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Monday, December 28, 2009
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
2 Days Til Christmas!
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With only 2 days til Christmas there is so much excitement around the house. Even though Lexi has no clue what the excitement is all about the kids are just so excited to be with her on Christmas morning and just to spend her First Christmas right here in the moment with her!
Night Time Troubles~
Well, lets just say night time has gotten a little tougher.....
Miss Lexi has been going to bed later and later each night but then she still wakes up 2-5 times every 30-45 minutes just soaked with tears and head sweat for that first several hours that she is down. Usually somewhere between 1 and 3am she is just too exhausted to keep checking up on us and she settles in for a long rest not waking up until somewhere between 10 and 11:30am. Yes this schedule needs to go... soon!!! She is so happy and so content all the time but man oh man these wake ups are tough! We just hold her tight and rock a few minutes and she's all better. She has the softest skin and the sweetest baby smell and Bryan understand that this is such a temporary thing. We just tell her we love her and kiss her better and pray pray pray she will be over this soon.
Growing~ Yep she is fitting in her 6 month clothes beautifully, she is getting little bits of chubbies everywhere...not just her cheeks haha
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Photo Shoot
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Lexi had her first photo shoot today. Well at least her first professional one. She was so sweet for the whole thing and I can not wait to see how the pictures turned out. The photographer came to the house early this morning and got some shots of her in her crib in her jammies. Then a few at the house before we headed out to do some outdoor shots. We took the last set of photos in her little pettiskirt and she fell asleep in it on the way home. I guess it's exhausting being a princess because she ended up sleeping for 4 hours!!! In her little pettiskirt! Here a a few quick pictures I snapped as I loaded her in the car to head home and one of her asleep in her bed.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Happy Birthday Lexi is 1 year old!
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Today is Lexi's Birthday! Our Tiny Princess is 1 year old! We had a little celebration here at the house with the kids and then we went to dinner with our sweet friends in the evening. Lexi finally got to meet her future buddies and my favorite twins on the planet. Anders and Elling are 10 months old. We had a nice dinner at Mimi's and then we all went to look at Christmas lights. The weather was perfect! When we got home Auntie Kim and Grandma, Uncle Ed and all the cousins were waiting to skype Lexi a big happy birthday. They all sang to her and it was the sweetest thing ever! Happy Birthday BabyCakes!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
1 month together!
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We have been Lexi's parents for 1 month today! In this short little time she has filled our hearts with such joy and such love. She has filled our home with more laughter than we know what to do with. She has opened the doors of adoption to several families who have met her. She has brought our families closer, our friends closer, our lives are forever changed. I feel like we have always had her. Like she was born to us. It is funny because when we go out and the occasional person asks if she was adopted, at first I think..How did they know that??.. I forget that she is my Chinese daughter. I just look at her and see my daughter, my baby girl. She is so beautiful and the sparkle in her eyes is enough to take anyones breath away. We love her so much and thank God every day for the beautiful gift He has given us. The beautiful gift of adoption. Happy one month Gotcha Day Anniversary BabyCakes! Mommy and Daddy love you all the way to China and back.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Sleeping in my own room
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Lexi is sleeping in her own room now. She continues to have a few hours of waking and going back down in the wee hours of the night. She pants and shakes and her heart races. She cries out for me and once she hears me and feels my touch she is ok. I dont even have to pick her up, I just run in and put my hand on her. She will grab my hand and squeeze it as tight as she can and wimper back to sleep. Last night she did this for almost 2 hours. I continue to pray over her and wait for her to trust me enough to know that I will always be here. Tomorrow we go to the doctor for her first american check up. We will see if her ears have cleared up, where she is developmentally, what shots she will need, how much she weighs (I'm sure she's gained like 5 pounds since gotcha day!) and so on. The weather has gotten cold and it is super stormy tonight. We have the tree up and she just loves to go sit by it. Enjoy the pictures. Mary
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Just some fun pictures
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We took Lexi to Pei wei for lunch after church on Sunday. She had a great time sucking on a fortune cookie and eating some rice with chopsticks. She still does not know what to do with rice so she will store it in her cheeks and later spit it out. I love the picture of her eating with the chopsticks! And I love her in this blue dress! I love her in anything, even a stinker poo diaper haha!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
3 weeks of Joy
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We have had Lexi in our lives for 3 weeks now. It feels like she has always been ours. We have bonded so quickly and so beautifully. She always has an ear to ear grin for us even from the very minute she wakes up in the morning. She loves to play with her brother and steal his glasses. Seeing my little boy carry her around and be a big brother takes my breath away. She brings joy to whatever place she is at, whatever person is around. The other day we were in Costco and she was sitting in the cart with her big flffu cover on the cart seat and that big costco cart just swallowed her up. She just looked like a button in their. Anyway, I gave her a book that had buttons that played Christmas tunes and she pushed it and began swaying side to side and boppin to the music and this crowd of people just appeard out of nowhere and they were just cracking up at her. Well she saw that she had an audience so she started pushing new buttons and just jammin to the songs and getting all in to it and she was just smiling this huge cheesy grin. She had these people in tears laughing and she just loved the attention. It was just precious! She brings us Joy, so much Joy.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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