Some of Lexie's Favorite Things

I was realizing that when I blog about Seth, it's about all the cool things he can do, what he likes, how cute he is, etc, but when I blog about Lexie, it's usually about her hearing or speech, and never really about her as a person. So, for those friends and family who never get to see her, I'm going to start writing things about her personailty when I think of them.

Lexie loves cartoons, and I'm a bad mom and let her watch more than she should. One that she really likes is Phineas and Ferb. Here's some clips that she loves. The first one is a song we like to dance to. We have a lot of fun when this episode comes on, and it's hilarious to watch Lexie try to imitate the dance moves (and I'm sure I look goofy as well):



This one Lexie likes because A)She loves Perry the Platypus, and B)she likes when they run towards each other in slow motion, and we have to act it together when we see it:

In her cinematic debut...

Ok, so I finally found a link to the Zombie movie I was in last summer. And in the spirit of laughing at one's self, I'm going to share it. My singing is awful, my "dancing" is even worse (and it's not exactly complex choreography, if you could even call it that. Just planned movements, I guess), but the bright side is that I'm only in the first half and barely in even that, so I only look stupid for a few moments. So enjoy this addition to the "things to make fun of Lizzie for" file:

http://listenup.org/screeningroom/index.php?view=da0617a7b241027256f1d128a5b7551c

We're Famous!

We've been meaning to get a sign in our neighborhood for a while, but we didn't know how to go about it, so it got put off for a bit. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, Wayne called the city, who transfered him around until he finally talked to the right person, and the paperwork was started. Yesterday, our signs were put up. Cool! I don't know why I'm so excited about this, but I am. For one thing, it'll be a lot safer (hopefully) for Lexie to play out front, since she's still not good at listening for cars. Plus, I just think it's neat that there's a street sign dedicated to us. I guess it's one of the "pros" of having a deaf child. Everyone faces different challenges with their children, but not everyone can have the city honor it. You never see "Boy With Difficulty In Algebra Area" or "Watch For Child With Attitude Problem" signs. But we get one! Two, in fact (Hope you don't mind it on the edge of your yard, Ron and Sarah). That's pretty special.

Bundled Up

Seth and I attempted to take our morning walk today, but it was so flippin' cold! None of the girls I usually walk with came out, and I don't blame them. We made it 1 1/2 laps of our usual 3, and my ears so frozen I had to come in. But lucky Seth, he got to be all bundled up, and he was as happy as a clam. Isn't he cute?

Germs, Cereal, Snow, The Big Clean, and Splittin' Up!

It's been a while and there's a lot to cover, so we're going to do this BULLET STYLE! Woo!


* Germs: (The picture really has nothing to do with this, except that Lexie has been a bit of a little Devil. I just thought it was cute, and fitting for her usual personality) Lexie and Wayne have been sick. While Lexie is quite the handful on her sick bed, Wayne is maybe even worse (we all know men, they're just big babies - wink wink). He stayed home from work Thursday AND Friday, which if you know Wayne means he was practically on his death bed, because he HATES missing work. It's been an exhausting weekend for everyone in the house. As hard as it has been for me to play nurse, I know it's even harder to feel so crummy. Thankfully everyone is on the upward slope towards full cold and flu recovery. We all get flu shots on Wednesday, so hopefully this will be the last sick-weekend for a while.


* Cereal: Seth is now eating rice cereal. He loves the stuff, which kind of makes it hard to feed him, since he tries to grab the spoon and pull it in on his own. Hopefully this will help him sleep better, since right now he's still getting up around 12 and around 5. Yuck.

* Snow: We woke up to our first snow of the season on Sunday morning. Woo! Lexie was mezmorized. She stood at the window of her playroom taking in the winter wonderland for a good 10 minutes straight. Thankfully it all melted by the time we got out of church. It's a bit too early to be that cold, in my opinion. But it was great to get the grass watered for free. Thanks Mother Nature!

* The Big Clean: Having EVERYONE home 24 hours a day and sick from Thursday through Sunday, our place was a mess! And it seemed everytime I tried to clean up I could only chip away at the monster before a new mess emerged. So finally by Sunday I'd had it, and after dinner I shipped Wayne and the kids off the Grandma and Grandpa's house so I could clean in peace. I worked nonstop for 2 1/2 hours, picking up, folding laundry, doing dishes, etc, and I still didn't finish everything! I got the main areas done, but there's still a pile of papers in the office to file, the toyroom needs to be picked up, and there are several junk drawers/closets to be organized. How did we end up living in such a pigsty?

* Splittin' Up: That's right, it's official - we're splitting. No, not Wayne and I (seriously, you think he could ever find someone more awesome than me? No way he'd chance it, I rock! :) ), THE WARD! YAY! While I'm really sad to lose some great people, I'm so excited to finally have a ward that's a managable size. We spend every sunday in the very back of the GYM, then stay in the gym for Sunday School, and then, because our RS is so big, I spend the last hour in, you guessed it, THE GYM. It's hard to hear, impossible to get a group discussion going, and it just sucks. Plus, the rumors are going around that now we'll be able to go to the church building that's RIGHT behind our house instead of ironically passing it every Sunday to drive to a church 7 minutes away. I may finally be able to walk to church like I always dreamed about when I moved here from Seattle (where our building was 20 minutes away). They made the announcement of the split on Sunday, and the boundries and details will be announced this Sunday at ward conference, and then the week after that it's walking time! Time to get my boots...

Fall Field Trip

On Friday I accompanied Lexie on her first school field trip! Her class combined with the older Preschool class and went up to South Fork in Provo Canyon to enjoy the fall leaves. Lexie was so excited to ride on a big yellow school bus and shout "Woo Hoo!" with the other kids. We sang a leaf song, raked leaves and then jumped in them, chased Leaves in a stick, and looked for squirrells. Unfortunately we didn't find any, which was too bad for them because the kids were equipt with bags of squirrell food. We threw some out for them anyway. It was a lot of fun. Here are the pics:

4 months Old

Seth turned the big 4 m-o. He is 26 1/4" long (90th Percentile) and weighs 14 lbs 9 oz (40th Percentile).

He likes:
* His Frog
* His Cow
* Flipping Over
* His Sister
* Morning Walks
* Pink Medicine
* Talking

He dislikes:
* Tummy Time
* Poopy Diapers
* Lexie Crying
* Loud Noises

Hawaiian pictures!

Here's a slideshow from the Rehearsal Dinner, the wedding, and some random family shots. Enjoy: