Party of Three

Lexi was admitted to the hospital on 2.17.11.  Jason was out of town.  He was of course, the farthest from home that he ever goes.  I took Lexi to the doctor on Valentine's day and she was diagnosed with RSV.  On Wednesday night that week Lexi fell asleep on my lap and did not really wake up until late the next morning.  I called the doctor on Thursday morning and they had me bring her in at 1:30 PM.  At the doctor's office they did a white blood cell count and two breathing treatments.  The white blood cell count was fine, but they sent us to the hospital because she was on the verge of being severally dehydrated and her pulse ox was low.  Mimi met us at the doctor's office and rode with us to the hospital.  When we arrived at Children's our room was waiting for us.  The room we were in this time with either the exact room or the room next door to the room we were in when Lexi was two months old.  Needless to say, my emotions were ...

Today was a BIG day for Lexi.  Jason and I have been talking for awhile about converting her crib to a toddler bed, but we just didn't see the rush since she has never tried to climb out of her crib.  But, we thought it would be a good idea to do a couple of "Big Girl" changes at once... If you know Lexi, you are familiar with this... This has been Lexi's "Milk Cup" since she got off the bottle.  It is not much different than a bottle really.  It has handles, but it is a bottle.  Lexi absolutely LOVES milk.  She wants it ALL day long, first thing in the morning, and the last thing at night.   Today Lexi and I went to Target to get some "Big Girl" things.  We got toddler bedding, a new rug for her room, a foot stool for her bathroom, and two "Big Girl" cups.  She was pretty picky with the cups!  I told her we were giving her "Milk Cups" to a baby.  I asked her if she wanted to pick out something else to give the baby with the...

Wow, we had a lot of snow!  That also means we had A LOT of time indoors!  All the ISDs in DFW were closed Tuesday through Friday last week!  So, needless to say, Lexi did not have school either.  We had ice and then about 7 inches of snow in McKinney.  Jason was out of town so it was just Lexi, Andie, and me until Uncle Chip came on Thursday.  Chip is in the Army Reserves and reports to Grand Prairie once a month.  It was a nice surprise to Lexi and me that the Reserves were canceled also due to the weather.  This REALLY helped out with our cabin fever having Uncle Chip around! On Friday night Chip cooked us steaks on the grill while Lexi and I went out to enjoy the snow.  Well, Lexi doesn't really "enjoy" the snow.  She fell down once and did not know what to think!  She does not like to get her hands dirty and to her, snow sticks so therefore it is dirty!  She only wanted to spend a couple of minutes out there which was fi...

So, in order to remember things Lexi says throughout the day I am starting to write "Notes" on my iPhone. Today was snow day 2.  We were stuck inside ALL day again!  We played dress up, danced, sang, painted, cooked, read, and watched Caillou. While I was cooking dinner Lexi was playing with water in the sink that we made purple.  She wanted to play with the sprayer.  I said to her, "You are too little to play with that. You can play with that when you are older."  Lexi pointer to her shoulder and said, "That's my older."  Then she pointed to both shoulders and said, "I have two olders."  Then she pointed to me and said, "Mommy has two SHOULDERS too!" Nine was right next to the bathtub in her swing while I was giving Lexi a bath.  Lexi started singing, "Jesus Loves Me" and each time she said "Me," she pointed to Nine.  Lexi is going to be one heck of a mom some day! Also during bath time Lexi said, "Tw...

Well, it is February 1st and I haven't posted since my Christmas post which was 1 month late.  Things have been busy, but I still need to write.  I want to write to share Lexi's stories with the people who read this and for her to grow up and be able to read some of the funny, sweet, neat things she did as a small child.  With Facebook around, I tend to just post things/pictures of Lexi on there because of the ease.  But, FB will probably not be around forever, nor will Lexi be able to trace back to my posts.  So, with all of this being said, I am going to be better about blogging.  I feel overwhelmed if I try to catch up so I'm not going to try. Rather, I am going to start fresh and post regularly. Today we had a snow day.  Jason had to go to work, but Lexi and I stayed in all day.  We did arts and crafts, watched TV, played piano, read a lot of books, did an extra long bath time, and played hide and seek (one of Lexi's absolute favorite games ...