Best Gift!

Alex got THIS for Christmas! It comes preloaded with 2o songs. Some classics like If You're Happy and You Know It, Row Row Row Your Boat, BINGO and many other songs I've never heard of. You can also upload your own music to it! For Christmas Alex also got Beauty and the Beast. It came with a CD with several Disney songs. In the last few days Alex ask to listen to it non-stop! We finally added a few of her favorite songs to the music box for her. Now she happily plays in her room listening to her music! We are still working on restarting the song once it is finished but since it has big, easy to use buttons, she should have it in no time!

My Big Girl!

Alex has been napping for about a month in panties without any accidents! We started a week ago letting her sleep in panties at night and we have been accident free!

Yesterday she started going to the bathroom all by herself! She calls for me when she is done and I help her wipe and wash her hands!

Sunday

Sunday we got up and were about to get dressed to leave for our usual Sunday breakfast and IHOP and Alex started coughing. She's had a little cough since Friday afternoon. Well, she started coughing so much she started puking! She was crying as she was doing, poor thing. Our bathroom and bedroom stunk like sour milk. Alex was covered so we decided to stay home and have breakfast. I know the puking was caused by her coughing so much, but I still didn't want to chance it. She isn't running a fever or acting different so I'm sure she's ok...but I still cringe a little every time she coughs!

We made pink heart shaped pancakes and had strawberry syrup! Yum!!! After breakfast we played a little then went outside since it was fairly warm. Alex drove her power wheels around some then we flew a kite since there was a pretty good wind!

After Josh got the kite stuck in the tree, I decided to show off my mad kite flying skills!

like 3 minutes later, I dropped the string thing and

the kite went flying off and crashed to the ground!

Auto Show and Kemah!

We had the best Saturday! Despite going to bed after 10 Friday night, Alex was up at 7 am! We had a quick breakfast, then got ready. We went to Houston for the Auto Show. We walked around then let Alex play in the kid zone. She was sooo excited about the huge slide, then heartbroken when we realized she was too short to ride it! She ended up finding other activities to keep her entertained. When we were done we debated what to do for lunch. It was nice outside and we were only 30 minutes from Kemah so we decided to go for lunch. We took Alex to The Aquarium to eat. Alex caught a glimpse of the 2 story carousel as soon as we saw the boardwalk and talked about it the entire lunch so after a delicious lunch and dessert, we headed to the ride area. I took Alex on the carousel where she picked a horse we named Sparkle! She had the biggest smile on her face the entire time and got sooo excited every time we passed Josh, who was trying to take pictures of us! It was such a great day!

Alex sharing her pink ice cream with Josh

waiting for our turn on the carousel


we are up there on the 2nd level!

we saw a cool bridge just outside of Pasedena and Josh wanted to drive on it!

Alex loves bridges and really tall over passes!

Valentine's Cards

I ordered the most adorable Valentine's Day cards to send! Once they are in the mail I'll post some of the pics I used on the card, but for now, the above pic is from the 100's I took!

Alex and Josh had a little date night last night! After dinner, they went for ice cream. Alex picked pink (strawberry!) They have another date night planned in a few weeks. Our Chickfila has events scheduled each month and next month, it's Daddy/Daughter date night! They do reserved seating, table service and activities!

Alex is back to napping...around 3 or 3:30. I hate that she naps that late, but it's the only time she will actually sleep. She usually sleeps until 5 or so. Her late naps make for great nights! She is still going to bed between 7:30 and 8.

We have had so much fun lately just hanging out. We have gymnastics and dance which she loves! Other days we usually do CFA, B&N or just random errands. In March she will start Hot Shots Soccer on Fridays. I think (hope!) she will love it!

Mommy/Daughter Days!

Josh went out of town Tuesday morning. Alex and I have tried to stay super busy the last 2 days, especially since Alex hasn't been napping. Tuesday we ran a few errands, Alex picked Chickfila for lunch then we went to B&N to play and look at books. Today after dance we went to Target, then I asked Alex if she wanted to go see a movie! Sadly, she said no. She wanted to go home and play. I talked her into lunch first. We went to Dickey's. I found out on Wednesdays kids eat free! Alex loved her own little Dickey's cup with super watered down lemonade. She was eyeing the ice cream machine the entire time so I let her get some before we left. I realized she has never had an ice cream cone, we always get it in a cup. She looked at me like I was crazy when I took a bite of my cone. She decided to try hers and spit it out calling it paper! haha! She ended up having a second bite and decided she liked it. She kept telling me, "Mommy, I like cones!"

Imagination

Alex's imagination is really out of control some times!

The other day we went to B&N to play then had lunch. When Josh got home, he asked Alex what we did during the day. She told him we went to the mall! He asked what we did at the mall and she told him we bought panties. I asked if they were for her (she likes picking out her own panties at Gymboree) and she said no, they were pink panties for Mommy! Crazy kiddo!

She loves to cook in her kitchen. She made Josh a bowl of soup, then ran around looking for a spoon. Once she found it and tasted his soup, she decided it needed olives!

If she is playing, she will take a few seconds out of her time to run pretend strawberries (or some other food) to me.

On another note, Alex is going back and forth with her afternoon naps. Some days (like 2 days a week) she naps without a problem. Other days she will get in bed and act like she is going to nap and as soon as I leave the room, she starts repeating, "but I woke up this morning," over and over. I know when she says that, there is no chance she will nap. I guess her thinking is that she already woke up for the day so she doesn't have to take a nap.

She is also very into using adjectives. When Tracy dropped Abby off yesterday he gave her a kiss, she looked at them and said, "oh that's sweet!"

She tells me when she thinks things are cute or very cute! It can be anything from an article of clothing, a book or the Grinch (who she thinks is very very cute)!

I love love love spending my days with her. We have so much fun together!