Christmas at Mima and Snow's

We started off Christmas on Thursday night at your Mima and Snow's with the Rauls side of the family. You had a lot of fun playing with your cousins but were starting to get a little sick. You had your one year shots yesterday. You were coughing a little bit but did not let it get you down. Your Aunt Nancy got you the cutest personalized book. You loved me reading it to you since it said your name and also had your cousins in it too. You were precious and it reminded me how fast time flies. Last year you did not even fill out your newborn Christmas outfit and now you look like a little girl. How blessed we are to have shared this year with you.

One sick little girl
Today has been probably the sickest day you have ever had. You have felt absolutely terrible. You have slept almost all day. You woke up around 8:30 stayed awake until 9:30 back to sleep until 1, awake until 2:30 back to sleep until 6. I woke you up to try to get you to eat something and open presents and you stayed awake until 7:30 and then crashed and slept all night except for a couple of crying spell because you couldn't breathe or was coughing so hard. You threw up for the first time on mommy. (not just spit up anymore!!!!) I felt awful for you and just wanted to switch placed with you so bad. The pictures do not show how bad you felt. Your fever was 102.6. The highest it has ever been.

Christmas

We always have Christmas at Nana and Papa's the weekend before Christmas so you, Tyler, and Tori can be at your houses for when Santa comes. We had a great time with them and you really got too many presents. Thanks mom and dad for the precious table and chairs for Lexi! She loves them!~

First Birthday!

I must say this has been the most amazing year in my whole life. You have truly changed my entire life....my mentality, emotions, thoughts, priorities, and most of all heart. You are a blessing from God that is so overwhelming. You are the most precious things to your daddy and me in this world. We are so proud to call you ours!
This morning you spent with Andi and played your little heart out while I gave a baby shower for our good friends Jason and Laney. They are having a little girl named Merritt whom I am sure will be one of your good friends! Then we took off to Glenwood to Nana and Papa's house for your party. As you will soon learn this is a tough time of year to have a birthday party because everyone is so busy with Christmas plans and parties. This is to explain why your Aunt Tiffy, Uncle Scotty, Tyler, Tori, and other friends could not make it. Tiffy, Tyler, and Tori did drive all the way from Texarkana to give you your present and spend a little time with you, which you loved. It was a great party and you were shown so much love. Thanks to Mima, Snow, Aunt Rhonda, Uncle Scott, Abigail, and Brady for making the long drive to Glenwood. We really appreciate it! As the pictures show you had a great time!
Happy 1st Birthday Sugar!! You are our Sunshine~ Love, Mommy

Today we went to see Dr. Becton for your one year check up. She said you were doing great and could not believe how much you are talking. You are not walking independently yet but said that most children are either motor or verbal and you definately take after your mommy and are a verbal child! You can now fill in the blanks to "You are my sunshine" for sunshine, happy, and gray. You can sing part of the B-I-B-L-E. You say bibib bibib. You love saying e-i-e-i-o. You repeat anything I say and are shaking your head yes and no appropriately. You ask for "milk", momma, can still say A, B, C, and D and then now L, M, N, sometimes O, and P. You will repeat letter when we play with them in the bathtub. You have said yellow and blue. Lexi, it is really too numerous to count. You say TyTy, Tiffy, Aditi, Papa, Nana, Mimi, Momma, Daddy, and are working on all you other family!
Weight: 23lbs 6 oz
Height: 29 inches
Clothes: 12-18 months
Size 4 diapers
Almost completely off the bottle, eating all table food, your favorites are grilled cheese, sausage, Nana's breakfast, deli meats (isn't that grose!), and cherrios.
You are our sunshine.
You got 4 shots today. MMR, Hep B, Flu vaccine, and chicken pox vaccine. Sorry. You handled it like a champ though. I am so proud of you.

First Thanksgiving

This has to be the absolute best Thanksgiving EVER and also your mommy's best birthday ever! We got up and ate a big breakfast and your Nana had pancake's which is my favorite. You loved them and ate soooo much! You had an entire egg, 1 piece of sausage, and some pancake! You are a big eater. Then we played and got ready for the big lunch. The whole family came....You loved playing with your cousins and swinging, playing the piano, and being with your Nana. You became her little girl this weekend. You did not want her to leave your sight and just loved on her so much it almost made your momma a little jealous! :)
Friday, we all went to your late Great Grandpa West's farm at Caddo Gap and picked a Christmas tree for Nana and Papa's barn. It was so much fun. That night you stayed with your Nana and Papa and your mommy and daddy went on a date. We went to dinner with LeighAnn, Landon, Dakota, Dicky, and Freda at McClards and then on to the movies. It was a great time...thanks mom and dad.
Saturday, your momma and daddy's college alma mater was in the football playoff so your daddy went to the game and then we met Robyn, Ken, Anna, Layne, Mima, and Snow at Peyton Creek for supper. You loved seeing your other cousins and we just wish we had a longer time to visit!
It was a great Thanksgiving weekend and you were completely pooped out! You slept from 6:30 last night to when I woke you up at 7 this morning!!!PS...Thanks to Amy for the rocking horse...as you see she LOVES it!

11/10/05

You are now 11 moths old!!!
I am so proud of you :) It is the best thing in the whole world to be your mommy. Thank you God for giving me such a blessing. You are now really coming into your own. You babble all the time and say so many words. You try and repeat everything we say. You are trying to walk but are too scared to take that 1st step. You wear size 4 diapers, 12-18 month clothes, size 4 shoes, and eat everything in site! You still take a bottle but we are mixing a little real milk in the picture now. You gulp it down like it is the best thing ever! You have been visiting your nana and papa lately and think they are the greatest people ever! (thanks mom and dad) We are getting ready for your first birthday and we love you and thank you for the best year in our lives.

10/23/05

First plane ride
Last weekend we flew to Abilene to visit your daddy's sister, brother-in-law, and all your cousins. You were perfect on the plane. I was so worried. We even had to change flights in Dallas both ways and it did not phase you. The only glitch is that your mommy had the stomach virus on the way home......We would not have made it had it not been for the great flight attendant! Thanks for helping mommy through it~

10/10/05

10 months
I am a little behind in getting this posted because we have been up to a lot of stuff! You are now 10 months old and are sooooo much fun. You are trying to mimic all we say and even with the tone and attitude added in to your talk~ You can say too many words to list but the fun parts is what your daddy has taught you to say\... We can ask you what do you do in your diaper and you say in response..."peepee" I can ask you where is mommy's mouth and you grab my mouth. You make a kissing noise when I ask you to blow me sugar. You give me "five." This is added on to what you were already doing last month.
You still LOVE your bath and get so excited when I ask you if you want to take a bath. You pitch a fit when it is time to get out.
You are pulling up on everything and starting to let go but you are not taking any steps unless we are holding your fingers or are behind a toy. You are really not that interested in walking.
You eat everything we give you plus some :) You are not like your mommy that is for sure...I am a very picky eater, unfortunately. Your daddy has broken me from a lot of my old ways...No more just meat and bread hamburgers~You are in size 12-18 month clothes and wear a size 3 diaper. I think we are fixing to have to move up to a 4 though.
Each day gets better and every moment sweeter with you! I love you more than the stars and to the moon and back~ Mommy