The Joys of a BIG BOX

Today we got a diapers.com delivery. I love getting my diapers delivered to me. That means I don't have to carry them up the three flights of stairs. And Lexi loves it because it means one huge box to play in...

(Did you notice the crazy shaggy surfer hair. This girl has DOZENS of adorable bows and clips and won't keep them in her hair. So this is the look she has most of the time we're at home.)

10 More Weeks?

I'm 28 weeks along. HOLY MOLY! This pregnancy will be ending in just a few months. Alexia was born at 38 weeks (so two weeks early). And if this baby comes two weeks early also that would mean I only have 10 weeks left to go!!!

I don't really feel like I'm going to be having another baby, I think because I'm too busy keeping up with Lexi to focus much on the pregnancy and because I haven't bought ANYTHING for this baby because we already have lots of girl things.

Sean and I are both excited to meet our new daughter and hope that we'll be able to pick out the perfect name for her. I've kinda given up in the name department, it stresses me out too much.

Scrub-a-Dub-Dub

Yesterday we bought Lexi a baby doll that goes in the tub. She has been trying to take a baby in the water with her for a while so we got her one that actually could and she LOVED it! She poured water over the baby just like a little mother. She is so cute and naturally caring. She's going to be a great big sister in a few months. I can't wait until the baby is old enough to take a bath with Lexi. It will be fun to have two little ones in the tub.

"Ah Ah" and "Bubba"

This semester is a really exciting one for many reasons, but one of the big ones is that Sean's sister Andrea (pronounced "on" drea) is back at school and so is her boyfriend Brandon. It's so nice having family back in town. Lexi really likes having "Ah Ah" (Aunt Andrea) and "Bubba" (Brandon) around to play with. They come over for Sunday family dinner at our place every week and find times to stop by during the week. We have A LOT of fun when we're all together.
This is just "Brandrea" they are goofy but that's why we love having them around.

We have decided to have our weekly Family Home Evening night on Sundays when they are with us. Brandon gave the lesson last week. He's a good sport. He taught Lexi about the temple, she mostly enjoyed the pictures. And for our activity last week we played with Play Dough. I think Lexi loves all the attention.

Last week was the first week of school so we all have a lot more free time. So Brandon and Andrea stopped by a few times. We all had popcicles. Lexi loves eating off of everyones.

This is a picture of Brandon helping Lexi play on her Sit-n-Spin she got for Christmas. She was having so much for with him.

And this is a picture from our Family Home Evening last night. Each week we start off with Sean saying, "Welcome to the Christensen Family Home Evening." And then we all raise our arms in the air and say "Yeah." We do this over and over because Lexi LOVES it!

Last night Sean taught the lesson on our bodies. So we attempted to all teach her the song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." She kept wanting to do it again. And then for our activity Sean and Andrea showed us this game they use to play as kid. The person with a cup of water thinks of a food and then everyone else tries to guess that food. If you get it wrong they fling a spoon full of water on you. If you get it right you get to be the person with the cup.

Lexi LOVES her "Ah Ah" and "Bubba." She gets excited when the come over. She plays with them, sit on their laps and gives them lots of kisses. She even talks about them when they are gone. It's a lot of fun having family close again.

18 Months Old Already!

I can't believe my baby is already 18 months old! It's gone by fast, especially when I think about how much she's changed. Lexi is a little person now. She is so fun, entertaining, sweet, independent and a bit sassy. And we just adore her!

Lexi now recognize several of her body parts, including: head, hair, eye, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, belly, arm, hand, leg, bottom and feet. And right now I'm working with her on elbow.

She understands the words for several different articles of clothing, including: hat, jacket, pants, shirt, pajamas, shoes, boots, scarf, socks and diaper (which for her is an essential article of clothing). And she is consistently taking her clothes out of her dresser and attempting to put them on herself. She has actually gotten really close to doing it all by herself a few times.

She recognizes many animals now and most of the sounds they make, including: dog, sheep, cow, horse, duck, giraffe, elephant, lion, gorilla/ monkey, fish, shark, dolphin, walrus/ seal, spider, bee, butterfly and I'm sure there are more.

Lexi also knows several different foods: banana, apple, grape, rice, peaches, bread, sand which, cookie, cracker, milk, water, juice, carrot, pickle, olive, ice cream, Popsicle, popcorn, fruit snack, pumpkin, noodles and more. She says or at least tries to say the name of all of these.

She now knows the names of several house hold items: chair, microwave, bath, couch, pillow, blankie, book, bowl, fork and spoon, flower, camera, ball, button, zipper, broom, trash/garbage can, crayon, play dough, water, head band, box and TV to name a few. And she can say at least in her own way the names of most of these.

Lexi's new favorite phrase is... "no way." I have no idea who taught it to her but she says it all the time. So thanks.

Today I took Lexi in for her regular check-up and she's doing great. She is right on track developmentally. She is now: 21 lbs 9 Oz (14%) and 32 1/4 inches (69%) and almost 2 inches of growth in the last 3 months! She did get two more shots but she did AMAZING! Thank you to the power of fruit snacks and a sticker. And the best part is the nurse told me no more vaccine until kindergarten!!! HURRAY!


