It was also special because we got to share this Christmas with a new cousin! Lexi ADORES Baby 'Wo.' I'm sure these two get tired of our picture-taking antics, but it's just something they'll learn to appreciate later on, right?!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Lexi's 2nd Christmas!
Just a few pics to document Lexi's second Christmas...she seemed to understand more this year, but was overwhelmed with all the stuff! We loved starting new traditions, and hearing her ask HO HO for, "Pease baby stroll, Pease Ho Ho!" :) We read her the Christmas story, talked about Jesus' birthday, made Christmas cookies, and survived Christmas eve mass with a busy toddler who loved seeing baby Jesus in the nativity at the altar.
It was also special because we got to share this Christmas with a new cousin! Lexi ADORES Baby 'Wo.' I'm sure these two get tired of our picture-taking antics, but it's just something they'll learn to appreciate later on, right?!
It was also special because we got to share this Christmas with a new cousin! Lexi ADORES Baby 'Wo.' I'm sure these two get tired of our picture-taking antics, but it's just something they'll learn to appreciate later on, right?!
20 Months (Jan. 23)
Lexi,
How we are at 20 months old I have no clue. It seems unreal to me that I will soon have a TWO year-old! ...sigh...well, the good news is that you continue to be so much fun, and a constant source of entertainment for anyone around you.
Here's what you're up to:
You LOVE your toys from 'Ho-Ho.'
Still carrying a baby everywhere we go...actually, before we leave the house to go anywhere, even if it is just to Nana's house, you have to grab whatever you see in sight, so you take 2-3 toys/babies as if you aren't going to see them again.
You are a pretty good eater, especially for this age. You LOVE fruit, especially strawberries, blueberries, and grapes! You still enjoy dipping your foods in mustard, ketchup, and ranch. You ask for milk on a regular basis, and your favorite things ever are the yogurt drinks we keep stocked at all times.
You can repeat nearly any word we ask you to, and your vocabulary explodes each day. You have switched from calling yourself 'X' to 'Exi.' It's pretty adorable hearing you talk about yourself in third person..."Exi help mama, Exi clean, Exi's turn..."
You love watching Sesame Street each morning, and know around the time that it is supposed to come on. You also love coloring and crafts still, although we do have to watch you because you think it is silly to stick the crayons in your mouth and show us.
You can recognize the shapes: circle, star, heart, square, and triangle.
You tell people excuse you (Excuse you Gus, Excuse you Dada) if they are in your way. You also say it when people sneeze and sometimes cough. It is pretty darn cute, and it makes me proud that you are catching on and learning your manners.
We recently took you to a basketball game and you enjoyed watching the cheerleaders. You were standing and clapping along, but your words to the cheer were your own (Exi, Exi, Exi, Yay!!!). Absolutely hilarious! We probably won't try a game for a while because you were all over the place, and it made your daddy a little nervous you were going to fall off the bleachers.
When you are looking for someone, you say, ________, Ere Are you (Where are you?). It has to be one of my favorite things you say right now. I have loved seeing and hearing you string together more words/phrases as each day passes.
You tell me when you need a 'newt' diaper or changed. I don't have any plans to start potty training you right now because our lives are about to get crazy busy with a new little one coming, plus I'm still not convinced you are 100% ready. I don't want to push anything on you, so we will continue to figure it out as we go.
You're so excited for a new baby! People ask me often how I think you are going to do, and honestly? I don't think you will have trouble at all. Maybe I'm being naive, but you adore babies, and I'm pretty sure you will just be another little mama to this little guy.
You love soccer balls, and every time you see Cody, you ask him for one. Nana and PopPop bought you your own. You aren't a bad little dribbler, but your favorite thing is to pick it up and run with it, cracking up the whole time.
When we pick out books each night, you don't always let us read to you. You demand, "Exi read." You pretend read, while pointing at words. Your favorite books are still ones that involve babies, and you love ones that have a catchy song in them. We enjoy our library time each week, and you have gotten so much better at not trying to run off while there. You now pick out the books and put them inside your bag, then we walk to a small table and read them until you're ready to explore some more before checking out.
It has been so much fun making sweet memories with you this last month as we continue to prepare our home and lives for a new baby. We love you to the moon and back, and we are looking forward to opening our hearts to a new baby, while watching you soar in your role as a big sister.
