Sweet Baby Lexi,
The closer we get to a year, the more emotional I get. This has been the best 10 months of your daddy's and my life! Your personality blooms more and more each passing day, just as we fall more and more in love with you. You wake up happy in the mornings, and we bring you to our bed and let you roll all around. You also like to do this at night when you are fighting your sleep. It's really funny...you are ALL over the place when you are overly tired. You are a content baby who could probably go all day long without a nap if we let you, but we know you need your sleep. You nap great when we are at home, taking two 1.5-2 hour naps.
Just in the last week, you have started to eat your table food/baby food better! We don't give you a whole lot of purees anymore, so I steam your veggies/fruit and let you feed yourself. Your favorite fruits/veggies include: sweet potatoes, celery, carrots, green beans, blueberries, peaches, bananas, kiwi, apples, pears, and broccoli. You also like bread, chicken, cheese, yogurt, puffs, grilled cheese (just had this for the first time this last weekend!), and oatmeal.
I know I've said this before, but you absolutely LOVE being read to. If I sit down with your books, and you have to crawl over to me from where you are at, you freak out thinking you won't get there in time. You can sit still for a LONG time as long as we keep reading. I love that you love books!!! It makes my teacher heart happy. Your favorite toy continues to be Violet and your shapes. Most of the time, you are too busy to play with toys. You would rather get in 'your' cabinet and explore, or have us chase you to the nearest cord/outlet while you squeal and giggle.
You think the dogs are funny. Aunt Nicole and Uncle Andrew's dogs are staying with Nana and Pop right now until they move into their new home, and you are loving it! You especially love Joe and Roxy (the big labs)! You crack up when Aunt Nicole plays fetch with Roxy. It is adorable. When you see other babies in church, you try to communicate with them. Sometimes this is with your scrunched face, other times it is with a bunch of babbling. Your new tricks include pointing and looking up when asked where the fan is, signing 'more', 'all done', and 'dog', and clapping when we ask you to clap. You also LOVE to say mama over and over still! ;)
We recently learned that you travel best at night. If it is day, you know that you could be out playing, and do NOT like being stuck in your seat. At night, you fall right asleep, and travel like a champ. We have a trip to NY planned for the end of April, so we are hoping you do great on the plane just as you did at 6 months. It should be interesting now that you are mobile...(fingers crossed!)
I truly cannot explain the love that explodes for you! Your daddy and I say all the time, we are not sure what we ever did without you. You are a constant state of pure joy, love, and sweetness. Thank you for filling our home with all of these things! We love you SO much!
Mommy & Daddy
