Party of Three

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Mimi, PawPaw, Uncle Daniel, Aunt Kristi, Uncle Chip, Aunt Sarah H., and Donna this year!  Everyone came to our house this year and it was fabulous.  It was very laid back, but still so much fun.  We had a ton to eat of course, watched football, told stories, and laughed together.  Lexi entertained everyone as usual. We missed our Houston family and Aunt Sarah W. I made homemade apple butter this year and used the jars as place settings. The table before dinner. Jason's plate!!  He almost ate every single bite. Aunt Sarah's fabulous dessert tray.  PawPaw is probably still talking about how delicious all 4 desserts were! I took this picture a couple days before Thanksgiving.  So sweet! We are so incredibly thankful for our home, health, family, and friends.  We are certainly blessed beyond belief.  Life can't get much better than this. 

Lexi often says, "I love you the best most, mom."  I. Love. It.

We started off the weekend on Friday with Lexi's actual birthday and Chip and Sarah's wedding day.  Mom, Great Grandma, Kim, Jeff, and the boys drove from Houston.  We all hung out together and then the boys went and spent the night with Chip and Sarah.  On Saturday, we worked on the details of Lexi's birthday party on Sunday, took some pictures of the kids, and that night we went to III Forks to celebrate the marriage of Chip and Sarah. We met Sarah's family and had a wonderful time.  They are so happy and in love...it is wonderful to witness.  After the celebration, we headed back to our house while Kim worked on a fabulous guitar cake just for Lexi!  We had a blast staying up late and drinking a little vino.  On Sunday, we had Lexi's birthday party.  We decided to do a family party this year and get her a big gift (a car) which she absolutely loves.  Lexi received clothes, money, drums, guitars, a microphone, a lawn mower, makeup, dolls, a...

Lexi's birthday and all through the house there's a precious toddler sleeping...dreaming of cake, ice cream, and presents while her mom is reminiscing with eyes tearing.  All day today I have thought about the day before meeting Alexi and kissing her sweet face for the first time.  I can remember every. single. detail. perfectly.  It seems like it happened yesterday.  I can't believe how fast these first three years have flown by.  She has learned so much and she astonishes us everyday with her knowledge, wit, and personality.  Lexi has made our lives complete.  I can't believe it.  I just can't believe she is one day away from being a three year old.  My heart feels like it is going to explode this very moment with the amount of love pumping through it that I have for her.  Sweet dreams my little Lex Star.  I love you and can't wait to kiss your sweet face all day tomorrow!

We finally had our family pictures made!  I am using one for our holiday card this year so I won't post that one now, but here are a few of Lexi that turned out adorable.

I have been in a horrible habit of just writing funny Lexi stories on Facebook.  Let's be honest, FB is the king of social media now, but who knows where it will be in 10 or 20 years.  With that being said, I am challenging myself to update on the blog rather than FB. Some of my recent FB status' were: 10.08.11: I just tried to get Lexi to wear her Texas Tech shirt.  She said, "Not the Texas Tech boy shirt.  How about a dress?" 10.05.11: Lexi's favorite way to tell a story for the past few weeks: "When I was a little girl, I did...(fill in with random event).  Is that crazy?" 10.02.11: Lexi was pouring water onto some rocks.  She said, "Now they will grow and be bigger rocks. If we pour it on money it will grow and be bigger money." 09.30.11: Lexi "wrote" a list of things to do today: 1) go on a walk 2) say hi to daddy 3) play 4) listen to music 5) watch a show.  Looks like she will be a type A list person! 09.29.11: My mo...

As I have stated several times, Lexi L O V E S to sing!  She is so passionate about it.  We often wonder if we will see one of her video clips at the beginning of a singing reality show one day.  Gosh, I love her.