Lexie turns two!

I can't believe Lexie has turned 2!  It is so fun watching her grow up and see her personality come out more and more all the time.  Here's a little bit of journaling for my memory:

- Loves the movie Annie - it is her absolute favorite!  She walks around all day asking for "Anniiiieeee"

- Is obsessed with all things Dora
- loves shoes, purses, necklaces, and babies just like her big sister
- Is a little cuddle bug
- Wants to be rocked and sung to before going to sleep - asks for "tomorrow" from Annie, "up high" which is Twinkle, twinkle little star, or asks for the Dora song
- Is a very good eater, there are very few things she won't eat.  She seems to be a veggie and fruit lover.  Those are usually the first things gone from her plate.  She is also in love with any sauce - ketchup, bbq, dip ranch, etc.  She will dip her food in and lick all the sauce off - til all she's eaten is the sauce.
- Her very favorite food would probably be tomatoes - especially the little grape tomatoes.

- She is very animated and usually pleasant and fun to be around.  However - she is hitting her terrible two and starting to throw fits with the best of 'em!

- She is always concerned about how others are feeling and get upset when there is tension.  When someone is upset (or just coughing) - she goes and rubs their back and asks "Bubba, Ok? Momma, Ok?"  Until she is reassured they are fine.

- Is becoming quite the daddy's girl.  Her first question every morning is "Where's Dadda?"  Then asks "Sheet ah wuk" (sleep or work). 

- She always add your name onto the end of what she says: "ok, momma" "hi dadda" "done, momma"  The other day I asked her to do something and she smiled at me and sweetly replied "no, momma."  How can you be mad at that?

- Her hair is growing like crazy, something we definitely didn't experience with our bald little bailey!  I love Lexie's red - or more auburn hair.

- She loves to color and will sit at the table forever with bailey and color.  And she has always held a pencil or crayon the right way - not in her fist like I think is typical for toddlers.
- Her newest trick is to push a kitchen chair over to the counter, climb up on the counter, and get into my cupboards.  It is so annoying and she does it about 15 times a day!
- When she gets frustrated with me or if I don't understand what she is saying - she sighs really loud and puts her hands on her hips.  Sometimes she has way too much attitude for such a little girl.
- She is such a sweetheart and we are so glad she is part of our family!

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Just some quick pics from the little party we had for Lex - we celebrated on the 28th for our little Leap Day baby.  And Kaden reminded us all day that it was not REALLY her birthday and she wouldn't actually be one til the next Feb 29th . . . in 2012.  What a dork.

One of my favorite childhood memories was looking through my mom's cake book for hours and agonizing over what cake to choose that yearfor my birthday.  Last year my mom gave me her book (which was originally my grandma's) - it has definitely been very used and is held together with tape. I LOVE it!

So anyway - back to the point - Lexie and I looked through the cake books and she chose a gumball cake.  When we turned to that one she started yelling "Gum! Gum!" so we knew that was the one!

She got very excited when we lit the candles, but once we all started singing she looked at everyone like they were crazy!  It was hilarious.

She got lots of great gifts from grandparents and good friends.  Thanks to all those that sent gifts and thanks to HL, Kim, Jen, and Emery for coming to celebrate with us!

Happy Birthday Lex!  We sure love you!

The Big 3-0!

Happy Birthday honey!  Thanks for all that you do.  You are a great husband and dad.  Thanks for all your hard work - I know it's not easy to work 40+ hour weeks, go to class, function on no sleep, find time for homework, and still help out so much around the house.  You are such a hard worker and a great provider.  Thanks for having a great sense of humor, having the best laugh ever, and for always making us laugh! (even if you won't smile for pictures!)  I'm glad we are still best friends and have fun hanging out together. I'm so proud of you for working hard and reaching so your goals! We love you!  Happy Birthday!!

Random Pics

Just some random pics of the kids.  Took them to the park during Christmas break and happened to have the camera in my purse - so we got pics of the kids at the park!

Bailey's Haircut

Bailey was very excited to go to a "hair place" and get a real haircut!  I've always done it myself or had my mom or a friend do it.  This was a treat for her - even if it was only supercuts.  She LOVES her new haircut and says she looks like a little mom - which is the ultimate compliment in her book!

