My girl at her finest...

PJs, jewelry, and a tutu. Yep, that's my Lexi!

17 Months

Today, babygirl is 17 months old! Time goes by much faster than it did when Lincoln was a baby, probably because we're so busy all the time. I am trying to jot down funny things that Lexi is doing (something I was really good about with Lincoln and not-so-great about with Lexi).
At 17 months, Lexi is saying a lot of words, but most are pronounced incorrectly so only the people who have been around her a lot can understand her. Sometimes that's a little frustrating, but she's learning more every day so I know it won't last forever. Some of my favorite things that she says:
"ah-guy" (all gone)
"boo!" (this can be moo or balloon)
"DITTY!" (in an extremely high pitched voice means kitty, in a normal voice it means pretty)
I love the way she says "baa!" for a sheep sound. It's hard to explain it, but it's hilarious.
"nye, nye" (night, night)
She makes a grunting/shouting noise when Lincoln is bothering her. She makes it at other people, too, but mostly Lincoln.
She has 7 teeth... 4 on top in front, 2 on bottom. She also has one molar on her upper left side.
She's finally outgrowing 9-12 month clothes.
She is FINALLY too big for her rear-facing infant car seat (the one in which we brought her home from the hospital!).
She laughs a lot more. Loves to be tickled or chased and likes to throw a ball and then say "WHOA!"
Shakes her head (almost violently) for "no" and thinks it's really funny when I nod and say, "yes". It makes her shake her head even faster.
Love oatmeal w/ a mashed-up banana in it. She calls it "oh-mull".
She likes to sneak into Lincoln's crayon drawer and then scrape a crayon across her bottom teeth. I have to keep a close eye on her because of this one. I'll look over and her bottom teeth will be green!
She likes to look at herself in the mirror and laugh and/or talk to herself. She especially likes to put on hats, jewelry, or random clothes and then go look in the mirror and laugh.
She LOVES baths ("ba!")
She knows lots of animals and the sounds they make (monkey, cow, pig, elephant, mouse, rooster, donkey, puppy, kitty [although she refuses to meow], lizard [she sticks out her tongue repeatedly- it's cute], bird, horse, sheep, duck, and probably a few that I'm forgetting).
She loves to wake up Lincoln in the morning. I'll put her on his bed, she'll crawl over to him and press her face against his and laugh hysterically until he wakes up.

The new is obviously wearing off for Lincoln when it comes to his little sister. Sometimes he really enjoys having her around and he's always glad to see her if he's been gone from home. He has really started to get annoyed with the fact that she wants anything that he's playing with. She follows him around everywhere and always gets angry when he doesn't want her near him. I hear lots of shouting in our home because he's trying to keep her from doing something and she's not happy about it.
He does love it when she wakes him up in the morning. He always wakes up with a smile on his face and gives her a big hug. And Lexi thinks that Lincoln is the funniest person in the world. She won't attempt to say his name, but she'll laugh any time we say his name or if she sees his picture. I guess it's just your average brother/sister relationship.
I wanted to get a cute picture of her, but this was all I could manage this morning. I think it's actually probably a bit more accurate of her at this age. The girl has learned how to use her 'tude!
Happy 17 months, babygirl! We love you!

Ho Ho Ho!

We went to see Santa Claus today and both of the kids were great! Lincoln LOVES Santa and Lexi seems to have a fondness for him as well. We drove out to the State School to see all the Christmas lights. Halfway through the lights, we were able to park the car to get out and see Santa(!). We had to wait in line for a while because Santa had to leave for a few minutes to go "feed his reindeer", but the kids were surprisingly patient and well-behaved. Lincoln went first so that he could tell Santa what he wants for Christmas. As soon as I put Lexi on Santa's knee, she proceeded to tell him "Hi!" about thirty seven times.
We'll go see him again next Friday, but hopefully there will be less waiting involved.

I almost forgot- I taught Lexi to say "Ho Ho Ho!" today. We'll ask, "What does Santa say?" and she'll pucker her lips about as tight as they'll get without closing and quietly get out the sound "Ho Oh Oh!". It's dang cute. She is a bit confused about it, however, as she was "Ho Oh Oh"-ing to everything Christmas related that was in sight.
We are finally going to set up our Christmas tree within the next couple of days. I have been putting it off for as long as possible because Lexi is a crazy woman. It's not that I'm worried about the ornaments... I'm worried about her actually pulling the tree down! I do not kid when I say that my girl is pesky! She is in to EVERYTHING! I was going to wait until a week before Christmas to put up the tree (and not even bother with the ornaments this year), but Lincoln really started asking me about it a few days ago. He said, "Mom, we have to put up my tree! We don't even have to decorate it since Lexi will get the ornaments but we need our Christmas tree!" Seriously, how could I say no to that??
Hope you are all keeping warm in this unusually cold weather we've been having. I wish it would at least snow if it's gonna be this dang cold! BRRR!