but no worries, I worked my butt off in cycle circuit and running to make up for it! I think Carly said they are only 5-6 points (Weight Watchers) per enchilada. I hope you will give them a shot and let me know what you think! I prefer the beef/cheese and the cheese/onion enchiladas the best.

Painting has been a slow process because Lexi is down to taking one nap a day. It ranges from about 1 1/2 - 2 hours and really doesn't allow me to get much done. She goes to daycare twice a week so I plan on getting as much painting done as possible!

In a couple of weeks I'm going to start helping a friend with his insurance agency. It'll only be a couple days a week, but it will be great to get out of the house and do something and I'll be helping a friend out. This may lead to something full-time and permanent, but we will see how much help he needs.

I know I had more to blog about, but I'm sleepy and I need my energy for painting and cycling tomorrow! Until next time!

Panda Butt and Belly Button!

2009-03-01T21:31:00.009-06:00

How's that for a title? I have a lot of things I want to blog about, but I'm too tired! I'll get to that tomorrow or Wednesday, I promise! For now, I just have some cute pictures and video. If you're wondering why the mirror is on the floor that is because I've started painting!!!

Checking our Powerball numbers
Just having a good time! She's really starting to look older to me!

Panda butt!

Lounging on her couch with the cat

Giving the cat some love!

Belly Button!

Hope everyone had a good Monday! I did until I wasted 3 hours of my life on the Bachelor! What a load of crap! Oh well, I'll save that for my long post of stuff I want to blog about. Until next time!

Like Mother Like Daughter

2009-02-28T12:08:00.004-06:00

Awhile ago I had a "Like Father Like Daughter" picture, but now as Alexis is getting older I think she is starting to look more like me. What do you think?

First Time at the Zoo!

2009-02-24T21:49:00.004-06:00

Today was such a beautiful day that Dave and I took Lexi to the zoo. She loved it! I kept hearing these screeches of excitement and saw her bouncing in her stroller. I think she liked the penguins and the flamingos the very best.

Entering the zoo and already excited to be there!

The flamingos just happened to match her outfit

Checking out the penguins

I think her expression says it all!

We caught a squirrel eating out of the trash can

Baby Giraffe

Hungry Elephant

Lazy Lions

Life has been great and we have Lexi to thank for that. She brings us so much joy and laughter. She is walking like crazy! I've managed to capture one short clip of her walking. Her Aunt Andrea taught her how to body slam her baby chick and you'll catch her doing that here in a second. First, here are some pictures of her loving her Dora couch (even though she's starting to outgrow the show). I also got all her hair pulled up in a ponytail finally!

"Sorry guys, Daddy says I can't date till I'm 30!"

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Until next time!

Projects

2009-02-19T21:14:00.006-06:00

I've never been one to sit around and do nothing, so during the week and a half I've been off I've already started a list in my head. Dave and I plan on putting our house on the market this year, preferably by summer. I figure now is as good as time as any for us to get the house ready. I plan on contributing as much as possible while I'm off work.

I'm not sure if this will help sell the house or if this is just something to make me feel better, but I wanted to fix up Lexi's room. Since she was born her room has also been our office. My computer desk takes up a lot of room because it's a L-shaped desk. Because the desk is in there everything looks so cluttered. Things just naturally pile up on the desk and all her toys are in our living/dining room. I have a laptop so I rarely use the desk for what it was intended for. I figured it was time for it to come down. It took me a couple of days to get every thing boxed up and the desk cleaned off, but it is done and I dismantled the desk today! It looks so much better already! If Lexi wasn't sleeping right now I'd take some pictures. Her toy box, exersaucer and laugh and learn table are all in there now AND it doesn't look cluttered!

Next on my list is to paint. Our walls look like a mental ward - all white! The trim, the walls, the doors....white, white, white! I completed the first step today, which is buying painter's tape. Next, I need to decide which rooms I want to paint first and what color. I might just start with Lexi's room since I've already started rearranging things. I sure hope I don't lose my motivation because I hate painting! It's not the painting itself that bothers me, it is the cleaning of the brushes, taping every thing off and covering furniture.

I'd also like to at least replace the carpet in Lexi's room because it's really old! IF we can afford it I want to replace all the carpet at once. We are also getting a new roof as soon as we get some estimates. I've called around to about 5 places, but no one has come out yet. I have a whole lot more on my list, but we'll probably run out of money before I can get half way through it.

AND, of course, I have some pictures from this week!

Lexi likes to climb, so what better to climb on then the table at the doctor's office

The cat got his head stuck around the handle of this bag. It took him forever to get it off, but it provided me with quite the laugh!

First time coloring! She loved it...I wrote her name and traced her hand, but the rest is all Lexi!

I took this picture because I thought Lexi looked like such a grown up here. She looks tall!

She loves to play with the straw on her cups. This is what happens when she does! I'd like to also add that this should explain why I have dried milk on all my furniture!

And another one!

That's all I have for now! Until next time!

15 Month Checkup

2009-02-17T16:40:00.003-06:00

It is 2 days before Lexi's official 15 month birthday, but here are her stats:

29 1/2 inches long = <25th percentile
21 lbs 3 oz (w/ clothes) = <25th percentile
18 1/2 in head circumference = 75th percentile

They told us to keep her clothes while weighing her. This is a first for us. I wonder if they do that now that she's over a year old. Dave figured she weighed 50 lbs by now since she just feels so heavy when you carry her around. She's still very petite! I would've never guessed she was going to be so little since she had rolls upon rolls when she was a baby. I think it was her 4 month checkup that she was in the 80% on weight. She had rolls on her wrists and thighs - it was so cute!

Today, she got 2 shots. The varicella (chicken pox) and the last of the HIB. She just has one more Dtap at 18 months old and she's done till kindergarten. That is hard for me to believe! She is growing up so fast! As usual, she took the shots like a champ and even laughed at the nurses right after they stuck her! Crazy girl!

If you haven't already, don't forget to check out the previous posts. I've been blogging a lot more than usual so there is one from earlier today.

Until next time!

This is what happens when someone is laid off

2009-02-17T10:46:00.003-06:00

They post A LOT! Last week was quite the adjustment for me, but just like Dave said, I would quickly enjoy being home. He was so right! Lexi is at the perfect age to interact with and I really enjoy being home with her more. It is also nice to see Dave more. He has days off during the week and I usually worked on those days, but now I get to hang out with him and my bean! I finally feel like we're a family. It's silly, but I just didn't feel like we were before because he would work when I was home with Lexi and vice versa. I'd feel like a single mom since he was never home when I was. Now, it's completely different! Him and I actually get along better! We're doing the 40 day Love Dare too, so that probably helps.

I just caught this on video and had to post it! I picked up the camera and for the very first time I just said "Lexi, can you say I don't know?" and she did! Right on queue for once! As you'll see she quickly gave up on me.

Have a Happy Tuesday!

Who Does That???

2009-02-16T21:58:00.000-06:00

Who watches The Bachelor? Spoiler alert coming if you haven't watched it. Who sends Jillian home? She was the strongest and most mature person out of the three girls. How can she have too much going for her? Does her success and maturity scare him? What a load!

Okay, I'm done venting. I'm not even excited to watch the finale now. The only way Jason can be good with me again is if he changes his mind and proposes to Jillian!

On a more fun note, I have pictures!!! Sorry, no video yet. See previous post for what I'm talking about.

Lexi's crazy hair

Not a video, but she is walking towards me!

I can just see this girl being the class clown

Tomorrow is Lexi's 15 month check-up a couple days early, so I'll have more tomorrow! Have a good night!

Breaking News!!!

2009-02-16T15:40:00.000-06:00

Lexi is walking! I don't know if I should count it or not because she doesn't stand from a sitting position. She stands against something then walks across the room. I'm going to try to catch it on video ASAP!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T23:28:00.000-06:00

This Valentine's has been a lot of fun. Friday, I ordered a "Kissed by Cupid" from the YMCA. You have the choice between a male or female cupid to visit someone and they'll give them a kiss and a Happy Valentine's Day message. I decided to send a male cupid to Andrea and a female to Dave, both at work. Dave wasn't able to get pictures, but Andrea did! I also sent Connie's Cookies to Dave with the understanding that he'd save me some too! Those have to be the best cookies I've ever had! I got a mix between frosted sugar, peanut butter and chocolate chocolate chip.

Andrea and Cupid

Dave got me a Keurig coffee maker which I've already made good use out of. I love it!!! Lexi and I received a nice delivery today too. A dozen roses for me and carnations for Lexi! We also surprised Lexi with a large stuffed animal. I think it's supposed to be a baby chick.

Mommy and Daughter flowers

Excited to check out her present

Giving him a kiss

This picture just shows a little of Lexi's personality. She does this thing where she will look at you out of the corner of her eye. It's really cute if you ask me!

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Oh and guess what? Lexi has started walking across the room w/o being provoked! I turned around today and she was walking towards a toy. I think she's determined to walk before her 15 month check-up next week. She overheard me asking Dave if the doctor would think it was normal that she was not walking yet.

It's blurry, but it says Mommy and I LOVE to shop

Holding her squirrel and looking out the window. It's one of her favorite things to do.

