Catch up

The last few weeks have been fun. We got to participate in my cousin Christian's mission farewell. He is in Africa now and is doing great. We loved being part of his special time leading up to his mission. We also got to spend a week in Park City with my Aunts and their families. Lexi had so much fun and has gotten really comfortable around everyone. We shopped at the outlets (and got amazing deals!), went to a movie, ate out, made smores, went swimming, and made lots of kid crafts. It was such a fun week!

2 months old

Carter is 2 months old! I love love love my little boy! He is the best baby. He smiles all the time and is generally a happy baby. He melts my heart. He loves it when anyone pays attention to him and always rewards attention with big smiles. He really likes Lexi and will always smile at her. He is filling out and has the cutest rolls on his legs. He likes to be held but will sit alone for a while too. He gets up about twice a night doing a 3-4 hr stretch and then a 3 hr. His sleep habits are manageable but combined with Lexi getting up at least once a night it makes for a very tired mother. My favorite physical features are his ears, hair, smile, and eyes. He likes his hair washed and usually smiles the whole time we do it. He is such a delight and so adorable! We are so glad he's in our family.

Lexi Update

Lexi is loving living in Utah! She has been able to play with her cousins a lot and has made some new friends too. I'd have to say her best friend is her Grandpa. She loves to play with him and gets really excited when he comes home. Lexi is learning a lot of new things and surprises me with her development. We are currently working on colors and it has been really fun. Her strength still seems to be counting but she is picking up shapes pretty well too. She loves to play games and matching games are her favorite. She likes containers of any kind that she can put things into and tote around. She is doing a lot better with the adjustment to sharing attention with her brother. She is a very good girl and pretty obedient. She still talks about her friends in Flagstaff and misses them but loves it here. She is really enjoying nursery which is such a blessing. She is having a hard time sleeping through the night which has made things hard for Mom and Dad. She gets up at least once a night and comes into our room. We take her back to bed and she goes back to sleep there. Lexi has some funny quirks right now:
-She calls Carter her sister. She insists he is a sister. I think it is hard for her because she's a sister and doesn't understand why he's a brother.
-She puts ing on the end of a lot of words. She says stucking when she's stuck. She also puts a s on things that don't need one. She calls Carter buddies.

Laughs

Lexi has noticed some things here in Utah are different than Flagstaff. She thinks that everyone's backyards are "parks" and that she should be able to go play in them. She's not used to everyone having swing sets. She gets very upset when I don't let her go play on them. She also thinks there is a temple on every corner. I've tried to tell her they are churches but she says, "No Mom...that's a temple."