Mommy's Little Girl

On mornings that we don't have something to do, Alex usually showers with me. Then we get ready together. She sits on the bathroom counter and we brush our teeth together. Then we put on lotion, brush our hair and put on makeup. Alex has her own little set of mini make up brushes. I gave her a palette of cheapo makeup to play with. I love having my little girly girl in the bathroom with me!

Potty Training Update...

Well, we've had a little set back with potty training. Wednesday Alex started having accidents again. She had one accident Wednesday evening and 2 accidents Thursday. She has still been sleeping in diapers. For the first few weeks, her diapers were dry in the morning, but about a week ago, she'd wake up completely soaked and usually with poop. Yesterday for one of her accidents, she actually got in her bed and used the bathroom. We think it may be because we are letting her know it's ok to use the bathroom in bed since we put her down in diapers. We cut out her night time milk and have been keeping late afternoon/evening liquids to a minimum but it hasn't helped.

Yesterday we stopped diapers completely. She went down for a nap and for the night in panties. She woke up from both wet, but no poop. As soon as she got up this morning, we ran to the bathroom and she went poo poo.

I am back to asking her every hour or so if she needs to potty. I have been washing her sheets EVERY SINGLE DAY...sometimes twice a day. Ugh!

Christmas Pics

I decided to take some pics of Alex today so I could get a cute one for our Christmas cards. Here are a few of the outtakes. Actually, I didn't use any of the pics I took today. I ended up picking one we took last week. Our Christmas cards are now ordered! I can't wait to see them!

3 years ago...

Three years ago a skinny little collie stole our hearts. Josh and I had been talking about getting a dog and we came across the Houston Collie Rescue. We saw a super skinny collie named Max. We could tell he was beautiful, just needed some love and a few pounds! We emailed the group and soon found out Max was being fostered in College Station by a family that lived 5 minutes from us! They agreed to bring him to our house on a Friday evening. We saw him and immediately knew he was the one. Linda and Gary offered to let him stay for the weekend so we could see how he did with us. We were going out of town the next day so he only stayed one night then they picked him back up. On the way back in town, we stopped and got a few supplies. Cooper came home as soon as we got back. Our first mission was to pick a name. Max didn't suit him so we named him Cooper, after our favorite BBQ place in Llano! Cooper completed our family before we knew it. 3 weeks after we got him, I found out I was pregnant with Alex!

Cooper has his moments, but he is the best dog. He adores Alex and is soo gentle with her. He is a snuggler and will let me just lay on him and hold him. He is the perfect dog for our family!

Like Father, Like Daughter

We had a great weekend! I absolutely love my weekends with Josh and Alex!

Saturday afternoon we helped Axel celebrate his first birthday. The funny face glasses were one of the favorite favors!

Techie

Alex's favorite toy is my phone. I have a few apps that she plays with, but her favorite is ShapeBuilder. She will lay on my bed and do puzzles while I get ready. It's great! She threw a few fits when it was time to put the phone down so now I tell her we will stop playing when...I'm done getting ready, when I get out of the shower, or whatever. That has seemed to work so far! She also loves watching videos on my phone. My mom sends me short little clips of Bo, Annie and Stoney and Alex will watch them over and over and over again!

I am looking forward to our weekend. We are doing a little shopping Saturday then we have a birthday party. Sunday will be our day to relax (and there is a very big possibility all the Christmas stuff will be coming down because I just can't wait!) This is actually our only weekend with little to no plans until 2011.

Sleeping Beauty

Last Monday, Alex decided to stop napping all together. Since then she has taken 1 nap. It was on Saturday and only because Abby was here and she took a nap. I've been keeping our afternoons super busy so we don't go crazy at home. Today my windshield was being replaced (finally!) so we were at home from about 12:30 on. Alex actually cried because she wanted to leave the house. She gave me suggestions of Chickfila, Barnes and Noble, Target and HEB. She asked for a snack around 4:20 so I gave her a bowl of pretzels. A few minutes later I looked at her and saw...

It was hilarious! I grabbed my phone, took these pics and sent them to Josh. I then realized she still had food in her mouth so I woke her up so she could finish eating. I tried taking her bowl away and she cried so I took most of the pretzels out and let her keep it. She finished them and has been snuggled on the couch since. I know she's tired, but she won't go back to sleep. Actually, at this point, I don't want her to sleep since she'll be going to bed in a few hours!