For dinner tonight I made something new - french dip sandwiches. I found the recipe online and it had great reviews, so I decided to try it. They were SO good! Turned out to be a great Valentine's dinner because Dave and Lexi really liked them.

Tomorrow, Andrea is coming over so Dave and I can go on a date. The plan is to eat at Luciano's and then see a movie. We still haven't decided which movie to see yet. I can't talk Dave into seeing Confessions of a Shopaholic, so my next choice is Gran Turino or The Reader.

What a face she's making!

Here are some pictures from the Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Me, Polly and Andrea

Andrea gearing up

The cutest puppy at the Plunge...he was so tiny!

Polly preparing to be carried out to the water...

And in she went!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Until next time!

I'm a Stay at Home Mommy!

2009-02-09T23:09:00.002-06:00

Since my last post I talked about how Lexi is starting to walk. Nothing has changed there. She is still trying to walk, but she won't walk to just anyone and if there is something she wants NOW, she will crawl. It is so cute when she walks because she puts her arms up and looks like a chimp. She stands up all the time on her own and just pats her belly. I know when she wants to walk she will definitely do it. She'll probably run around everywhere instead of walking, if she's anything like me.

I've also got some sad news. I was laid off Friday from Hawker Beechcraft. This was the second round of layoffs and it affected 2300 employees. My outlook on the layoffs since the first round started last year was that if it was going to happen, it was going to happen and I couldn't change that. Well, it happened! It's crazy to think that I don't have to go to work this week. I have a lot of friends at HBC, so that is what I'm going to miss the most. I've already applied at several places. I know I could take the route of taking my severance and unemployment and not working for several several months, but that's just not me. I go stir crazy being home too long. I will enjoy hanging out with my bean more often and enjoying Dave's day off (Tuesday) with him. We've already talked about going to the cry room during the day with Lexi or taking her to the Y to swim. So, until I have a job I'll definitely look forward to those moments.

Her new bathing suit (and yes that is dried milk on the chair)

Even though I won't be at work and motivated by my teammates, I'm not going to let this distract me from my work outs! I did slip Friday and Saturday...I ate like crap and skipped my work out Saturday. I got back into the gym today and started week 5 of my 5k training. Instead of following the training schedule I decided to see how long I could run. I ran a little over 2 miles until I got tired! That is a HUGE accomplishment for me. I've never, in my life, been able to run that far all at once.

This past weekend I had a great time with friends. Friday, Andrea, Paige and I went to see He's Just Not That Into You in the balcony. It was such a good movie! Way better than the book, in my opinion. Saturday was the Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Watson Park. I was on the Community Events Committee when I was employed by HBC and helped plan this event. I love Special Olympics and what they do for the community, so I still went. Andrea and I volunteered and had a great time. It was fun to watch people jump into the water. Even though it was 70 degrees out, the water was about 45. I cannot wait for the Summer Games! That is the most fulfilling work I've done so far.

Speaking of fulfilling, in a few weeks I'll be a wish grantor for Make-A-Wish. I think it will be hard to meet children with life threatening illnesses, but it will be so fulfilling to make a wish for them. It will be great to put a smile on their faces!

My great friend, Carly, watched Lexi Saturday while I was at the Polar Plunge and this is what she did to Lexi!

The painted toe curl

Lexi gave her mommy and daddy quite the scare last week. I got a call from Dave saying that Lexi fell out of her bed. She was laying down for her morning nap and he heard a loud thud. He goes into her room and she's laying on her side, but doesn't start crying till she sees his reaction. I don't know how she climbed out, but thankfully she was okay! Her bed is now on it's lowest level and practically laying on the floor now. Please see below.

Well, it took me 3 days to finally get this post ready to go with pictures. I think it is finally ready to publish! Goodnight!

In Rare Form

2009-01-27T07:15:00.000-06:00

I am posting twice in two days! What has gotten into me?! I caught some video last night of Lexi. It was great that Andrea was there because I've tried to record Lexi walking to me, but it is near impossible holding the camera and holding my arms out to catch her. I cut everything, but the good stuff, so check it out! FYI, the second half of the video is Lexi trying to put on her jacket. If you haven't checked out my previous post, don't forget!

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Until next time!

Go Shox!!!

2009-01-26T07:00:00.002-06:00

I must say that the game was really hard to watch. The Shox played like crap till the end and they are lucky that Evansville sucks and can't seem to make a basket either. Otherwise, there would've been an even greater lead and they would've never caught back up. On another note, Go Shox!!! :) Dave kept saying they were going to lose and I kept saying no they are not. It's only a 5 point difference and a couple minutes left of the game. They can do it!!! And was I right! We won by 1 point!!!

Lexi did a great job at the game. She clapped when other people clapped and raised her hands overhead and said "YAY!". She was playing her part - the cheerleader. I attempted to get a picture w/ Wu, but she wouldn't look at the camera.

Clapping

Daddy, who is that?

My attempt at capturing Clemente's layup

Self-portrait with Alexis

All bundled up and happy!

Lexi just loves to play with her jackets. She tries to put them on herself and gets so frustrated when she can't figure it out. Instead she'll wrap it around her waist and crawl around with it like that.

Trying to put it on over her head

So happy! She hasn't realized it is not actually on yet.

Hanging out on her Dora couch

Lexi has learned something new! She now puts all her coins in her piggy bank! I don't know if this is something she should've learned by now or if this is early for her age, but I was still impressed either way! If you listen closely she cheers herself on and says "yay!". So cute!

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I hope everyone had a good weekend. Happy Monday!

A New Year, A New Look

2009-01-24T22:12:00.003-06:00

A big thanks to Jennisa for giving us a whole new look for our blog! If you have a desire to have your blog redesigned, get on her waiting list!

I also have to say that Lexi is taking more and more steps on her own! Yippee! Dave has the weekend off (finally!) and it amazes me what we can get done on the weekend. Having his extra set of hands really makes a huge difference. For example, it makes it a whole lot easier to practice Lexi's walking when she has more than one person to walk to. Yesterday, she was diving for me, but tonight she actually took all the steps towards me w/o diving forward! I think by the end of the month she just may be walking!

Having Dave home this weekend also has allowed me a little bit of freedom. I went and worked out this morning and decided to swim laps to ease the pressure off my knee. I respected him before, but now I have even more respect for Michael Phelps. I swam one lap and I already felt winded! I managed to make it 4 laps and I thought I was going to drown! I think I'll stick to running! I sure hope my knee behaves and let's me run next week.

Tomorrow, is the WSU game and another workout (minus the laps). Go Shockers!!!

We're Alive!

2009-01-21T08:03:00.005-06:00

It's been over a week since I've posted anything! Dave got sick last Monday (the last day I posted) and stayed sick the entire week. It was the stomach flu, but it lasted a little longer than most people. The doctor just said that he got a bad case of it. I wasn't lucky enough to avoid it either. I got sick at 11pm last Tuesday and was up till almost 4 am throwing up. I felt 100% by Thursday and I'm glad that all three of us have it out of the way.

I started a Biggest Loser challenge at work a couple weeks ago. I wasn't sure how much of a turnout we'd get, but to my surprise 8 teams of 10 signed up! Everybody pays a $5 entry fee, so we have $400 that our team could win! Not to mention we'll all be losing weight and looking great! To help me along I have started training for a 5k run. It is an 8 week training and I'm on week 3, but not without injury! I believe it is called runner's knee (since I googled it and that's what came up) and it hurts! Last week it was both my knees hurting, but now it is just my left. All the information I can find on runner's knee just says to stretch and to do thigh strengthening exercises. It also says to stop running on it until I can run w/o pain. This is the first time I've been totally pumped to run, run, run, so I'm bummed! I hope the pain goes away for good soon.

The stomach flu did help me lose 6 lbs in one day, but I quickly gained 3 lbs back. So week 1, lost 3 lbs and week 2 weigh-in is tomorrow. I'm not so sure I'm going to see great results. I've been bad! I ate out w/ my girlfriends on Tuesday for one of their birthdays, so of course I ate a nice burrito with queso on top! Not to mention a yummy pina colada to wash it down. The following day was another birthday celebration, but this time it was at work. We had a food day and it was right by my desk! I snacked on strawberries, veggie pizza and chicken salad all morning. Other than that I've been good. :) I have managed to give up pop for the past 3 weeks and have stuck to juice and water very well (Ashley pats her own back now).

Did anyone watch the Shockers last night? Andrea and I were able to go to the game and sit in the 4th row center court! We had a blast and it didn't hurt that the Shox won!!! Two in a row, finally! Dave, Alexis and I will be going to Sunday's game and I hope to see the same results!

Lexi has been quite the entertainment, but what's new?! She is so much fun to play with and she's so happy. I've said it before, but I firmly believe that this is our reward for almost 5 months of colic. I also believe that her being colic gave her a later start on developing her gross motor skills. She has finally started taking steps towards me and I'm so happy for that! I can tell she is happy too by my reactions. It took her a long time to start crawling instead of army crawling so I'm not surprised that she's just now taking steps! She hit her 14 month birthday on Monday, so I expect to see her walking by 15 months!!! That isn't too much to ask for! Her next doctor appointment is next month, so I won't know her stats until then.

I have not been the best at taking pictures, so these are the only ones I have from the past week!

Getting over the flu

These boots were made for walking!

