Great way to start the new year...

This morning we have get to go to a ward primary breakfast to "meet our new class." I have been watching these sunbeams for the last 3 months that we have been in Primary and, oh wow, are we in for a real treat. The meet-n-greet this morning was advertised as a "light breakfast pajama party." No one specified, but I am thinking they are expecting me (and the other women) to be wearing bras. Lame.

Merry Christmas!

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!! Santa just came and it looks like it will be a good day for the kiddos tomorrow. ;) Have fun everyone!

Stats!

We had Lexi's one year checkup today! Here are her stats for ya:

Weight: 18 lbs. 14 oz. (25%)
Height: 29 inches (60%)

Ummmm....yeah. So she eats TONS, but is still a skinny minnie. Time to start slippin' some butter into everything she eats. ;)

Alexandria's 1st birthday!!

Lexi turned 1 yesterday! Yay! She has her doctor's appointment on Tuesday, so I will post her stats later. She did have a helmet appointment (she's been in it 6 weeks) and the doctor said that she is 1/3 of the way done! Hopefully it should only be another 6 weeks. :) Anyway, our camera died so until I get pictures from Shane's mom, here are some of the pictures from Lexi eating her cake! :) (Which we all know is the main event...)

She wasn't shy about trying it out....

Loving the frosting

Totally demolished her cake! :) I was so excited!

She kept wanting more even after eating 95% of it. haha

The cake for everyone else. Nothing fancy, but it sure tasted good. :)

Lexi's first ride in her new forward facing car seat! She was awake for about 2 minutes of it (which she loved looking out the windows), then crashed. :)

Both the kids were so tired from the party, but we had to head to Shane's dad's side of the family Christmas party. :) That's another post for tomorrow. Happy birthday my big girl!

P.S. She STILL does not have ANY teeth. She has been teething for the last month, though, and her bottom ones are so close to breaking through.....I had a dream that she had 8 teeth come in all at once (which I would love and would explain her oneryness).

Pearls of wisdom from Shane

Remember last time I told you some things Shane said? I have a couple more for your viewing enjoyment. :)

"You DON'T joke about cheesecake!"

"Kaden, don't be high maintenance....that's for girls."

Bowling

So this is my 3rd post today. I keep going through pictures and realizing I have missed stuff! :) This is from when we took Kaden and Lexi bowling on Oct. 9th with our friends Danny and Steph and Steph's brother, Josh. This was the first time Kaden wanted to join in the fun! He wanted to carry the bowling balls all by himself. I let him try to pick it up. hahaha I'm such a mean mom. He then wanted to throw the ball, but, of course, couldn't (thankfully).

Someone had the good sense to put us right by these booths, which provided endless entertainment for Kaden (well, those and Josh chasing him around all night). :)

Kaden loved jumping on these.

Shane taking his turn.

Kaden rolling the ball down the stupid metal thing. It was wobbly and totally not helpful. We had to hold it steady or else the ball would go straight to the gutter.

Watching the ball very slowly roll down the lane.

Trying again....

Steph and I waiting.....

Cheering for Kaden when he knocked a couple of pins down! You can't see him in this picture, but he was soooo proud of himself when he knocked the pins down. :)

We ditched the stupid metal thing for a bit and Danny tried showing Kaden how to granny roll the ball.....right into the gutter. ;)

Me and Lexi. She is chowing down on a carrot.

LOL I love this picture.

Woo!! There it goes! Notice how Kaden is holding the stupid metal thing steady? He quickly learned that from seeing us do it. haha

Waiting for the ball to come back. We had to teach Kaden to NOT put his hand down the ball return. He thought it was cool that the ball just popped out of nowhere. :)

Shane and Lexi watching the fun.

Hanging out

We met up with some friends of ours and everyone brought some fast food for dinner and we just sat around and talked. :) It was so nice to see them all again. It's always too long in between visits.

Lily kept trying to get Lexi's helmet on her own head. hahaha

We met up at Kenzie's parent's house and they had TONS of toys, which all the kids loved.

Lily just turned a year old! Wow! She is only 3 weeks and 1 day older than Lexi. It really is crazy how fast the time goes.

I love this face.

Chowing down! That's Yuki, Josiah and their son, Kai. (Lily belongs to them, too....in case you missed the resemblance.)

This is Lexi's 90 year old lady smile. I swear she will get teeth someday.

Kaden still playing with the many toys.

Ok, so here we have Chad and Kenzie, and one of their two sons (Gaines) in between them. Then there's Shane and Lily and just a peek of Kaden. :) I don't know how I didn't get a picture of Logan, but he is getting so big! Next time we see them I will make sure to take lots of him. :)