New Found Love

Alex decided on Tuesday she LOVES slides. We went to the mall and Nomi took her to the play area so I could take my time looking around. When I got there, she barely stopped to see me because she was too busy going down the slide! She threw a fit when it was time to go. Today, we went back and Josh met us for lunch. She had another HUGE fit when it was time to eat, then time to go. After Alex woke up from her nap we went to the park. Alex was the only kid there for a while and she just kinda walked around taking it all in. More kids started showing up and she started coming out of her shell and decided she LOVED the biggest spiral slide. She took a little water break and had fun trying to drink from a water bottle. Alex has always been kinda shy around people other than us, but she is slowly coming out and becoming a social butterfly. She loves when I take her to play and there are other kids there. She adores older kids. Now we just need to work on the tantrums that occur with it's time to go!

Sweet Snuggles

There is nothing better in this world than snuggling with my two favorite people. We all 3 curl up in Alex's glider before her bed time every so often. She is always super sweet and snuggly. We got lucky and Nomi was here for our last snuggle session and was able to snap a few pics!

Alex getting silly for the camera!

hamming it up!

kisses for Mommy

Daddy kisses from his two girls!

Motorcycle Mama

A few weeks ago we went to Toys R Us and let Alex loose. She found a little ride on pink motorcycle she LOVED. She squealed when she saw it. When we got it off the shelf, she immediately hopped on, put her hands on the handle bars and bent over like she was actually riding it. We didn't buy it for her, but Josh said it may be a little surprise present he'd pick up for her one day. While we were at Toys R Us yesterday, I noticed they were on clearance so I called Josh and he told me to pick it up for her. It stayed in my car until he got home. We put it together really quick while Nomi kept Alex entertained. As soon as Alex came out and saw it, she hopped right on. She LOVES it! It's so cute and she looks adorable on it. We aren't crazy, it has four wheels for stability and only goes as fast as her little legs can move it. She even tried taking it with us today when we told her it was time to go bye bye!

That's My Girl

People always say Alex looks just like me. I can see it, but I also see a lot of Josh's features in her. I think she is a great blend of the two of us. She may look like both of us, but she acts like a little mini version of me...

The Many Faces of Alex

Alex is such a goof ball! She acts so silly when she sees the camera. She makes the most hilarious faces all the time! I love how her nose scrunches up when she smiles really big and she shows off all her pearly whites!

22 Months!

Alex was actually 22 months old Sunday, but I'm just getting around to posting this...

Alex's vocabulary from month 21 to 22 has just exploded! She is a little chatterbox. She is still shy around new people and doesn't say much until she warms up. She also learned "no" this month, but it's the sweetest little no I've ever heard. There is no anger, frustration or defiance behind it, just a sweet little "no" that she draws out.

She only has one speed, fast! She can't just walk from one room to the other, she has to run and make crazy baby sounds as she runs. Josh and I just crack up all day long watching her. She LOVES her books. She is getting better at sitting still to actually listen to us read a book to her. Her favorite is still birthday/Mother's Day/Easter/any holiday cards. She will get one and climb into my lap when it's milk time and wants me to read it over and over and over to her. She actually took a card to her crib with her while she napped today. She had a fit so I let her have it. When I went to get her up, she was snuggling with her blankie (kankie, as she calls it) and the card.

She is slowly eating more types of food. I've noticed when we travel she eats much better than she does at home. She is actually eating some meat now too! In the last week or so, she has decided it's ok to eat meatballs, ham and hamburgers. She will not let us feed her at all, everything has to be placed on her own plate or napkin before she will eat it. If we are at a restaurant and she has a spoon or fork, no ones plate is safe. She will reach as far as she can to try to get food off of peoples plates.

She is such a happy, sweet, loving child. She is in a phase where she LOVES to give hugs and kisses to Josh and me. She makes the sweetest little kissy sound. When she wakes up, she has to point out Mommy, Daddy and baby (a pic of her) that are hanging near her crib. She is very much a creature of habit. She knows when it's bed time, we close the bathroom door and her blinds. If we miss one, she points it out until it is closed.

She is an absolute blast to be around. Josh and I look at each other at least 20 times a day and ask each other if she could be any cuter!

Birthday and Mother's Day

Saturday was Josh's 32nd birthday! We spent the day in Dallas. Our niece, Sabrina turned 10 the day before, so we went to her house for her party. Tina was so sweet to get Josh a cake too! Alex got to practice blowing out candles!
Then she got to chow down on a cupcake!
Alex LOVED Sabrina! Sabrina was sweet enough to let Alex help her open presents. Alex got sooo excited with every gift and would just squeal every time they opened a gift.
Alex led Sabrina all around to play with her. After a while one of Sabrina's friends showed up and Alex just sat there with the big girls like she was one of them!
That evening, Josh and I went to dinner to celebrate his birthday then went back to his parents and played Farkle!

Sunday we had a light breakfast with Terri and Ray then went to Mimi's to meet my parents and grandparents for lunch. That place was CRAZY! I called at 10am to put our names on the waiting list. It was an hour and a half wait. We got there at 11:15 and still had to wait another 30 minutes! Alex was so busy at lunch. She sat in the booth by her Nomi and proceeded to snack off of every one's plate! After lunch we picked up Cooper and headed home. It was nice to be home earlier that normal. We lounged around the rest of the evening. My super sweet husband offered to make dinner but I decided I'd rather order a pizza so he didn't have to be in the kitchen cooking and cleaning up all evening! My Mother's Day is extending to Tuesday! Josh is taking the day off so we can take Alex to Moody Gardens, lunch at Gaido's (in Galveston) my FAVORITE, then maybe a little stop by our favorite beach.

The mom's and their babies!

Me, Ita, Nomi and Alex