Until next time!

Like Father Like Daughter

2009-01-12T12:39:00.002-06:00

Lexi was about 4 months old in this picture. Thank goodness she's starting to look more like her mom. :D

Feeling Better!

2009-01-12T07:45:00.002-06:00

After I posted yesterday, Lexi improved dramatically! She held down food, water and by evening - MILK! She sat on her daddy's lap this time w/ a towel wrapped around both of them. Every time she burped our eyes got so big! I'm so glad she is finally feeling better.

I also found out last night that a couple people were sick at daycare last week w/ the stomach flu. I'm not sure if that is what Lexi had because I would think the stomach flu would've been way worse.

Moni - we are sorry we couldn't make the watch party last night. I didn't want to expose anyone to what Lexi might have or have her puke at Oscar's! It was awesome to see you on national TV!

Thanks Everyone!

2009-01-11T09:41:00.003-06:00

I gave Lexi nasal congestion medicine twice yesterday. I think you all were right about the congestion because the very first time she threw up I noticed there was mucus in it. Just when I thought I had it figured out, Lexi reminded me I didn't. I gave her formula yesterday afternoon and she kept that down great, so before bed I gave her another bottle of formula. At this point, she had been doing well, so I mixed a little milk in. It was a total of 6 oz with only 1 oz of milk. Well, she drank the entire bottle and she didn't gag, cough or anything to warn me. She just opened her mouth and it all came out. It was orange because she had eaten carrots earlier. I can't tell you how bad it was. I was just sitting w/ her on the recliner w/ stuff all over both of us. Dave had just left to run an errand too! I sat there for about a minute deciding what the best approach to cleaning up ourselves and the carpet.

After cleaning everything up and giving Lexi another bath I gave her another bottle of formula. This time w/ no milk in it. She held it down fine and slept all night. She had a HUGE surprise for her daddy this morning. He has yet to be thrown up on so I don't feel sorry for him! Lexi waits till she is sitting on my lap to throw up. It must be because she really loves me. We gave her water this morning thinking that would be the best thing to start the morning off with. I don't know if it is because she drank it so fast or what, but sure enough she threw it all up on me. Since then, we've given her some crackers and applesauce and she's kept that down fine. I don't want to keep giving her formula because she gets gas and diarrhea from it since she's not used to it anymore. Is it okay for 13 month olds to go w/o formula and milk for a couple of days? Is it weird for baby food to settle okay, but liquids to not? Are these signs of molars coming in? I don't know what else to give her. She doesn't like Pedialyte or apple juice. Oh and she woke up with no more than 100 degree fever. I didn't give her any tylenol and her fever is already gone. I may just have to break down and take her to the doctor tomorrow.

Even though she kept throwing up, she acted fine otherwise. Here she is - bedhead and all.

Calling All Mothers

2009-01-10T11:39:00.002-06:00

So I can't figure out what's wrong with Lexi. A few weeks ago she got sick and threw up and couldn't hold down any milk. She held down formula and baby food, but no milk. She seemed fine otherwise. She's not had any problems since then until this morning. She threw up all her morning milk again. I gave her crackers and some baby food and she kept that down fine. The only thing I noticed this morning was what sounded like a stuffy nose. I don't think a stuffy nose would make her throw up her milk. I thought maybe she's lactose intolerant, but I would assume that she would be sick all the time if that were the case. I don't know what to do. I will say this much though, thrown up milk is not fun to clean up!

Itsy Bitsy Spider

2009-01-07T20:44:00.005-06:00

I've been trying so hard to catch Lexi on camera singing Itsy Bitsy Spider. I had no idea she knew that song because I rarely sing it. One day, a couple of weeks ago, she started moving her hands around and I couldn't figure out what she was doing. Then, I heard her saying something that really did sound like Itsy Bitsy Spider. So I started singing it and she followed along. She knows the "washed the spider out" and the "went up the water spout" part. These are not the best videos, but this is all I've caught on video so far. Sorry about my ugly singing, but I was so excited to catch it on video finally! I'm starting to notice we do a lot of bathtub recording!

I played with Lexi's hair tonight and learned that her hair is long enough for a ponytail and pigtails!

That's all I have for now! Until next time!

Baby Shower 2007

2009-01-06T07:25:00.002-06:00

My baby shower was a lot of fun even though I couldn't partake in all the sweets. I was already diagnosed with gestational diabetes, so my lovely friends made things that would be better for my diet. I can't remember all that was made, but I do remember Carly's mini meatballs. The homemade sauce was sweet and I loved them. Even better, she made them with brown sugar splenda so I could eat them w/o worry! There were yummy sugar cookies from Connie's Cookies and I limited myself to two. I know there were other things to eat, but the meatballs and cookies just stand out to me.

One of the things the guests did was fill out a page on this handstamped notepad with the guess on due date, weight and time. There is also advice that each person left too. I forgot that Andrea had the notepad this whole time because she was finishing the stamping on it. She brought it by last night and it was so fun to look through it all and read everyone's advice and their guess on Alexis' due date. Here is several of them:

Paige: November 27, 8 lbs, 3:00 pm - Enjoy every moment! Being a new mom is amazing. Practical advice - don't stress about the cleaning/cooking. Focus on the little one completely and never be afraid to ask for help. Call your fellow new mom anytime!

Sarah: November 26, 8 lbs 5 oz, 6:00 pm - Rub rum on her gums when she's teething! J/K! I will babysit anytime! I can't wait for her to get here!

Susan: December 3, 7lbs 1 oz, 4:11 am - Forget the cleaning and focus on enjoying and having fun w/ the baby. She will grow up way too fast! I like the name Ava!

Mom: November 26, 7 lbs 9 oz, 19 in, 3:00 pm - Just love her lots!

Mandy: November 19, 8 lbs 5 oz, 7:15 pm - Cherish every moment. They grow up very fast. Spoil them rotten. You can NEVER hold them too much when they're babies.

Carly: November 22, 7 lbs 8 oz, 20 in, 1:09 pm, lots and lots of dark hair - Always think of you and Dave's love evolving into the most precious gift ever, a beautiful baby girl. I like the name Ava, Ella, Madison, Orva, Emma or Embry.

Andrea: December 1, 7 lbs 5 oz, 5:30 am - If you don't have a binky, then you can trick her with your pointer finger instead. It feels funny, but works in emergencies if she's upset.

Mary (Grandma Jo): November 19, 7 lbs 10 oz - Take turns getting up with the baby at night. When the person who got up returns to bed, the other one should always remember to say "thank you". It makes you both feel good. - Agree on a plan that when one of you gets too stressed by the baby, you can go to the other one and say "I need a break, can you take the baby for awhile?" - Sleep when the baby sleeps! - Enjoy each stage of development. Each stage is the best! - Find things to laugh about with Dave. It can do a lot for your stress levels. - Love the baby - love each other!!!

There are some others...like someone really guessed my child was going to be 9 lbs! No one guessed Lexi's weight, but Mandy and Mary both guessed her due date. I'm impressed because at the time no one knew I was going to have to be induced 2 weeks early. Susan was the closest on weight - Lexi weighed 6 lbs 11 oz. The hospital says 6 lbs 12 oz, but in the picture of Lexi on the scale it clearly says 6 lbs 11 oz. She was born at 6:07 pm and my mom guessed her length correctly at 19 inches.

I thought that was a lot of fun to look back and see what others had guessed. Sorry it took me well over a year to notify the winners!

I can't end it without talking about our Lexi bean. She's doing great! She's learned how to give kisses and it is adorable. She kisses w/ her mouth closed and gives these little cute pecks. I had a magazine on the floor with Robert Pattinson (Edward from Twilight) on the cover and she went over and kissed him a few times! I finally got her to kiss me after trying for a week. She'll kiss the back of my hand if I hold it out for her, but she won't kiss me anywhere else! Here's a video of her kissing her stuffed puppy.

She's got her cell phone and her shades. She's ready to go!

She loves these things!

Playing the ukulele

More dancing!

That's all I have for now. Hope everyone had a safe NYE and here's to the New Year!

One more Christmas present

2008-12-29T20:11:00.003-06:00

I completely forgot to mention Lexi woke up w/ her 8th tooth Christmas morning! Now she has 4 top and 4 bottom in a row. I keep feeling bumps where her molars are coming in, but nothing has poked through yet. She doesn't really need them, if you ask me. She chews like a champion! Some of her favorites include, but are not limited to, chili, teriyaki beef and veggies, bierocks, spaghetti, chicken, and so much more! Anytime she sees me sit down w/ food she rushes over to me and jumps up and down till I share with her. That's probably why I catch Dave eating in the kitchen standing up! He's hiding from his food eating daughter!

Developmentally, Lexi's fine motor skills are great! She can pick up the smallest speck of dirt on the floor! She's just recently learned how to toss a ball towards us and when we roll it back she catches it. Her gross motor skills have not changed much. She can stand without assistance, but she shows no desire to take any steps. She prefers to stand over crawling, but she can only walk around furniture. She took forever to crawl, so I'm not surprised she is taking forever to walk.

As for moi, I've been working out! Finally, I got my big arse back into the gym. I forgot how good working out makes me feel. I hope I can keep it up! I usually do for a few months then I get bored. Let's see if I can go 6 months! That will be my goal.

