Swingin' Good Time!

We were running a few quick errands today that didn't require us to get out of the car so I decided since it was so nice out and the girls were being great, we'd stop at the park for a while! Alex LOVES LOVES LOVES being outside! She had a blast on the swing! Abby was not a fan of the swing so we weren't able to swing too long. I put them back in the stroller so we could stroll around the park for a little bit. Again, Abby was not having it. When we were almost done with our walk, I noticed Abby had dropped her pacifier so we had to back track to find it. So, the first trip to the park was not as much fun as I thought it would be.

My Loves

The two loves of my life!

Nomi Visit and Updates

Nomi came to visit us! We had a blast with her. As soon as she walked in the door, Alex crawled over to her and put her arms up so she could pick her up. She loves her Nomi! We spent Friday getting some new plants for our front flower beds. Nomi was great enough to plant them for us while Alex hung out on a blanket, I trimmed some shrubs and Cooper "supervised." We always love hanging out with Nomi, usually after Alex goes to bed we play cards. Too bad Nomi lost...BAD...every single game! We are looking forward to several weekends at home! Next weekend is a big one for us...Josh's 31st birthday is Friday and my first Mother's day is Sunday then the following weekend Grandma and Grandpa are coming to visit! I love when people come to see us!

Alex updates: still one tooth, but the other bottom one is going to pop up any day now! She is back on a schedule, 2 decent naps every day! Woo hoo!!! Her bedtime is slowly moving back to 7 and she is sleeping 12 hours a night. The past 2 weeks or so she has been waking up in the middle of the night, I think it is due to teething pains. If I go in her room and rock her for a couple of minutes and put her back in her crib, she goes right back to sleep. It only happens every 3 days or so. She will wave bye bye (sometimes) and knows who her mommy and daddy are. If we say Mama or Dada, she will look at the right person or if that person is holding her, she will pat them. She plays peekaboo. If she has a blanket she will cover her face then move it when I say boo and she will keep doing it and doing it. She LOVES playing with the receiver for the TV. She knows if she turns the knob, it will turn the sound off on the TV. She will turn the knob and look up at the TV then keep turning it and looking up at the TV. We used to move her away from it but she would immediately crawl back to it and just keep turning the knob. We've learned, if we let her turn it for a minute or two, she looses interest and moves on so we just let her play with it.

The Big 3-0

I had the best day with Josh and Alex today! Well, it actually started last night. Alex woke up a little after 11 and was wide awake. I put her in bed with us and we played with some glow in the dark necklaces. She was so cute just holding on to them and looking around, it made me forget that it was 11:30 and I would have rather been sleeping. I could tell she was getting tired so I put her on my chest and she snuggled into me for awhile. A little after midnight I put her back in bed and she passed out. It was a perfect start to my birthday, snuggling in bed with my sweet baby and Josh.

When it comes to gifts, I get really antsy and can barely wait until morning to get or give them. Josh had already told me one of my gifts wouldn't be available until early May so I'd have to wait for it. Last night at 11pm he told me what it is, since technically it was midnight on the east coast so it was my birthday there! Anyway, I am getting a new camera. I got a new one a few days after Alex was born but that one has already been dropped more times than I can count and it takes AA batteries and I go through a pair pretty much every other day. My new camera is a Canon EOS Rebel T1i. The coolest thing is that it has a full HD video capture so I will be able to take HD videos of Alex! I am soo excited about it.

Before my surprise birthday dinner Saturday, Josh gave me a new James Avery necklace. I've been wanting an everyday necklace that will stand up to little hands tugging on it. It is a beautiful heart on a black necklace that Alex has already tested! I love it. This morning, I got another necklace! This one is more delicate so I won't be able to wear it every day. It is also a James Avery necklace with 3 open hearts and 6 pearls. I love the 3 hearts, I immediately thought of it representing our little 3 person family, Josh had the same idea when he picked it out.

My day included a yummy pancake breakfast, relaxing, a little shopping, a HUGE late lunch/early dinner at Saltgrass and a cake Josh made!

Cooper joined in on the celebration with a tiny piece of cake!

Goodbye 20's

Today is my last official day to be in my 20's! I turn 30 tomorrow!!! We started celebrating early. Saturday we drove to Dallas. Josh, with the help of my mom, planned a surprise birthday dinner at Maggiano's. There were about 20 people there (friends and family). We had a family style dinner which was WONDERFUL!!! The food just kept coming. My poor little pumpkin was not herself. She only had 1 short nap all day long and was just out of sorts at dinner. It didn't help that she was up way past her bedtime and her 2nd tooth working it's way up. It was so great to see a lot of my family and some of my closest friends and it meant so much to me that they were all able to join us. Josh is the best!!

Pulling up!

Where is my baby going? She is turning into a little girl right before my eyes. As much as it pains my heart to see her grow up and transform from a little baby who just sleeps, eats and poops, it bring me so much joy to watch her learn, gain her Independence and confidence.

She is very into movies...actually the movie cases, pulling them off the bookcase and banging them on things (including her head).

As of this afternoon, she is officially pulling up to a stand!

We are heading to Dallas this weekend. I don't know what the plans are because Josh has made them and will remain a surprise to me until...well, until he decides to tell me. My 30th birthday is coming up (Tuesday) so this is part of my birthday celebration!

Kisses!

Alex has started crawling more. She still prefers to army crawl but if she is going a short distance, she will crawl on all fours! She loves pulling things off the coffee table, couch or chair. She is very into looking at herself. She loves all the stainless steel kitchen appliances. She crawls to the oven, dishwasher and fridge to look at her reflection then she tries "kissing" the baby! She has also turned into the sweetest little snuggle bug! If I am sitting on the floor, she will crawl over to me and climb all over me and every few minutes, stop and put her head on my leg or chest. Last night Josh was reading a book to her before bed time while I was on the floor with Cooper. When he was done, I curled up on the glider with them and she was just so snugglie. She kept giving me big sloppy open mouth kissed and thought it was just the funniest thing ever. She would kiss and just laugh while she was kissing me, then she started giving Josh kisses too.