Cake Face.

Today, one of Aunt Lisa's co-workers left for a new job and they had cake for him. Soooo, she brought a piece home and, well, you can see what became of that! And I only had a few bites...imagine if I'd had the whole piece. It was good stuff, though.

Then, Aunt Tricia & Aunt Lisa went to the last regular-season night game at Busch Stadium, and I got to stay with my babysitter Eryn. We had fun and ate Chinese food, plus the Cardinals won and Albert Pujols hit a grand slam home run...go go go go go go go Cards!

Cozy in the fleece!

It's finally getting cool outside, so I got to wear the snazzy fleece jacket I borrowed from Eva...don't I look warm and sporty?

Bon Appetit

Just enjoying a little afternoon snack! My cold is getting better, just a little cough now, really. I went back to school today and I was excited.

I don't like being sick.

I have a cold. It's a bad, yucky head cold. I gave it to Aunt Tricia and to Aunt Lisa. Aunt Tricia and I have been home for 2 days, so today we went to see my doctor, just to make sure it was nothing more serious. She said no, just a bad head cold that has to run its course, no ear infections or throat problems or anything like that. But it's making me feel cruddy, and I don't much like it.

Finger lickin' good?

Aunt Lisa says I look like Colonel Sanders...what do you think?

Personally, I don't think old Harland and I have much of a resemblance, except we do both LOVE chicken! But maybe if I get a white suit and a little tie, I can con someone out of some of those Honey BBQ Wings....hmmm.

What am I supposed to do with this?

Here's a picture of me and Hannah at the Farmer's Market yesterday. We were playing on this big sculpture, which I examined carefully and then tried to eat. I had lots of fun yesterday and I talked to Mommy. She said then that it was "23 days and a wake-up" until she can come home, which is very exciting!

16 months and what do you get?

A sticky little hand and a diaper that's wet! Oh, wait, sorry...I think that's supposed to be "16 tons and what do you get?" Anyway, it's me, Aunt Tricia again. Alexis is 16 months old today! For a fun field trip, we went with Aunt Lisa's mom and Hannah to the Soulard Farmer's Market. Alexis ate about a million grapes (and said "grape" 3 or 4 times, too), and then shoved some danish in her mouth. Look at those cute, pudgy little fingers!

She had a lot of fun with Hannah today, and took two naps with me (which I especially enjoyed!). The first nap, this morning, was short, but she was so tired that we went up and laid down on the big bed and she didn't make a single sound, just rolled over and was sound asleep in about 30 seconds. She saw Daddy online today and talked to Mommy on the phone. She's also learning to ride on her Sit-n-Spin:














She loves to stand on it, too, and will probably keep doing it until she falls off eventually, because she is a daredevil and nothing we say will dissuade her. We have an ottoman with wheels that matches the living room chair. She was climbing up on it and laying on her belly, but Miss Adventurous is now standing on it and jumping off. Because it has wheels, of course, when she shifts her weight to jump, the stool starts moving backward as she begins moving forward. I'd love to catch it on film for you, but I have to catch her! Today she began the dramatic ascent when I was sitting on the floor a few feet away, and I leaned as far toward her as I could to grab her feet and ankles to keep her from jumping. She began her jump too soon, though, so I couldn't grab her feet and didn't have my hands ready to catch her. She has excellent aim, and landed right on me, holding on to me and laughing like a little maniac. We told Daddy and he said, "She is crazy." Daddy is right! Tonight, she was sitting on the big floor pillow, then stood up and yelled, "up, " and then sat down and yelled "down." We all clapped and yelled and were very proud of her--she was very proud of herself, too!--and did it over and over again.

Finally, she got a new nickname! Aunt Mandy and I are "seesters," and so when one of us refers to ourselves, it is "meester." That makes Lisa "Leester," so today, Alexis officially became "Niecester." Welcome to the club, Lex!

Sorry, no pictures...

Hey, guess what? I pooped in the tub tonight! And, Aunt Tricia was in there with me, ha ha ha!

She was in such a hurry to get out that we didn't get any photos of that, but she'll take a picture of everything else, won't she? She's a big ole baby...it was just a little TINY one anyway.

Also, I learned to stomp yesterday and I LOVE stomping. It makes a big noise and it's lots of fun.

Exciting news!

My Uncle Jon and Aunt Amanda are going to have a baby, which means I am the big cousin!!! Yay, I'm so excited! Grandma emailed me to let me know.

Who cranked me up?

I don't know, but wow, I am super cranky tonight. I was playing quietly and sitting on the floor; I walked over to Aunt Lisa and asked her to pick me up, which she did. Then I just started yelling and crying. I cried when I was being held, I would yell "down" and as soon as I was put down, I'd scream again and ask someone to pick me up. I cried when Aunt Tricia held me, and when Aunt Lisa held me. I'd have someone read me a book, and cry as soon as it was over. It's probably just the teething--the second upper molar, the one on the right side, is just poking through a bit but there are still the two bottom molars to come in. I was happy in the bathtub, as usual, but otherwise, steer clear of me. I am a bad news bear!