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the New Year. This past year has been awfully rough. I even ate my ham and blackeyed peas for good luck last New Year's Day, but I didn't have much luck. I feel like an old lady! I lost my mom and I had to have my gallbladder removed. I would've thought those things happen to older people, but that is obviously not the case. Not a day goes by that I'm not reminded of my mom. I talk about her a lot because she is one of a kind. She was always there for me. Everyone joked that I was her favorite, but it was true. Her and I had a special relationship and boy, she sure loved Lexi. I'm glad her final months were spent with my baby girl.

I'm sure you all know this, but I'm still going to say it. Cherish those closest to you and don't ever take your time w/ them for granted. I'll leave you with a picture that brightens my day - hopefully it will do the same for you!

Until next time!

Jimmy the Squirrel - he lives outside Dave's work and he is domesticated. He loves food! As you can see, he's attempting to eat a piece a pizza. One tiny bite at a time!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-26T21:00:00.005-06:00

A day late! First off, I need to apologize for my lack of blogging. I got all wrapped up in the Twilight Saga and every free second I had was spent reading! I've seen the movie twice and might go again next week. The first time I saw the movie I was a little disappointed in the actors they chose. I think they could've done better, but after seeing it the second time they are starting to grow on me. Even if you have no plans on seeing the movie, I highly recommend the books. They are SO good!

First off, here is our Christmas card that Photos by Erin designed for us.

Opening her first present

Some new cars

We have a winner! (I should also mention that my dog doesn't normally look so goofy)

A look-a-like bobble head!

My Christmas present :)

Lexi's new buggy

I think we have another winner

If you can't tell from the picture, I bought Dave a custom bobble head. I submitted a couple headshots and side profile shots of him so they could make the head as close as possible. They did a pretty good job, but I think the hair was way off. Dave was pretty impressed with it and really got a kick out of it so that's all that matters. He also got a new guitar pick. It has a Les Paul engraved in it and is personalized on the back from Lexi.

Lexi got a Dora toybox, a buggy, toys, several books, stuffed animals and a movie. I don't think she's realized that all her toys are in the toybox. As for me, I got new running shoes. They are great and I can't wait to break them in. Dave really needs me to make a list next year. I just didn't have time to even think about what I wanted and by the time I figured out what I wanted it was Christmas Eve. Oh well. Men just aren't very good at buying gifts unless they have guidance. I love the shoes though, so he did great for having no input from me. I'm going to finish my own Christmas shopping and either get a new pair of Uggs or a portable DVD player for Lexi and/or more workout clothes.

Today, was a unusual day. It was 70 degrees out and so we played outside. Lexi really enjoyed her new buggy outdoors. Dave and I also went on a little date to see Valkyrie. It was pretty good, but I'm more excited about seeing Marley and Me and the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I'm going to have to figure out how to make time for those too! I am lucky enough to have some time off. Hawker Beechcraft has shut down at the end of the year so technically we aren't supposed to go back to work till Jan 5th, but some departments cannot get around that. Mine for example, is one of those departments. So, I'm going in just a few hours Monday and Tuesday then I'm off till the following Monday. I'm fine with that...I'll take whatever I can get. I am enjoying sleeping till 8am for a change!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Attempting to take control and feed herself

An Apple a Day

2008-12-15T21:52:00.004-06:00

Lexi really likes apples. She decided Saturday she would carry one around all morning and afternoon. It was pretty cute because she would store pieces of apple in her cheek. She's like a little hamster!

Lexi and her Grandma Jo

Just being cute!

She loves her sunglasses

She can almost reach

That's it for now. I'm off to bed!

The Language of Lexi

2008-12-13T11:10:00.000-06:00

I know I've said it before, but this girl just amazes me. She loves to copy me and say things I do. Finally, I was able to get her to say some things on video. It never fails, in the bathtub or the drive home in the evening is when she loves to copy me. Obviously, while driving I cannot record a video, so here is one from the bathtub. Please excuse my most obnoxious dog who barks all the time. We're working on fixing that, but she is super stubborn like everyone else in this family.

As Christmas approaches, my home and work like get busier and busier. Last week, some of the girls from work and I went out to lunch. This was the first lunch of this kind for me. An ugly Christmas sweater lunch! I borrowed one from a friend who found it at the DAV for $1.50. It was perfect. Here are some pictures from the event.

Margie, Me, Susie, Carol, Janice looking into her purse, Diana, Debbi & Debbie

Margie Me & Susie

Carol and Janice

Diana Debbie & Debbi

We had a great time and of course, great food. It would've been more fun if Crystal was there, but she had a Christmas party to attend.

That's all I have for now. Until next time!

Not a whole lot

2008-12-08T13:00:00.000-06:00

I don't have a lot to blog about. Things have been pretty uneventful here, which is kinda nice! Here are some random pictures from the week.

Sharing an apple with Daddy

YUMMY

Baby Mozart is at it again

Hope everyone has a good week. Until next time!

Update: I forgot we did do something this weekend. Dave and I went on a date Sunday! I know, a date! That never happens these days. Thanks to my father-in-law we went to Luciano's for lunch (very good) and then went to see 4 Christmases. It was so funny! The baby spitting up scenes...that was totally Dave when Lexi was younger! It was a great date and really helped recharge our batteries. I think every couple with kids learns how easy it is to forget about your spouse when you're busy taking care of a baby (or multiple babies if you're Crystal, Moni, or Jac (and many others out there)). Thanks Jim!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!!

2008-12-02T21:09:00.007-06:00

We were so rushed for time that I used my lunch hour today to get our Christmas photos taken. Dave has Tuesday's off, so it worked well. Lexi looked so cute in her Christmas dress. Here's a sample of what pictures we got. I think they turned out pretty good!

Lexi is getting at least one molar from what I can feel. She had a 101 degree fever Saturday and then a low grade fever Sunday. She had no other symptoms and I didn't even think about her molars till my friend mentioned it. Sure enough! Poor thing will just be playing and having fun then start crying out of the blue. Tylenol seems to help and baby Orajel. I'll take teething over being sick anyday! Knock on wood, this is the longest Lexi has gone w/o an infection or illness of some kind since she was 6 months old. Praise the Lord!!!

Okay, I've got to run. Tomorrow is Stuff the Bus at work. Brett Harris from B98 will be out to collect all the toys and miscellaneous goods we've collected for Catholic Charities Harbor House and YWCA. I have lots of baby clothes to go through and some toys to give away. I also am doing the Angel Tree this year. I selected a 2 month old girl who needs 6-9 month clothes and toys. I've got lots of those! Lexi can still wear 9 month clothes, but the things we have aren't warm enough. So, if this girl is only 2 months old, these 9 month clothes should be perfect for her next Spring/Summer. I know there are a lot more people out there that won't be able to afford Christmas and me helping a couple babies isn't much. However, if we all pitched in then we could really make a difference!!!

Until next time!!! Have a great night!

P.S. I'm getting really annoyed by blogger. Maybe it is something I did, but sometimes I have paragraph spacing and sometimes I don't. Very annoying!!!

One of her many faces

2008-12-01T22:20:00.001-06:00

one of her many funny faces, originally uploaded by seoulgirl.

This girl makes me laugh all the time. This is one of the reasons why.

Just a quickie

2008-11-30T23:29:00.001-06:00

The 4 day weekend is coming to an end. I stayed in on Black Friday and watched Gossip Girl. I've never watched the show, but it was highly recommended to me by several people (one was a man)! I put in it my queue on Netflix and what do you know? Perfect timing! The first two discs came Wednesday. Needless to say, somehow I am completely caught up on Gossip Girl. It's pathetic, isn't it? There are only 1 1/2 seasons right now, so it's not like saying I completely caught up on Sex and the City!

Here are the fun pictures and video that I got of Lexi bean this weekend!

Laying on her pillow!

Her new hat

Listen closely - she's trying so hard to copy everything I say...like TA-DA!

The bib she is wearing is also brand new. The velcro bibs suck and she takes them off with little to no effort while I am feeding her. So, I bought her a couple bibs that go over her head. As you can see in the video she attempted to remove the bib and was successful, all within 30 minutes of wear. This girl is going to eat naked (at home) the rest of her life or until she quits spitting food out, whichever comes first!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-28T21:14:00.005-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving a day later! I know we have a lot to be thankful for and I'm sure you do too.

Yesterday was spent on the road to Milford. Dave's Aunt and Uncle live on the lake and have a HUGE Thanksgiving feast at their place every year. His aunt goes all out - a turkey AND a ham! Plus, all the sides you can possibly think of. It was really good and Lexi enjoyed eating her first Thanksgiving dinner. She loved the turkey, green beans and mashed potatoes. I brought along some Earth's Best sweet potatoes too and she, of course, devoured those.

Taking her morning nap

...and playing with her fish

Their house was fully equipped with enough toys to keep all kids occupied

Donkey made her laugh until he didn't and she was all of a sudden scared of him!

She LOVED the pig. He was worth holding onto!

Mommy and Lexi (who didn't care to be in the picture)

Baby Mozart

Friday morning - saying hello to Dora

When she woke up this morning she had some serious bedhead!

Mullet head!

