Photo Shoot Friday!

Here are a few photos from Lexi's recent photo shoot with Heather Barta! She did such an amazing job capturing my baby's personality perfectly! ENJOY!

Is she going to look like you mom?

Last night once again my child successfully made my heart melt. It was about 9:00pm and we had completed our bedtime rituals as usual. We brushed our teeth, got our PJ's on, and crawled into Lexi's bed for a story. The story last night was about an Angel that was watching over a accident prone little boy.

As the story came to an end, I got up and started to tuck my baby in. She looked at me with those big hazel eyes and the conversation that developed was one that I will never forget. It went something like this:

Lexi: I wish I could meet my angel

Me: Well Lexi you know that Jesus loves you very much and he has given you many people who love you both here on earth, and up in heaven. So even though we may not be able to see our angels, we know that they are with us all of the time because of all of the wonderful blessings in our lives

Lexi: Yea......(Looking up at her ceiling at this point)

Me: Good night baby, I love you.

Lexi: Hey mom, do you think my angel looks like you?

Me: (fighting to hold back tears, while finding something to tell her) I'm not sure baby, I bet she looks like whatever you imagine she looks like

Lexi: I think she looks like you.

Me: (tears streaming down my face) Good night

Lexi: Good night Mom.

At this point, I walked into my own bedroom, lay down in my bed, and thought about what my angel looked like. All I could picture was this little blond curly haired child with big hazel eyes and a smile that could make anyones heart melt.

I don't know that I have ever even though about it. But I know that the face in the picture above is defiantly one of the angels in my life. Who do you consider one of your angels?

Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words

One of Lexi's favorite parks is Otsego Regional Park. Located about 3 miles from our apartment. We are at the park at least once a week, but usually more than that if time allows it. Enjoy the pictures.

Thanks for checking in! Have an awesome day everyone!

Lake Calhoun

I know I have really been slacking on updating my blog, but Lexi and I have been enjoying the summer to the fullest which seems to leave me little time to sit down and report all of our happenings! But no worries, I promise I will fill you all in shortly! As for today I thought I would share a few photos from our recent trip to Lake Calhoun.


Lexi and I decided that it was a great day to head out to the beach the other day. So we threw on our suits, packed our beach bag, and hopped into Big Red ( our 2001 grand am complete with all of the upgrades... stained seats, goldfish crumbs, melted crayons, and a collection of only the finest McDonald's happy meal toys) and headed down town to the Lake.

We strolled around the lake
took a break from swimming for an ice cream treat

and enjoyed a perfect day at the beach with each other!

She Floats!

We headed up north for the fourth of July this year. We had a blast enjoying all of the fun activities the cabin life has to offer. We also got to spend quality time with our entire family which seems to be getting harder as we all grow older. For the most part, we couldn't have asked for a better way to spend our extended weekend.

We went boating, fishing, Lexi went four-wheeling with grandpa Bob, we grilled, we watched movies, we went to the fireworks in town, and even managed to squeeze in a round of golf.

However there was one moment during our little weekend getaway when my heart nearly stopped beating and I almost dove off the back of the boat, Baywatch style fully clothed.

During the day on Monday before we left, we decided to head over to my grandparents cabin (which is about 15 minutes from Little Dinner, the cabin we stay at) to do some last minute water activities and catch a little more sun before we headed back to the hustle and bustle of everyday reality.

My sister Jenny and Lexi decided to go tubing. Everything started out great. We were going a steady 5 MPH, Lexi had a smile on her face, and I had my eyes glued to her like a hawk from my seat in the boat.

My dad made his routine loop around Island Lake, but things quickly (maybe not too quickly... we were only going 5 MPH) took a turn for the worse. One of the clasps connecting the rope to the boat somehow had broke free. I watched as the tube slowly took a nose dive and started taking on water.

Something inside me just snapped. I shot up from the front of the boat where I was seated and headed to the back. The tube had flipped on end and I could no longer see my baby. My heart sank. Even though I new Lexi's life jacket was securly fastend, I couldn't help but feel the need to be with her right then, at that exact moment to help her. As I was about to dive off the back of the boat, the tube fell and my baby re-appeared.

Everything turned out fine, we looped around and picked up the girls. We secured the rope, and the girls were out on the tube again.

Both my parents and Paul found great humor in my near baywatch dive experience. I'm glad I could bring a smile to everyones face before the weekend was over.

Needless to say, my baby is growing up, and She Floats!

.::Best Aunties Ever::.

Lexi has been blessed with two of the worlds best aunties, and I have two of the most beautiful sisters in the world. Thank you both for being such a big part of Lexi's life. We both love you very much. I don't know what I would do without you guys.

Fancy Nancy Feet

One of Lexi's absolute favorite things to wear are heels. For the most part, my heels. She would wear them everywhere if I let her. But, because I don't, when we are at home, the heels are on.

The other day while we were at Target Lexi happened to come across a pair of Fancy Nancy Heels in her size. Fancy Nancy is a fictional character in a book series that Lexi enjoys. She begged to have them. Threw a fit right in the shoe isle. I was both embarrassed and a little upset with my childs actions. I left the store...without the shoes.

Lexi pouted the whole way home. A few hours later it was bedtime and like always I went in and tucked her in. I could tell she was still sad about the lack of new shoes in our home. Just as I was about to exit her room she says to me in the sweetest voice, "Mom, I really need those shoes. I'll help pick up the house, and be a very good girl."

Needless to say, I ended up buying the darn plastic heels that will probably break within the next few weeks grrr. Oh-well, the look on her face when she actually got the shoes was totally worth it.

I have to admit though, they are pretty cute!