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
How we are at 20 months old I have no clue. It seems unreal to me that I will soon have a TWO year-old! ...sigh...well, the good news is that you continue to be so much fun, and a constant source of entertainment for anyone around you.
Here's what you're up to:
You LOVE your toys from 'Ho-Ho.'
Still carrying a baby everywhere we go...actually, before we leave the house to go anywhere, even if it is just to Nana's house, you have to grab whatever you see in sight, so you take 2-3 toys/babies as if you aren't going to see them again.
You are a pretty good eater, especially for this age. You LOVE fruit, especially strawberries, blueberries, and grapes! You still enjoy dipping your foods in mustard, ketchup, and ranch. You ask for milk on a regular basis, and your favorite things ever are the yogurt drinks we keep stocked at all times.
You can repeat nearly any word we ask you to, and your vocabulary explodes each day. You have switched from calling yourself 'X' to 'Exi.' It's pretty adorable hearing you talk about yourself in third person..."Exi help mama, Exi clean, Exi's turn..."
You love watching Sesame Street each morning, and know around the time that it is supposed to come on. You also love coloring and crafts still, although we do have to watch you because you think it is silly to stick the crayons in your mouth and show us.
You can recognize the shapes: circle, star, heart, square, and triangle.
You tell people excuse you (Excuse you Gus, Excuse you Dada) if they are in your way. You also say it when people sneeze and sometimes cough. It is pretty darn cute, and it makes me proud that you are catching on and learning your manners.
We recently took you to a basketball game and you enjoyed watching the cheerleaders. You were standing and clapping along, but your words to the cheer were your own (Exi, Exi, Exi, Yay!!!). Absolutely hilarious! We probably won't try a game for a while because you were all over the place, and it made your daddy a little nervous you were going to fall off the bleachers.
When you are looking for someone, you say, ________, Ere Are you (Where are you?). It has to be one of my favorite things you say right now. I have loved seeing and hearing you string together more words/phrases as each day passes.
You tell me when you need a 'newt' diaper or changed. I don't have any plans to start potty training you right now because our lives are about to get crazy busy with a new little one coming, plus I'm still not convinced you are 100% ready. I don't want to push anything on you, so we will continue to figure it out as we go.
You're so excited for a new baby! People ask me often how I think you are going to do, and honestly? I don't think you will have trouble at all. Maybe I'm being naive, but you adore babies, and I'm pretty sure you will just be another little mama to this little guy.
You love soccer balls, and every time you see Cody, you ask him for one. Nana and PopPop bought you your own. You aren't a bad little dribbler, but your favorite thing is to pick it up and run with it, cracking up the whole time.
When we pick out books each night, you don't always let us read to you. You demand, "Exi read." You pretend read, while pointing at words. Your favorite books are still ones that involve babies, and you love ones that have a catchy song in them. We enjoy our library time each week, and you have gotten so much better at not trying to run off while there. You now pick out the books and put them inside your bag, then we walk to a small table and read them until you're ready to explore some more before checking out.
It has been so much fun making sweet memories with you this last month as we continue to prepare our home and lives for a new baby. We love you to the moon and back, and we are looking forward to opening our hearts to a new baby, while watching you soar in your role as a big sister.
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
19 Months (Dec. 23)
Lexi,
You are still our sweet little pumpkin who we fall more in love with every day. You have been learning soooo many new things, and we are excited to broaden the things you know by helping you explore, and exposing you to different activities. Again, I'm going to list the things you're up to right now:
You've become very interested in letters. As a reading specialist, I wouldn't have normally pursued teaching you letters at this age, but we have exposed you to them since you've shown such an interest. We certainly aren't pushing anything on you, just following your lead as we go with this. You say P for PopPop, D for Dada, N for Nana, and C for CoCo.
You now copy me when playing the, "Say_____," game. You ask me to say....It is so cute. You also say, "Who's that?" You then answer (PopPop, Nana, etc.).
Yup, you still love babies. You even try to help take care of Baby Lo by burping her, and telling her "It's ok," when she starts to cry.
You can also be a little bossy telling people to, "Sit!" when you want them to come sit next to you at the kitchen table, chair, couch, etc.
