Three year check up

It’s been an entire year since Lexie has seen her Pediatrician. Dr. Meckleburg was quite happy to see Lexie and how well and healthy she is. Though the feeling wasn’t so mutual. Lexie completely came unglued when I had to undress her. Luckily no shots this time around but she did have to get her finger or toe pricked (she chose her toe). And the strange thing was, she didn’t flinch when the nurse pricked her toe. Apparently she was just upset that she had to take off her pretty dress. . . .

This little munchkin has yet to fall below the 90th percentile since birth!

Weight – 36 lbs (90th percentile)

Height – 39” (90 percentile)

A few little fun facts about this cutie three year old:

~She loves anything to do with Disney Princesses

~Little Einsteins is now her new favorite cartoon (beating out Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is HUGE)

~She’s got her Daddy’s major sweet tooth. . .

~loves to color and paint

~playing outside is a must (I think she’s live outside if she could)

~she calls her Ipad her “magazine.”

~is slowly but surely starting to eat more vegetables

~likes to ride in the car with her window down

~loves to sing

~she is such the little caretaker – making sure everyone is ok

~she disciplines her dolls after she herself gets in trouble. . . .

~enjoys hanging out on the weekends with Daddy in the basement

~loves the beach and sand

~enjoys her preschool class and loves her two teachers Miss Julie & Miss Kelly

~very strong-willed and determined. . .

~almost likes getting boo boos so she can wear a princess band aide.

~likes to wear nothing but dresses (if she can)

~Probably has one of the most tender hearts – her sweetness makes me melt!

EASTER

What a beautiful Easter Day it was!! He is RISEN! It was a gorgeous day to celebrate Jesus’s resurrection.

The three of us got up to go to church. Lexie had a blast in the nursery. Mrs. Denise was there (one of her Mother’s Morning Out teachers). The service was great. We had the pleasure of listening to a live orchestra.

We made a stop to Starbucks on the way home. I’m totally obsessed with their caramel Frappuccino's. After we got home, we looked to see if the Easter bunny had come (we decided to do the Easter basket after church since we went to the 8:30 service). The Easter Bunny spoiled Lexie. He also brought baskets from Papa/SuSu and G’ma/G’Pops. After we played for a while, it was time to go look for some Easter eggs.

 

 

Let me just state that Lexie is an Easter egg hunting pro. The first time I hid the eggs, I hid them sort of where you could see them. She scooped up all of them in a matter of seconds. She got mad at me when there were no more eggs to find. So Dave took her to the front yard while I hid the eggs again. I thought I was a little more clever on where I hid them. . . .not the case. The child found them again in a matter of seconds. But it was precious to see her race from one place to another as if she was competing against someone else.

2012 Easter Family Pic. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!!

Lexie is THREE!!!

As we were driving in from the beach, we had to stop off at my parent’s house to drop my mom off. Thanks so sweet Papa, he surprised Lexie with an oh so yummy ice cream cake that he had ordered for her! So she got to celebrate her birthday a day early.  

Friday morning (Lexie’s actual birthday), Dave and I were in the kitchen enjoying coffee. Through the monitor, we could hear Lexie singing Happy Birthday to herself while still in bed. It was one of the cutest things to hear! By the way, this was at 9:00 AM. I guess the beach wore her out. She never sleeps past 7:30.

The three of us went to have a fun birthday breakfast at IHOP. It was so fun. She kept telling everyone it was her birthday. Then we left breakfast to run around doing some errands. It was sort of a busy morning. The house cleaners were at our house as well as our annual pest control guy. So we decided to wait until after Lexie’s nap to open gifts. We didn’t realize that she was going to take a three hour nap! It was nearly 4:30 when she woke up! But the minute she woke up, she asked if she could open her presents then. So sweet.

Birthday loot. . . 

Blowing out her THREE candles on the Easter Birthday cake that she picked out herself!

I cannot believe my sweet baby is THREE years old already!!! Where in the world has the time gone? Everyone warned me that the years would fly by, but I never imagined it to go by this quickly!

My sweet and happy birthday princess! She is looking forward to her princess birthday party next Saturday. Pray for good weather because it’s an outdoor event!!!

Spring Break in Destin

Lexie’s school was out for spring break last week. Lexie and I packed up to head down to Destin for a little beach action. We drove to Opelika to grab SuSu for the week. Dave met us down there a couple days later.

We had a wonderful time playing in the ocean and building sand castles and sand birthday cakes. We got a few days of sunny weather. The rest of the days were a bit overcast. But that didn’t stop my little beach baby from having beach fun!

We call this the Tinkerbell move. Lexie runs into Dave’s arms and he swings her high in the air as if she is flying like Tinkerbell.

Is this a water baby or what??? This child LOVES the beach. There was hardly a moment where she wasn’t running back and forth into the water. She wasn’t afraid of the waves at all. BONUS: We got to hang out with my oh so sweet friend Jessica and her daughter Lily (they live 3 floors below my parent’s condo). I’m so sad that Jessica and I don’t like closer. She is such a dear friend.

This might be our last vacation photo of a family of three. . . . Little Charlie will be arriving in about 8 or so weeks. . . .

Easter treats for Lexie’s class

For those of you who don’t know, I’m obsessed with doing cute, little crafts for Lexie and Lexie’s class during special days or holidays. Thanks to Pinterest (which leaves little for creativity – but great for a nearly 8 month pregnant lady who is always tired these days). I did these eggs for Lexie’s Mother’s Morning Out class and teachers. I stuffed the eggs with candy.

Then I did these for Lexie’s preschool class. . . .I’m always looking for ways to incorporate the real meaning of Christmas and Easter (JESUS) with kids’ crafts still making it fun and cute for them to enjoy.

I filled up icing bags with cheetos and tied green pipe cleaners around the top making it look like a carrot. Below is what the card read. I made my own creation instead of directly copying this one.