Happy Father's Day! (Plus an update on Lexi's milestones...)

Jon's first Father's Day (with Lexi) was today. It's kind of sad that he's not here, but he's away for a good cause and I cannot be any prouder of him! His flight made BEAST Excellence this past week, which puts them in the running for Warrior Flight, which would give them an extra day of Town Pass-I really hope they get it!!

I took some pictures of Lexi for a gift I made him. I'm going to try to (safely) transport it to San Antonio. They're in a frame, so I'm not sure how it's going to work! Anyway, I think they turned out really cute, and I hope that he likes them!

It was a lot of fun taking these pictures-I CANNOT believe how big Lexi is getting!

She is officially mobile...but only scooting backwards! Which makes her really mad when she's trying to get to Llata, our dog. But she also thinks she's hilarious because she can get to her toys when she wants to now! She tries with all of her might to get onto her knees, but she can't quite get there (also makes her mad!)

She is also trying to get from her seated position to her tummy/knees (for crawling). I discovered her trying to do this and it scared me sooooo bad!! Her feet get stuck, so it lifts her up into what looks like she's trying to stand up! She's just not steady enough to be in that position so, had I not seen her doing that, she probably would have fallen quite hard on her face! :-/ I really miss her days of just lying on the ground waiting for me to put things in front of her. Life gets hard once the baby becomes in any way mobile. And Lexi is SO SO SO SO independent, already! Jon and I are going to have our hands full!

I will try to get a video of her mobility this week!

Only 8 more days until I head down to San Antonio to see Jon graduate from Basic Training!!! Cannot wait!!!

Baby food

I have made my own baby food for Lexi, but I'm still buying some baby food as well. I think it's good that she get used to both kinds. So, I'm experimenting with different brands and want to document our experiences:

1. Gerber-she can't stand any flavors, except kind of the bananas...plus, I've found that they're actually more expensive and don't often go on sale. 

2. Earth's Best-I gave her a jar of the Peach Oatmeal Banana and she gobbled it all up! They were on sale 10 for $8.00 last week

3. Beech-Nut-I haven't tried any of this yet, but I had a coupon to save $1.00 on 3 jars, they were on sale 2 for $1.00, so I got 3 for just $.50, great deal!

4. Sprout-I also haven't tried these yet. Had a coupon for Buy 2 Get 1 free. They were on sale for 10 for $10.00. Same price as the Earth's Best

5. Beech-Nut Rice Cereal-On sale for $1.75, had a coupon for $1.00 off, only cost me $.75! (I know this isn't technically baby food, but I wanted to share my great couponing lol)

6. Ella's natural food-She likes this, but not as well as she liked the Earth's best 

I am all about coupons now and have signed up for the websites of these companies and can't wait to get more coupons :)

I will update on the different baby foods as we go.

six months in

Alexis turned six months old June 4, 2011. I just cannot believe how big she is getting. She is able to do so much that she wasn't able to do even two weeks ago! She sits all alone, is able to roll over, scoots herself in a circle, eats baby food purees, sleeps on her tummy (!) and is just all around a happy, healthy, funny baby.

At her six month appointment on Thursday, June 2nd, Lexi was weighed and measured. She weighs 15 lbs. 13 oz. and is 26 1/2 inches long! This is a huge jump from how tiny she was when she was born-6 pounds exactly and 19 inches long. The speed at which she is growing is unbelievable. I think I'll put together some pictures from each month of her life thus far!

Birth

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months