Saturday, July 3, 2010

Water Baby

Lexi took her first big dip at Ms. Mary's house and she LOVED it! She loves bobbing up and down in your arms and "swimming" on her belly. She also showed off her swimming skills and squealing talents at Grandmommy & Granddaddy's pool on Father's Day weekend. While in the water, she squealed loudly and nonstop, because she was so excited! Momma Elise & Matylda also got to see my lil' swimmer in action when we were in Missouri.
My baby is definitely a water baby! I guess all that extra fluid when I was pregnant paid off, because my baby will no doubt be a swimmer!


Showing how much she loves the water!

Swim. Swim.

She may not like them, but I've got a good collection of sun hats for her.

Squealing with excitement!

Our 3-6 month swimsuit is still a little big and has trouble staying up.

My water baby :)

Priceless.

Look at those little curls when her hair gets wet.

This game lasted forever.
Elijah throws ball.
Lexi picks it up and puts it into her mouth.
Lexi gives ball to Elijah.
Elijah puts other end in his mouth.
And repeat.

Loving on cousin Zach

Playing with Momma.
You can really notice the massive diapee here.
(The problem with having a small baby - none of the swim diapers fit yet. When using these new DryMaxx diapers, the result is a wet, 10 lb. diapee)

Squeal.

Weeks 21-25 (JUNE)

June was a busy month full of traveling, new foods, sickies, new toys, and new teeth!!

Starting the summer off right, Lexi took her first major dip in a big pool. She LOVED it! (I've got those pics in another post). During the week, we were able to enjoy a few days of playing in the house and staying in our pj's until 10... oh how few those days actually were!

Rolling is something Lexi has been good at for a while, but now she has picked up speed and can do multiple rolls. With that being said, on my birthday (June 10), Lexi rolled off the bed :( A completely panicked Mommy called the doctor crying and upset, luckily realizing that baby Lexi was completely fine! She stopped crying within 3 minutes, but I couldn't stop watching her for hours afterward, just to make sure she was really ok. (I later realized she fell onto a pile of sweatshirts I was in the process of hanging up - why couldn't I have noticed that at the time?) That same night we went to the hospital to visit our friends, the DaCostas, and meet their new baby girl, Finley Rae. She is adorable! It's funny to watch Lexi with babies smaller than her, because she admires them and may reach out to touch them. Which is the opposite of bigger kids, where she wants to get her hands and mouth all over their faces!


Lexi spent that weekend in Knoxville with Grammy and Court, while I helped my Dad work on a surprise for my Mom and Daddy played at Bonnaroo. After coming back home for a few days, we headed back to Knoxville the next weekend to celebrate Father's Day, which turned out to be too much traveling for Lexi, because we left early Monday morning for St. Louis, MO. While Lexi and I were in Missouri visiting our dear friends, the Schnarrs, Lexi got sick. Lexi did great on the plane Monday, but once we got there she became very irritable, sleepy, and had a constant stream of gunk coming out of her eye. So Tuesday we visited Matylda's pediatrician to discover that Lexi had pink eye :( We flew back in Wednesday night, and after a horrible drive home from the airport, I took Lexi to the doctor Thursday to find out that she had 2 ear infections too! With teething and her fever reaching upwards of 103.5* in the following nights, the Brown household didn't get much sleep.

Sunday, June 27, Lexi's first tooth FINALLY came through! YAY!! She worked for so long on the first one, that the others should come pretty quickly!

We finished up the month with a lunch visit with Aunts Emma & Tasha in Symrna. While it's been great seeing everyone so much this month, I'm ready to take a break from traveling for a bit.


Giving medicine to babies is hard! We usually ended up like this.

At the beginning of June, Daddy set up her Jumperoo.
Somebody forgot to tell her to grow a bit so she could actually enjoy it.

Riding windows or top down is Lexi's favorite way to travel!

At our lunch visit with Emma & Tasha, I learned that cold metal spoons would soon become Lexi's favorite teethers.

