Happy Father's Day

Unfortunately Bryan had to work all weekend including father's day. Bryan's grandparents were in town from Bullhead so we went to Susan & Corky's Fri, Sat, & Sun. Natalie got to swim everyday which made her happy! After Bryan got off work yesterday we spent the day in the pool hanging out. It was a nice relaxing day & it was fun to spend time with family. For father's day I had a landscaper come over & clean up the front & backyard so Bryan didn't have worry about it anymore. I was really proud of myself for coming up with that idea & not letting Bryan know ahead of time. Usually Bryan always figures out what I am getting him because I am horrible @ keeping secrets. Bryan said he was surprised & it was a great gift so mission accomplished!

Swim Lesson Pictures

Bryan was able to go watch swim lessons this past week so he took some pictures. Alexis is still doing so great! I think her favorite part is hanging on the wall, but she lets me do all the exercises. Natalie has already shown some improvement in the few weeks we have been back @ Hubbard. She is trying to do the actual strokes and is swimming on her stomach more often (rather than her back or underwater). It will be interesting to see where they both are at when the summer is over.

Boat Time

Yesterday we took the boat out for the first time this season. This also was Alexis' first trip to the lake and we had PERFECT weather! We had a rough start, but once we got out there it was a great day. Natalie has no fear & definitely is not a wimp with cold water like her mom. Once we stopped the boat & told her it was time to swim she would jump off the side even if we weren't in the water. She would then start swimming laps around the boat. Bryan always got in the water with her because it was to cold for me. Alexis is the most mellow baby ever. She just lets us take her anywhere and has a fun time watching what is going on around her!

Our Friday

Yesterday was a very busy day for us. We started the day by going to Addison's 5th birthday party at Build-A-Bear. Natalie has never done a Build-A-Bear and she had a lot of fun with it! She picked a bunny & Christine helped her pick a really cute pink dress. Happy Birthday Addison!!





At the party I was talking to Christine about wanting to do a weight check on Alexis. She recommened a store I could to go to have it done for free. I took Alexis to the store & she now weighs 15 lbs 1 oz. So in 5 weeks she hasnt lost any, but she really has not gained any either. We are going to wait until the end of the month and check it again.


After the weight check we went over to Amy's house to play with Madison. Natalie was really excited to play with Madison & they had a lot of fun together. We ended up taking a walk/hike by Amy's house. Both the girls did really well hiking to the top of the mountain. It was a beautiful view!






Have a great weekend everyone!!

10 Month Photos

On Thursday we had Alexis' 10 month professional photos taken. They should have been 9 month photos, but it seems like I am always a month behind with getting her pics done. She did pretty well, but she will not smile when other people are around! She doesn't cry, but she just will look at the camera and that is about it. It made things easy in the end because there wasn't very many poses to choose from. We got a good photo of her to mark this age for her baby book and that was the goal so I was happy. We also got a cute pic of both the girls & a pic of her in her baptism dress. I am hoping as she gets older she wont be as shy!

Gymnastics

Natalie is going to be a very busy girl this summer! Today we did a gymnastics trial class to see if Natalie would like it. Erin had already signed Lexi up so Natalie was in Lexi's class. Well Natalie loved it!! I was interested to see how it went because they had gymnastics once a week at preschool and Natalie didn't seem too interested. She could really take it or leave it. Well today was different..she listened to instructions, tried to do all the moves, and asked if she could do it again when the class was over. The only thing she didn't really care for was the stretching, but I hate that too! Now that I know how the class goes, I will try to get better pics next time but here are a few from today.

Swim Lessons

Today we started swim lessons again. We had taken a 5 month break from Natalie's lessons & today was Alexis' first lesson. Natalie was her normal fish self..it was as if we never took a break. I was really curious to see how Alexis would react and she did AWESOME!!! She didn't cry, she let the teacher use her as an example, & she even hung on the wall all by herself. I was so proud of her today! Alexis' teacher is one of Natalie's old teachers and she couldn't get over how much Alexis & Natalie look alike. It seems Alexis also has Natalie's love of the water so I hope the lessons keep going as well as Natalie's did way back when!