10 Months Old!!!

Watching Daddy mow the lawn from her bedroom window.

Alexandra is 10 months old today!!! Only 2 more months until she is 1!!! My, how time is flying!

She learned a lot in month 9. She is now crawling on all fours 75% of the time. She is pulling up to stand and as of this morning she is trying to move from piece of furniture to another while standing! She can also: wave bye bye, play peek a boo, pick up tiny objects, take objects out of a container and is now starting to put them back in. She loves for anyone to hold her. If someone comes over, she crawls to them, gets on her knees and puts her hands up for them to pick her up. When we are around new people she holds her hands out for them to hold her. While we were at the grocery store Friday, she sat in the cart and waved to people as we walked through the store. The girl can move FAST!!! She is all over the place and into everything! She loves being outside on a blanket but is very good about staying on the blanket. She will crawl to the edge and put her hand in the grass but will not move off the blanket. She adores Cooper. If he is in the back yard, she will crawl to the baby gate that blocks off the hallway and bedrooms and just look at Cooper while he is outside. She still has her moments where she screams if Coop gets too close to her but she is doing much better about it now. I moved the exersaucer to stage 3 so it is now an activity table and she will just stand there playing with everything for the longest time. We still haven't found any foods she will not eat. I'm getting a little lazy about introducing new foods. We used to do a new one every 3-4 days, but now it's more like once a week. We are slowly moving aways from purees and doing more finger foods. I'm still waiting a little longer on meats. The thought of pureed meat kinda grosses me out so as she continues to get better with finger foods, I'll slowly introduce meat. She is still holding steady with one tooth, although, I think the second one will be through the gums in the next week or so!

Happy 10 month birthday baby girl!

Happy Birthday!!!

Ok...let us all pretend like this was posted yesterday!!

Happy Birthday Josh!!! Today is Josh's 31st birthday!!! I'm not going to get all sentimental and mushy but I'll just say, I am so lucky to have you in my life! You are my best friend, my soul mate and the perfect father to our little bunny! I love you!

We spent the day doing everything Josh wanted to do...which wasn't much. I made him french toast for breakfast then he took a few hours to go ride! When he got back we went out for pizza at Mr. G's, the best pizza here! Then we relaxed all day, watched TV, played Tetris and ate! I made Josh a red velvet cake from scratch, his favorite, and then chicken enchiladas for dinner! Happy Birthday!!!

Bye Bye!!!

Alex waves bye bye! She has been doing this off and on, but we've never been able to catch it on video! (please ignore my annoying voice!)

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!