Dresses

Here is a picture of Lexie and Kim's dresses for the wedding.

Lexie loved hers and didn't want to take it off.

Wagon Sledding

We have started a new sport. Wagon sledding. We went to a birthday party friday and the kids were pulling their wagon up a hill and were climbing in and riding it down the hill. Lexie had the best time so when we got home we had to get our wagon out and find a hill! It is a lot of fun if you can keep the wagon straight and not tip over.

JD did not ride down the hill but loved being pulled around.

Harvest Time

Well harvest time is here in full force which means that Chad is working very very long hours and I feel like a single mom. They are having a record breaking year for many reasons, heat ,drought, and the amount of corn brought in. Chad dumped over 225 trucks yesterday. He has practically moved in. He took Lexie's blow up bed and is sleeping in his office because they are working 24 hours a day! He only comes home to shake off all his dust, dump the corn kernels out of his pockets and shoes, and take a shower! Luckily the boom will only last a little longer and then he will only work until 8 every night.

Our Kids Are Going to be Famous

Well in Troy anyway. Mom and Dad are putting up a billboard to sell golf course lots there! Anna you will get to see them everyday.

Update

Wow it has been busy around here! I really need to update. Lexie has started preschool again and is loving it as always. Her teacher is wonderful and they are the puppy class which pleases Lexie to no end. She tells me she is going to puppy school and her teacher actually calls them her puppies!

On our puppy front we had to give away Sassy. She was just too rough with Lexie and the other new puppy which I will get to in a minute. Sassy has snapped and bit Lexie several times on the face and her daddy was not going to have that! It was not the usual puppy type of biting more of the dominate type. Lexie got to the point where she didn't want to get her out of the pen.

In other news we have a new coondog puppy. His name is Bozo and is so cute. Chad and Lexie have been getting him out at night and training him! He loves Lexie and will let her carry him everywhere and do anything with him. That was the problem with Sassy she didn't want to do what Lexie wanted her to do!

JD has been eating like a horse. He loves almost anything you give him. He is also trying to say his da da da sounds. He is becoming scared of strangers and will cry when they try to talk to him. He is still not crawling but will be very soon. He can get on his hands and knees but can't go anywhere. He has also started pulling up on things. I turned around the other day and he had pulled up on one of his toys and was just standing there!!

Lexie and Fred

I could write a book on the sayings of Lexie. The other day we were at the pool and if you know us you know that me and Kim have always called the little brown butterflies that are always around pools Fred. We would always say that it was the same butterfly and he loved us and always came back to visit. Well, Fred was there at the Farms pool and Lexie wanted to catch him really bad. Instead of being still and letting him come to her, she, in true 3yr old fashion was chasing him around. As she was chasing him she was saying, "Please come here butterfly. I will love you and take a bath with you. Just let me catch you."

Last night I was telling her that eating carrots make your eyesight better. We went outside where it was getting dark and Lexie exclaimed, "Mama, I can see in the dark. You know why, because I have carrots in my eyes."

Also Mimi is the root of all evil. If she does something wrong or says something she is not supposed to she always blames it on Mimi. We will ask her where did you hear that...Mimi. Lexie is fascinated by Mimi's tattoos. I keep catching Lexie giving herself tattoos with an ink pen or any thing she can find to write on herself. She even watched the show Miami ink with us and was totally absorbed in it. I finally broke down and told her how you get a tattoo, big needles and all, and it didn't faze her. This is the child who is scared to death of the doctor. Who screams her head off when she gets shots, who has kicked the doctor repeatedly. All she said was, "When I get big I'm going to get a Scooby doo one!"

Almost Crawling

Well our big man is trying his best to get mobile. He sees things, wants to go after them, rocks back and forth and falls on his face! But, it won't be too long before he figures it out. Then what are we going to do? Is our house baby proof? It used to be. Now Lexie has lots of toys with little parts. Most of the little things that stick in the plug-ins are pulled out and who knows where. Our cabinet locks are broken. We have lots to do!

JD also had his first homemade meal tonight mashed potatoes and pureed carrots. He loved them! He is our eater. He will eat and eat until you just get tired of feeding him. Mrs. Deborah has been telling me that boys are bottomless pits and I better be ready. She tells a story about her son colapsing a bottle once from sucking so hard. JD also loves sweet potatoes and if you have ice cream you better watch out. He will fight you for it!!