Stairway to Heaven (or Mommy)

Oh my goodness! Lexi is crawling everywhere! She has just started pulling herself up and is moving so fast, if you blink you'll lose her! We took this video about a week ago of Alexis crawling up the stairs from our family room to the kitchen. We thought it was so amazing that night - now we think "what were we thinking teaching her to crawl up STAIRS???"

We also got to visit Grandma and Grandpa Holding last weekend and Alexis had some fun adventures - we got to go out and look at Grandpa's baby cows and go to Aunt Blair's baby shower for cousin Ethan (due to arrive in April). At the shower, Lexi hung out with more boys - cousins Jack and Grant who are only 6 weeks younger than her.

Happy Hearts!

Over Valentines' weekend, the Holding fam made a day trip up to Kansas City to meet Miss Chloe Patricia Lewis! My sister and her husband welcomed their daughter on February 10th, about a month early. She is gorgeous (but little bitty) and we are so excited about another little girl to play with - someday!


More fun - on Monday, Mommy got to stay home and play with Lexi! She discovered how much fun the kitchen floor can be (much more of a slip and slide surface than carpet), and sang for me all day long. We also discovered that Isabelle Stevens Holding (aka Izzy) is a very jealous dog! Izzy growls whenever Lexi goes near Mommy (no worries - Izzy's all bark, no bite and Lexi thinks it's kinda funny!)

I feel the need . . . the need for speed!

Alexis Theresa is loving life! At 7 1/2 months old she is finally crawling, but still relies quite heavily on her signature rolling to navigate her surroundings. This past week she got to spend some time with Grandma and Aunt Kayla and Nana and Grandpa while the babysitter was on vacation. Everybody seemed to have a great time!

Lexi is waving at everyone (and everything, chairs, lamps, TV's, etc.) and is getting pretty good at clapping her hands whenever we say "YAY!". Her crawling is still a bit unsteady - but it's only day 2! Watch out - Lexi is on the move!

Rubber Ducky, You're the One, You Make Bath time Oh So FUN!

Lexi is almost 7 1/2 months old and getting to be more and more fun every day! She talks and sings and will be crawling within the week. Her favorite foods are carrots and pear-strawberry-granola baby food. She is such a happy little girl!

Lexi's favorite time of day is bath-time! She loves to splash water everywhere and play with her 'bath bugs' - the toys you see her chewing on in this video.

Angel of Music

My lovely little songbird serenading us!

Say WHAT???

We managed to catch Lexi babbling on tape (she normally goes mute the second we pull out the camera). Enjoy the medley of sounds - the babbling, "singing" (aka high pitched babbling), lip-smacking (she talks smack) and even a few razzberries just for old times sake! Oh, 2009 is going to be fun!

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!