Lexi and Linzi tell all: 4/26/09

Once we all started feeling better it seemed like we had tons of things planned! But my friend from my first year of college up in Washington was coming to a wedding in the area and we were able to get together! It was the first time I'd seen her in 9 years!!!! It was a lot of fun catching up, meeting her husband (and cute little belly), and she enjoyed meeting the girls. They said they felt like they alreadyknew Lexi because they've been following her since she was born:) Thank you for coming to visit us!
Then we headed to Weed for Devin's opening day of baseball season and saw some friends then too! Enjoy the pictures:)

My friends Kristin and Nick with the girls

Me and Kristin with the girls

Devin playing 3rd base.

Devin pitching.

And Devin batting with the gorgeous Mt. Shasta in the background. It was so awesome to het to watch him play again. It reminds me of the good ol' days when my brother and I used to play:)

Here is Lexi's buddy Noah:) She thought he was pretty cool! He's a few months younger than Lexi but they played cute together:)

Here's the whole family! Unfortunately you can't see the mountain in the background!

Between Tommy's crazy trial, pink eye (viral and bacterial -- yes even the baby!), bronchitis, sinus infections, colds, doctors appts, follow-up ultrasound and VCUG for Lexi, visiting with Devin 2x, play dates and a visit from a long time ago college friend the Sheridan household has been CRAZY to say the least! I'd say at least I've taken some pictures:):) And yes, all of that stuff went on in the past 30 days since my last post!!!! Hopefully now it's obvious why it's taken so long to get back to the computer and upload pictures!!! Thankfully we are all back to normal and feeling GOOD! Praise God:)
Lexi's appointment for her urinary reflux went well. She still has it but its now a grade 2 instead of 3 (the scale is out of 5). They upped her daily antibiotic dosage since she's bigger now and said they'd see us in 18 months. They think she'll grow out of it. Meanwhile they want Linzi to get a ultrasound and said that would show severe reflux. If that comes back negative then they won't test her again until she gets a UTI (thankfully they won't make me take her for a VCUG if unnecessary!!!!). Hopefully though she won't have it!!!! There is a 20% chance that siblings have it... so we are praying. Linzi's ultrasound is Thursday morning so we'll know then I think! Lexi seems to be adjusting AMAZING compared to what I thought she was going to do. She LOVES and I mean LOVES her baby sister. The only negatives that I've really noticed is that she completely stopped going potty on the big girl potty (normal I hear), and she always wants to smother Linzi. Either snuggling, hugging, with blankets, toys whatever she can! Really it's just because she loves her though I think! And Lexi is saying hilarious things, "Hey Kiddo" (to Linzi), when asked who her best friend is she says, "My daddy". Though she says "My mommy" when asked who loves her the most! Too cute. The other day she was watching Handy Manny and she went up to the TV, turned it off and said, "No more Manny". So as you can see she's talking in phrases which happened almost overnight and just cracks us up!!!!! I'll have to start writing more because she says the darndest things and I don't want to forget!
Linzi is doing great as well. She is still stuffy but I think it gets better every day! She went to the doctor when she was 6 1/2 weeks and she weighed 10 lbs 1 oz. 1 full pound bigger than Lexi when she went to the doctor when she was the same age! We'll have to see how big she is on her 2 month and compare. But she is so adorable! She's got the most gorgeous blue eyes and adorable smile... unfortunately it's hard to catch on the camera! She is also discovering how to bat at her toys when laying under the Kick n' Crawl. It's pretty cute! And the past few days she's been sleeping about 5-6 hours at night!!!! Phew! :)
Devin is doing awesome! We went up to Weed this past weekend to watch him play his opening day of baseball season. It was pretty cool. He played 3rd base and pitcher. After the game I imparted some wisdom of pitching to him and I think he liked that! It was cute:) He's doing well in school and we can't wait to see him again! He loves the girls and LEXI ADORES HIM!!! He was reading to her during one of the trips he was with us in the car (the book was called My First Make-up Book -- I'm sure he was thrilled but goes to show what a good sport he is!) and after he was done she gave him a few minutes and then, "Bubba read it, Bubba read it, Bubba read it, Bubba, Bubba, Bubba" -- as you can imagine it got louder each time -- and then finally Devin yelled, "What? No, I just read it!" It was pretty funny!
Tommy is gearing up for another trial during the middle of May and is still trying to get over his sicknesses! Though that been impossible with as much as he's been working and that we've been on the go! Hopefully soon he'll get to rest!!!!!
And me... I've been doing pretty good. Just tired:) But I've loved being off with the girls and so thankful for that! I've had a lot of play dates lately too which has been nice:) Now I just need to think of what to do for Lexi's birthday:) Here are some pictures:) Enjoy!

This is Linzi at 4.5 weeks.

Here is Linzi at 6 weeks.

Lexi, Devin and Linzi (5.5 weeks old) So cute:)

This is Addison and Linzi - they are 1 day apart and 7 weeks old in this pic:)

Here the girls are ready to go to lunch with their mommies:)

Did I mention Lexi loves her baby sister???? :) And yes Linzi is smiling in this picture. I think she loves Lexi right back:)

This is my fearless child Lexi with her Daddy racing down the court. Yes that is a smile on her face! We couldn't get her off or away from the go cart!!!! Something only a daddy would do!