Caught Ya Purple Handed!

On Sunday night, we were visiting with a friend in our living room, Lexi was playing nicely by herself in the kitchen. A few moments later this is what the conversation sounded like...

Amy: "Chris, can you see Lexi in the kitchen?"

Chris: "No I can't."

Lara (our friend): "I think she is playing with the magnets."

Amy: "It's awfully quiet in there."

(Lara gets up to check)

Lara: "Oh my Gosh!" (Then she doubles over in laughter)

Here is what we saw...

This was a whole container of purple cookie sprinkles that Lexi had opened and had been shoving in her mouth handful after handful. They are now almost gone!

What? I didn't do anything, there is no evidence!

You caught me! I'm guilty!

But aren't I cute with my purple hands, face, lips and teeth?

We tried really hard not to laugh, but how could you not? You notice we also took advantage of the photo opportunity before cleaning her up. Parent lesson learned...when it is "too quiet", go check!

Just a random cute picture from this evening. She was enjoying a yogurt covered pretzel for dessert after dinner.

Just an Update!

There hasn't been anything too extraordinary going on at our house...just regular life. We made it through a bout of the flu with Lexi a couple of weeks ago and it is pretty much business as usual! Thought I'd share some random photos/videos of the last week. Lexi is becoming quite the character...don't know where she gets that. Enjoy!

Sharing cereal with mommy before heading out for the day.

Making homemade pizza for dinner. Of course she insisted on doing everything by herself.

Say "Pizza!"

Hey Uncle Tom, hang loose (we've been practicing for when we see you at Thanksgivng!)

Who called the plumber? "Fixing" the garbage disposal with daddy!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Lexi had a great time trick-or-treating tonight. We practiced and practiced saying trick-or-treat and she did great...until it was time to actually say it to someone. Then, she got stage fright. We mainly traveled around to our friends' houses and visited some neighbors. For only going to about 5 houses, her pumpking bucket is full. How did that happen? Hope you had a great night too!

Trick-or-treat!

Wandering over to the neighbor's house for our first shot at trick-or-treating

Cutest little kitty face

Enjoying one of her treats en route to another friend's house

Hmmmmm, shoud I really go up to the door?

Happy Halloween!!

She's A-Growin'!

22 weeks pregnant! Alyssa is growing more and more each day and is starting to become quite the acrobat. It is hard to believe that we are over half way there! Here are a couple pictures of my growing tummy!

I think I am finally out of denial that my real clothes are not fitting any longer...back to the maternity clothes.
The little bump!

Fall is upon us!

Last weekend we had a great time getting ready for fall. The weather was beautiful, so we went for long walks, raked leaves while daddy did lots of yard work, and carved our pumpkins with our friends Staci Shrum, Brian Henderson, and Katie and Mike Singletary. Hooray fall!(when the weather is nice)

Taking a break from carving.

Believe it or not, Lexi didn't mind the guts.

Pretend you like pulling out the guts and smile.

Pulling out the pumpkin guts.

The girls making the yard look good!

Daddy and Lexi doing a little walk time.

Look Mommy! My special stick!

Daddy's girls walking down the trail

Mommy's turn to pull the wagon!

We love the trail in the fall!

IT'S A GIRL!

What a great day! We had our ultrasound today and we got to not only see our beautiful new baby, but we got to see her in style! The doctor's office has a 32 inch flat panel monitor on the wall with all of the images showing our beautiful baby girl. After taking the shots, the ultrasound technician gave us a cd for us to put the photos on the web...so here are a couple of them! She was very well behaved for the photos. Most importantly she is healthy and has all of her parts! We proudly introduce to you Alyssa Roselli. (Middle name is TBD)

Alyssa taking a taste of her fingers. What a cute profile!

Alyssa showcasing her flexibility with her left leg and foot touching her forehead.

A Perfect Autumn Day

We had the most perfect fall day yesterday. We decided to beat the crowds and head to the pumpkin patch right when they opened. It was not busy at all, much to our surprise! Come to find out, their opening weekend is always the least busy (we know when we'll go again next year!). We went out to Stoney Ridge Farm about 20 minutes outside of Bellingham, where we got to take a hay ride, get lost in a corn maze, eat lunch by the bon fire, ride a train, jump in a bouncy castle, pet goats, horses and cows, eat a caramel apple and almost pass out from the sugar overload. It was great! Lexi had a ball choosing her pumpkin and partaking in all of the fall festivities. Luckily, we were able to do this before a huge rain and wind storm hit. Whew!

This is the one she chose for Daddy!

She wasn't too sure of the tractor ride at first..."I don't like this!"

The hay ride to the pumpkin patch

Running through the corn maze
She wanted the pumpkins that were on display
So much fun!

Feeding the goats
The train ride. We were actually surprised that she decided to get on.
She did like it, contrary to the look on her face in the picture.

There is no graceful way to bite into a caramel apple.

In the snack shop after sharing our apple.

I'm almost 3 feet tall!
Daddy Pumpkin, Mommy Pumpkin, Lexi Pumpkin and a green one for the baby that's not "quite ripe!"

Happy Fall!