Alexa finally said Mama today!!!
She is 8 months old...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
One more hug...
I have been following a special blog: http://www.mycharmingkids.net/
The woman who is writing her story just gave birth to her baby yesterday, he is a miracle baby, she was told at 20 weeks he would have severe heart problems and many other problems were diagnosed in utero. PRAISE GOD! He was born with no heart defects! Isn't God amazing?
As I was reading her latest blog post about holding her newborn son, Stellan, I was rocking my baby to sleep. She was sleeping so peacefully against my chest. What a beautiful sight! She is so precious, so sweet, so beautiful. As I read some other blogs of mom's struggles with losing their babies, it makes me remember what a blessing JoElle and Alexa are and I hug them one more time, kiss them one more time, hold them a little tighter, and praise God for such a precious gift, one more time.
The woman who is writing her story just gave birth to her baby yesterday, he is a miracle baby, she was told at 20 weeks he would have severe heart problems and many other problems were diagnosed in utero. PRAISE GOD! He was born with no heart defects! Isn't God amazing?
As I was reading her latest blog post about holding her newborn son, Stellan, I was rocking my baby to sleep. She was sleeping so peacefully against my chest. What a beautiful sight! She is so precious, so sweet, so beautiful. As I read some other blogs of mom's struggles with losing their babies, it makes me remember what a blessing JoElle and Alexa are and I hug them one more time, kiss them one more time, hold them a little tighter, and praise God for such a precious gift, one more time.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Halloween Tea Party and Fall Festival
Miss Spider's Halloween Tea Party at
What a fun weekend we had
celebrating fall and Halloween!
JoElle and I had fun at Miss Spider's Halloween Tea Party with Madi, Peyton and Aunt Ana on Saturday.
Funny thing is that Miss Spider just so happened to be our friend Debbi from First Baptist Euless, we met her back in 2000 in Christianity 101 and then sang in the choir together! Don't you love God? Always bringing us back together with our dear ones.
At one point, JoElle was holding the cream for the tea and she looked to Peyton and inquired, "Would you like some cream, Peyton?" And he answered her so sweetly "Yes, please" it was adorable!
Madison ate the entire time :) She had a blast and was super cute in her Dooblebops costume. At the end, the kids marched in a Halloween parade outside in the dark, JoElle grabbed Madison's hand to make sure she didn't go in the street, she is such a mother hen!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Pics from when I was pregnant with JoElle and with Alexa...
JoElle loves to see pics of me with her in my belly :) So, here is one!
Pregnant with JoElle...the night before being induced with J
oElle....
oElle....I weighed 200 lbs!!!! Yikes!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Yummy Food
Alexa really eats like crazy; just this morning, she ate three of my handfuls of Cheerios- about 3 tablespoons, and only around 5 ended up on the floor; then she ate a TON of egg foo young. I made it for them this morning, something my dad used to make for me. I put fresh broccoli, carrots, green onions and water chestnuts in it. She loved it, but then again, I still have yet to find any food she does not like or won't eat!
JoElle even ate most of hers, even though she thinks carrots are yucky, But then last night JoElle ate a tong of baby carrots, she dipped then in balsamic vinaigrette.
JoElle even ate most of hers, even though she thinks carrots are yucky, But then last night JoElle ate a tong of baby carrots, she dipped then in balsamic vinaigrette.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Weekend fun
We had a great day today as a family; Tim and JoElle played soccer outside while Alexa and I cheered as she "scored" goals by kicking the ball through two trees. JoElle helped me to clean up the side of the deck by pulling up all the cannas and cutting down branches/ cottonwood branches and shoots that will not die :) Alexa helped Daddy push JoElle in her swing; Alexa was giggling crazily, she really enjoyed it! They also slid down the slide together.
Alexa eats so much, she can sit in her chair and eat food for at least an hour, if not more. She started signing "all done" and "milk" over the past few days.
