It's a Boy!

Of course we would have been happy with either a boy or a girl, but this will be the first grandson on my (Jacob's) side of the family.

Alexia shares her thoughts

Interview with Lexi

Alexia

Halloween

Now that it's one day away from Thanksgiving, I figured I better post Halloween pictures before it's too late!

Lexi was a lady bug this year. So, we went from one bug (bee) last year, to another this year! But, babies make the cutest bugs, don't you think?

We went to Jacob's work on the 30th, and trick-or-treated around the cubicles. Lexi wasn't sure about it at first. But, once she realized people were GIVING her candy...well, she loved it. Got really excited and strutted around the office like she owned the place.



Halloween night was our ward trunk-or-treat. Lexi wanted to play in the dirt piles more than she wanted to hold my hand and go around and get candy. But, we still hit all the cars. (After all, the more candy Lexi got, the more Jacob and I would get to share!)

Here's Lexi with her neighbor-friend, Halle. They're only four days apart in age, so they're really fun to watch together. Always getting into mischief...

Jacob and I had fun dressing up as Popeye and Olive Oil. Made our costumes just from things we found, and from a crazy D.I. trip the day before (it was packed!!!)

Here's my studly Popeye! Gotta love him! "He's the sweetest, most humble man on the face of this earth!" (those of you who've seen the movie will appreciate that line...)

Fall Family Fun!!!

I’m overdue for an update, I know. Here’s a recap of stuff. Beware – long post:

Most everyone was able to come to Lexi’s birthday party back in August. Even Jacob’s grandparents came, so it was a full house! Lexi loved all her presents – got really excited about some of them. When it was time to eat her adorable cake her Grandma Sharp made her, she wasn’t so sure about it. She kept getting frosting on her fingers, and wiping it all over her onesie. So funny. But, she did finally eat some of it, so that’s good.

I love this picture of Lexi. She was playing with balloons with her daddy, and got really excited when she saw me coming down the stairs.

Isn't that the cutest cake ever? Jacob's mom made it to look like Lexi's pink doggy that she sleeps with. Too bad Lexi had to mess it up!

Lexi started walking four days after her birthday. Her motivation was…an oreo! She got the hang of walking SO FAST! She toddled for a while, and now she’s been practically running all over the place! It amazes me how fast she can get into things now! She's even doing really well on the stairs. No major falls yet!!! (Keep your fingers crossed...)

Remember several months back when we were having such a rough time getting Lexi to sleep? She wasn't sleeping through the night well. She wasn't napping well. And I'm grateful to say that both of those things are pretty well resolved. She sleeps at least 10-11 hours a night. She naps once during the day, and it's usually a 1 1/2 - 2 hour nap. She usually doesn't cry for a long time before she falls asleep either, which is great!

I stopped nursing Lexi over a month ago. Lexi only had a hard time with it for about a week. Then, she was fine. It's so great to have my body back to normal! (Well, mostly anyway).

Other news - I ran a 5K last month. All my running partners are in the picture below. My three brothers, and mom, and two sisters-in-law ran with me. (Melissa, Shauntell, Joe, Sam, Mom Partridge, me and Will) I wrote all about my 5K on my personal blog sharpbecca.blogspot.com. I fully planned on keeping the running up afterwards. I’d like to run a 10K in the Spring. However, it’s too dark in the mornings and evenings when Jacob is home to watch Lexi. So, I’ve been thinking of getting a treadmill, so I can run during her naps. I really don’t want to give up this running thing. It wasn’t helping me lose any weight, but I was feeling so much more energy, and I loved it! So, I need to get back into it.



Jacob and I have lots of projects we've been working on. Two weeks ago, Jacob laid our patio. What a process! (Digging up the ground, spreading and compressing gravel, then sand, then the bricks). It looks so good! We have a bit more to do on the other side, but at least most is done. We'll be building shelves in our garage. Trying to sell two broken cars. Trying to kill our weeds, and get our grass to grow.

This summer, we’ve taken lots of family pictures. Some with Jacob’s family, some with mine. So, here are a few of the ones we took with our camera. The real ones are better.

The two loves of my life (above) ...aren't they so cute?

And for FHE on Monday, we went to a pumpkin patch down in Santaquin with our neighbors. It was so much fun! It was dark, and windy, and such a fun adventure picking out some pumpkins, and having a hay ride! We’ll definitely do that again!

I think that catches us up!

MIA

Sorry we haven't posted in a while. It's been a busy couple of months. Lexi's birthday went well. We'll be posting pictures and such from that soon. Also, Lexi has been fine-tuning a new talent that we may post a video of soon.

Forgive us for our slackage...

A Handful of Firsts

First of all, Happy Birthday to my sweet Lexi! It's her First Birthday today! I can't believe how fast it's gone. I'm sure I'll do a birthday post once we have pictures from tonight's party and such. But, until then...it's been a busy summer, and Lexi has had a lot of OTHER firsts. (Beware...lots of pictures to follow):

Lexi's first Fireworks! On the 4th of July, we got together with some neighbor friends for dinner and fireworks. We had a ball! We didn't get any pictures of the fireworks, but Lexi definitely liked them. She wasn't scared of the noise at all. She actually really likes loud noises. But, even though the fireworks were awesome, she seemed to be most interested in her glow-stick bracelet and necklace she was given that night. Whatever works, right?

First time swimming - for Jacob's Squire work party, we got to go to the Scera pool. We brought Alexia's floaty-thing, of course. Got her all dressed up, and took her in the shallow water. She LOVED it! She wasn't scared of the water at all. She kept trying to drink it, and seemed to be perfectly relaxed with us! It was so fun to take her swimming for the first time!

She was pointing at one of the water-squirter things. Someday when she's bigger, I'm sure she'll have a ball getting water dumped on her head.

Water is starting to get cold...

I love this shot. Such a mischevious little grin...

In mid-July, we had our Partridge side family campout, and we went up to Mantua Reservoir - up by Brigham City. Lexi got to go walking in the edge of the reservoir, and loved it. She got in her floaty again. But, mostly, she loved playing in the sand. She only ate a handful of sand once - then she learned she didn't like it so much. She played and played in the sand forever!!! So fun!

She only ate sand once. She realized it's not all it's cracked up to be, and she didn't eat any more!!!

We've gotten to take Alexia camping twice so far this summer. It's hard to take a little one camping. Nap schedules get off. The nights were colder than we expected. Bugs eat us alive. But, Lexi seemed to have fun. She loves being outdoors, especially with her daddy.

No! Don't take the tent down with me inside!!!

Walking practice. (Now, she's walking one-handed, and occasionally a step or two falling into the couch. I bet she'll walk any day now!)

One more first we got to do this summer was Lexi's first bikeride. We bought a bike trailer, so we can go on rides with Jacob towing her, and me riding beside. We took her around the block a couple of times, and rode to the church and back another time. She loves this thing!

Well, that's all (for now) folks!!!