My little angel?

My little sweetie pie sure is having a lot of un-angelic moments lately!! Today especially I'm not too happy with her. For the past month I've been trying to get my mom a copy of our family picture we just had taken. After like the 4th trip to JC Penny today I finally picked it up and got home with it. In the 20 seconds or less that I ran to the bathroom and back, Lexi managed to pull the envelope off the kitchen table, take the picture out of the envelope, smear her greasy french fry fingers all over it and put 2 bends down the middle of our faces.:( What a stinker!! The only thing that kept me from getting too mad is that she had the biggest smile on her face and seemed so proud of herself that she got a hold of it! I don't know what I'm going to do when she ruins more than just a 15 dollar picture. I'm sure it's going to happen over and over. Oh boy...

Last night I let Lexi go play in her room for a minute before I was going to put her to bed. I walked in about a minute later to find her here..



I guess she just really wanted to brush her teeth again. I had just done it 5 minutes earlier! I don't know how she thought she was going to get down from there!! I grabbed my camera to take a few pictures, then put her in bed. I heard a bunch of noise in her room so went in to find out what was going on and found her sitting on top of the changing table again in the dark! I'm not sure what to do about it. Do I try and teach her how to get down from it or move the changing table into the closet for a while?? I'm afraid she could really get hurt if she fell off it.

Anyway, here we have Lexi raiding my candy dish..




And here she is in one of her new favorite places to play..


And here she is just being cute : )

Lexi's bigger girl bed

A few days ago I went to go get Lexi out of her crib in the morning when I heard she was up and was quite surprised to find her standing at the door! She has been climbing on everything lately so I figured it wouldn't be too much longer before she learned how to climb out of the crib. We were planning on getting a toddler bed in the next couple months with the baby coming so we went ahead and bought it. Last night was our first time trying it out. I really had no idea how Lexi would do with it..I thought i'd have to put her back in bed a billion times and that it'd end with her in the crib. But she did pretty well. We put her in there and she immediately got up and started playing with her toys. She didn't seem to mind at all that she was in there by herself with the door shut and lights off. I just left her in there to play for about 10 minutes before I'd go in again and put her back in bed. After an hour she finally got so tired that she stayed in bed and fell asleep! I'm hoping it will get a little easier each night.

August

Lexi turned 1 on August 8th. She has grown up so much and is learning new things all the time. I feel like she is my little friend now instead of a baby. She follows me everywhere and is interested in anything I am doing. She learned to give hugs and kisses this month and we LOVE it! Kendi wants me to make sure I give her credit for teaching Lexi how to give kisses and she even taught her to make the "Mmmah" sound. She has a few bunnies that she's just started being interested in. One of her bunnies sits on a bookshelf right next to her crib, and every time I get her out in the morning or after a nap, the bunny is with her in the crib. It's really cute but I'm worried she might get too attached to it, so sometimes I put it away for a while. Here are some pics and videos of her giving the bunnies hugs and kisses..
This is one I've had up on a shelf since she was born but never thought to let her play with it before. Now every time we go in her room she points up at it and wants me to get it down.


And here are some pics from her birthday..
Lexi has always loved to play by the fireplace, but now she actually gets inside. I try really hard to keep her out since she gets dirty and black everytime, but she's fast!
Stealing my gum.. I can't keep it hidden in the diaper bag well enough- she always finds it and I always find half-eaten pieces!

We made our first tent!

Lexi got a puzzle for her birthday and I was really surprised when she figured out how to put all the pieces in. She claps for herself and says Yay after she gets each piece in.

Me and Lexi were at Babies R Us yeterday and Lexi had pulled all the cards out of my wallet like usual. When we were checking out, she held out a card for the lady. When the lady was about to take it, Lexi pulled it back really fast, shook her head no and laughed. I think Ryan taught this to her. She started doing it about a week ago when she was feeding me cheerios, and now does it all the time. It's really cute and I wish I could get it on video, but she gets too distracted by the camera and won't perform like I want her to!

There's a Mr. in my tummy!

I just had my second ultrasound yesterday and found out we are having a boy! Even though I've had the feeling it was a boy, I went to the appointment really hoping for another girl. I thought with these 2 being only 17 months apart, it would be nice for them to be the same sex so they could hopefully be good friends. And the thought of not being able to buy cute dresses and make more bows was really depressing! But I couldn't help smiling when the ultrasound lady announced it was a boy and when I first saw his cute little face! I am SO excited to have another baby-way more excited this time than I was with Lexi since I know how wonderful it is and it's not so new and wierd. I will be 20 weeks in a couple days and can't believe how fast it's flying by. I don't really feel pregnant yet and even forget sometimes. I went shopping yesterday and got the baby's bedding(which I picked out before I was even pregnant in anticipation of another baby :) and a few outfits. I'm a little overwhelmed at the thought of everything that needs to be bought all over again!! Anyway, here are a few pics from my ultrasound yesterday..

Colorado

Lexi and I flew to Colorado to go to our Chapman family reunion for a week. It was great to see family that I hadn't seen in 4 years, and see how much everyone had grown up! We stayed in some condos in Steamboat Springs, CO. It was beautiful there and nice weather for the most part. Here we have Grandma Chapman letting Lexi try out some whipping cream..


Human battleship.. I guess Grandpa didn't want Lexi to feel left out during the games, so there they are just waiting to get hit.

Rollercoaster ride..

How many skittles can you hold in your mouth contest..


Alpine slide. I'm getting to be a chicken in my old age and probably went about as slow as you can possibly go!

Hike #1 up to some waterfall. I forget the name..

Same hike, but the next day with all the fam.

We took a break after our 1/2 mile hike down by the creek. Dad and Chanda got into a water war throwing in the biggest boulders they could lift to splash each other. I'm not sure who started it or who won but I'm pretty sure Dad was the most wet at the end. : )

Splish Splash

What is it that kids like so much about being outside? I swear Lexi could be out there all day long and not get bored. I don't ever want to take her out right now because it's too hot, but we ventured out today. Grandma made a nice puddle for Lexi to play in on the driveway, but she was much more interested in the hose! She sprayed her face more than anything else, but just kept on going.

Yuck!

Lexi came across a bar of soap and wasn't nearly as disgusted by it as I would have thought. The only thing that bothered her was that it kept slipping out of her hands once her slobber wet it down and she had a hard time getting it back in her mouth!

New tricks.

Per moms request, here is a video of Lexi waving. We have been trying to get her to do it for a long time, but she just barely started waving back to us last night.

Lexi has learned a couple other new tricks..some good some not so good. I gave her some lunch yesterday and left the room for a little bit. When I came back this is what I found... An empty tray!! I was so proud of her for eating all that I had given her and that it didn't take too long to eat it. But then I looked down at the floor.. I didn't think kids were supposed to learn this trick for quite a while! What a little stinker. She's also learned how to entertain herself with peekaboo. She'll hold anything in front of her face and walk around thinking it's so funny. Her favorite thing to use is her clothes.