Also, when I tell her "no comes los zapatos" rather than "don't eat the shoes", she listens. Alexa loves to book it to the kitchen, even if we are not in there. One day, JoElle and I blocked off the path to the kitchen, so Alexa crawled around screaming her head off! She was extremely upset with us, so we unblocked it, she was as happy as can be! Alexa crawls into the kitchen so that she can play with the fridge letters. She will play with the same thing / toy for 20-30 minutes at a time, all by herself. So very different from the way JoElle was (and is!).
Although Alexa's tummy is slimming down some with how active she is, she is still wearing 12-18 month old onesies, shirts and jeans, she can also wear 24 mo. shirts as well, and she is not even 8 months old yet :)
Ok back to today, we also went grocery shopping as a family, JoElle found a little cart and was excited to be able to push it around and put groceries in it. Alexa did well until the end, I had to hold her. A lot of customers were smiling at her and talking to her, like always :) She loves it! She really loves people, strangers and all (again, unlike JoElle, she never liked strangers much, except around 2 yrs old when she was yell "Hi!" to everyone at Wal-Mart or Kroger).
Right now, JoElle is with Daddy shopping for an air filter for the A/C and also he was planning to take her to the park to play.
Yesterday was a tough day for me, but the kids had some fun. We took them to Nagoya, a Japanese Hibachi grill by the mall. We have gone there once before; both of them love it, they eat a ton of veggies and rice. Alexa eats the entire time, then we have to just leave, because I think she would spend the entire day there eating! JoElle loves the fire, even though it scares her a bit. Our chef was asking what her name was, but she refused to tell him for a good 10 minutes, she finally told him, so he started called her Jo. She thought that was funny. Before he came out to cook, JoElle was singing all kinds of songs at the table very loudly, just enjoying herself! Daddy said Alexa got scared of the fire in the beginning (we were in the restroom) and she started crying, especially when the chef tried talking to her! so he had to hold her :) She loves Daddy!
Alexa eats so much, she can sit in her chair and eat food for at least an hour, if not more. She started signing "all done" and "milk" over the past few days.
Also, when I tell her "no comes los zapatos" rather than "don't eat the shoes", she listens. Alexa loves to book it to the kitchen, even if we are not in there. One day, JoElle and I blocked off the path to the kitchen, so Alexa crawled around screaming her head off! She was extremely upset with us, so we unblocked it, she was as happy as can be! Alexa crawls into the kitchen so that she can play with the fridge letters. She will play with the same thing / toy for 20-30 minutes at a time, all by herself. So very different from the way JoElle was (and is!).
Although Alexa's tummy is slimming down some with how active she is, she is still wearing 12-18 month old onesies, shirts and jeans, she can also wear 24 mo. shirts as well, and she is not even 8 months old yet :)
Ok back to today, we also went grocery shopping as a family, JoElle found a little cart and was excited to be able to push it around and put groceries in it. Alexa did well until the end, I had to hold her. A lot of customers were smiling at her and talking to her, like always :) She loves it! She really loves people, strangers and all (again, unlike JoElle, she never liked strangers much, except around 2 yrs old when she was yell "Hi!" to everyone at Wal-Mart or Kroger).
Right now, JoElle is with Daddy shopping for an air filter for the A/C and also he was planning to take her to the park to play.
Yesterday was a tough day for me, but the kids had some fun. We took them to Nagoya, a Japanese Hibachi grill by the mall. We have gone there once before; both of them love it, they eat a ton of veggies and rice. Alexa eats the entire time, then we have to just leave, because I think she would spend the entire day there eating! JoElle loves the fire, even though it scares her a bit. Our chef was asking what her name was, but she refused to tell him for a good 10 minutes, she finally told him, so he started called her Jo. She thought that was funny. Before he came out to cook, JoElle was singing all kinds of songs at the table very loudly, just enjoying herself! Daddy said Alexa got scared of the fire in the beginning (we were in the restroom) and she started crying, especially when the chef tried talking to her! so he had to hold her :) She loves Daddy!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Tooth Number 7...
So yesterday Alexa got tooth # 6 in, well today tooth #7 also came in! Number 7 is the bottom left, to finally match the bottom right she got in about a month ago!!
She has at least 4 more cutting in, you can see them bulging underneath her gums....
She has at least 4 more cutting in, you can see them bulging underneath her gums....
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