Happy Thanksgiving!

We wanted to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving (a day late). Lexi had a great 1st Thanksgiving! Mike & I are so very thankful for this precious child the Lord has given to us. We love all of you so much and are thankful for you too!

CRAWLING!

That's right... Lexi is crawling!!! Mom & Dad weren't sure it was ever going to happen. Now life will never be the same. :)

FALL

Over the weekend (in between Lexi being sick & me picking up what she had) we were able to go enjoy the beautiful fall weather down here! It's was in the 70's all weekend. We finally went and checked out a park not too far from our apartment. It's awesome!! Lexi got to trying swinging for the 1st time. She was more interested in the girl swinging next to her. She also got to play in the leaves. I'm sure she thinks we are totally crazy... the things we put her through. ha! As long as it makes for a good picture, right?!?? :)

This is as close as we could get, to her looking at the camera.

Snuggling dad on the way back to the car. It may have been a little colder than we thought it would be. Never fear... dad fixed the problem!

I feel this is an appropriate picture to end on. She is such a goof! We love her more than words could possibly describe!

Excitement!

We have a new way to express our excitement around here. Lexi has figured out how to make the dog sing to her. She gets really excited when she gets it to sing a certain song. It's so cute to sit and watch her figure new things out. She just keeps growing up. We are loving every single minute of it!

Pink Leopard

Friday night our church had it's annual Fall Festival. Last year after Halloween we bought a costume on clearance for Lexi. We totally guessed on the size... and we were wrong. ha! That's okay though... we were able to find something just as cute!! We took a very, very cute pink leopard! Lexi & I came home before it was over. She isn't much of a night owl. That's alright... it was still fun!!

uh... what's on my head???

still trying to figure out what the deal w/the pumpkin is

we thought about starting a zoo... this is Lexi the Leopard with her friend Nadia the Monkey!

Pumpkin Carving

We didn't make it out to a pumpkin patch this year. The weather was never very good for it and we decided we would be paying to go take pictures. We will go next year when she is able to walk around and really enjoy it!
We got our pumpkin from the grocery store and he was just perfect.

Not sure about the big orange thing on the table

trying to be brave enough to stick her hands in there

such a girly girl about it

she really didn't know what to think

Lexi went to bed before we actually carved him out. Nothing fancy for us... good old fashion smiley face! :)

October Update

I can't believe that October is almost over. Where does the time go?? What seems even more crazy to me is that our baby turned 9 months old on the 19th. Which means she will be 1 before we know it. Unbelievable! She is growing and changing and learning new things every day. Still no crawling though. It's coming... she's a girl and just likes to take her time! :) She did do a new thing a couple weeks ago... she sat up in bed on her own. That scared me a little and shortly after that, we lowered her bed. I'll try to post a video later of how she goes from laying down to sitting up. It's a pretty funny process to watch.
The stats from her 9 month appointment are...
19.2 lbs (50th percentile)
27.9 in long (50th percentile)
head circumference is 17.91 in (90th percentile) she has a big brain already!!

I love this picture. It looks like she is upset w/the kisses, but this girl loves her daddy so much it's not even funny!

The 1st time I walked in and saw her sitting up
The 2nd time she didn't seem so confused.

She also likes trying to stand on her own. You can't go too far though... still working on the balance thing.

I LOVE this outfit!

This is what we call "Crazy Bear Hair!"

My parents & Chad were able to come visit us two weeks ago. Lexi loved all the attention and didn't like coming back to reality when they left. She loves getting her way all the time. ha!

Playing with Papa's hair. It's just like daddy's!!

We all had Hawkeye shirts on (even though you can't see them)

Showing Grandma just how flexible she is!

This picture kills me. I think Lexi looks like she is in the middle of a big belly laugh. How fitting, that Uncle Chad would be making her laugh! :)

Just hanging out w/Papa

More pictures to come of a dressed up baby girl at Halloween! Yay for all the 1st holidays coming up we get to celebrate with Lexi! Let the fun begin!!