I'm ahead of schedule! Since Dave has to work today and tomorrow I've had more free time then expected. So, I put up the Christmas tree! I didn't put it up last year because I was sleep deprived and the first 3 months of Lexi's life are a big blur to me. The cat has already decided he likes it a lot and is going to sleep under it. I'll be happy if that is all he does to it. Lexi likes the lights, but so far she has left it alone. Any bets on if the cat or Lexi will pull the tree down first?

Helping Mommy with the lights

The snowman is bigger!

This is the longest she's kept a hat on

I hope everyone had a good turkey day and enjoys their 4 day weekend (well, except Dave, but that's what you get for working retail!). Until next time!

(**sidenote - can anyone tell me why I can't make new paragraphs? It looks right when I'm typing, but when I publish the post it merges my paragraphs together!)

Raiden!

2008-11-25T11:01:00.010-06:00

My first thought when I looked at this picture is Raiden off of Mortal Kombat. So cute!

Lexi, where are you?

Do you see how messy the house is?!?! I pick up everything and she gets it all out again when she wakes up in the morning! She sure does love all her toys though. I still think the cutest thing is when she reads herself a book.

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

P.S. In case you cannot tell, Lexi got a bang trim again. I really was going for a different look, but I really messed up and so now she has bangs again. Next time, I'm taking her to my stylist. She won't sit still for me and I suck, so that is a bad combination.

I don't know what to think of it

2008-11-23T14:09:00.002-06:00

Yesterday, Lexi was playing with my phone. Nothing unusual there...it is orange and attracts her attention all the time. What is very unusual is after she was done playing w/ my phone I checked it out to make sure there were no calls made or if she left any new teeth marks. I noticed a message was sent. At first I was VERY confused (I still am) because it was sent to my mom. She is still in my contact list. I'll probably never delete her name. Anyway, the message said "What's up? E". I checked the message info to see if maybe it was a glitch, but it said Nov 22, 2008 at 10:35 am (when she was playing with it). On my phone there is a list of quick text to send people. One of which is "what's up?", so I know that's how she got that part in the message, but it just baffles me that she went through my contact list and just happened to pick "Mom" and put the quick text in and then the letter E and sent it! My mom's name is Eilene. It amazes me that Lexi did that even by accident. I miss my mom so much. I know it has only been 6 months, but I just thought things would get easier by now. Sometimes it feels like it is worse.

After that emotional morning yesterday, we made a trip down to Goddard for the Graf quad's 1st birthday!!! Dave had to work, but Auntie Andrea went with us. It was a fun party! It was nice to see everyone in person! Some idiot remembered her camera, but forgot the memory card was still in her laptop! I took 3 pictures and my camera beeped and said internal memory full. Gees, I amaze myself sometimes too! :)

I'm getting ready to put a spiral cut ham in the oven for dinner tonight. I love the brown sugar glaze..I could eat that just by itself! I hope it turns out okay. This is my first attempt at making a ham. That is one of the million things I'm going to miss about my mom. Her cooking!!!

Well, that's all I have for now. I'm watching Lexi destroy the house. This girl gets into EVERYTHING now!!! Until next time!

One Year Check-Up!

2008-11-20T10:55:00.005-06:00

I was right! Lexi has grown some, but not as much as I thought she would have. She has only gained a pound in 2 months. She weighs 19 lbs and is about 28 inches long (less than 25%). Her head circumference is in the 75th percentile. She's got a big noggin! She is right in line with how she's measured the past year, so she is just petite!

She got her usual shots today and the MMR shot. I was worried because that shot stings and they warned us that she might cry for several minutes. I don't know why I was worried - she did great! She was upset just until I picked her up and then she smiled. The nurse gave her a cool bath toy, a fish, to take home. She loved it!

Proof she was happy after her shots!

Happy Birthday To You,

2008-11-18T22:47:00.004-06:00

happy birthday to you, happy BIRTHDAY dear Lexi, happy birthday to you (a day early)!!! I wanted to get this typed out because I knew if I waited till tomorrow it just might not get done. Lexi had a fun filled birthday weekend. Saturday was her party and Sunday we took her to her very first WSU basketball game!

The party went off without a hitch! It was a huge success and Lexi had a great time! I thought Lexi might be shy or overwhelmed with all the guests, but she was the exact opposite. I couldn't have asked her party to go better or her to behave as well as she did. Her "Aunt" Andrea and "Grandma" Jo were so great to help and host the party. There were Dora decorations all over the house. Lexi's favorite was the big Dora Mylar balloon. It is still floating around in our dining room and Lexi likes to look up to it, wave and say "hi!". It is really cute!

Hello, someone bring me some cake!

Eating a spring roll with Daddy

The rest of the party consisted of yummy strawberry cake, great food and drinks! A big thanks goes out to my friend, Erin aka Photos By Erin, for being our photographer for the day. Here they are!

The Smash Cake

Lexi meets the smash cake for the first time

I guess grabbing her bow w/ a handful of cake is better than her hair!

I couldn't resist - I stuck a polka dot frosting on her nose

Her new Dora couch from Mommy and Daddy

She pointed right to Dora

Dora movies!

Pierce got Lexi a girly pair of sunglasses so she'll leave his alone!

If you want to see the rest of the pictures you can view them on Flickr (link to the right). As you can probably tell, Lexi got lots of great gifts from our loving friends and family. Thank you all very much and I promise almost all her thank you notes are done! I've been keeping her up late to write them for you all.

As I said before, Lexi went to her first WSU basketball game Sunday. We had pretty good seats (row 12) and we played a good game. It is odd to not recognize the majority of the players. I think they'll grow on me, but it just isn't as fun to not know any of them! I recognized Clemente and he's a good player. I'm sure he'll be exciting to watch in the near future. Anyway, back to Lexi! She was an angel the entire time! I was not sure how she would behave sitting in our laps for nearly 2 hours. She amazed me once again! She was adorable in her cheerleader uniform and tights. The first half of the game she sat in the bjorn just watching the game. The second half she spent watching the game and smiling and waving at the people around us. She is a ham! Right before we left she thought it would be fun to pull the guy's hair in front of us. It was her daddy's fault for tempting her. She overheard him tell me to look at how much hair the guy had. Right after he said that she reached forward and pulled!

Carly aka the love doctor, came over Sunday evening to watch Lexi for a couple of hours so Dave and I could have a date night! We went to see Quantum of Solace (the new Bond movie). It was nice to get out together and the movie wasn't bad either. Here is a cute picture Carly took while she was watching the bean. Thanks Carly!

We watched Kung Fu Panda Saturday and it was so good! I didn't expect it to make me laugh as much as it did. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. On another note, if you're upset that Cody and Julianne went home on DWTS tonight, please raise your hand! I figured that was going to happen, but I like Julianne so it was sad to see her go. I also love Warren! He's so fun to watch. I'd also like to give a big thanks to my DVR for allowing me to watch all my favorite shows in almost half the time.

I'm very thankful to the woman who made a very special teddy bear for Lexi. Sarah brought it to me at dinner tonight. Sarah's sister, Janell, has a co-worker that knows how to make teddy bears, so while she was in Dallas last week visiting her daughter she made one for Lexi! This one is extra special because it was made from my mom's clothes. Paige gave me the idea and I thought it was too neat to pass up. The tough part was finding someone that knew how to make teddy bears. As soon I get a picture of it, I'll post it. I hope it is something that Lexi will keep forever and remember her Grandma by. Today would make it exactly 6 months my mom has been gone. Every day something reminds me of her and I feel sad. Tonight was no exception. Seeing that teddy bear made me feel happy and sad at the same time. I can only hope I'm half the mom to Lexi that my mom was to me.

I cannot leave it on a sad note, so one more thank you. My cousin, Tiffany, is making a one year scrapbook for Alexis. She completed it up to 4 months so far and it is awesome! She's so creative and has done such a great job. I'm excited to see the rest of it!

One more thing! Here are a couple pictures from one year ago!

Okay, it is almost 11 and I'm tired! Lexi's 12 month check-up is Thursday, so I'll have her stats to report. This new daycare is feeding her a lot more than the previous and I'm certain she's gained weight this time. Her new daycare doesn't limit how much she eats. They feed her till she's full, which usually is a thing of yogurt and a jar of baby food. I'm excited to see where she is on the growth chart since the past few visits she's been so tiny! Until next time! Have a good night!

BIRTHDAY PARTY? COMING RIGHT UP!!!!

2008-11-14T20:57:00.002-06:00

Tomorrow is Alexis' 1st birthday party!!! It is hard to believe that she is going to be one. Some dumb fool thought Thanksgiving was next Thursday, so they planned her party the weekend before her birthday. No, I'm not talking about Dave - it was me!!! Oh well, it really doesn't matter what day we have her party as long as we have it!

I've never been good at surprises, so it doesn't surprise me that I gave a lot of Lexi's gifts to her already. Ha! I get too excited and want to show the recipient of my gifts right away so I can see their excitement! I didn't give her big present to her yet. Just the little stuff like, books. I bought her The Very Hungry Caterpiller, Goodnight Moon, and a couple of Dora books. She enjoys turning the pages faster than I can read.

This is going to be short tonight so I can finish getting everything for tomorrow. Hope all is well with everyone! Until next time!

Thoughts are seeping out of my brain!