Fall Soccer 2009

I'm just realizing I never took a single picture during the season.  Here's his end of season party at Native.  Kaden was happy eating pizza and hanging out with his friends.  But it all went downhill quick once I asked him to perform the really difficult task of taking a picture with his buddies.

Christmas 2009

Yeah - I'm not a slacker or anything.  It's just mid-February and I'm just doing Christmas pics.  Here's a few of many, many I took.  I'm too lazy to label them all and I'm pretty sure no one cares about Christmas pics by now anyway!

On this day . . .

I heard about this website where you can look up the #1 song on any day in history. Thought it was interesting and thought I would jot these down.

Kaden's Birthdate: "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
Bailey's Birthdate: "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
Lexie's Birthdate: "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
Seriously?  All those songs suck!  I can't see any of those being classics 50 years from now!

My Birthdate:  "My Sharona" by The Knack
Matt's Birthdate: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
8th Grade Graduation: "I Swear" by All-4-One
High School Graduation: "Too Close" by Next
Our Wedding: "Family Affair" Mary J. Blige

Our visit to SV

Here's some highlights of our trip to Sierra Vista:

Going to the movies with cousins. . .

Walking over to the golf course to feed the fish. . .

Enjoying some rare Arizona SNOW!!!

Hanging out in our pj's and staying warm by the fire. . .

And of course, a visit to grandma and grandpa's is never complete without a motorcycle ride!

I didn't get any pictures, but we had Christmas Eve a day early: a big family dinner, program, and opening a few gifts!  It was a fun trip and the kids had a great time with their cousins!

Love this!

This video was made in the Antwerp, Belgium Central Train Station. On a Monday morning, with no warning to the passengers passing through the station, a recording of Julie Andrews comes on the public address system singing "Do, Re, Mi." As the bemused passengers watch in amazement, some 200 dancers begin to appear from the crowd and station entrances.

Thanksgiving 2009

We were able to go to Thatcher for Thanksgiving this year and spend some time with my family.  We had a GREAT dinner - I gotta say, my mom knows how to cook!  Seriously.  Especially the rolls, mmmm.  The rest was great too, but the rolls and potatoes are my favs! 

The kids had a great time - they loved playing outside and spent hours in the sandbox.  Kaden got to help papa and Lane on the tractor - not sure what they were doing.  I just know he came in covered in grease.  Ugh - my own fault for letting him wear school pants I guess.

Friday morning I talked  my mom into going to Walmart at the freakin crack of dawn!  Unfortunately that's pretty much the only store there, so it was really crowded and crazy.  But still fun and I got some great deals.  Matt had to go back home Friday morning to go to work - I wish he could have stayed with us.  Later that day I went with my mom, Timilee, and Shayla to see New Moon - it was even better the second time!

Saturday, I got to meet up with some high school friends.  It was fun to get together and visit, and the food was great!  Thanks Luci, Kristen and Jenni - good to see you guys!  Then I had strict instructions to be back in time for tamale making!  I know I'm biased, but my mom makes the BEST tamales!  And they are even better fresh.  All us girls made a bunch of tamales while the boys were out wasting time in the shop, pretending they were building something.  I think we ended up with 10 or 11 dozen!!  And then we ended the night with roasting hotdogs and marshmallows out in the backyard.  It was a GREAT weekend!

Eatin some pie and playing Sorry - one of the hundreds of games we played!

Enjoying some leftovers!

Lex and Neva are good buds.  Lexie is really not attacking her - they were hugging

Lex lovin on Logan and Shayla's new baby, Clancy.

Curlers!

Bailey loved her curly hair so much, she has been begging for me to do curlers again.  So we put them in a couple days before thanksgiving.  When we were done Lexie came and sat in my lap, I asked her if she wanted curlers too - YES!  And she actually sat still while I did it!  Hers didn't turn out so great - she has long hair, but it's still really thin and fine.

It looked a little better after we combed it out and put a bow in it!  Everyone was calling her Annie all day!

Award

November 17th - Kaden got an award for Academic Excellence at the school assembly.  He is a GREAT student, loves school, and loves to learn.  We're proud of you bubba!

Sunday

November 14th - ready for church.  We put curlers in bailey's hair the night before so she'd be dolled up for the primary program.  Her hair was hilarious.  I had several people say they didn't recognize her.