Aunt Emma & Lexi

Showing off a new outfit from Grammy

After seeing how much she loved using Matylda's high chair, we decided to give ours a try. She has quickly learned that this chair means business.

My sick, sleeping baby. :(

The girl LOVES bath time! I don't know if it's the water or being naked, but this is her favorite time each day!

I'm not ready for her to be this big yet... luckily, she's not quite there.

Still needing Momma's help :)

No tricks needed here. Spoon near mouth = open! Yum Yum.

A much better idea than bibs:
Feeding Lexi naked so we can just wash her off later.

Showing Grandmommy & Granddaddy how she rolls.

Playing with sweet cousin Elijah.

They were adorable together!

This was the third food we tried, Sweet Potatoes. We like sweet potatoes... and anything orange.

This is the only time Julie has lied calmly near Lexi. Julie is petrified of her. Funny.

The best birthday gift, ever.

You would need to see Matt's baby pictures to understand how identical she is to them.

Happy Baby

Little Miss Brown in her brown.
(Look at those lil' chubby legs! Love them!)

This was the very first food we tried. We like carrots.
I couldn't resist this strawberry hat! She seems to love it too!

June is also the month I learned that Lexi likes to have her eyes covered when she sleeps, usually by her Izzie (blanket square). She clearly finds other ways if she has to.

I just love this picture. No reason. Just do.

Showing off her muscles and skills by pulling the cow's string. She loves these vibrating toys, so we have a cow, duck, and frog that are all the same. However, Lexi must be getting strong because she broke the handle off the duck by pulling it to hard.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Weeks 16 - 20

Ok, so I totally lied. Finishing up the school year got the best of me and caused me to slip behind on blogs... and life in general. Now that summer's here, I'm going to try to do better!

Weeks 16 - 20 have been the most fulfilling weeks of parenthood so far! I've watched this little blob of a baby transform into a little human! During these last 5 weeks, Lexi started by rolling back to belly on her playmat and now she is scooting all over the floor! My bet is that she will be crawling within a month! Also new and fun, Lexi has found her vocal cords and she loves to use them! She is constantly talking, squealing, and laughing. Her fun personality is really showing!

Size-wise, Lexi hasn't grown much. At her 4 month shots, Lexi weighed in at 12 lbs. 4 oz. and measured 23 1/4" long. At least we are getting good use out of her 0-3 month clothing!

(The pictures aren't in order, but they are still adorable)


This baby girl LOVES bath time!

Riding with the Jeep top down!

Smiling Girl

Wishing she was big enough to "jump" in her jumperoo....

Cruisin' in style in Mommy's new jogging stroller

Trying to be little Miss Independent

Lexi came with me when our PreK took our field trip to the Hands On Science Center

Cousin Drew is so good at holding Lexi!

1st time in a pool and 1st time rockin' that bikini :)

She clearly loves her strawberry swim suit

Lexi spiked a fever and got sick following her 4 month shots...
She was a pathetic baby. :(

If you can't tell already, Momma likes strawberry items. Apparently, she does too.

Just hanging around the house, playing with her favorite toy, Mr. Duck

About 5 months, we tried our very first food, peas. She ate them reluctantly, but since then has been really coming around to the idea of food. Her favorites are apples and sweet potatoes.
My baby has a sweet tooth!

Mother's Day Weekend - Spending some playtime with cousin Drew

That's definitely a smile on her face

This was probably the last time Julie ever got this close to Lexi. Julie is now afraid of her, which makes no sense if you are looking at the obvious size difference.
(12 lbs vs 97 lbs)

On the other hand, maybe Kirby should be afraid of her... Lexi loves getting her puppy!

Sporting her new robe at the doctor's office for her 4 month shots!

Trying out her new shades while waiting at the doctor's office.

This is when I realized how big she was getting. She started reaching for, grabbing, and getting her toys. (*tear)

This reminds me of how small she is. Those tiles are 8" tiles.

Playing with Grammy on Mother's Day Weekend.

Trying out her new umbrella stroller, which we later discovered is her favorite way to travel.