One Year Old!

It's Party Time!

Birthday Girl and her Daddy

Birthdays are a GREAT Idea!

Nothing like a Cupcake Pinata for a Good Time!

Yummy Cake

I Hate Being Messy

Presents!!!

All Worn Out!

Thanks for a great day everyone!

Swing = Happy Girl!

Swinging Away

When we left home I didn't realize she still had a little bit of yogurt on her face.

I'm not sure, but I have a feeling the messy face contributed to her good time :)

Playing...

Fun with Blocks and Balls

So this video is longer than the normal clips I post, but you can see how advanced she is getting in her play. She loves to put her shape blocks inside the Playskool ball popper, which of course doesn't work too well. She loves emptying things (every diaper change now she tries to empty the basket on the table!)

She's getting so quick; it's amazing! She pretty much zooms around the floor when she wants to get somewhere. She is such a chatterbox and is always talking, whether in baby language or actual words.

We are getting ready for her first birthday party - it is a cupcake theme! I ordered her cake yesterday and I'm so excited about it. It will be a round cake made to look like a giant cupcake, plus we are getting a little "smash cake" just for her to go with it! Her birthday is in only four days and the party is on Saturday; not long now!

A Day in the Park

Fun on the Swings

It was an absolutely beautiful day out today and I took Lexie to the park after work. She and I have been swinging in our backyard on the swing set most days already, but the park has a baby swing and she loves it!

She sat in it for half an hour and cried when I took her out. The sun was bright and facing her so she couldn't look up for pictures. Of course, she also waved at everyone who walked by (all the other moms, dads and little kids waved back). She kept waving over and over at the teenage boys playing basketball and seemed like she couldn't understand why they wouldn't wave back.

Eventually we had to go, but I think she would have stayed out there until I made her leave. It is so much fun now that she is old enough to be able to enjoy these types of things. I have a feeling we'll be doing this again many times over the summer!

Lexie's First Easter!

We're Back!

So the blog hiatus was not intentional; it's just been a crazy month and a half and before I knew it, that much time had passed without an update. Lexie is busy and growing; she has four teeth now and is doing so many new things.

Her newest developments have been waving (she waves at everyone now all the time) and shaking her head from side to side. She hasn't figured out that it means no yet, just thinks it's funny. She loves it when you shake your head back at her; even if you nod it up and down she will shake it back and forth in response. Her giggles at something so simple are hilarious! She is quite a talkative little girl and said "hey" to me when I walked in the door from work yesterday.

I took her for pictures in her Easter dress and as you can see, she had a blast! A lady I work with has a business making bows and flowers for little girls and she made the flower especially to go with the dress. I was really pleased with how it came out and with the pictures. She wore the combo to church Easter Sunday as well and looked so beautiful!

Below are pictures from our church's Easter Extraordinaire (Anthony performed). They have an amazing Easter Egg hunt, but of course, Lexie was a little too small for that. She had fun anyway though; Pastor went and got her an egg and she is still playing with it! She also loved her Easter bunny from Grandma Flagg! All in all, a great holiday!

Lexie's Dedication

Busy Mommy, Busy Baby

So, I'm obviously behind on blogging; things have been extremely busy lately. While I've been absent from blogger; Lexie's been growing and changing daily. She walks around all the furniture daily now and can pull herself up in her crib and play yard. She has even said "yes" and "no" in the last few weeks!

Here are a few of the pictures from her dedication; she wore this beautiful black and white dress with the princess skirt and looked so pretty! It was a beautiful day and Mom even got to be here to see it! She was so good and even patted Pastor when he lifted her up!

Our Pretty Little Lady!

Getting Ready for Church

Isn't she pretty? I love this outfit; the leopard jacket coordinates so awesome with the pants and the shirt has the paw print on it to match! Her hair is getting so long also. She looked so cute and got compliments from everyone!

Poor thing had an ear infection this week; I was hoping she would be older before we had to give her an antibiotic, but both ears were infected and so it was a necessity. She is starting to feel better and getting back to her old self.

Grandma Nancy is coming in tomorrow - we are so excited for her to see how big Lexie is! This Sunday is her dedication at church. We will be sure to take pictures and post them for everyone who isn't able to be here; we love and miss you all!