You LOVE the Christmas book by Little People. We started a tradition of introducing you to a new Christmas book every night from December 1-25. You love going and getting a book from under the tree and opening it to read each night. Your other favorite Christmas book this season has been one that contains the songs, "Up on the Housetop," & "Jolly Old St. Nicholas." You request it by saying, "Ho Ho."
Your favorite thing on my phone this month has been Sofia the First. You request it by calling it price (princess).
You're terrified of Santa this year. When we visited the Christmas train, we had to hold you and get in the picture with you. You have the most adorable pitiful face in the picture, but you did love the train, carousel, and pony rides we did afterwards! We visited the train this year with Daddy, Nana, PopPop, and Uncle Cody.
Another tradition we started was Elf on the Shelf. You were introduced to him at our breakfast on December 1. The name you chose? Baby Elf. Well of course...haha! I'm not certain you 'get' it completely this year, but it has still been fun to search for him every morning. We also visited a live nativity which you loved! Your favorite thing was the petting zoo afterwards even though you thought standing five feet away and holding out the food was sufficient enough for feeding the animals. We could not get you away from the bunnies though! You kept saying, "Hop hop hop hop!"
You loved Rhema, and all of the lights! It was a lot of excitement seeing the twinkle in your eyes when we walked around with you. How fun this season is with a sweet little pumpkin!
You love muffins! Don't worry, I make the healthy ones...
You love to color, and sometimes spend as much as 30 minutes to an hour doing so which is remarkable to me, since you are seldom still for that long with one activity. You know black, yellow, red, pink, purple, blue, white, and green. You also recognize orange and brown, but we are still working on pronouncing them.
We cannot wait to see what this next month brings for you! We are so excited to see your face on Christmas morning. Something tells me Santa has been good to you. ; )
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
You are still our sweet little pumpkin who we fall more in love with every day. You have been learning soooo many new things, and we are excited to broaden the things you know by helping you explore, and exposing you to different activities. Again, I'm going to list the things you're up to right now:
You've become very interested in letters. As a reading specialist, I wouldn't have normally pursued teaching you letters at this age, but we have exposed you to them since you've shown such an interest. We certainly aren't pushing anything on you, just following your lead as we go with this. You say P for PopPop, D for Dada, N for Nana, and C for CoCo.
You now copy me when playing the, "Say_____," game. You ask me to say....It is so cute. You also say, "Who's that?" You then answer (PopPop, Nana, etc.).
Yup, you still love babies. You even try to help take care of Baby Lo by burping her, and telling her "It's ok," when she starts to cry.
You can also be a little bossy telling people to, "Sit!" when you want them to come sit next to you at the kitchen table, chair, couch, etc.
You LOVE the Christmas book by Little People. We started a tradition of introducing you to a new Christmas book every night from December 1-25. You love going and getting a book from under the tree and opening it to read each night. Your other favorite Christmas book this season has been one that contains the songs, "Up on the Housetop," & "Jolly Old St. Nicholas." You request it by saying, "Ho Ho."
Your favorite thing on my phone this month has been Sofia the First. You request it by calling it price (princess).
You're terrified of Santa this year. When we visited the Christmas train, we had to hold you and get in the picture with you. You have the most adorable pitiful face in the picture, but you did love the train, carousel, and pony rides we did afterwards! We visited the train this year with Daddy, Nana, PopPop, and Uncle Cody.
Another tradition we started was Elf on the Shelf. You were introduced to him at our breakfast on December 1. The name you chose? Baby Elf. Well of course...haha! I'm not certain you 'get' it completely this year, but it has still been fun to search for him every morning. We also visited a live nativity which you loved! Your favorite thing was the petting zoo afterwards even though you thought standing five feet away and holding out the food was sufficient enough for feeding the animals. We could not get you away from the bunnies though! You kept saying, "Hop hop hop hop!"
You loved Rhema, and all of the lights! It was a lot of excitement seeing the twinkle in your eyes when we walked around with you. How fun this season is with a sweet little pumpkin!
You love muffins! Don't worry, I make the healthy ones...
You love to color, and sometimes spend as much as 30 minutes to an hour doing so which is remarkable to me, since you are seldom still for that long with one activity. You know black, yellow, red, pink, purple, blue, white, and green. You also recognize orange and brown, but we are still working on pronouncing them.
