Videos from Lexi's First Two Soccer Practices

It was not easy uploading all these videos.
So I hope you enjoy them.
The first two videos are from Lexi's first soccer practice.
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This video actually makes me want to cry.
The coach was trying to pair the kids up and have them do some passing drills for the first time.
The kids didn't really understand what they were suppose to be doing so it was kinda crazy at first.
Lexi is just so dang shy that she just stood there watching.
Right after I snapped this video of our sad little Lexi, Sean went out on the field and helped her out.
Once she figured out what she was suppose to do and who her partner was she had a great time.

And here's a video of Lexi's first time practicing making a goal.

And here's some videos from last night's practice.
Here's a video of Lexi working on stopping the ball and kicking it into the goal.

In this next video Lexi is practicing offense and the little boy is supposed to be defense.
But he gets a little confused. Oh well, Lexi gets the goal, I guess.
 

And here they are starting their scrimmage game.
Lexi was picked to kick the ball and start off the game.
 

I love Lexi in this next video. She's just running along, flapping her arms, 
excitedly following the other kids.

Tomorrow's game will fun to watch and record!

Pictures From Lexi's Second Soccer Practice

 Another soccer post? Yes, and get used to it. Soccer season is a month long.

Yesterday was Lexi's second soccer practice. She was so excited to go.

(Most of the teams her age don't have practice but our coach decided to which is good for Lexi.)

First they started off with some simple passing drills.

Then they learned what defense and offense is and got to practice playing both.

Another great picture of Lexi's I'm observing the situation face.

The kids ran so fast when their coach said it was time for a Gatorade break.

Lexi thought her Gatorade was the best thing ever. 

She felt so special having "soccer juice" as she called it.

Then they had a scrimmage game which was so entertaining. 

This next picture makes me laugh.

Lexi just didn't always seem to know what to do (in fact most of the kids didn't).

I just love that she's holding up her arms and staring at the ball as it rolls by.

Eventually the kids started understanding that they needed to chase the ball.

We had Parker and Halle with us which was awesome.

They had a blast running around with Avery. They were just so cute.

Seriously, I need to ask Michelle if I can take Parker and Halle with me to the next practice

 just so they can play with Avery.

And I just had to share this picture of Avery.

Isn't she adorable in her soccer jersey?!

Lexi's first game is tomorrow!!!

Random Update - Pictures and Thoughts

 Here's Lexi all ready for church a few Sundays ago.

On this particular Sunday Sean stayed home with Avery who was having an awful morning.

Lexi just loved being lone with me in Sacrament meeting.

She just sat on my lap and snuggled up to me most of the time.

A friend of mine gave me this homemade giant "Boppy" pillow for Eli.

Lexi loves it! So I think I will be getting another Boppy for Eli.

Here's Lexi all curled up in a ball sleeping in it...

We're getting excited for BYU football to start next week.

We bought this little shirt for Eli.

We also bought one for Lexi and she loves sleeping in it.

Also, Sean taught Lexi to sing, "Raise and shout the Cougars are out."

That's all she knows right now.

And speaking of Cougars. Here's Lexi's first attempt at drawing one...

Here are the girls hugging and just being adorable in their new matching outfits from my parents.

 And here's Lexi all ready for church this last week.

This dress is a size 6 so it's really long on her.

Which makes her feel so "elegant" and she calls it a "ball gown."

And here's me and Avery all ready for church this past Sunday.

I'm 32 weeks along in this picture.

I can't believe that in just a few days I'll be 33 weeks along!

Wow! Eli will be here soon. We're slowing getting ready.

We sold a lot of our baby things in Albuquerque when we first applied for the Salt Lake job 

and before we knew about Eli.

So I've recently bought a bath tub and a dresser/changing table that Lexi and I are going to repaint.

And we've just started buying a new outfit or two every week.

It's starting to make the fact that we're having a baby seem real.