2008-11-10T12:41:00.011-06:00

That is why you haven't seen many posts lately. I forget everything that falls into the brain category "I should blog about that". Looking thru pictures helps jog my memory on the week's events! Thankfully, I have that to assist me!

Last Thursday, my friend, Jessica, needed someone to watch her 4 month old boy, Pierce. I volunteered and thought it would be a good experience to watch an almost one year old and a 4 month old! Dave had to work late so I was flying solo. Dave usually works evening, so this was nothing unusual for me except the 2nd baby in the mix. I was a little nervous because I've never changed a boy diaper! Silly, I know, but come on, it is totally different down there! Now, I know why Dave was so uneasy changing a girl diaper! I only had to change one and it wasn't dirty and I didn't get peed on, woohoo!!! Pierce was such a good boy. He was only awake for about 30 min then he crashed in my arms. I tried laying him down in Lexi's bed and he stayed asleep until Jessica picked him up.

Checking Pierce out

Pierce

Lexi checked Pierce out and decided he was pretty cool. She especially liked the pacifier he was sucking on, but after a couple times of me telling her no she left him alone. She moved on to bigger and better things! The diaper bag! I kept it zipped so all she could get into were the side pockets. That was enough to keep her occupied! She found antibacterial gel and sunglasses. I've never put sunglasses on her because I figured she'd just take them off. I was completely wrong. She loved them! She crawled around the house with them on and thought she was hot stuff!

Hot stuff! As you can see the cat is too good to be in the picture.

The video is so cute! She was trying to put the sunglasses on herself.

We went to KidFest Saturday morning just because I heard Dora the Explorer would be there. I saw Sponge Bob and he looked pretty realistic, but Dora sure didn't. She was tall and skinny and not what I expected. Lexi didn't recognize her either (see below). It probably was a waste of money to go since Lexi couldn't do any of the fun activities, but oh well. We did see Bubble Man and that was pretty cool. She also got to see her first donkey.

Not too sure about the Dora knockoff

Bubble Man - inside his giant bubble!

Lexi is doing lots of fun stuff these days. She amazes me every day with new things she says or does. One of the newest thing she does is mock me when I do the Home Alone face (when he puts aftershave on). It is adorable!

The other day she was watching Dora and cuddling on the couch with me. Dora is always going on adventures and she has a map to help her find her way. She says "who do we ask for help when we don't know where to go?" and then a long pause then they say "MAP, that's right!". The map comes out and does a little jingle. Well, on this particular day when Dora asked who we ask for help, Lexi replied "MAAAA". I rewound just to make sure I heard correctly and then I recorded her. You really have to turn your volume up because this was recorded on my cell phone. She says it once in the very beginning then I rewound it to capture it again. She's a genius! :-D

That's all I have for now. Hopefully this will make everyone happy that has complained about the occurrence of my blogging. I won't mention that they never leave comments. :-P

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T19:23:00.004-05:00

Happy Halloween everyone! Today is like any other day except Lexi got to dress up in her WSU cheerleading uniform. She looked so cute! We got up at 6 am to get ourselves ready and then her. So, if she looks half awake, it's because she is!

I also bought her this shirt, but it did not arrive in time for her to wear this week. I decided to put her in it this evening since she wasn't in her cheerleading outfit when I picked her up from daycare. I figured it wouldn't stay on all day and I'm glad it didn't because I want to put her in it for the future basketball games we have to go to. It is hard to believe this is her first Halloween since she is almost a year old!

The night wouldn't be complete without her brand new Dora pajamas! Her eyes lit up when she saw them in the store, so I could not resist.

Hope everyone had a good day and a safe night! Until next time!

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2008-10-25T21:40:00.006-05:00

I didn't realize it has been almost a week since I posted last! I do apologize. Our week has been quite busy. Dave was in Kansas City all week for management training. So, Lexi and I had fun just the two of us. We managed to find lots of things to keep us busy. There were some unforeseen events as well. Let's start with that.

It was Tuesday night...Dave called me at 11 pm. I was already in bed and I had turned my ringer off my cell phone so I wouldn't be disturbed. He called and texted me up until 3 am. The only thing that I heard was the doorbell ringing at 5 am and Tacoma going crazy! She was barking and I was trying to figure out what time it was. I picked her up and held her mouth shut so she couldn't bark. I saw the lights and knew it was the police. He said my husband called them from KC because he couldn't get a hold of me. I told him I was sleeping and he said he figured that was the case. Thank goodness he just left and didn't ask to come in. Can you believe Alexis didn't wake up through all of that? She is a super light sleeper during the day, but at night she's the complete opposite. Thank goodness! Needless to say, I attempted to go back to sleep, but I couldn't.

Since Dave was out of town, I took care of Lexi 24/7. I was worried I'd be exhausted, but I did really well and so did she. It wasn't hard to get her ready in the morning and get her to daycare like I thought it might. I was really really nervous and worried Tuesday because it was her first day at a new daycare. Her previous daycare lady, that was liked so much, decided to stop watching kids during 1st shift. That was a little upsetting because I'm so tired of shuffling Lexi around. She was with me and my mom for 6 months and Crystal for 3 months. Starting over again wasn't something I saw coming.

A friend/co-worker referred the lady she uses for her 4 month old. Dana is near my work and now that Dave works in Derby it isn't too far out of his way either. She had lots of great references and what I thought stood out the most was she used to work at Discovery Place. So, a lot of her curriculum for her preschool comes from that experience. She has a helper, Ms. Trish, that works Tues-Fri. Lexi is one of three girls and the rest are boys. Dana mentioned she was very excited when I first called to ask her questions because they wanted another girl!

When I picked Lexi up Tuesday, Dana told me what a great baby she is. When I picked her up Wednesday, she said she was so happy and just perfect! You see the pattern here. Getting these reports from her made me feel SO much better. I know Lexi is a great baby and very happy, but I wasn't sure how she would adjust in the new environment. It also helped that Jessica drops her daughter off after us. So, when she got to work she would tell me how Lexi was when she dropped her daughter, Riley, off.

Lexi has been really clingy lately. I can't say I don't like it though. It is nice that she crawls up into my lap and just sits with me on the floor. It's really cute! The only time it is really hard for me is when I dropped her off Thursday and Friday she cried and reached for me. :( Separation anxiety has set in and I'm really glad I won't be dropping her off next week!

I don't think I ever posted this a couple weeks ago. Lexi finally started to crawl the week before she got so sick. I finally decided to get the proof on video today!

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Here's some more good stuff! Enjoy!

It's a little big and shows way too much cleavage

I heart her cute, funny faces

Pigtails and Raspberries
Crawling on Mommy is so much fun!

Tickle me Lexi

Tacoma and a cute little foot

11 Months Old

2008-10-19T20:28:00.005-05:00

What was I thinking this morning when I was blogging? I forgot to mention Lexi is 11 months old today! Just one more month for the big 01! When we went to the doctor for her follow-up Friday she weighed 8 lbs 12 oz with clothes on. So, in the past two months she has only gained about 7 oz. Is that normal? I know she has become more active the past few months, but I just figured she'd weigh more by now.

We've started giving her a lot more milk and table food. She gets a couple bottles or sippy cups of it a day. The table food is going okay. She will chew it all then just spit it out. She did that when she tried grilled cheese, waffles, and pizza! I gave in and let her try a little piece of cheese pizza and she spit that out too! Most of the time she is handing her food to Tacoma, which Tacoma will gladly accept. On the other hand, she loves her baby food and yogurt.

Like I said before, we went to the pumpkin patch. We had quite the gang! Crystal and Brent brought the triplets and their friend Tiffany. Crystal's twin sister, Candice, and her husband and 2 boys were also there. Then, Jessica, Shawn, baby Pierce, Erin and her mom. Saturday was such a perfect weather day, so it was too much to ask for today to be nice too. We had gale force winds!!! Other than our hair blowing everywhere I think we got some decent pictures. I'm sure Erin got a lot better pictures than I did. So, as soon as we get those I'll post them too!

She loves to clap all the time now

Mommy and Alexis

3 words - Gale Force Winds!

Evan Emma & Ethan

Pierce

Lexi is doing so much better! She is still getting breathing treatments twice a day, but we will probably stop those very soon.

Multitasking

That's all I have for now. Hope you all had a great weekend. Until next time!

Guess who got me sick?!?!

2008-10-19T10:47:00.003-05:00

Hmm, gee, I wonder who could have gotten me sick?!?! I woke up this morning with the cough and the drainage! I'm going to keep taking Mucinex and this prescription stuff we have that is awesome at curing congestion. I hope I can keep it moving around so it doesn't settle and get infected like Lexi.

It doesn't matter how I feel today, we're still going to the pumpkin patch. We've had this planned for quite some time. It will be a lot of fun and I hope the kids don't get worn out too fast. Hopefully, Erin is able to get cute pictures! This will probably be her first shoot with 5 kids under a year old.

Did anyone catch SNL last night? Sarah Palin made her guest appearance and it was pretty blah. I haven't watched the whole SNL show in a long time, but things have gone so downhill. Some of the skits you're thinking who wrote this? I really do love Tina Fey's impersonation of Palin...she does a great job. I miss the days with Chris Farley in the van down by the river.

