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This is Lexi's newest toy. It was purchased so that mom could get a few things done during the day. And she has really started to LOVE it! At first she wasn't sure what to do, but then she started moving to the beat of the music. And now she jumps! It's so much fun to watch her!!

This is Lexi... when she is overly tired. She will laugh at anything. And it's so sweet... such a cute little laugh! I will take her laughing over crying any day!!

We're Back!

Sorry it's been so long since the last blog post. As I mentioned... Mike went on a missions trip for two weeks. While he was gone for those two weeks, Lexi & I headed up to Iowa to be w/family!! It was great getting to spend time w/both sides of the family. I never imagine though, that two weeks would come and go so quickly. It seems like we hardly saw people. But the time we did get to spend with family was wonderful! I had a problem though... whenever we went anywhere, I forgot the camera. And then after the 1st week I realized that battery was dying and couldn't find the battery charger anywhere. Go figure! :( All that to say- I don't have too many pictures and most of them are from hanging out at my parent's house. The pictures I do have from the past few weeks are posted below.

The time spent w/family went quickly, yet the time away from Mike went way too slow. We missed Daddy terribly. We thought we would be able to Skype. Unfortunately the internet in Bonaire rarely worked. When it did, Lexi was either napping or in bed for the night. It was pretty hard on all 3 of us, being apart that long. Hopefully we won't have to do that for awhile now! Lexi has been pretty excited to have her dad back! She doesn't like to let him too far out of her site.

So for the past week or so, we've just been trying to get back to normal life. All of our schedules are way off. Really exciting news... Lexi's 1st tooth has popped through. You can't see the whole tooth, just the top of it. That's good news. The bad news is that we are now into full-blown teething. It's kind of miserable. I wish there was some magic way to make all her teeth just appear. I keep reminding myself that she won't remember all this. Doesn't really make me feel that much better when she's crying though.

I think that's about all the exciting news. Thank you to everyone who prayed for Mike during his missions trip & for our family. There should now be more regular posts coming your way! :)

pictures

Lovin on Papa Steve

I'm going to guess baseball was on t.v. or something... Uncle Chad got a little distracted. :)
Lexi Bear & Uncle Tom

Sharing all sorts of secrets w/Abby

This girl loves books!!

She also loves being outside... everything is so new & exciting!

Superbaby

Lexi & Great Grandma Septer

more loving!

Valerie loved reading stories to Lexi

This is Lexi's newest headband. The picture does not do it justice... it is too cute for words!!

And since we've been home...
We've been reading even more books! (Notice that she is touching it w/her foot. Sometimes she will touch things w/her feet before her hands. Maybe she's part monkey??)

A sippy cup has been introduced. She doesn't really know what to make of it... not sure about the water that comes out of it.

Song time w/Daddy. She even sang along for part of it!

Before Daddy went on his trip, he buzzed his hair. Lexi has discovered how much fun it is to touch now.

We are now entering all sorts of mood-swings.

We have happy...

and sad...

and clingy...

And her shirt below sums up the reason for the moods. I guess she isn't our cuddly little baby anymore. Time goes by way to fast!