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And speaking of me and my pregnancy, I decided to "fire" my M.D. here in West Jordan 

and go see some Midwives in Murray.

I have my first appointment in 2 weeks. 

I really hope that I like the midwives because I'm running out of time before I have this baby!

I was seeing a midwife in Albuquerque and I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED her.

I didn't want to move to Utah until after I had the baby just so she could delivery.

I never really liked my M.D. here. She just was too clinical 

and always kept bringing up the possibly of having another c-section.

Which is not what I want, we're hoping for another VBAC.

I just love my little Avery Joy.

She is totally my baby (at least for the next 2 months).

She's such a girly little girl.

Now that she has to do everything herself she's always wearing dresses or at least something pink.

(FYI, Avery is actually brushing my hair and pretending to put make up on me while I type this.)

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A few nights ago I had trouble sleeping so I went into the girls room and sat on the floor next to Avery's

toddler bed and rubbed her hair and kissed her little round face for several minutes.

I even thought about holding her in arms and rocking her 

back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

While singing, "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be."

(Who out there realizes that I'm quoting a children's book?)

We bought Avery a soccer jersey and shorts from the D.I. so she could be like Lexi.

And here's Parker and Lexi in their soccer jersey for the new season.

Don't they all look so cute and athletic?

Lexi was concerned that her cousin Halle would feel left out. 

But honestly, Halle didn't seem to care that she wasn't in a jersey too or a part of this picture.

And here's the kids all loaded up in our van.

This is what it would be like if I had a kid every year for four years.

Yesterday was Sean's sister Michelle's brithday.

We've had so many birthdays in our family this summer, Lexi has loved it.

She was so excited to help me make pies and make some cards and celebrate last night.

Last week we bought a couch!!!

Finally, I have somewhere comfortable to relax in the living room.

We found it through the KSL classifieds for $150. 

It used to be in a model home and then a family in Lehi bought it and had it for 2 years and 

loved it so much that they bought a sectional like it and had no more room for the couch.

And now that I have a couch, I am finally gonna start thinking about putting something up on this wall.

And I decided to keep it real and just take pictures of the couch without cleaning first.

And I love this picture of the girls below, they are in the zone watching TV.

Hey, TV that's something new for us too.

We just got cable last week (for football season).

We haven't had cable for 3 months and before that we just had the basic, basic cable package.

I was looking through some pictures of Sean and I in high school recently.

I just had to share.

This first picture was taken just a few weeks before Sean went on his mission.

We went to go visit my Grandpa Briggs.

And this is from Sean's senior prom.

Lexi loves all of the pictures of us going to "the ball" aka school dances.

And she loved that I was wearing a tiara in this one.

This was us the beginning of my senior year on the infamous 

 Old Spaghetti Factory date with the Lively Fively.

And since I'm just being random here, 

I am not sure what I'm going to do with Avery.

I was thinking I'd potty train her before Eli was born.

Every time she poops she finds me and says, "I poop poop mommy."

And then she'll run and grab a diaper and some wipes and lay down.

But every time I ask her if she wants to use the potty she says, "no potty" and gets really upset.

I'm not sure what to do with this girl.

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And starting next month Sean is going to starting working from home two days a week.

I can't wait! I hope that it will work out. Because I'd to have lunch with him 

and have more time with him since we won't be commuting.

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Also, we are officially a two car family! We're been looking forward to this for years.

Especially since we lost our Elantra.

Michelle and Justin gave us their old Civic and we could be more grateful.

We just went and registered it and it's officially ours!