Okay, that was it - short and sweet. I'll try to get some pictures of my own of today so I can post them immediately!

Michael Buble

2008-10-15T20:55:00.005-05:00

That's right ladies and gentleman, I saw Michael Buble in concert Friday night. Please don't be jealous, but Michael shook my hand and I touched his shin. He was right there and I didn't know what else to do. Andrea and I went together because last time Dave saw him in concert with us he complained the whole time. So, Andrea and I got floor seats this time and we were about 10 rows back. His performance was so good. The last four songs he had everyone come up to the stage, so that is how we were able to touch him. One girl threw her bra at him and you should've seen the face he made. He was terrified! He tried to kick it back to her, but it got wrapped around his foot! I'm 100% certain Andrea was just in awe of Michael. At one point his back was turned to us and he looked toward us real quick and we saw sweat fly off his face. Andrea looked at me and with excitement said "SWEAT!!!" lol. It was the funniest thing ever. AND when he came close enough for us to touch his leg, I told her that I didn't feel comfortable touching his leg. She said "I don't care" and started stroking his calf! Oh my goodness, we had such a good time. I'm laughing right now as I type all of this.

The following is a mix between photos and videos of the performance. The videos are pretty good. His song "Home" is one of my favorites and he added a little Wichita flare to it. He also did the YMCA! Check it out.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

If you haven't read my previous post from yesterday then you might want to do that first. Here's the update on the Lexi front. She is doing so much better. Not 100% yet, but better. I think having 2 doses of antibiotic has helped. It amazes me how fast babies bounce back from being sick. Yesterday, she wouldn't eat or drink anything, but today she ate a jar of apples and a few bottles of formula. It was a bad idea giving her yogurt though. She loves yogurt, but it is too thick and it made her cough. She coughed so much that she threw it all back up. I felt bad, I should've known!

Tomorrow, we have her follow-up with her doctor to make sure she's recovering like she should be. This is probably just another way to get more money out of me. I kid (kind of). I know they want to make sure she's recovering the way she should be. We have spent quite a bit of money this week. Three co-pays, three prescriptions and one neubilizer! I learned that the company who delivered her neubulizer this morning is out-of-network. Which means we would have to pay $210 for the machine. So I called my insurance company and they referred me to the only in-network company in Wichita that they have. I called Apria and I received such great service. They delivered a neubulizer just about 30 min ago! I would've appreciated that kind of service last night, but oh well. Jenn is right - we will get to keep the machine so we should never have to go thru this again! OH, and I did call the other company this afternoon and they said I can return the first neubulizer at no charge. Yay!

Next on the list of things I promised. More pictures of my cutie patootie! If you looked at flickr already then you already saw them, but for the majority of you - here they are (all of these were taken last week).

Singing? I'm not sure, but it is really cute!

Her new walker - minus the tennis balls :)

She really enjoys the toy Olivia let her borrow

Another cute outfit made by Juanita

I don't know

Diva Lexi (before she got sick)

I see you!

Spicing up her usual yoga move - topless

That's all I have for now. Hope you enjoy it!

My Poor Lexi

2008-10-14T20:05:00.002-05:00

It all started with a cough. That cough got worse and her nose started to run, but it was clear. Monday rolled around and she wasn't sounding so good. Dave was off work, so he took her to the doctor. Her normal doctor was full, so we got her in with another in the same practice. He said it was an upper respiratory infection and gave us zythromax. I was so happy to see that it is only administered once a day and for 5 days! Have I said this before...I'm so tired of giving her antibiotics!!! She screams when she sees a dropper now. Poor baby! :(

Dave worked it out so he would work late and I would take half a day off. So I came home at noon and she wasn't doing any better. She was worse. We were able to see her regular doctor. After checking her out she noticed that her right side was more congested then her left. She ordered a chest x-ray and after that she received her first breathing treatment. We waited forever for the x-ray and by the time they called us back she was not happy about laying down. She has been a little cuddle bug lately and only wants to lay on us. Even if we sit her in our lap she turns around and tries to hug us! It is really cute, but it is sad since she does it because she's sick. Are you ready for this? Lexi has pneumonia! How is this possible? Remember when I said I was happy that she only had to have a 5 day antibiotic? Well, now she has breathing treatments every 4 hours and a steroid that will be given for 7 days. AHHH! It just kills me to listen to her scream to the point she doesn't breathe because she is sick and tired of taking more medicine. I cannot do anything about it, but be the mean person who gives it to her.

We spent 2 hours at the doctor's office, but as soon as her first breathing treatment was over I could tell she was so much better. She was taking deep breaths again and she even fell asleep while getting the treatment. I had her meds faxed to the pharmacy so they'd be ready when we got there. Well, they weren't so we waited and then we found out they didn't have the medicine for her breathing treatments. Wichita Clinic pharmacy did so we headed over there. They said it would be about 15 min and that turned into 45. Finally, I asked when it would be ready and they told me that they were waiting on insurance authorization. By this time, Lexi was so upset and screaming at the top of her lungs. I don't blame her at all, I wanted to do the same thing! Then I hear from our doctor's nurse that the home health care place isn't going to deliver a breathing treatment machine till tomorrow because they need insurance authorization also. By this time, I've had it. I do not understand why it is okay for my daughter to go w/o breathing treatments when she has pneumonia. Their response was that if it gets bad then go to the emergency room. One good thing did finally happen - the pharmacy let me take the meds w/o paying for them until they get insurance authorization. If they don't get it then I'll just pay them the $130 it cost. Come to find out, the medical equipment place could have done the same thing. I could have signed a waiver saying I'd pay for the machine if insurance didn't approve it.

Thank goodness for my sister-in-law, Staci. Dave is stuck at work while all this is going on and called her. He could tell I was at my wits end...I hadn't been home in 3.5 hours and Lexi was fed up, I was fed up and we both wanted to cry (only it is acceptable for her to do that in public - not me). Staci is a nurse and not only that, she has 2 breathing machines at home. She ran home and then drove all the way to our house to drop it off to me. Thank you Staci!

Lexi is sleeping on her own for the first time today. I hope she sleeps well and tonight goes well. Lexi's doctor said it is pretty important for her to stay home for at least this week. I'm going to take off tomorrow, but I hope Dave can take off at least one day this week to help out. I've missed so much work since my mom passed away just due to not having a backup for Lexi near as often and my health. I really hope Lexi gets to feeling better for good just like I have! I miss the days when Lexi was healthy and not taking medicine every day! I have a lot more to blog about that doesn't include a sick baby, I promise! I'm so tired right now, so you all will have to wait! Stay tuned because I have a lot of pictures to come! Until then!

MOOO

2008-10-09T19:32:00.005-05:00

Had to share these cute pictures! Here is Lexi sporting her new sleeper.

Peek-a-boo!

Lexi is thinking "Am I related to this strange person?"

Patty Cake!

She is so happy if you'll walk around the room with her.

She cannot get enough of the crib tricks (i.e. standing in her crib).

Crawling all over the place

Practicing her downward dog yoga move

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

2008-10-08T22:28:00.000-05:00

Lexi loves looking in the mirror! That is very obvious if you check out all the fingerprints on it. She is changing almost daily and learning to do more things. I got tired of constantly cleaning the bottom of the coffee table, so I removed all the items Lexi goes for. After doing that she learned she could crawl into it (see below). She thinks it is pretty fun except she got upset when she couldn't figure how to get out.

She learned from Danna Graf how to show off her cleavage.

Her new toy - the coffee table

Her cute Mary Jane socks (and Daddy's phone)

Sharing a banana with mommy

Yummy!

"Daddy, is that you?" Dave accidentally woke Lexi up when he was trying to take a picture. If you look close it looks like she has a toupee and it is caught on her bumper pad!

Last Saturday was Olivia's 1st birthday party. You could tell she was not sure about ALL the people at the party, but she really enjoyed her cupcake and homemade ice cream. Here is a picture of her and her funny bib.

"Put down the cake. This is my first one and you look like you've had plenty"

Lexi has done a lot lately. She is crawling w/o dragging her tummy now. She also has learned to stand up in her crib and she's even daring enough to reach for other sides. Below is a video of last night when she discovered how to stand up in bed. I stuck a toy in her crib to get her to switch sides and reach for it. I stuck it in there so good, she couldn't pull it out.

It is a little blurry due to my camera phone and her jumping up and down

On a walk with Daddy in the park

I'm really excited for what is coming up! The pumpkin patch! In a couple of weeks, a lot of us are going to the pumpkin patch with our kids. That includes, but not limited to, Erin, Jessica, Shawn and their baby Pierce, Crystal, Brent and their triplets, Emma, Ethan and Evan. I think we're going to have such a good time! I hope we are able to get lots of great pictures. The fall colors are going to be so pretty. Hopefully the weather isn't too cold and the pumpkin patch isn't too crazy busy.

TGIF Almost!

2008-10-02T19:35:00.005-05:00

Getting ready to watch the debate, so I figured since I have my laptop...well, in my lap, I might as well blog!!! Dave says I'm married to my computer. He may be right! He would know about being married to electronics since he has been married to his xbox for a long time! :)

Lexi has the cutest new socks! These are so cute and are perfect for her since she doesn't wear shoes very often. I think she likes them too. Here's a cute one...Lexi had pasta for the first time the other night and she tossed it around and look where it ended up!

