It's about time (Part 3)

Here are some December pictures of things we did before Christmas:)
On the first weekend I went to my friend Luke's 2nd birthday party. I had so much fun with all of the kids, and mommy even found me checking out his awesome big boy bed!

Here is me playing with one of his cool toys!

And here is me with Luke and his mommy Kristina.

That same week I had a my 18 month doctors appt (WOW!!!! Where has the time flown????) I was 31.5 inches (40%) and 23 lbs 1 oz (30%). The doctor says I'm doing great:) After my appointment my daddy met us and we went and got my first haircut! Here was a before picture...

Here is a "almost done" picture....

And here was an after picture:) Flower and everything:) Did I mention how COOL this place was!!!! I got to pick out a movie, sit in a car, dance and play... not sure how they cut my hair!!!! But mommy says they did a great job! I'm just glad it's not in my eyes anymore!

And after a long day... this is me giving my daddy some love:)

Now you are caught up until Christmas:) Since mommy has a few more days off from work, I'm hoping she'll help me finish by this weekend! Miss you all... hope you haven't forgotten that I really do have a blog! :) Oh and potty training is going pretty good! I tell mommy and daddy most of the time when I have to go, and especially when I want to get out of doing something... like going to bed:):) We're still working on it though...

It's about time (Part 2)

I can't even remember everything we did in November but I know it was A LOT! Here are a few pictures of the highlights!!!

I got to go to my first cheerleading competition which I was THRILLED about! Well for a little while anyways, nothing keeps my attention these days for too long! But here I am telling my mommy that I'm going to hang out iwth the "leaders." For those of you that don't know, this is my mommy's old All-Star team from Redding, Cheer Zone. Pretty cool huh!?!?

And this is them in action:)

One of the traditions that mommy started a couple of years ago was helping her friend Rose decorate her Christmas tree. So we decided to get the two families together and make an evening of it! I LOVED Abby (She's about 1 year older than me) and all of her toys! I instantly knew and told mommy and daddy what I wanted for Christmas:) This is us playing dolls in her house:) Too cute....

This is us having some dinner together:) I was so excited to sit in a "big girl" chair and table!

And this is us with the finished product and Jack, Abby's brother. The daddys did not participate in the pictures:)

Then for Thanksgiving Auntie Hannah and Grandma Donna came down to visit me! We had a WONDERFUL dinner and a great time! It was so nice to relax and have a few days off!!!! But on "Black" Friday the relaxing was over and we started paint THREE, yes 3, of our rooms in the house. Mommy and Daddy said picking the paint out was hard...but I think staying out of the rooms while they painted was:) I still don't have any pictures, but will get some hopefully soon!!!! Thank you to Grandma, Chuck and Hannah for helping to make that accomplishment happen! We have so much to be thankful for!

Here is me and my Auntie...Cheese:) That was all of the pictures for November, but more to come for the beginning of December and Christmas:)

It's about time (Part 1)

Since mommy is over tired lately she has not let me post anything...but let me tell you that hasn't meant that we haven't been busy! So now I will be busy telling you all about it:)Mommy @ 22 wks (she's now 30, so this is LONG overdue! and will get updated in order)
Mommy and her AWESOME friend Rebekah, both about 22 wks prego. And both having girls:) So exciting!!!!
This is how mommy found me on Halloween... eating candy... GREAT Mommy thought, she's never had anything like that before...Mommy tried to get pictures of my all night and I didn't want to cooporate! Go figure:) I wanted more candy!!!!
And this is how the night ended... "I want more candy!" At least that was the look on her face and how I acted. No more dum dums for me said mommy! We did have a good night for the most part though. I went out with my daycare friends to the neighborhood around there and then went home to a block party that daddy decided to throw at the last minute:) I ditched out to go to our churches Trunk or Treat for a little while which I enjoyed but when it started to rain I came back home and returned to the party. Then I crashed after my sugar high went away! Can't wait until next year:) I told you I would FINALLY get to my Halloween pictures:)

POTTY!!!!

oK, I know I know I haven't even posted Halloween pictures but TODAY is a monumental day!!!! Lexi went potty on the BIG GIRL potty!!!!!!
Irene, Lexi's daycare gal, told me that yesterday she told them she wanted to go pee pee so they put her on the potty AND SHE WENT!!!! They of course were so excited and happy for her and it was the first thing they told me when I got there. I WAS STUNNED! I didn't think she was quite ready but we talk about it a lot because I would LOVE to have her almost be done with diapers but the time the next one comes:) (WISHFUL THINKING MAYBE(:(: ) SOOOO... Tommy and I made a big deal about it last night and this morning telling her what a big girl she was and how proud we were of her. Of course not trying to pressure her. She must love the praise because she told Tommy, as she was headed to our bathroom, that she needed to go pee pee. He put her on there and sure enough, she went:):) I was so excited I ran and got the camera!!!! I didn't take a picture of what was in the toilet, for the real proof, but I'm sure you get the picture:) Just thought I would share our joy!!!!

