Look Who Is One!!!

Tooth Count: Barely 2 (middle, bottom, front teeth are peeking through)
Weight:  33.4 lbs

Speaking:  Lots of "Ohhhhhhs," "Maaaa Maaa Maaas," and "Da Da Das."  My favorite thing about Lexi right now is the perfect little O her mouth makes when she finds something that interests her and the little giggle she gives when you give her something that pleases her.  Okay, I also LOVE it when she points her little finger at me.

Mobility:  She is a fast crawler.  She will stand by herself for a few seconds.  She is a pretty good climber and loves to be up high.  Her favorite thing is to climb up on the couch and crawl back and forth.  At each end of the couch, she will face plant into the arm cushion and giggle.  She also loves crawling on Nicholas' bed and all of his beloved blankets.

Favorite Foods:  Peaches, Grapes, Turkey Lunch Meat and Yogurt.  She just learned how to use a bottle about three weeks ago.  She loves that bottle passionately now.

Lexi at One:

• She is an opinionated soul.  She has a really loud constipated sounding growl that she will emit when she is displeased.  She will use this special growl when she has to wait for the swing, her bottle, her car, or anything else she really wants.
• She wakes up at 6:30 and takes one hour-and-a-half nap around 11.  She then goes to bed around 7.
• She loves to bounce and swing.
• She LOVES books.
• She HATES diaper changes.  She starts thrashing and moaning when we enter her room because she knows she either has a diaper change coming or she is going to be put to bed.

Lexi and Big Brother:

Poor little Lexi has been getting beat up lately as Nicholas tries to adjust to her new mobility.  He doesn't know what to do, because she won't heed his warnings so he just resorts to pushing or throwing things at her.  She keeps on getting large red marks on her head thanks to big brother.  If I didn't see what happens our conversation goes like this:

Mom: "Why is Lexi crying?"
Nicholas: "She got hurt."
Mom: "Did you hurt her?"
Nicholas: "No.  The block hurt her."
Mom: "Did you throw the block at Lexi?"
Nicholas: "Yeah!"

We have tried every punishment.  Right now, we send him to his room for five minutes for "bad friend behavior."  He has to play all by himself for 5 minutes, which is pure torture for him.  Then he has to think of something nice he can do for Lexi.  They have found one game that they like to play with each other.  They both think it is hilarious when they take turns spitting at each other.  I guess you have to start somewhere.

Birthday Celebrations:

We blew up the blow up mattress and let Lexi bounce around on it with lots of blankets and pillows!!  We stayed home and Lexi got to go down for a nap as soon as she wanted.  When she woke up we went to the store and then played outside.  She did a pretty good job at not eating sand from the sandbox and acorns from the grass.  My little Lexi is growing up so fast.  She had peaches for dinner, which are her favorite.  After dinner, Lexi opened presents like a champ.  Big brother Nicholas was happy to step in and help if she wasn't fast enough.  She then went with Papa to pick out some birthday ice cream.  She picked cookie dough and completely enjoyed it except for the chocolate bits.