New activities

Now that she's mobile, Lexi is into EVERYTHING! One of her favorite things these days is climbing the stairs. She's so fast and has absolutely no fear of falling. She will stand on a step and then turn around and look at us. It's so cute but my heart is pounding the whole way too fearing she'll slip and I won't catch her in time!


Her second favorite thing is opening all the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen. Fortunately I put locks on the cabinets with cleaning supplies but she's free to open the rest of them. As you can see, she really loves the one with all the appliance manuals!

Bad Hair Day!

This past weekend was so hot and we didn't turn the air on yet so I had Lexi take her nap in her diaper. When she woke up she was so sweaty and her hair was a mess so of course I had to take some pictures!

First plane ride

On May 15th Lexi took her first plane ride, headed to Orlando, FL. I had a work conference so Brian, Lexi, and Brian's parents tagged along. I was a little worried about how she'd do on the plane but she did great! She slept 1.5 hours of the 2 hour flight. Brian flew back with Lex and his parents on Tuesday while I stayed back for my conference, but he said she slept almost the whole way back too. Here's a picture of her sleeping on the plane ride to Florida.

With the short trip there wasn't a whole lot of time to do much while we were in Florida. We decided not to spend the money to go to Disney World since Lexi is too young to really enjoy it. We did manage to make it to the pool for a few minutes one day.

Lexi managed to have some fun crawling around the hotel room and climbing on our suitcases. Brian's parents got her some super-cute Minnie Mouse ears!

9 Month Photo Session

Here's a few pictures from Lexi's 9 month photo session done by our friend Nina (there's a link to her website on my page).


Lex is 10 months now but I've been lagging on the updates! Here are a couple of the biggest updates from the last month that I can think of:

1. Cruising - She's figured out how to make her way around the room by holding on to the furniture. She's quite brave too! She's still primarily crawling but she's definitely showing more of an interest in walking now that she's seen it's a faster way to get to things!
2. Standing unassisted - Like I said, she's pretty brave, which I guess is sometimes a benefit. She didn't hesitate trying to stand without holding onto anything and she was so proud of herself when she was able to do it! Of course Mommy and Daddy were so proud too which made her even happier! The longest she's stood on her own was about 15 seconds but it's progress! She throws her hands up in the air like "look Mom, no hands". It's so cute!
3. Exploring new foods - Lexi is officially off baby food and pretty much eats everything we eat. She still gets 3 bottles a day but also has breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. She has had quite a variety of food, but probably has Mexican food at least once a week. We haven't really found any food she doesn't like yet. I also think this girl will eat and eat until we stop feeding her! I haven't weighed her since her 9 month check-up, but I swear she's gained at least 2 or 3 more lbs! Her clothes are definitely getting a little snug!
4. Little miss independent - Is it possible to go through terrible 2's with a 10 month old? She's generally pretty content, but man, when she's mad she's mad! I wonder who she get's that from :-) She's also soooo independent! She wants to do everything on her own! She will definitely let you know when she does/doesn't want something or help with something! No idea where she gets that from :-)

I'm sure I'm forgetting something important. I need to try to update more often but we've been so busy lately!