Yesterday, I was in the kitchen cooking for a few minutes and when I peeped my head into the living room to see what Ms. Lexi was up to I found this; one of Sean's old (thank goodness) assignments torn apart and colored all over with crayon and highlighter. Not to mention highlighter marks all over her hand and face.
This picture isn't amazing in the quality department but it's hilarious none the less. I love Lexi's big grin.
Lexi's dream outfit: the least amount of clothes she can get away with and shoes.
All bundle up to walk with mom (minus the big blanket she was wrapped up in) to the church. Don't you just love the hat. It's part of a Halloween costume that I wore when I was her age.
Lexi is OBSESSED with her baby dolls. This one in particular was mine when I was a girl. And she is anatomically correct and Lexi ALWAYS takes her diaper off. She likes to try to put it back on. The other day she pointed to the baby's bottom and said, "poop" and then asked me for a diaper and some wipes. She is such a little mother.
Lexi now has five babies and she loves carrying them all over the apartment.
My parents got Lexi this annoying piano mat. She loves dancing on it causing it to make noise. She likes us or her babies to go on it with her.
That's our Lexi, a face full of smiles. Her smile and laugh make everything worth it.Playing in her room all by herself. She's very independent, which most of the time I love.

I love this picture I took of her last night mostly because she looks so chubby which she isn't.

5 Weeks Makes a Difference

Lexi and I have been on vacation for nearly 4 weeks so I neglected to take a preggo picture last month. It's been 5 weeks since the last time I posted a pictures so I thought I'd share...

Me back at 20 weeks along
Me now at 25 weeks pregnant

Christmas Vacation - Part 4

So, it's about time I finish blogging about Christmas. Here are a few more highlights from our trip...


We went caroling with our good friend Jon Mercado. We sang Feliz Navidad at every house but we sang it with gusto. We had instruments and we danced. We didn't sound amazing but we had a lot of fun. Good memories!



Sean's family has a tradition of making donuts the morning of Christmas Eve (then eat them Christmas morning). Sean, Aaron and Andrea were "the shakers" this year. They put the powder sugar and other topings on the donuts.



I just really like this picture of Lexi and her uncle Josh from Christmas Eve.

Here is the Christensen family tree on Christmas morning. Magical.


My Father-in-Law got himself a new golf cart for Christmas. Lexi kept calling it a bike and loved riding it.

Since our parents live just 10 miles a part we got to have two Christmas mornings. Lexi got this rocking horse from my parents. She LOVES it. It makes noise and moves it's head and tail.


Sean's sister Andrea was packing to head back to school and Lexi took advantage of the situation and tried on most of Andrea's shoes she had put aside to pack. Lexi LOVES shoes!

Lexi enjoyed playing with her Aunt Andrea's old baby dolls.

Sean's brother Josh wears skinny jeans and we convinced Sean and Aaron to put some on also for a "fashion show at lunch." It was hilarious!
By the end of our stay, Lexi would finally sit on her Papa's lap. Which is what he wanted. The problem is Lexi just doesn't sit still most of the time, so this made his day.

Sean did the long drive back with Andrea. Lexi and I were lucky enough to get a plane ticket back to Salt Lake. We spent a day with my sister-in-law Michelle and her family. Here is a picture of Lexi and her cousin Halle who are exactly a year a part.

Christmas Vacation - Part 3

So this is a bit of a strange post. Today we were just hanging out and for some reason the guys just started trying to see how strong and flexible they are and well you'll just have to see the pictures for yourself...

Christmas Vacation - Part 2

Last Friday Sean finished his last final and made the long drive up to his parents' house. On the way he picked up his sister Andrea's boyfriend. Sean's brothers Josh and Aaron have also come home for the holidays. We've had a lot of fun all being together. Sean's parents bought Wii Sports Resort so we have been playing that along with Scum (of course). And I just wanted to show Sean's siblings Jared and Michelle that Garth was Queen one round which is amazing because he is usually the Scum.

We were able to go to a Christmas breakfast last Saturday and get some pictures taken with Santa. Lexi of course hated him so we got a family picture with a fake Santa as well.

And I just wanted to post a picture of our adorable family. This is us just after we got home from church this past Sunday.

This week we've been staying at my in-law's house (which is 10 miles from my parents' house) and Lexi loves the fact that they have a dog. Poor Maggie is old and just wants to sleep and be left alone and Lexi just won't leave her alone. Lexi bugs Maggie when she's eating and when she's trying to sleep. She tries to pet and kiss her and is ALWAYS trying to touch Maggie poop shoot. She just wants to touch Maggie's tail and butt hole. My nephew Devin did the same thing, maybe it's something in the Christensen gene pool.

Last night we went to downtown Seattle, a Christensen Christmas tradition. We went and ate dinner and rode the carosel and went to See's Candies. It was a lot of fun. Lexi loved all the horses pulling the carriages. We didn't take her on one but we let her pet a horse. She also loved all the music being played. There were several musicans and groups playing on the streets. She dancing while we watched this one group of men preform until they came up and sang to her and scared her.