Lexie had her 9 month birthday last Friday and I almost let the day get past me. She is so active these days that George and I are absolutely exhausted by mid-afternoon. We just got back from our last family vacation of the summer. We went to Scottsdale, AZ to spend a few days at one of the most beautiful and family friendly resorts that I have ever been to, The Westin Scottsdale Kierland Resort & Spa. Very nice and the staff was so friendly and helpful. Plus...there was great food and shopping just across the street. So a plus anyway you look at it!
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| A View from the back patio of the hotel |
http://www.kierlandresort.com/
Anyway, we had a great time while we were in AZ. We got to see Grandma Mary and Grandpa Urs as well as Lexie's Aunt Ursula, Uncle Nathan, and cousins Triniti, Tristan, and Noah. It was the perfect amount of time to be away and it was actually alot cooler there than it has been here in Lawrence.
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| The beautiful golf course |
While we were in AZ Lexie worked very hard on trying to stand up by herself. Practically every second that she was awake and not in the pool, she would continually crawl on top of us or perfect her standing skills and each day she was able to stand by herself for longer periods. She also threw her first temper tantrum while we were there. It was so funny because whenever she gets really upset, George is concerned as he should be, but I knew that this was indeed a tantrum so I couldn't help but laugh. She gets frustrated so easily, much like her mommy. She is becoming such a little person. With her being so mobile these days, before we left for AZ George and I knew that we had to continue with the baby proofing. This time...in the kitchen. I left a basket on the ground with koozies, shaker bottles, and other little baby friendly gadgets. I have shown Lexie where the tupperware drawer is and even took some of it out for her to play...but no....she wants to take my cookbooks off of the shelves and other things that she shouldn't play with so George and I decided to take everything out of the kitchen that has open shelves and we went to Target and got a cheap pantry to put in the kitchen so that everything would be locked up! So the never ending baby proofing continues...next project is to find a cabinet for the living room to go under the tv to cover the cords. Fun Times!!
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| Practicing the art of standing! |
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| Always has a smile on her face |
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| Getting into trouble |
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| Checking out her new walker |
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| She still needs some help with using the walker |
In the past month, Lexie has also popped out 2 more teeth, for a total of four (her front uppers and bottoms) and within the past two days I have noticed that another tooth is working its way out. At this point, one would think that she might be ready to try some Stage 3 foods. I continually work with her on her texture adversions and we have a long way to go. At least she is eating, that is something that I really have never had to worry about and I am anticipating that what Dr. Riordan is going to say about Lexie.
After all of the hot days spent poolside this summer, I decided to get Lexie signed up for some swimming lessons. She loves the pool and it is hard to keep her in her raft for long periods of time. She prefers to go to the shallow end of the zero entry pool and bear crawl back and forth for about an hour. This does not bother me, it's actually very cute and funny but I worry that she's a little too fearless in the water. I know that four 15 minutes sessions in the pool will not do too much in teaching her swimming survival skills at this point but at least it will give us some fun things to work on in the pool together.
Stay tuned for our swimming lessons update and the results of her 9 month well check! Exciting!!
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