Lexie's Birthday

Lexie's 12th birthday was Friday. I can't believe she is already 12!!! Time is going so quickly!! We started off the evening with annual birthday pictures. I will post some of those when I get them. Then we ate at Benihana. The chef was new, so that was interesting. I kept picturing a flying knife stabbing me in the belly. Yikes!! Later, we had a cookie cake and opened presents. It was a fun evening.

Lexie's party with her friends was Saturday. We had a planned a pool party at the neighborhood pool. Lucky us, the first rain of the season came Saturday! (Way too early in the season. We had very little rain last year, so I guess it is going to make up for it this year.) So, the girls just hung out at the house and played DDR Max, watched TV, and gave each other make overs. I am sure they would have rather been swimming, but I think they still had fun.

Lexie blowing out the candle on Buddha.

My baby grew up!

Yeah!! Presents.

The girls at the party.

Danielle, Kennedy, Tamara, Kelly, Lexie, and Lea

Make a wish!!

Uncle Monte

Monte got to spend the weekend with his new niece and Aidan. He got to practice changing diapers. Laura said he managed to not get peed or pooped on. What a lucky guy. I hope he doesn't expect all diaper changes to be that clean. I think he is going to be a great daddy. Check out the pictures and see for yourself.

New Niece

We have a new niece. Her name is Anna Gray Moore, and she is 6 lbs. 8 oz. Here are a couple of pictures. She is beautiful!




Baby Anna


Big Brother and Little Sister.
I think they look a lot alike.

Monthly Belly Shot

Funny, belly shot used to have a whole different meaning. In this picture I am 21 weeks and 5 days. We still haven't picked out a name. If you have any suggestions, let me know.




My butt is not really that saggy. My jeans stretch out very quickly, so I look like a gangsta after having them on a few hours.

Class Pet

I've learned to give Lexie my undivided attention when she is asking me a question. Last week she was telling me about the class pets in Science. (I heard her mention hermit crabs.) She asked if she could bring a pet home for the weekend. I said as long as it's not a spider or snake. She laughed and said, "I told you what it was mom." I guess I wasn't really listening. The next morning she asked me to write a note saying it was okay for her to bring home an animal, so I did. This is what she brought home!!!




A RAT!!!!! Meet Bella the beautiful rat. UGH!
(It actually wasn't as gross as I thought it would be.)







Tink is interested in her new playmate. Yummy!

First Week of School

Lexie and I just finished our first week of school. Thank goodness we have a 3 day weekend; we are tired!! Lexie is doing great. She is very organized, does her homework without having to be told, and loves her teachers. She is very mature now that she is in middle school. Yeah Lex!! So far I seem to have a very good class. We had a Back to School Night on Thursday, and I got to meet most of my parents (mainly moms). The parents seem to be nice. I think we will both have a great year.