I said a BOOM chick-a-BOOM

Alexis is learning how to jump up and she was entertaining us tonight with her jumps and saying "BOOM" every time she attempted (she has actually yet to leave the ground, but it's the thought that counts, right?).

You may also notice she is sporting a risky-business-chic look. This is her idea of classy styling. She's not loving wearing clothes the last few days, but was adamant about keeping her socks on. Whatever.

It's Unbe-LEAF-able!

Where's Lexi?

So we are blog-awful. We have neglected to update for almost a month now, but not for lack of trying! Lexi went through a bout of boring where she did nothing new or funny whenever we were near a camera. Also, she had ear infections in early October, followed by general cranky-teething behavior the last week or so. We can't subject you, our 7 viewers, to that.

FINALLY, this Sunday we managed to capture her leaf-scapades! Lexi and Daddy went outside to rake up the leaves, and Lexi had SSSOOOO much funny "helping" her Daddy and playing in the leaf piles with Ra-Ra (Roxy).

Fancy Schmancy

Really? Who needs fancy toys when there are bags of frozen stir fry and paper towels at hand? Despite and ENTIRE PLAY ROOM of toys (aka the room that used to be our family room) Lexi found sheer delight in these two items tonight. So I guess for her next birthday we just need to remember to shop in the frozen foods and paper goods sections of the store! What a goofy girl!

I Got a Pickle, Hey, Hey, Hey, HEY!

and, because we are totally awesome parents - we gave Lexi a dill pickle thinking it would be funny to watch her face when she tasted it. She seemed to actually like it - that or she just continued to eat it because Mommy and Daddy were laughing at her, and you know how our baby girl loves an audience!

Lexi Reading

Lexi loves sitting in the middle of her mess of toys and flipping through her picture books.

Let's Clean Up!

Awesome! Alexis can clean herself up now!!!

(yeah, OK, not REALLY but it is sure is cute watching her try!)

Lexi Says . . .

Just as Paul has long feared, once Lexi started talking, she's never stopped! She is 14 months old now and is learning so much! She loves to run, climb, and play chase, tag, and hide-and-go-seek (an extremely simple version were one of us hides quite obviously and she finds us and yells "BOO").

Here is a list of words she knows, but there are lots of others she can repeat (without knowing the meaning):

1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Nana
4. Papa
5. Ba-Ba
6. Bye / Bu-Bye
7. Hi
8. Cracker (this girl should be the spokesperson for Ritz!)
9. Thank You (most of the time)
10. Please (not always, but sometimes)
11. Night-Night (pronounced "na-nigh")
12. Puppy
13. (one) Two, three
14. Julie (our babysitter, she says this over and over when we get to her house)
15. Bear
16. Nose(although it's prnounced "no-e-nose")
17. Shoes
18. Toes
19. Eww
20. Ow
21. Poo-Poo
22. Pretty (her personal favorite)
23. No
24. Boo
25. Duck
26. Book
27. Tickle-tickle
28. Wow
29. Oh Yeah
30. Boom
31. Go
32. Go away (aren't children delightful?)
33. Zoo
34. Good Girl (another favorite)

We had to prompt her to say the words in the video, but she CAN say them on her own (just never with the camera rolling . . . ).

Look What I Can Do!

Lexi is so funny! This morning she was "bear walking" (if you're not in the know, that is like crawling, but on your hands and feet instead of knees) and doing headstands. She's been trying to do somersaults, too, but that makes Mommy very nervous, so for right now she is getting some major assists with her gymnastic endeavors.

Waking Up Is Hard to Do

Mommy's first day of school, Lexi's first day of waking up REALLY early.

Sugar High

We have created a monster. Alexis LOVES ice cream, but doesn't get it very often, so when she does it's a pretty big deal to her. This afternoon we stopped by Braum's for a little Sunday afternoon ice cream treat.

Once we got home, she was giving her Daddy kisses so he would give her some ice cream.