Happy Easter

We had a nice Easter.  Very laid back.  We found Easter baskets, visited with family, and ate lots of food.  I was totally bummed because with our vacation I didn't have time to go and buy Lexi and Easter dress.  One of the things I was looking most forward to about having a baby girl.  We put her in a couple of dresses that were from when she was younger but they were too small.  I almost made Ciara take me somewhere I could buy her one but we were running late for brunch with my family so we'll have to wait until next year.  (Or maybe I'll get one and stage some Easter pics).  Some pics of the kids enjoying their baskets and the best shot of Lex in the dress we picked in the end (Thank you Buela).

Spring Break

Our Spring Break was WONDERFUL.....

Our view from our balcony this time...not quite the same but not bad either:)

Miami Airport.

Dinner on a swinging booth in Coconut Grove.

Lexi CHILLIN

Ty and Ciara picking mangos.

Lex feeling the ocean for the first time.

She was hesitant at first but once she warmed up to the sand and the water she seemed to have a lot of fun.

Tyler didn't need any warming up.

Mommy's massage under the waterfall.  It was true PERFECTION!!!!

Lex in her little pool her brother made her.

Ciara's Corona shot.

Ty and Ciara getting ready to ride the Jet Ski.

It was a short ride.  He got scared and told Ciara to bring him back that he didn't want to die.

The next day we tried the family paddle boat.  Unfortunately it did not go over much better.  Lex started bawling and Ty complained that he was tired and wanted to go back.  It lasted even less time then the jet ski.

Lex in the ocean.

Lex was pretty good for the flights and slept most of the time.

The sunset from the Treetops restaurant.

More Milestones

Today Lexi signed "all done" when she was done eating and wanted to get down.  We've been practicing for a while, but its the first time she did it by herself.  It was too cute and so exciting for me.  She has started trying to imitate a lot of things and is kind of starting to imitating saying mamama and bababa.  

We have spring break this week and I have been loving spending time at home.  We have been spring cleaning and are going to go to Key Largo on Tuesday.  We're staying at the same place we stayed at for our honeymoon, only this time we'll have kids in tow.  Here's a pic of the view form our balcony last time...

We won't have a water view this time but I'll be sure to post pics from our tree view to compare:)

Lex has become very independent and is very sure about what she does and does not like.  She does NOT like pony tails but I am trying to work with her on it.  This is the first time i have successfully gotten them into her hair again.  I will continue to try (I'm not torturing her she doesn't care once they're in she just doesn't like sitting still for me to do it).

Been A While...

Its been a while, things have been busy and I just haven't had much time for blogging. Also my favorite part is the pictures and we haven't been taking as many. Lex is quite the handful lately. She is a pro at crawling now and has started pulling up on just about anything she can. This makes for MANY falls because a lot of the things she pulls up on are not that steady and they both topple over. She also gets so excited about standing or tries to grab something without realizing she's let go, and over she goes. Although I have seen her stand there for a few seconds on quite a few occasions.

So her milestones this month are: pulling up, standing alone for a few seconds, and her first bloody nose (She terrified her Mama by falling off the bed onto her head and getting a bloody nose - I freaked out, she was fine, but then I felt justified the next day when I heard about Natasha Richardson and the people on the news were saying that all head injuries should be checked because you never know).

And now for the pics:)

One of her favorite places to play...not much sleeping...but she loves to stand up in there and talk to us.

She gets into EVERYTHING!!! This laundry basket kept her occupied for close to twenty minutes, and I only put all the clothes back in once.

Today was beautiful so we took advantage and took the kids out to a bike path and park near our house. They had a great time - and Alexis even seemed to enjoy the stroller. Especially when her Mama practiced her jogging (Thank you Aunt Dina).

She was ok sitting there until she tried to crawl and little pieces of rock, dirt, sticks, etc stuck to her hands.

We spent a long time trying to practice throwing the rocks into the stream like her brother. I thought she would enjoy it because once she's out of the tub she LOVES throwing things back into it. She didn't really get it with the rocks and was far more interested in trying to eat them.

A pretty photo taken by Mama.

Also not such a big fan of the grass. She takes after Mommy like that. I'm not too much of an outdoorsie type:)

She much prefers to be held, as you can see.

Happy Birthday Ciara.

Ciara turned 31 last Tuesday.  I was going to be out of town this weekend so we just did a really small thing Tuesday night.  We went to Red Lobster so Ciara could have some crabs and then we went home and had cake.  Not too exciting but I think she enjoyed it:)  

YAY D.ukem

Last night we went out for Ethiopian food.  It was a craving that I developed when I was pregnant with Lexi.  I made Ciara take me for lunch probably five or six times in the last couple months of the pregnancy.  We hadn't been since she was born, so I was really excited.  

Ciara is far less cautious with what she lets Lexi eat, especially when I'm not around, but sometimes even when I'm sitting right there.  She let her try the Inerja (the "bread" you eat the meal with), with some of the mild sauce on it.  Lex loved it.  She wanted nothing to do with the baby food I brought and tried to feed her after I got on Ciara for feeding her the grown up food.  

Lex begging mama to give her some more.

Taking things into her own hands when Mommy says no.  Luckily this time I caught it before any major damage was done.  The one time we weren't as fast Ciara's drink somehow ended up in her lap - whoops.

Mommy relents and lets Mama feed her.

We went to the bookstore after dinner and had fun pulling all of the books off the shelf.

Sibling Love

I realized that it was Lexi's Seven month birthday Sunday night and since we hadn't done anything for her six month I got all excited and got her an ice cream cake at the grocery store.  (I think really I just needed an excuse for a little C.arvel in my life:)  We sang and put in a candle and let her have a little taste of the frosting and a little taste of the ice cream.  We're so bad but she loved it!!!

Well maybe love was a little bit too strong of a word:)

Ty is such a GREAT big brother.  I made them dress up in their matching PJs for a mini photo shoot tonight.  I needed a new picture for my computer desktop.  Lexi LOVES her brother!!  He always gets the greatest laughs from her like this one in the tub.