We cannot wait to see what this next month brings for you! We are so excited to see your face on Christmas morning. Something tells me Santa has been good to you. ; )
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
Monday, January 28, 2013
18 Months (Nov. 23)
Lexi,
Oh my goodness, it is so stinking fun watching you learn something new everyday! I really didn't think it was possible for you to absorb things so quickly at such a tiny age, but it is amazing what you little toddlers are capable of. This is going to be a long post of little things you are doing, and it might make no sense to others, but I know it will help remind us when we look back on it. Here is what you are up to right now...
You love to look for the moon everywhere when we are out at night. When you can't see it, you say, "Moooonnnnnn, where'd go?"
You enjoy laying blankets on the floor and pretending to go night night. If only it were that easy to get you to actually fall asleep, haha.
You pretend to fake whistle when going with your daddy to call the horses and feed them. It.is.Hilarious!!!! We've tried to get it on video several times, but no luck.
You absolutely LOVED dressing up like Minnie for Halloween. It's safe to say she is your favorite character, and has been for sometime. We know you would absolutely go ecstatic at Disney World if we took you back now. We promise to take you many times! Daddy said he never went as a child, so his kids are going to go so much they will be sick of it! Lucky for you. ; )
You have also started bringing me your tutus from your closet, and asking me to help you put it on. Oh, how I love having a little girl! We paint our toes often together too when you ask.
We went shopping with the babies for Christmas stuff at Toys 'R Us, and you kept wanting to share your snack with them. We are making progress! Although I'll admit, I'm not sure if it's just you thinking you are 'helping' take care of them by feeding them. Hahaha you're such a little mommy.
You still don't enjoy sharing your babies or strollers. If we take you into a store, and you see one or both, you will quickly snatch it up, and it is a battle trying to distract you away from them. When we were at Target, we let you walk around in the toy section. You found a stuffed mickey and minnie, and picked them up, walked over to the cart, and put them inside. Have we already learned how to do this?
After a long and busy week, you actually asked me to go night night. It was precious, and caught us by surprise.
You mention CoCo, DoDo, and baby (Lo) all day long throughout the day out of nowhere. It is amazing how much you think of them with them living a couple of hours away. You absolutely fell in love with 'Baby Wo' the minute you saw her. It has eased my mind and heart on how you will handle sharing your mommy and daddy when we make room for the new baby.
When you eat certain snacks, you associate them with Nana since she always has a stocked snack cabinet for you. When we are leaving her house, you ask to get in the cabinet and pick something.
You LOVE pink! Of course you do, you are your mother's daughter after all. You point to everything pink and tell us what it is along with the color.
When we were at the doctor's office for baby brother and waiting in the room for the doctor, we were playing the "Say _______," game. When we said Jackson, you howled just like he does. Haha we had no idea you even knew who he was. Have I mentioned how terrified you are of my doctor? You cry so hard, and nothing consoles you unless I am holding you the whole time, even during the ultrasound. Pretty sure you are being protective of your mommy because he is not scary at all, and he thinks you are a little doll.
You help me vacuum each morning, even when I am not vacuuming, by using your little toy vacuum. You still love all your books, especially your birth book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and I'm a Big Sister.
You love Little Einsteins on my phone, and request it by saying, "Pat Pat." You raise your arms in the air when they say, "Blast Off." We get such a kick out of watching you do this each time.
We love you SOOO much!
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
Oh my goodness, it is so stinking fun watching you learn something new everyday! I really didn't think it was possible for you to absorb things so quickly at such a tiny age, but it is amazing what you little toddlers are capable of. This is going to be a long post of little things you are doing, and it might make no sense to others, but I know it will help remind us when we look back on it. Here is what you are up to right now...
You love to look for the moon everywhere when we are out at night. When you can't see it, you say, "Moooonnnnnn, where'd go?"
You enjoy laying blankets on the floor and pretending to go night night. If only it were that easy to get you to actually fall asleep, haha.
You pretend to fake whistle when going with your daddy to call the horses and feed them. It.is.Hilarious!!!! We've tried to get it on video several times, but no luck.
