"she gets that from you..."

Lexi has definitely got my attitude/temper! Anytime she can't do something-either because she physically can't or I won't let her-she will scream and usually starts to cry. She doesn't handle the word "no" very well, that's for sure! She's recently learned how to signal no with her arm and she'll do it when she knows that she shouldn't be doing something, but at the same time, I can see it in her eyes that she really wants to do it. She is also extremely independent and won't accept help from anyone even if it will make her life easier. For example, we had cheesecake for dessert this evening, and we gave her a little spoon with some on it and she LOVED it. I was trying to get the spoon to put some more on it, you would have thought I kicked her, the fit she threw! She cried until I handed it back to her with some on it, and did that little shudder cry. She did this the few more times I tried to give her more...oh boy, I've got my hands full hahaha

Now, what she got from Jon...his adventurous nature, that's FOR SURE! She will climb, tumble, roll, whatever it takes to get to where she wants to go. We have a gate that won't connect to the wall because of the molding on the wall, so we put her exersaucer in front of it, and she will spin the exersaucer until she can pull the gate down far enough down so she can crawl up it. She climbs in the seats at school and just looks around like "look at me!" I love her so much, but life is going to get infinitely more difficult as she gets older. I'm going to be a nervous wreck watching her toddle her way through the next few years, but it's so much fun to see all of the things she's learned!

I cannot believe she is going to be one in less than 2 months! We are going to have a Very Hungry Caterpillar theme...and we have a big visitor!!! Can't wait to see you B! Hope it's okay that I put that on here!