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!