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Lets go fly a kite!

Lexi got a new buzz and woody kite from nana,

and loved going to the park to fly it!

She could not stop giggling, and shouting "buzz & woody

flying with da birdies!" She also wasn't very good at holding

onto the kite alone, so i spent most of the time chasing the

kite down, which she found equally as funny, and started

doing it on purpose. Our trip was shortlived, cause it turns

out when its that windy that us rookies can fly without

troubles, its also very cold!

We are working very hard on getting lexi

into her bed, alone.. without waking up wanting

to hold hands!! yes i know she is almost two..

but if you could've cuddled with her everynight

you would've done it too. this is harder

on me than it is on her i think. Anyways

she now gets bribed with BIG treats for BIG

girls who sleep in their own beds! And just like

me... she's a sucker for a good treat!

Just thought this little face should brighten all your

days as well!! :) dont you wish you could just squish her!

This & That

Its been a long time since i've updated, and i'm even

worse at keeping up with journaling/scrapbooking for

the buggy, i have to look back at the blog when i

finally get to the journal to try and remember

what she was doing and when. so i'm going to be throwing

random things in this post so when i look back in a year

i can remember what happened these few months. It feels

like she's done a ton and i cant keep up with it. I'm sure

every mom says this.. but my child has got to be a genius!

She can count to ten... well she could... some how we regressed

back to " One, Two, Seben, eight, TEN!!!" we did have it down

for a while. She always said "no" to everything, i'd say "do you mean

yes?" and she'd reply with "YES!" but now we have moved

onto "YES ABSOLUTELY!" (at the top of her lungs, everyone in

sacrament finds it hilarious-but us!) her other favorite words

are radical, wicked, sweet, tubular, coolest, and "rightet on".

Her dad finds it awfully amusing that she will say

anything he says.

She LOVES clothes (wonder where she got that?)

i no longer get to pick out her clothes, or my own.

she picks her favorite color of the day, and we are

both required to wear a shirt of that color. its much

easier to do what she wants when it comes to this,

otherwise what would take a few minutes to throw on

clothes can turn into fifteen minute tantrums!

Its surprising she has such an interest in clothes,

when she is already a tomboy in training. She loves

Buzz and woody, cars, and monsters! princesses are

at the bottom of the list, but at least she is aware of what

they are now. In this picture she had picked out

daddy's clothes for the day even though he was already at

work, so she took it upon herself to wear them for him.

She fit in one leg of his shorts and walked around in

them all day long!

If she could she would wear her "candy shirt" everyday

and everynight, and probably for bath time too.

She's got quite a sweet tooth on her! This shirt has to

be thrown in with every batch of laundry so that its clean

at least every other night.

While potty training she could never seem to get

her pants back up over her toosh... i just had to

show everyone else the cute view i had for a couple

weeks while she got the hang of pulling them all the way up!

Now she is quite proud of her buns and has them out

on purpose! Anytime she hears the word buns, she drops her

pants and panties turns around and pats her buns at whoever

is near. Cute around the house, however Raymond was

pretty traumatized, along with the nursery leader who was

playing peekaboo with lexi in nursery and one of the times she opened

the closet door lexi had her tights down and buns hanging out

for all to see...

she loves movies (does that say too much about my parenting?!)

And was so excited when dad showed up with a surprise for her-

(and me, its nice to not have to sing every second of every car ride!)

Lexi loves hiding anywhere she can... not so fun while shopping!

and all the grandkids have taken on the cabinet in nana's

entertainment center.. so much for movies down there.

She just takes a pillow in with her, shuts the door and gets comfy.

(and only sometimes forgotten!)

We went to toads with the barkers and bumpa.
Lexi loved grabbing everyones golf balls and throwing
them into the water, running away from bumpa,
and playing on all the toys! And we won
her a princess crown...



Issy made lexi a scarf, that she loves!
lucky lexi to get bumped up issy's
client list ahead of the rest of us!
I guess with a cheeser like that you
can get what you want!

Our scary, dingy, dark, creepy, dirty basement
has been forced to take on new life! Surprising with
a little (okay a lot) of cleaning, and organizing it could
be livable! And lexi and i have spent more than our fair
share of time down there since i've been down painting
for the booth constantly! lexi has been a trooper, and
just loves to be down with me all day painting, playing toys,
watching movies, and eating cookies! Yes it does take
some bribery to keep a one year old entertained
by herself downstairs for 8 hours straight!

Nicole & Ray like to keep our lives exciting and keep us

out til all hours of the night sometimes - yup even past MIDNIGHT

on occasion! (okay one occasion, but for us lame-o's

thats a big step!) We went to nickelcade one night and lexi

once again loved the rides and running away from us...

but mostly loved putting money into the machines. even

if they were going all she wanted to do was keep putting

in money, like that was the fun part of the ride...hmmm.

too early to be obsessed with money, and that she is.

She always says "i need moneys, in buggy's pockets!"

Ayla has stopped running everytime she see's, hear's or senses

lexi's presence; And its so fun to watch them play together now.

Their sweet innocent little conversations are so entertaining

to listen to. Lexi even had her first cousin sleepover last

weekend with andy and ayla. More so with ashley since she ended

up sleeping on the floor with lexi, but we have worked even

harder at getting her to sleep in her own bed, all alone now,

so bring on the sleepovers!

My little chef! anytime we walk into the kitchen,

even if its just to get a drink out of the fridge she

asks for her apron. What a great christmas present

nana gave! perfect for these little girls! (And for anyone

else that wants to go to quilted bear and buy one... wink wink!) haha

Nana has been going through their boxes in the shed

to find all of our american girl dolls we had growing up.

We have found my desk, but my doll is still M.I.A.

Lexi is fine with just the desk though...

until she gets stuck...EVERYTIME!!! it doesn't end well.

The desk has been put away for a while.. until

common sense kicks in a little more.

GO COLTS! Although the superbowl was over a

month ago, and we know the sad outcome, we'll still

cheer on peyton! lexi was decked out in her blue..

fingernails, facepaint and all for the superbowl party.

But grandpa had just got back from brazil and brought her

this shirt... so of course she had to wear it right then. at

least the rest of the blue stayed! maddi and kiwi

are always such good babysitters! They've made

me consider waiting til lexi is 8 to have the next

kid so i can have a babysitter too.. just sit back and relax :)

her first day with the potty! She got to pick her

own potty and of course she picked the plain blue

one. didn't want the cute pink, or

even the blue one that sings... she picks the most boy
one that she can find! And princess underwear just

wouldn't cut it, she would throw the cars and toy

story boxers in the cart faster than i could take them out.

so buzz and woody it is. also shocking to the nursery

leader when she says "i've got woody in my pants!"

I'm pretty sure that she will have a heartattack soon

enough in there due to my child.

(and of course the candy shirt!)

isn't she just precious?!!?

And another good robison babysitter. Its always

the best thing for lexi to have cousins over to play with.

She'll do anything with them, even nap! (which at this point

was a big deal since she had decided she was done with them

for a LONG few weeks!)

Lexi ADORES grandpa... and he will do just about

anything she tells him to do. (which i think is part of the

adoration) He'll hide under the kitchen table, play in her room

for hours, hide under her bed.. etc. The other day we

were at his house and when we were ready to leave she just

kept saying "no thanks, buggy stay here" and when we tried

to just grab her and go, she ran to hide under the kitchen sink...

She won, grandpa played with lexi for the day! and when they

came back late that night i was so excited to see her, ran outside

to grab her and she wouldn't let me touch her, ONLY GRANDPA!

trouble trouble!