Lucky Number 13!

Time just keeps flying by. Lexi is 13 months now! She had some really big milestones this month. Lexi is walking!!! Wow!! She just started about a week and a half ago and she's getting so good! When she started out, she'd hold on to the couch and then take about 3 or 4 running steps towards me and then dive into my arms. She's working on slowing her steps down and is really getting good at balancing. Sometimes she'll stand up, take a tiny step, and then smile at me. Like she's saying "Did you see that, mom?!" Love that girl! I'm so proud of her!!

Lexi is obsessed with books! She's constantly bringing me books to read to her and flipping though the pages.

She is also walking backwards with her puppy walker. She'll push it forward into the coffee table or something, get stuck, and normally she'd say "Ah!" to KJ or I to get her turned back around. But now she's doing some problem solving on her own. She'll back the puppy up and try to steer around the table. 

 

This girl loves to climb! If something is in her way, she climbs over it. She loves to climb over Colby-Jack especially! He's been really good with her. He lets her do a lot to him without getting grumpy. She pulls his fur (we work constantly on "gentle touches"), steps on him and over him, and he lays there and takes it. He's a good pup. 

This pic pretty much sums up our attempt at a "photo Shoot" this month! She never sits still any more!

A few other things Lexi is doing, she can put her little people in their chairs. She can press the button on Violet's belly to make her talk. She's also working on her shape sorter. At Christmas time she got a FP shape sorter and we've found it to be pretty worthless. She figured out right a way that if you take to top off you can put the shapes in with out having to put them through the holes. What a dumb design! I was able to find a different one on Amazon in the "old school" design that doesn't come apart easily. I got her the Green Toys Shape Sorter. It's made 100% from recycled milk jugs, so you can feel good about it's environmental impact, or whatever. Lexi gets frustrated easily trying to get the shapes in, but we're working on it.

13 Months, what what!!

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe

12 Whole Months!

So, my little Lexi is 12 months old now! She had one big milestone this month. She can do unassisted standing!! She lets go all the time and can wave and even dance at the same time! I think this girl is going to be walking in no time! She also has started to sit herself down on a chair or step like a big girl. 

Lexi loves to play hide and seek and peek a boo. Sometimes when I have her on the changing table (when she lets me put her on the changing table! ha!) she'll lift her shirt up over her face and play peek a boo with me. One of her favorite things to do lately is "hiding". I'll sit on the floor and she'll go behind me to hide and then I'll say "Where is Lexi? Where did she go??" And she'll giggle and peek around my shoulder. Then I say "Oh there you are!" She loves it! She laughs and hides again. 

I started taking Lexi to story time at the library a few weeks ago. They sing songs, do nursery rhymes, and read stories. We both have a fun time. It took me a while to find a program for her age group. Our local library only has programs for ages 3 and up. We had to go to a library in the next major town over, which is a half hour away, to find anything for young toddlers and babies. It's kind of a pain, but I think it's worth it. We go every Friday morning now. I'm hoping to get her into swim lessons in a few weeks, also.

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe