Our Little Puppy

If you are thinking we went out and got a dog you are VERY wrong. Bryan is severely allergic to dogs and in general we really just aren't into the whole pet thing. But we have our very own super-cute puppy who likes to carry things in her mouth while she crawls around. Her favorite thing to do is take off her socks and put them in her mouth. We got these pictures the other day so I thought I would share.

The look on her face kills me in this picture. This is her growling face.

Graduation Time

Last month was Graduation time! Ok, so you probably wonder why I am posting a picture of Bryan's graduation which took place last May. Well, he had one year to finish up his Sr. project in order to get his official diploma and actually be graduated. Well, Bryan had a rough time with that project and barely finished the day it was due. It's a long story, but basically he had to do his project a total of 4 times because things kept going wrong. In fact, he spent the entire day of SUU's graduation THIS year, trying to finish things up. But it is over; he has a grade and now we are just waiting on the diploma. Hooray!!

Last weekend we went to my hometown to watch my brother Matt graduate from High School. I can't believe my parents have had 5 kids graduate already. Only 4 more to go. :) I also can't believe it's been 10 years since I graduated. It really feels like a lifetime ago. I didn't have any good pictures of Matt at graduation, but Bryan took this short video of him walking in so I put that on here so you can see him in his cap and gown and everything.

Here is our family with Matt. We are so proud of him!

After graduation, Matt was ordained to an Elder so we all went from the school to the church to be there for him at that special event. Here is a picture of my entire family minus my brother Eric who is in the airforce and overseas (his wife Tracie was there though!) and Pete who is serving a mission in Texas.

I don't know what Lexie was looking at, but there must have been something exciting on the ceiling.

Saturday we went to watch Timmy play in a baseball tournament. This picture is so cute of Lexie trying on Grandpa's hat at the ballgame.

Dancing Queen

Lexie loves music! Whenever she hears music now, she waves her arms like she is conducting. It is super cute! She also really loves to dance. We took a video of her dancing to a "Baby Prodigy" video the other night after her bath. For those of you not familiar with these videos, it is just like "Baby Einstein" where they play classical music and show different toys, etc. Lexie really enjoys classical music and also primary songs. We love our little dancing queen!

9 Months!

Last Thursday Lexie turned 9 months old! I think the 9 months since she's been born has flown by compared to the 9 months I was pregnant with her. But at the same time, I can't even remember life without our sweet baby girl! She is growing up fast and doing so many things. She went to her well check at the Dr. Friday and is perfectly healthy and growing! Here are her stats:

Weight: 18 lbs 5 oz (41%)

Height: 28.5 in (81%)

Head: 17.75 in (80%)

I have been so horrible at taking pictures lately, but we did get a few when we went for a walk to the park the other day. I will try to be better and get some cute pictures of her soon. 

Here is our cute girl happy to be outside.

Her scrunched up face look.

Checking out the kids on the playground.

A few things about Lexie at 9 months old:

• She likes to laugh and play games. Her favorite is peek-a-boo. She'll lift her blanket over her head and put it down real fast and when you say "Boo!" she laughs and does it again.
  
• She waves "bye-bye" and she'll also wave "hello" to her Daddy when he gets home from work.
• Her favorite word is "Dada" and she is getting better at saying "Mama". I think her first word was "Hi", but she loves to talk in her own language and she gets a kick out of whatever it is she is saying to herself.
• She crawls at warp speed and can stand on her own, but she fell trying to stand last week and since then hasn't really attempted it again. She's perfectly happy getting where she needs to go on her hands and knees and can still pretty much get into whatever she wants that way.
• She puts everything in her mouth and last night I caught her right before she stuck a little spider in her mouth. I freaked out and scared her pretty bad but that was just nasty!
• She has been doing "High 5" for a while now.
• She loves music and will dance whenever music comes on. It's super cute!

The Prophet Said To Plant a Garden

I don't know how many of you know that primary song "The Prophet Said To Plant a Garden", but it has been going through my head for about a week now. We've wanted to start a garden and decided to try the "Square Foot Gardening" method since we don't really have a good garden spot in our backyard with good soil. We built the boxes this weekend and went to buy soil, plants, and seeds. Finally tonight for FHE we got all the plants and seeds planted and now we'll see how well we do at our first gardening experience.

Here is Lexie and Bryan and our  garden boxes (our backyard isn't very attractive yet, but we'll get there eventually one thing at a time)

Here is Lexie enjoying time in her stroller. Her new favorite thing with the nice weather is to be outside going for rides. 

After being so patient while we planted, she was ready to get out!

For Mother's Day Bryan gave me flowers. 

Here are the flowers he gave me...they will last through the summer!

I hope all of you awesome mothers had a great Mother's Day! I had a great day going to visit my amazing Mom and spending time with family. I am so grateful to be a mother and have such a loving husband and sweet daughter to make my life full of joy. Life has been crazy the past few weeks, but life is good! I'll have to post more about things that have been going on when I get a chance, but it is late and I must get ready for bed. Until next time...