Lexi went on her first 4-wheeler ride this weekend

and LOVED it!! we went down to the gas

station/post office/po box/scrapbooking store (i just

had to throw all that in there for the nielsen's sake) and

Lexi was just waving at everyone we passed and

couldn't stop laughing, she probably caught a few

bugs in the mouth since she wouldn't shut it!

when you play hard you crash hard

lexi has become quite the climbing maniac. she's
figuring out how to open up all the drawers to make steps
and try to make it to the countertop.

Nana's purse was getting reorganized by the girls
while prom dress shopping.

shopping can really take it out of you

Lexi is pretty excited about being a big girl and

flipped around in her car seat!

The new seat that brought sanity back

into our lives! now she's a big girl

Lexi loves sharing her food with everyone, in church

she stands on the pew and tries to feed her treats

to the people behind us, especially when they are her friends

like Austin.

Hungry?

who needs baby food? lexi sure thinks

she doesn't, after trying to get her to eat all

day long with no success i set her down on the

counter next to me while i made dinner and

she chowed down on her daddy's top ramen

he had left on the counter. you snooze you loose!

at least she's offering to share a big handful with him

lexi's pretty into this sharing thing. granted

she still yanks things out of her cousins and

friends hands, but she'll still want to feed anyone

anything that she is eating!

Since lexi's favorite game has been pulling everything

out of laundry baskets, bowls of food, boxes of toys etc..

this is a nice change that she is beginning to learn

to put things back in... like she's doing in this picture..

it is a little short lived though, she quickly gets

sick of that and returns to pulling twice as much out.

We're still working on it, one step forward two steps

back right?

you have got to be kidding me!!!

within a two hour time frame of being outside this

was the THIRD snake we came across! this was nowhere

in all the papers we signed when we bought the house! dont you

think they should warn you about these things!? is it too late

to return our home? So i was informed that they are blow

snakes and not to hurt them because they will kill rattlesnakes!

you've gotta be kidding me again, if a rattlesnake can kill me

and this can kill a rattlesnake... what does that tell you!

yup, this guy gets hungry enough and i'm lookin like a

tasty lunch! good thing i have brave cody to catch them.

Gardening Adventures

We've been so excited to get outside and get working in

our yard! (i'm sure that will get old really fast, but

we're just going to enjoy it while it lasts) Since the weather

has been so nice this week we've spent EVERYDAY out

in the yard, and we're still not even done with the front,

what a drag! anyways here are some of our fun times....

Since we never do anything downstairs, lexi hasn't been

around any stairs so i figured she didn't know how to do them.

I was proven wrong, without hesitating she was right up

the front steps and pretty proud of herself too. I did set

up a blanket out there with tons of toys to keep her entertained

but of course lexi wanted to be everywhere but on the safe,

clean blanket.

Me and Lex just enjoying a little hay/grass/ flower/ plant..

food, who really knows what is what. i'm sure that i have

pulled out plenty of things that i assumed were weeds and

they were really flowers... who knows.. who really cares, at

least we finally got to get going.

Nana tickling bug

Thank heavens for mom. i would still be standing in front of

all the rose bushes with a confused look on my face, trying

to figure out what this "dead heading" is people keep speaking of

yummy!

Lexi's new friend, she loved this puppy, he was just the

right size. There is another neighbor dog that she really

likes until he comes up and knocks her over. But this little

dog is her friend. she even shares her toys with him. and

when he's licking her she just laughs and laughs!

HOLY ....SNAKE! yeah and it TOUCHED me! GROSS!

there goes the gardening ambition! looks like grass

will be replacing everything!!!

hugs

We went down to the Barkers last night for

family night to see the beginning of the farm. Lexi and Ayla

weren't to sure about touching the chicks, and with

a little bribery to andy he even let the chick sit

on his shoulder like Jack Sparrow. But Lexi

didn't need the chicks for entertainment, she

was all about playing with Ayla. after they got

done ripping the bag of food out of eachother's

hands, (when do you teach them manners anyways?)

they moved onto this.... Lexi hugging ayla non stop and

Ayla wasn't really too sure about it as you can tell from

that concerned dissatisfied face. Ashley probably wont

let ayla come play with us alone for awhile...sorry. but

it was good entertainment.

No this isn't all the same picture, Lexi continued to do

this for about 5-10 minutes, so these are all separate

times.

Poor Ayla


Since the weather has been warming up we lke to take
tours of our backyard and realize that we're over
our heads in yard work. we are calling on farmer tyson
and nana for assistance..and any others that would lke a little
"fun" in the sun! we aren't even quite sure the difference in
the weeds and flowers.. crap! we get really excited about
our options everytime we're inside and talking about it..
then we wonder outside... it is quickly a sobering experience.

Some more boogying!



This is Cody and Lexi playing tag.. i must say
this one is a little short lived. Normally it lasts for
quite a few minutes with a lot more squealing..
sometimes A.D.D gets the best of her

Some more of Lexi "loving" on Ayla. This would

be the very end of it when Ayla had finally had enough.

She's going to be one tough cookie. Right before Lexi's

tormenting Andy was playing "tackle" with her too.

What a sport!

lexi's first taste of lemon juice. this girl will

eat anything if its not baby food

The Butterfly Boogie

She's still working on the oranges... One of

these times they'll taste better, right?

This is what happens anytime any kind of music
comes on, usually its her butterfly that flaps

around and sings..

... Sometimes she gets boogying (?)
so hard that she kinda knocks the wind out of
herself when she hits the floor

Beauty is Pain

We got Lexi's ears pierced, and i dont know

who it was harder for, Cody or Lexi. Although

we took her down there together, cody would

not stay in the store with me, and i'm pretty

sure he was a little mad at me! Lexi cried for

about 2 seconds and then got her sucker and

it did not phase her from then on!

She's learning young beauty is pain!

she's thinking that looks really yummy..

Not anymore!

Simple Pleasure

Every Wednesday is a good day for Lexi because its

garbage day. sound stupid i know. but for a little

girl who loves outside and loves time with her

daddy, it just cant get much better. as you can

see by the smile on her face!

Lexi loves to help do laundry. i set the basket on the bed

and her next to it and she emptys it as fast as possible.

such a fun game for everyone!! not! once the basket

is empty she turns to throwing the folded clothes on

the bed over her shoulders as fast as possible. so to distract

her cody puts the laundry on her head... thats what

the first video is, dad and lexi's game..that can

entertain lexi for quite a long time!

These other video's are of lexi and her butterfly,

everytime that you touch it, it plays music and

moves... so does lexi. the butterfly cant be going

without her dancin along, even if they are in different

rooms. She isn't doing it to her full potential in these

because the camera is so distracting, but you get the idea.

and just to warn you, you probably want to turn your volume

down a little because shes across the room, so i sound

really loud when it plays :)

Kiss The Cook

All of our neighbors have been so nice bringing

us treats since we moved in, so Lexi helped me

bake up a storm to take some treats back around.

She LOVED the beaters, as you can see in the

movie at the bottom, she definately didn't

want to give them up.

After i finally got the beaters from her,

she moved onto the crumbs on the counter.

cant beat cookie dough!!

wiping her hands and off to the next task...

This next task is her absolute favorite of the week!

She loves the microwave. The blinking light is so

cool, plus the light on the inside, and it spins! so

entertaining!

We're working on getting lexi off bottles, and we're

actually getting close! woo hoo! so she's got herself

onto the next great thing. a waterbottle! it is

about as big as her!

but she can still dominate it!


Kay and the girls stopped by and lexi was
quite pleased! she sat and kissed kiwi for
about 15 minutes!


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and hugged her! until out of the blue kiwi screamed
"OW! SHE BITES HARD!" lexi likes to sneak attack.
poor kiwi!