Lexie is Two Months!!!!

On June 28th Alexis turned two months. We had her two month check up that day and she is growing like a weed. She was a champ for the doc and only cried a few seconds for her shots. Lexie is a joy to have around and she has started smiling on a regular basis. She has an adorable dimple in her left cheek and loves to snuggle. She has already started to roll over from her front to back and has even rolled from back to front once.

Alexis still has reflux and continues to lose her meal a few times a day, but she gives us plenty of notice and we usually are able to catch it in a bowl or sink. I know, gross, but now she will always know how she was as a baby. :)

Here are her two month stats and a few pics from the last month. I have to admit that I have not been the best photographer lately.

Height: 23.2 in (82%)
Weight: 11.5 lbs (68%)
Head: 15 in (32%)

Lexie's First Father's Day

Tampa Bay Rays Game, Ice Skating, and Wii Fit

On June 25th Brad was given tickets to the Rays v. Diamondbacks game right above the dugout. He took Brooklyn and they had a ball. Here are some pictures of them at the game and a video of them on TV.

We went ice skating with Brad's work on Saturday June 26th. Lexie had been crying all morning so Brad decided to take my place ice skating with Brooklyn (he has never been). That lasted until they reached the ice and then we switched places. Brad had Lexie duty and Brooklyn and I were able to skate around the ice. We got pretty good together by the end and were able to make the loop fairly quickly.



We have also been playing WiiFit almost nightly for the last month. Brooklyn loves it and Brad and I keep trying to beat each others records. Brooklyn is so adorable and stands next to us and "helps" us with every game we do. Especially ski jump. Here is a couple pics of our wii play.

Our Little Twinkle Toes

We enrolled Brooklyn in a dance program at the Tampa Parks and Rec Center the week after we arrived here. We enrolled in January and committed to a recital in June. We didn't know the date of the recital til March when we had already invested money in costumes, tickets, etc. It turned out to be Father's Day so our Father's Day was a little nontraditional this year. This recital was a PRODUCTION. It was in the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and it was no small show. Brooklyn did a great job and had so much fun. They performed a tap routine to the Andy Griffith theme show, that was so adorable, and a ballet routine about pelicans. Here are some pictures from before, after, and also some we were given from while she was backstage. She loves dance and can't wait for her recital next year.

Before the show outside the theatre.

Daddy with his little dancer on Father's day.Backstage getting ready for the show.

Brooklyn with her best friend from dance, Jaedyn.

After the recital with her flower. They had the dads walk across the stage for the final curtain call with their daughters and a flower. Brad also got her roses for her performance. We were so proud of our little dancer.

Lexie's Blessing Day

On June 6th, 2010 we blessed Lexie in the Dade City Ward, in Dade City Florida and she was given her name that she will be known on the records of the church of Alexis Diane Beckstead. We were lucky to be able to have my dad and his wife Iva here for the blessing, but missed the rest of our family. Two friends from the ward were able to stand in as well (Jaime Rodriguez and Dave Bahr). She looked beautiful and we had a very happy day celebrating our newest little girl. We have grown to love this little girl so much and are so thankful she was sent to our little family.

It was so muggy and humid it was a little misty out.

I love this picture it cracks me up.

Sweet baby Lexie

The sisters: Brooklyn picked her blessing dress.

Daddy and his girls


Mommy & Alexis

Grandpa George, Iva and Lexie

Dates with Brooklyn

After Alexis came we both took Brooklyn out on dates so she could have some alone time with her mommy and daddy.

My date with Brooklyn was Disney on Ice. We had so much fun and Brooklyn loved the show! We will definitely have to go again when they come back to Tampa.





Brad took Brooklyn to Hollywood Studios with our last Florida special tickets (we got 4 tickets for $99). They watched the Beauty and the Beast show and Little Mermaid twice, met Leo from the Little Einsteins and much more. They had a blast and tried to stay cool in the 93 degree heat with 80% humidity.






Curtsying after one of her princess shows.

Lexie's First Month

Alexis (left) Brooklyn (right)

(1 month old)

I cannot believe that Alexis is one month old today! She is such a joy and we are so happy to have her in our family. She really is a great baby. Lexie is a great eater and her chubby cheeks are witnesses of that. Thankfully Alexis LOVES her pacifier and is usually easily calmed. She is also becoming a great sleeper. She sleeps much of the day away in her swing, bouncer, or mommy's arms and is up most of the evening. She has started to be a little colicky and only wants mommy during that time. She gets so upset that her whole body turns bright beet red from the tippy top of her head to the ends of her toes. We are even getting a little more sleep at night with a wedge made for reflux babies. She usually only wakes up once or twice a night and I no longer have to hold her at night for her to sleep. She does not have reflux like Brooklyn but she definitely has some form of it. She has to be burped constantly and she spits up from the time she eats until it is time to eat again. You can hear the milk coming up and her trying to send it back down where it belongs. We have thankfully only had projectile vomit 5 to 6 times so far, and I find this as a great blessing after Brooklyn. She loves to be naked and feels that her diaper being off is a signal to go to the bathroom, unfortunately we are not only talking about urine.

Brooklyn is doing well adapting to her sister. She is definitely not the all over her baby sister type. She is glad she is here but happy to keep her distance for the most part. She does play mommy much more often, and acts out things she sees me doing with the baby. Brooklyn is a great help with Lexie though. Anytime she hears that she has a dirty diaper she is running to get me a new one. She loves to pick out Lexie's clothes, blankets and burp rags for the day (we go through lots of these). She has also started to get more interested in her and will talk to her and get Lexie's pacifier when she starts to fuss and I am in the middle of something.

We are so thankful for our two sweet girls and cannot believe that this first month has flown by so quickly. I look at them growing and I am sad with each passing day as they each get bigger. I know they have to, but I just don't want them to.

We have also been blessed with visitors this month to help us get used to two children and no sleep. Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Malcolm were here for a week after her birth and helped us get settled. After another week with very little sleep, my awesome cousin Angie and her adorable daughter Chloe came out for a week to help. We were able to get in some fun time while they were here. Brad took the girls to the pool many nights. We even fit in a short trip to the beach where Lexie and I stayed under the beach umbrella enjoying the wonderful beach breeze. It was great to have them here. Angie and her family lived in Phoenix for part of the time we were there and we miss them so much. Chloe and Brooklyn played non-stop and it was great for Brooklyn to have someone to play with. Angie also took some adorable pics of Alexis and Brooklyn. Here are some pics from the last month.

At the beach

Lexie has a birthmark on her ankle in the shape of a perfect little heart. I love it!

Lexie on her sister's lap

Chloe and Lexie

Chloe and Brooklyn after the pool. (Brooklyn isn't cold that is her trying to smile.)

Going Private

So after many random comments from people we don't know we are going private. Please leave your email address here and I will add you. I will also create another blog to tell you when I have updated so those of you that use reader can still see when things have changed. I will get back to you with that address.