Sunday, June 28, 2009

A Week of Firsts...

Lexie just turned 7 months old and has had a week of firsts.
  • She finally can sit without falling over
  • She started putting herself into the sitting position from the crawling position
  • She started crawling really well out of nowhere
  • We fed her finger foods for the first time and she loved it
It's like all of a sudden she decided she was sick of being a baby and decided to be a big girl. Last weekend we drove to Houston for a wedding and since there was bad traffic we ended up being in the car for 6 hours! Needless to say Lexie was not happy and as soon as we got to the hotel I put her on the ground and all of a sudden she got up on her hands and knees and just crawled across the room. It was almost like she was saying "if you promise never to put me in the car seat again, I'll start crawling". Here are some recent pictures of Lexie and a couple from the wedding.This picture is a little goofy, but I think it shows off her cute personality


This is at the wedding we went to. It was an Indian wedding so all the women were wearing their beautiful Indian dresses (I don't know what they're called).

Katy will no longer give us a real smile for pictures. As long as her eyes are open I consider it a good picture.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Vacation...

We decided to go on our first "real" vacation as a family before Jared started his new job. Orlando seemed like the perfect destination with plenty of activities to keep Katy happy. We spent an entire week in Orlando and didn't even come close to seeing half the attractions. It's hard to sum up everything we did, but here are the highlights!

Monday: SeaWorld / Arabian Nights Dinner Theater


That huge thing in the middle is a walrus. They are massive! My jaw dropped when he waddled out.

The Arabian Nights dinner theatre was my favorite. Food, not so good; show, totally amazing.


Tuesday: Magic Kingdom
In the gift shop Katy picked out several things she wanted, but when she saw this purse she dropped everything on the floor and ran to it. It was love at first sight! This is at the end of the day.

Wednesday: St. Petersburg Beach

The beaches here were great for little kids. Very mild waves, white sand and clear blue water.


Thursday: Animal Kingdom
I loved Disney's Animal Kingdom. They have a really cool safari in the park.Hippos are my favorite animal. They're just so funny looking.


Friday: SeaWorld





Saturday: Shopping at the outlets & swimming at the resort