Look at me, I'm a big girl:)
HAPPY FRIDAY!

IT'S A...

GIRL:):):) Sorry I didn't post this yesterday I wanted to make sure and call my bubba Devin and tell him the news first:) Then I got tired and went to bed!!! The tech seemed pretty confident that I was having a little sister so that's what I'm going with. I'm very excited and even smiled when my mommy told me (though she's not convinced I truly understand yet). I'm hoping to post some pictures of the baby soon. She (he he he) sucked on her fingers almost the whole time!!!!

Have a great day!!!!

It's Fall

Here are the pictures I've been promising:) As you can see I'm keeping really busy!!!! But we are enjoying the nice cooler weather, hanging out with friends and family, and looking forward to the months to come:)

Mommy pregnant w/ baby #2 @ 17 wks:) And had gained 3-4 lbs.

That weekend we went to a wedding in San Luis Obispo (SLO) for one of daddy's cousins (CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMMY AND KELLY!!!!)and I got to meet and re-meet all kinds of family!!! It was awesome. Auntie Stephanie has most of the pictures so I'll have to get more from her but here is me w/ Mommy, Daddy, Great Grandpa "Boppy" (whom I wouldn't give the time of day too but am still saying his name...we sure miss you guys!!!!!), Great Grandma Nanny, and Uncle David. Here is another one with Mommy and Daddy:) This is me on my way home from my first carnival! It was on Friday night at the local school and I had some much fun! (And there are SOOOO many people that live out where we live!!) My favorite thing was going into one of the classrooms (where Mommy was trying to play "the cake walk" -- which I was less than interested in!) and playing with all of the magnetic letters! I also was looking at all of the maps and math stuff! Mommy is convinced I'm ready for school:)

Here I'm working on my Rock Bank skills...watch out Jonah:):):)

And another one of me really concentrating and working hard!!! Daddy says if I practice enough maybe I can join his and Denny's band:):):) And this is one of the many pictures of me eating dessert with Daddy and Denny at Apple Hill! I loved it and can't wait to go back:)

And last, but not least, me hunting for a pumkin:) Thanks to Denny and Jenny for taking us with you guys! We had a terrific time!
Have a great week everyone!!!
JUST KIDDING, I'LL BE POSTING ABOUT MY BROTHER OR SISTER EARLY TOMORROW SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!!!!

We find out tomorrow

If I'm going to have a little brother or sister... What do you think???? We'd love to hear from you and I will be posting as soon as I find out:)

Apple Hill

So this morning mommy decided that she would finally upload my pictures to share with everyone but then I decided to turn the computer off instead!!!! Needless to say in the 15 extra minutes she had it didn't work out. But then when she got to work she had pictures waiting for her from her neighbor so she's posting those instead. Still no belly pictures, or the other adorable ones I've taken...but hopefully soon!
We went to Apple Hill this weekend with our neighbors and had a great time. As you can see we picked our pumpkin straight from the patch! It was a lot of fun to check them all out and find the "Perfect Pumpkin":) And as you may also be able to tell I got DIRTY!!!! :) It was worth it though. And Denny and Daddy even let me have some ice cream and pie...those pics to follow:)
Hope you are having a great day!
Me and Mommy with all of the pumpkins... she's holding the one she picked for me!!!!

Here's another good shot of "my" pumpkin...with my mommy and daddy too of course:)

Our pumpkins:) And the rest of the gorgeous scenery!

Me and Daddy with his pumpkin for Bubba Devin!

IT'S OFFICIAL (Post from mom)

Lexi is no longer a baby anymore! Lexi's last bottle was Friday evening and she's been drinking milk all weekend out of a sippy cup!!!!!!! :):) That's a HUGE deal considering last time I tried taking the bottle away from her she just threw the cup on the floor and didn't want to have anything to do with it! Even though the cup was ok for water or juice! I guess at 16 months she figured it was ok to let go of it:) I'm so proud of her!!!! She hasn't even asked for the bottle which too is shocking to me:) It's just been "ma" at the refridgerator for milk!
That's all for now, see below for NEW post from Lexi:)

AT LAST!