You absolutely LOVED dressing up like Minnie for Halloween. It's safe to say she is your favorite character, and has been for sometime. We know you would absolutely go ecstatic at Disney World if we took you back now. We promise to take you many times! Daddy said he never went as a child, so his kids are going to go so much they will be sick of it! Lucky for you. ; )
You have also started bringing me your tutus from your closet, and asking me to help you put it on. Oh, how I love having a little girl! We paint our toes often together too when you ask.
We went shopping with the babies for Christmas stuff at Toys 'R Us, and you kept wanting to share your snack with them. We are making progress! Although I'll admit, I'm not sure if it's just you thinking you are 'helping' take care of them by feeding them. Hahaha you're such a little mommy.
You still don't enjoy sharing your babies or strollers. If we take you into a store, and you see one or both, you will quickly snatch it up, and it is a battle trying to distract you away from them. When we were at Target, we let you walk around in the toy section. You found a stuffed mickey and minnie, and picked them up, walked over to the cart, and put them inside. Have we already learned how to do this?
After a long and busy week, you actually asked me to go night night. It was precious, and caught us by surprise.
You mention CoCo, DoDo, and baby (Lo) all day long throughout the day out of nowhere. It is amazing how much you think of them with them living a couple of hours away. You absolutely fell in love with 'Baby Wo' the minute you saw her. It has eased my mind and heart on how you will handle sharing your mommy and daddy when we make room for the new baby.
When you eat certain snacks, you associate them with Nana since she always has a stocked snack cabinet for you. When we are leaving her house, you ask to get in the cabinet and pick something.
You LOVE pink! Of course you do, you are your mother's daughter after all. You point to everything pink and tell us what it is along with the color.
When we were at the doctor's office for baby brother and waiting in the room for the doctor, we were playing the "Say _______," game. When we said Jackson, you howled just like he does. Haha we had no idea you even knew who he was. Have I mentioned how terrified you are of my doctor? You cry so hard, and nothing consoles you unless I am holding you the whole time, even during the ultrasound. Pretty sure you are being protective of your mommy because he is not scary at all, and he thinks you are a little doll.
You help me vacuum each morning, even when I am not vacuuming, by using your little toy vacuum. You still love all your books, especially your birth book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and I'm a Big Sister.
You love Little Einsteins on my phone, and request it by saying, "Pat Pat." You raise your arms in the air when they say, "Blast Off." We get such a kick out of watching you do this each time.
We love you SOOO much!
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
Friday, January 25, 2013
17 Months (Oct. 23)
Lexi,
As I say every month, your personality is really starting to bloom, and even though I am your mom, I must say, you’re pretty darn cute!
Some funny things you did this month:
Hand plate to the waitress when you were finished
Get scared/nervous of men in hats or just random men, have I mentioned you’re terrified of my doctor? The man who delivered you? Well you are...and he just thinks you’re the cutest thing ever.
Points to my tummy and says, “Baby!”
Puts your babies on the toilet and says, “Poopoo!”
You love your monster book, Early Learning Fun colors Book, pink bunny robe, to go bye bye, doing crafts with mommy (chalk, paint, color, glue), pretend cooking.
You started saying church. Too cute! You are concerned where mommy and daddy are at all times! You’re fine on the day Daddy is at work, but if we’re all together somewhere, you always wonder where the other one is while in the car, or restroom.
You came out of Mazzio’s the other day, saw the moon, and said, “Hi Moon!” When we got in the car, you said, “Moon! Where’d go?”
We saw a stray dog at the lake, and I wasn’t sure if he was mean, so I told him to go. You started yelling and pointing, “Go, go go!”
You bring out your tutus and ask, “Minnie?” You like to dress up!
We did a dress rehearsal in your Minnie costume, and you didn’t want to take it off! Haha
Your FAVORITE book right now is “I’m a Big Sister!” Nana bought it for you a couple months ago, and you go and get it every night to read. So cute!
We recently had a playdate with the babies, and you did NOT like sharing your ‘babies.’ Your daddy repies, “Neither do you.” SO funny, but so true! ;)
When you give a hug, you say, “OHHHHH....”
We could ask for hugs all day long, and never grow tired of them! We love you SO much!
XOXO,
Mommy & Daddy
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