America's Next Top Model Cycle 73

Lexi's 6 month portraits!!!

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Twas the Rice Before Christmas

Twas the rice cereal before Christmas
and all through the house
only Lexi was crying
and Izzy found a dead mouse!
(that dumb dog found a dead frozen mouse in the back yard and brought him inside - gross!)

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
and Lexi was seated in her high chair
And Mom with a spoon, and Dad with a cam,
were just settling in to feed the 'little lamb'

When what to our laughing eyes should appear
at the first bite of cereal her eyes filled with fear!

ANYWAY - you get the idea (she hated it) - Merry Christmas to all and to all a good bite!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree . . . my baby has ADHD

Well, she fooled me; she fooled me good! We took Lexi to get her 6 month portraits taken yesterday morning, and the child was a supermodel! She smiled on cue, looked directly at the photographer - and took about 25 frames in 5 minutes - AMAZING! (pictures to be posted soon)

Thus, I was falsely led to believe that Alexis would cooperate with trying to get a picture of her in front of our Christmas tree. We have so many cute Christmas outfits and my hope was to get a picture of her in each sitting in front of the tree. My HOPE, not the reality I got.

I overlooked the fact that my darling baby girl is distracted by anything shiny, glowing, glittering, twinkling, or sparkling. What good Christmas tree, doesn't do all of these things? Really it's my own fault for using such sparkly ornaments and shiny paper. The following photos document our futile attempts to get Alexis Theresa to look at the camera. Enjoy!

Roxy just wanted her photo taken, too!

"OK, Mom, I'm ready for you to . . . OOH! Look, something shiny!"

"Umm, I would like to play with this, please"

you can't tell, but her T-Shirt is sparkly and says "Jingle Bell Rocker"

AND, the closest we got:

Sittin', Waitin', Wishin'

Lexi is almost sitting on her own at 5 1/2 months - what a cutie!

Turkey for me, turkey for you

SSOOOO many exciting people and places over the Thanksgiving holiday for the Holding family! The festivities kicked off at Nana and Grandpa Dunaway's Thursday (where Lexi showed off her new obsession - drinking straight from a glass - seriously, you can't even hold a cup around this girl without her reaching for it and trying to stick her face in your drink).



On Friday, the five of us (Paul, Megan, Alexis, Roxy, and Izzy) trekked down to Columbus for Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa Holding, Uncle Tim and Aunt Blair, Aunt Kayla and Uncle Travis, and Uncle Ryan! Lexi had such a great time, she decided she didn't need to take naps!

Then on Saturday, we were all off again - this time heading north to Kansas City. All of my mom's family got together - it was the first time in almost 3 years that we have ALL been together! But more importantly, Lexi got to meet her Great Grandpa Kilgore - and they loved each other!


And since we were all together - a new group of grandchildren got their picture taken - the 4th generation! Leslie and Joshua - 8 months, Me and Alexis - 5 months, and Kelly and Chloe (-3 she'll be born in March)!

All That Razz

This lovely, lady-like noise is Lexi's new favorite thing to do! She would rather blow razz-berries than eat, play, or sleep. The other night we woke up at 4 am to this endearing noise coming through the baby monitor (but it was funny and we pretty much love it!).

Moos and Ga-Ga-Goo-Goos

This week, Alexis got a new toy - an Exersaucer! She's the cutest thing you've seen in a barnyard setting since Wilbur was "Some Pig"! .

Also this week, she's discovered the joy of gurgling! We get a kick out of it - and here is a really NOT awesome video of the aforementioned noise. It's normally much louder than this, and Paul forgot to turn some lights on, so the video is pretty dark - but you get the idea!

A (Love) Bug's Life

Lexi's first Halloween - the weather was perfect, but we still did not make it very many places (luckily, I doubt she'll remember it!). Her little Lady Bug costume was super cute, though!

JUMP for my love!

Now that Lexi is 4 months old, she has pretty much mastered the bouncer! At her checkup last week she weighed 14 lbs 13 oz and was 24 inches long (her head circumference still ranks in the 85th percentile - a gargantuan cranium!).

That's how I roll

Lexi learned how to roll over today, after several attempts we finally got her to perform for the camera.

Video Diary

Here are a few short videos of Alexis from the first 4 months of her life!






clip 1 - Alexis is one day old here - we are still in the hospital with her, and she had itty bitty hiccups - so cute!

clip 2 - 3 months old, trying out the bouncer for the first time - she's grown into it a little more now and LOVES it!

clip 3 - 4 months - Lexi found her toes and her voice last week - the picture is pretty dark, but you can still hear her.

We're gonna give this a try!

Well to keep everyone updated on the AMAZING World of Alexis (ok, so WE certainly think she's incredible) we are going to attempt to keep a blog - like we have nothing else going on! Oh wait, we have a baby, all of our friends have babies and none of us have lives anymore outside of diapers and drool!

Alexis will be 4 months on Wednesday October 22nd - it's incredible how fast the last 4 months have gone! She is doing all sorts of fun things now like talking/yelling, finding her toes, and exploring the world through the medium of her mouth. She is ALMOST ready to sit on her own, but her favorite thing is still standing (with assistance of course)!.