I'm so sorry it's been so long AGAIN!!! We've been so busy, mommy was sick and TIRED, the internet has been down... it's just been crazy around our household!!!! But alas I'm finally back in action!
Today I turned 16 MONTHES old!!!! Can you even believe it??? My parents sure can't!!!! I'm doing so much these days I amaze them every day! I went for my 15 month check-up about 2 weeks ago and I was 21 lbs 11 oz (about 25%) and 30" tall (about 35%)!!! So I'm doing great:) I'm talking a ton now!!!! I say up, go, shoes (and zabatos), milk, snack, bo bo (for pacifier though I'm sure most of you know that:):)!!!), Bubba, more, dog, kitty, duck, most all of the kids at my schools names, and on and on and on! I am a talker:) And a cute story about that. I love to have mommy do "the piggy's" on my toes, (this little piggy... ) and the other morning, mommy and daddy were both sitting with me and mommy was doing the piggy song, then I said, "Daddy Play". Neither mommy nor daddy could believe their ears but since they both heard it, they figured it must have been what I said! Crazy:) Besides talking, I love dancing, playing with my dolls (I feed them, push them in the stroller, and cover them up with blankets) I like to read books (I bring them to mommy and sit on her lap and start turning the pages!), I love brother Devin (and follow him all around, give him big hugs and sit in his lap) and love when he comes down, I love to feed the ducks (thank you Daddy for making this discovery!). Honestly I'm just pretty easy going:) And am on the go ALL OF THE TIME! I've had lots of visitors in the past few weeks and went to Disneyland, The State Fair, The zoo for the first time with Grandpa/ma von Lahr. It's been super fun around our household:) Here are some pictures and then mommy is putting me to bed. I'm hoping to snap some 17 week belly pics of mommy tomorrow so I hope they make it up soon:) Oh and for those of you that want more pics and are myspacers I just added TONS so check them out:)

Cheese:) We're going to DISNEYLAND!!!!

All of us!!

Dancing with the Princesses'. I loved it! This is my throwing my head back because I'm so happy and excited!!

Me and mommy waiting to get to MICKEY!Auntie Stephanie joined us the first day in Disneyland, it was so much fun having her there with us!!!! We love you Auntie Stephy and wish you lived closer!

Look at the camera and smile:) It's Mickey Mouse! I shocked my mommy a little when I didn't appear to be afraid of him:) Watching the parade from the best seat in the house:) I loved the parade. My mommy had to keep me held tight because I wanted to go out there with them. When the floats would go by I would put my arms up because I wanted them to take me with them:)

Day #2. Daddy, Devin and meMy first ride ever... DUMBO! I loved it as you can see:)

Did I mention I love to dress up:) Don't I look so sassy:)

We went to the State Fair the wekeend we got back from Disneyland and really we just hung around the animals (since I love them so much) and one exhibit. But it was tons of fun:) Daddy even got kissed by a sea lion:)Then I got to take my first trip to the zoo in Sept with my grandparents. It was a lot of fun! See mommy and me:)

And daddy too!Another fun toy! Drums from rock band:) See what a big girl I am!

And on my 16 month birthday Bubba Devin holds on to me while I rock out on the "horseeee".

Thats all for now:)

Excited and thankful

Well I have lots to be excited and thankful for these days! Tonight we are leaving for Disneyland with Bubba Devin and my mommy FINALLY turned me around and I have a NEW car seat!!! (Pictures to follow soon). I giggled the whole way home yesterday and it was so much fun to see mommy and a scenery other than the back seat! I'm loving daycare, I'm communicating a lot more and definitely getting more personality (some is good and some... well we are working on it:):)!!!) AND.......
I'm going to be a BIG sister!!!!!! Mommy told me the secret a few weeks ago but today I get to tell everyone that it's official. Mommy and Daddy had the first appt this morning and the BIG DAY will be March 7. She will be 11 weeks tomorrow. The heartbeat looked good and the baby moved all around inside mommy's belly while they were watching waving and kicking it's feet:):) I wasn't there but this is what I will find out tonight:)
Just wanted to share:) Stay tuned for the post next week after our vacation!!!!

River Cats and River Boating

We had a busy week this week! Daddy finished his trial and that night we got to go to a River Cats game with Mommy's work. There were a few friends for me to play with and I had lots of fun. Unfortunately we were all so excited that we couldn't sit still for pictures! So... I only have a couple to show. And this weekend we mostly slept any time we could. Both mommy and daddy have been super tire so every time I took a nap they took advantage as well:) BUT we did wake up Saturday morning and went to the Sacramento River with our neighbors to hang out on their boat. We had a great time. I even got in the river with Daddy and did pretty good! I loved the boat, once I got used to it, and walked all around it:) My Daddy and Denny went knee boarding too and that was fun to watch them. I pointed at them every time they went out or feel down!
That's all the news around here, I hope you too had a great week. Enjoy the pictures:)
Maddox and Lexi pointing at the birds flying by. They were very entralled by this.
Luke and Lexi playing.

Look at me:):)
Hold on tight daddy.

Daddy and Lexi
No really, I'm having fun:)
Jenny was sitting at the front of the boat and Lexi wanted to go up there too so she went right up to her, put her arms up and sat with Jenny for the rest of the time!
She must have been comfortable because this is how she ended up!!!!!