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!