OH HAPPY DAY!
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Avery is officially a bitter.
Within the last few weeks she's bit Lexi several times.
She's even broken skin.
So now, Avery frequently has time out in the dark laundry room.
But event that doesn't seem to bother her.
Does anyone have any suggests about what we can do to teach Avery not to bite?
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Lexi's first soccer games is tomorrow and we can't wait to see her in action.
To get ready for her first game she had me paint her (and Avery's) nails red like her jersey.
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A while ago, Lexi was talking on the phone with my dad.
She was telling him how much she loves envelopes (one of her new favorite things)
and he told her that she could mail herself one.
So she did.
She made herself a little letter and sent it to herself.
She was so excited to get mail. 
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I recently pulled out a bunch of baby items and my girls have loved playing with them.
Their new favorite toys are old burp cloths, binkies, bottles, nursing covers and baby clothes.
They are such little mothers!
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Oh and I wanted to give a shout out to Trent!
(He's one of Sean's work BFF's.)

Lexi's First Soccer Practice and Uniform

Last night we got a  phone call from Lexi's soccer coach, Annie. 

She told us that tonight we'd have a little team orientation and then their first practice.

We also found out that her jersey would be red. Lexi was thrilled!

So last night we went shopping.

Tennis shoes (There in no need for cleats at this age, in my opinion), $10. Shin guards, $10.

The excitement on Lexi's face, priceless. 

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Today when Lexi woke up she thought we'd be going to practice right then.

She had a hard time waiting all day and kept putting on her "soccer shoes" 

and telling me how lucky she is.

And here's a picture of her in the van, finally going to practice.

And this is the face she decided would best fit the occasion, I guess.

When we first arrived, a few kids were kicking their balls to each other.

We had forgotten Lexi's ball.

And she was too shy to play with kids she didn't know, so she wanted to just sit by me and watch.

Avery on the other hand, wanted to go run and be with the other kids.

As soon as Avery was up and out there, Lexi felt comfortable.

Once everyone had arrived it was time to get their jerseys.

Lexi picked out the number four, which is her age. So it was the best number in her mind.

The jerseys are youth sizes so even the extra small is gigantic on our little Lexi.

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Avery was devastated that she didn't get a jersey too!

She kept walking up to where all the uniforms were and just kept looking, waiting I'm sure,

 for her name to be called and her jersey to be handed out.

She kept saying jersey over and over and saying please.

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After we got home and put Avery to bed, Lexi and I went to the D.I. (our local thrift store)

and bought Avery her very own jersey.

Lexi was so excited to be getting Avery a present.

As soon as we got home she put it in a gift bag with tissue and hid 

it so she can give it to Avery in the morning.

 Not only did Avery want a jersey, she wanted to do everything that Lexi and the other kids did.

Look at her sitting down with the team in this next picture.

She just wanted to be a part of everything.

I think she is going to love playing soccer herself when she's old enough.

The team running to warm up and Avery following.

Here they are "stretching."

 

And in this next picture the coach is trying to get the kids all ready for some drills.

The kids had no idea what they were supposed to be doing.

When Lexi is in a new situation she likes to observe and is really quite and keeps to herself.

She also makes some funny faces...

Yeah the quality of these pictures aren't the best. 

I was a good distance down the field sitting and didn't want to move my big pregnant body.

So you get what you get (and you don't throw a fit... as Lexi would say).

Eventually Sean went out on the field to help Lexi.

She actually did really great kicking and stopping the ball.

And started looking more comfortable out on the field.

This next picture is horrible quality but I still love Sean in it.

He's one proud dad.

Here are the kids waiting for instructions on what they'll do next.
Again, Lexi makes the funniest faces when she's in unfamiliar situations and around new people.

And here the kids are running some more to finish up practice.

The kids voted (kind of, they really didn't get the concept of raising your hand 

to pick which team name they liked) and their name is the Dinosaurs.

At the end of practice they cheered, "Roar, Roar, Red Dinosaurs!"

The "Roar, Roar" was Sean's idea. He's so creative like that.

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And here's Lexi after practice.

She was just so excited to go home and put on her entire uniform.

So once we got home and her uniform was on, I took her outside and took some pictures.

Then Sean put on a Peruvian jersey from his mission for fun.

I took some videos too. I know, 27 pictures AND videos. 

We're just really excited about soccer around here.

But, I'm tired and am going to bed so the videos will just have to wait.