I haven't done an update on Lexi in quite some time. She's growing up so fast! Since Keaton's been born I swear she's matured so much. She is the best big sister to him. She always wants to hold him and give him kisses and hugs. I don't really think she's acted jealous at all, but I think Brian and I have made sure to give her plenty of attention. In fact, I think she might get more attention now than she did before he was born! She likes playing with the baby toys that we have set out like the activity mat, swing, and bouncer. We have to keep telling her she's too big to sit in the swing!
I think by far this is my favorite age for her! Over the past couple of months her imagination has really started to develop and she's playing more independently. She loves her kitchen and pretending to get us coffee or make us dinner. We bough her another kitchen so she has one upstairs and downstairs too! She is talking so much now too and we can have real conversations with her. She does this funny thing with some of her words though where she adds an "A" at the end. Some examples are: "Take-a my shoes off Mommy", "Get-a my milk Daddy", "Wipe-a my face". I don't know why she does it but I just love her little voice! As you can tell by those phrases, she's quite the little bossy girl! She often repeats stuff she hears at daycare too and I'll hear her putting Mr. Bear or Syd (her monkey) in time out. Sometimes Oscar gets put in timeout too!
Some of my other favorite phrases she's said are: "Knock it off" (Brian's Dad taught her this one!), "I hold you" (This means she wants you to pick her up), "I take it home" (This means she wants you to buy whatever she's picked out at the store). Some other things she's said that crack me up are that she often calls Brian and I by our first names. A couple times she's said "Hey Robin, shut up". I know that's bad, but you seriously can't help but laugh! I'm sure she learned "shut up" from us saying it to Oscar when he barks! Oh and another thing is her saying "oh my god". I've tried to teach her to say "oh my gosh" instead. You can't say anything in front of her without her repeating it. Even if you think she's not listening she is! One day Oscar was barking and everytime he barks Lexi thinks GG and Pa are at the door. When he barked she said "GG Pa are here". And I said, "No, they're not here, it's just your stupid brother" (meaning Oscar). She immediately repeated "stupid brother". I was thinking great, she's probably going to go to daycare saying "stupid brother" and they'll think she's talking about Keaton!
She's really in to making decisions right now too. She always says "I pick one". So then you ask her which one she wants (say deciding between three movies) and she'll say "Ummm...hmmm...ummm...hmmm....ummm..." and will put her finger to her face like she's really thinking before she finally decides "this one!"
She also loves loves loves books! We have to read all four books that are in her room every night before bed and if you try to skip one she freaks out! She pretty much has all the words from each of them memorized so she can "read" them to you. The four books in her room now are "Brown bear brown bear", "Five little monkeys", "So big", and Curious George.
Lately she's also been scared of stuff too. I don't know how kids learn this or how they decide what they are scared of. Sometimes before bed she says "Mommy, I scared". It breaks my heart when she says this and I don't want to leave her in her room alone! The other day we were in Walgreens and walked down the Halloween aisle and she saw the masks and said she was scared and started screaming, but it was more of a playful/fake scream.
I know I'm forgetting so much of what she's been up to lately and my favorite things about her! I need to do a better job of doing updates on her! The most important thing I want to remember about this time of her life though is how much I love spending time with her! She makes me laugh so much and I just love her little personality! We're going to Howl-zoo-ween this Saturday and she will be dressed up as Cinderella so I'll post some pics from that!
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