Dave takes Lexi for walks almost every day he has off. She just loves it so much! She loves being outdoors and it is unfortunate that we aren't able to do more things outside. The weather is getting really nice, so we'll have to think of more things to do before it turns super cold!

The cold reminds me of Lexi's birthday coming up! I remember when I went into the hospital to have Lexi it wasn't too cold out, but when I was released the next evening all I brought to wear home were my gauchos and flip flops and the weather had turned to really really cold. I was more concerned with what to put Lexi in on her way home that was warm enough. I think I did a good job!

More about her birthday - Lexi's Grandma Jo is hosting the party at her house. We couldn't be happier or more appreciative. Thank you Grandma Jo and Aunt Andrea! Right now, Erin and I are working on the invitations and let me tell you, they are cute! I've made the call, but I will go in personally next week to work on the cake design. I'm getting pretty excited, but I'm pretty sure Lexi could care less. She'll care when she see's the theme though!

Speaking of birthdays, we have a lot coming up! This Saturday is Olivia's 1st birthday, November 7th is the trips birthday and Lexi shares her birthday with the Graf Quads!

Well, it is bedtime. I watched the debate while I typed this and my brain hurts from focusing on this and that! Until next time!

Success!

2008-09-29T21:14:00.005-05:00

Updated 9/30 7:00am

It might have taken 2 hours to be seen, but Lexi made it thru surgery. Since they were waiting so long they put Dave and Lexi in a private room with cartoons. Guess what was on? That's right, Dora! Dave said even Dora couldn't distract Lexi from her empty tummy. Surgicare told us to be there at 7:30 and it took till 9:30 for the doctor to get there. Oh well, at least it is over with. We have to give her ear drops 3 times a day for 5 days and another antibiotic for twice a day for 10 days. I'm so tired of giving her antibiotics!!! This will be her fourth round in a little over 2 months. Hopefully this will be her last for a very long while! There was quite a bit of fluid that they drained and I think I can already tell a difference in her behavior. I cannot really explain it...it is just mommy intuition. She acts like she can hear better. She won't stop talking and she responds quicker when I say things to her. Oh, I almost forgot! She learned how to clap this past weekend! It is so cute.

I almost forgot to add this adorable story. When Lexi woke up from surgery she was so out of it. The nurse asked Dave if she liked crackers so she brought her a saltine. Lexi fell back to sleep in Dave's arms, but wouldn't let go of the cracker. Her arm was hanging out to the side of her with the cracker still in hand. He tried to take it from her so she wouldn't drop it, but she would wake up and cry! I love this girl...she's so cute!

Not so happy in the gown, but looking super cute!

Please raise your hand if you're happy to see mommy!

Sporting a new ankle bracelet

Just playing on the floor

This past week has been awfully busy. Andrea and I went to Dallas Thursday - Saturday for my cousin's, Candice, wedding. We had a blast! Thursday night was the picnic at the future in-law's house and at the groom's, Dan, house. Andrea was right when she said that the picnic and their houses looked like it was right out of Southern Living magazine. First off, the Texas BBQ was awesome! I couldn't get enough of the salad. We got to the picnic a little late because we didn't get to town till 5ish, so we had to check into the hotel and then make our way over to their houses. We got there about 7, so we missed all the family except for my other cousin, Tiffany (Candice's sister). We were able to meet Dan's parents and their dogs. We also met some of Candice and Dan's friends from church. We had a blast getting to know them and I do not think I've laughed that hard in a long time.

Friday, we spent the morning and afternoon shopping. We shopped for 5 hours!!! What a great time! We hurried back to the hotel and got ready for the wedding. I completely forgot about how bad traffic gets there, so I was late to the wedding Friday night!!! I was so frustrated and thought I was never going to get there. As soon as I got closer my GPS lost its connection for a brief second, but that second was long enough for me to miss my turn. I cannot tell you how happy I was when I saw that the ceremony hadn't begun when I walked into the church 10-15 minutes late! The wedding was beautiful and Candice made a very beautiful bride. I couldn't be happier for her - she deserves this more than anyone I know. Dan seems like a great guy and I look forward to getting to know him at many family reunions ahead.

Dan and Candice Linn

The reason Dave and Lexi didn't join me is because Jim (Dave's dad) got married Sunday. Dave's in the wedding so he had to be here. Perfect opportunity for a girl's road trip and for daughter and daddy to have some alone time. Jim's wedding was also very nice. We were able to catch up with Dave's brother and family and some of their aunts and uncles.

Lexi's first birthday is coming up and planning has begun! Stay tuned for more details!

And One More

2008-09-25T23:43:00.003-05:00

I forgot to put this one up too.

10 Months Old - A few days late!

2008-09-23T21:41:00.006-05:00

This month I decided to do something a little different since there was so much going on. I took Lexi's pictures myself! I figured why not since I take bagillion pictures of her anyway. We took her to the park and got some cute ones. Here are some of them. I've got to start packing so this is all you get - I'll edit them later. Enjoy!

I took the bean to the ENT specialist today. We saw Dr. French at Mid-Kansas and he was awesome! Lexi warmed up to him immediately and he was so good with her. He noticed right away that she curls her toes so he had to tickle them. There was fluid in her ears when there shouldn't be. She's on antibiotics right now which fights the infection, but then when she is off the antibiotics that fluid gets infected again. That's how I understood it anyway. There should be air instead of fluid. The tubes should/will do just that and this should solve the problem. If it doesn't get better in a year he would like to remove her adenoids. Her appointment for her tubes is next Monday and takes about 20 minutes. It sounds like a very easy procedure, so I have no worries! Until next time!

Memory Card Full

2008-09-21T15:34:00.008-05:00

I couldn't think of a better title. My memory card was in fact, full, so it fits...kind of. This is evidence that I haven't been up to doing much because my memory card has never been full. I haven't felt up to doing much because I feel tired a lot of the time. This is all probably pretty normal when recovering from minor surgery. Other than being tired, I feel pretty good. The past couple of nights have been a little rough because I've had problems falling and staying asleep (hmm, I guess that could also be why I'm tired). I don't return back to work till Wednesday, so it is nice to know I have a couple more days to relax.

Here are some random pictures that were taken over the past week or so.

This cute outfit was made by Juanita, a great seamstress!

Lexi likes the outfit too!

She loves standing over the vent

Getting ready for her first Shockers game

Lexi's 1st WSU volleyball game (taken w/ my phone)!

Her cheeks are so kissable

Waking up from her nap...she must've sweat some because her hair was all curly

Making a mess!

Lexi spent a good hour going thru her diaper bag. She really enjoyed taking things out one by one and examining them. She even found old pacifiers and stuck it right in her mouth. Luckily, she just chewed on it and had no interest in actually sucking on it. She also found a penny which Mommy removed from her hand immediately. Probably the best part for her was when she figured out how to open the formula container. She spillt it all over herself and the floor. I swept up most of it, but then Tacoma took care of the rest before I had time to grab the Dyson. Tacoma spent about 10 minutes just licking the carpet...who knew that the diaper bag could provide that much entertainment for Lexi and Tacoma!

As you can see, Lexi dressed in gold and went to a Shockers game. It was at 7pm and her bedtime is usually around that time, but she did great. She just sat in my lap and watched the volleyball game. We didn't stay the entire time, just enough to watch 2 sets. I enjoyed dressing her up in the Shocker gear though. I think I'm going to have to get her a WSU cheerleading outfit because it is just too cute to pass up!

I think I'm going to scream!!!

2008-09-17T13:56:00.004-05:00

Lexi was up off and on last night. She didn't want to be laid down and I just knew it was that again - another ear infection! I took her to the doctor and sure enough! Her right ear looked really bad and we are on another round of antibiotics. I'm so tired of giving her medicine! This is the third one in less than 2 months. She's going to an ENT specialist next week for possible tubes. I hope he recommends getting them now because I want her to get to feeling better. It seems like she is constantly on antibiotics and I know that isn't good for her immune system. I was surprised at her weight today - 18 lbs 2 oz at 10 months old seems really low. At her 9 month checkup she weighed 18 lbs 5 oz and that was the 38th percentile. Now, she has lost weight, but her appetite is fine. Maybe crawling around burns that much calories??? I should start crawling around everywhere! :)

On a fun note, I received a UPS delivery today. I just love those deliveries because that usually means something fun instead of bills! My co-workers sent me a PajamaGram! What a neat idea! I love pj's and these are perfect. I also love how it was packaged.

I've got a cute baby story! What's new right? I think all the stories are cute. You tell me what you think. I gave Lexi a pretzel to snack on this morning when we got back from the doctor's office. I was putting some groceries away and getting her antibiotic ready and I hear her crying. I go to the living room and Tacoma is a foot in front of her eating her pretzel and Lexi is on her tummy trying to get it back. I wish I had my video recorder ready because it was so funny! Lexi has been feeding Tacoma her crackers from time to time and she thinks it is so funny, but when Tacoma takes something that she didn't want to have it isn't. One of these days I can see Lexi running up to Tacoma and saying "NO!" and slapping her. Fun times ahead!

Okay, I thought I was done posting until I went to check on Lexi and look how she is sleeping!!!