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Friday, July 30, 2010

Hello World!

Hello All! Guess who...it's Lexie! 
Surprise, surprise! 

As my moms blog manager (my self given title:), I keep telling my mom she needs to post! But alas, there is this 4 week old baby that has just stolen all her blogging time! 

{enough said}

So, I feel the need to update. 

Speaking of that cutie 4 week old. 
Oh my gosh, y'all! 

She captured all of our hearts at hello. At any given moment during the day, you will likely find at least one person, if not the whole family standing around her bassinet just staring at her. She makes the cutest little faces...we all just oooh and aww!

Random facts {bullet style} about our baby that I don't ever want to forget:

-When swaddled, we call her our little burrito. 

-When she stretches, she sticks out her little tongue and arches her back...it's so cute. 

-She has a strong little neck! 

-She is still tiny...but every day she seems a bit chunkier! She is still in NB clothes...and I am so ready for her to bust out of those. Because if you've noticed...there aren't many cute NB clothes out there! Just a lot of onsies. 

-She loves her Wubbanub. Its this paci that is attached to a little stuffed caterpillar. It is good for her, because the weight of it keeps it in her little mouth a bit better. 


-She is a lil snuggler. 

-She has an outie belly button :) 

-She has a "receding hairline"...but I know soon it will grow into a head full of brown hair before long! And big sister, Katie, made her some headbands {go check out her site--she has some sweet new styles!} for her. Sooo cute. 

-She is a pretty good eater, but sometimes quite messy! Her little neck rolls collect milk :) 

-Karleigh Mei is a good big helper! She loves her, and gives her lots of kisses. 


-When she is sleeping she'll make these little faces like she is having a bad dream. I'm guessing she is dreaming about being hungry, or having a poopy diaper. Because thats about the worst thing that can happen when your four weeks old! 


There is probably a zillion more things I could say, but I'll save you from boredom.  I really, really wish I could post some pictures of her! Argh. But we must respect her privacy, as she is not legally ours. Speaking of which, her case is very complicated. As much as we would love to spend the rest of our days with her, you just never know. 


So for now, we just love her, love her, love her to pieces! We cherish every day with this precious little gift. 


It has been quite the change having a baby in the house. We were not expecting a baby when we began foster care. What a surprise! But we feel so, so blessed that God sent her to our family. 


We are having so.much.fun loving this girl! 


Have a great weekend! I know we will :) 

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Wordless Wednesday~The Countdown










Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Band.

{Written by Lexie Lou}
A couple cousins came into town...they happen to be amazing musicians {see post I wrote about Emily here} {and read about their Mama winning 2 dove awards here!}!

 Naturally, they added this spunky gal to the band! 
I think it was the shaggy hair that drew them to her...


And her skills!







Not happy that she doesn't get to play the drums...

But a quick hug from cool cousin Em makes all things better...

Setting the tempo.

David...an amazing artist and guitarist and pianist. Listen to him here


She was the lead bell-ist (or whatever that instrument is called)

And harmonic-ist...



Watch out, folks! In a few years this band will be on the road ;) 
...hopefully sporting more than some princess panties! 

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

~Wordless Wednesday~









Monday, July 12, 2010

Falling. In. Love.

We are falling in love with our little one. She's doing fabulous and has already gained 8 oz. in less than 3 days! She likes to eat! :) 

The future is unknown {but God knows!}. Praying that if it is the Lord's will, that she is ours forever. And if it's not His will, that He will give us peace about what is to come. 

For now, we will just love, love, love her like crazy!!!



Friday, July 9, 2010

And then there was a BABY!

We have said yes to a 5 day old baby!! Scary, huh?! I'm scared like crazy!! But trusting in the Lord and believing He's right ahead of me!

How cool is this.....her name means "Resurrection" and her nickname that we are giving her means "Grace"!! 

Trusting you Lord!!

We are getting her TODAY!!! I'll update later :)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Our Fourth of July!

(Note from the one holding the camera--most of these pictures were taken in the dark {because it was 4th of July!}, so the pictures are dark, grainy and blurry! But enjoy anyway!)

On the way to Mimi and Paw-Paws...




S'mores! 













The S'more expert...

The S'more eaters...

Sparklers...


The Pytotechnicians...  

{Cousin}

Paw-Paw...making sure everything is under control...



While the boys did their thing...

The girl sat by the fire flashlight making scary faces...

And you know you've had a good 4th if the kitchen looks like this by the end of it all!