MIA

We have been MIA the last couple days but everything is finally settling down! Lexi's party was a success and she had a great time! I am not feeling the greatest but have lots to do with Christmas 13 days away! (how did that happen?) But I will be doing a more thorough post tomorrow, promise! But right now I have to find a place for all these new and awesome toys!! Thanks for bearing with me and being loyal readers :)

Mommies Needed

I have gotten into a book swap and I need 6 mommy friends to participate with me :) It is really easy to do and alot of fun!! You send 1 book to the person you chose and in return you will receive 36 books for your child. There are more details in the letter you will receive. So do I have any takers? Would love for you to join :) Let me know!

Happy 1st Birthday Lexi!!!

Happy 1st birthday cupcake *toddler*! we love you so very much! Details coming soon, we are off to partake in birthday festivities!

Please bare with me as we have family coming in this weekend, the party, and many other things going on! I should be back sometime next week :)

December 3rd- A year ago!

Oh how I looked forward to December 3rd for months and months and months! If someone would have told me in the beginning that I would in fact not have Lexi on her due date I probably would have smacked them, ha! I was so impatient it was ridiculous! I had it set in my mind that she wouldn't be a December baby and I could not have been more wrong... I also had told everyone if she was going to be late she better be born on the 10th. That again did not happen because she obviously had her own ideas! We wanted her born on the 10th because Ryan and I were both born on the 10th!
I remember this day like it was yesterday. I was so hopeful and after the day ended I thought Lexi was never ever guna leave her comfy little womb. I was wrong there too! Maybe I should stop thinking?!?! haha! Well anywho my friend, Emily, who was due the 10th went into labor on my due date! I was so jealous and beautiful Cambrie Lynn was born on December 4th! So happy birthday baby girl! We will be attending her party tomorrow and I am sure it will be a blast! Also a very happy 1st Birthday to Wylie over at Intorverted Mama! I have begun to get to know Ashley and she is a super sweet girl! I am excited for their upcoming move so we can have girls weekends and playdates! yay!

A visit to the doctor...

Well, I have learned since becoming pregnant with Lexi and having an infant with what we now know was GERD that it is normal to go to the doctor and leave more confused than you were when you went in there! Lexi's little tummy has been protruding (and looking like a little ethiopian baby) and I was worried  but the hubs said she is getting fat (ha!). Well Monday night we noticed that the bottom of her belly just looked strange. Her belly button was sunken in and there is a huge lump under it. We touched it and she didn't react at all so we figured nothing major. I went on thinking about it and it hit me- maybe it is a hernia. So off the WebMd & Baby center I went. She had all the symptoms and one that really gave it away- reflux will act up if you get a hernia, well her reflux has been horrible again since the day before Thanksgiving. So I put a call in to the dr and had to drive an hour and a half to take her in because he needed to see it. We get there and wait forever and she cries the whole time then we finally see the doctor. He doesn't see anything and feels it and nothing. He says 'I don't think it is a hernia, it doesn't look like one at least.' Well I had taken pics the night before (because of course it loooked wore then) and showed him. He says 'Oh, well that looks like a hernia.' Awesome. 5 mins ago it wasn't but now it is? He asks questions and I answer all of them and ask my questions. Will it go away on its own? Do we need to worry? His response 'Hernias don't go away on their own, they have to be surgically removed by a pediatric surgeon. So when you are here for her 1 year appt we will get you the number for the ped surgeon.' Wait a minute, 10 mins ago you were saying it wasn't a hernia and now you are saying she needs surgery to remove it? Say what?!!! He then explains that it isnt an emergency surgery, it could wait 3 weeks to a month and that it isnt an emergency unless x,y, or z happens to it. So I leave the office more concerned than I was in the first place. Big surprise there. So now we wait and see what happens! Praying for her obviously because I know it isn't a major surgery but any surgery is a surgery, which freaks me out. Another thing that freaks me out is how in the world are you going to keep a toddler who can't stay outta anything for 5 mins from ripping her stitches? Umm yeah, we won't go there! So we are praying our little girl gets healed or that it isn't in fact a hernia!

I am probably going to be an absent blogger this weekend. The hubs is going hunting for 5 days 4 nightS!!! And Lexi and I will be jumping from house to house all weekend. And I am not excited about it so let's not talk about it! Hope everyone has a blessed weekend!

Lexi's First Caming trip

Last weekend we went camping since the hubs had off and he wanted to. It was not as bad as I expected it would be but it wasnt my idea of fun. Lexi had a blast though! I will let the pics do the talking.

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, & Weekend Catch Up!

We have have had a wonderful weekend! It was so relaxing and such a nice time! Thanksgiving we had family time and Lexi met some new family and close friends. We pretty much just hung out all day and relaxed before we went out for Black Friday. Lexi has been a cranky pants all weekend so she just stayed with me and Ryan mainly. Her YaYa watched her Thursday night when we went shopping and I think she had a blast! She slept great and we got a full  nights rest, which was such a treat!!
Black Friday- what a DISASTER!! They should most definitely do away with it or do it differently or something. We went to Walmart at 8:30 because Ryan's cousin Rachel wanted a laptop and we wanted to get in line early for some nice deals. Well we walk in and it is a mad house! All the things that weren't supposed to even open til 10pm were opened and people were everywhere. It wasn't handled correctly at all. There was almost fights over Xbox and other electronics. Well at 10pm we decided to check out-which took forever. This is where I got pissed. Walmart decided that if the items weren't ringing up at the right price that they won't price correct it! How ridiculous is that? Your ad says one thing and you aren't going to stick by it? Wow way to go Walmart! So instead of arguing with them I said forget it, I will buy those items elsewhere. So after that nightmare we didn't even get all of what we wanted so next year Walmart will not be getting my money or my time. After that we decided to just go home and get some sleep since we didn't think the mall was going to be open yet. We woke up the next morning and went shopping again. We scored some really great deals! However, next year I think I will be doing the shopping online.
We decorated and cleaned Saturday while daddy worked and today we went to see Santa! We also learned that our restaurant days are officially over! (They have been since lexi was born but now it is official official-which is okay with me) Oh and I got my christmas present early since the hubs got his early :) merry Christmas to me, I love it! And now for the pics...

 As you can tell we did a terrible job of getting pics! And little miss would not wear her matching bow, but Christmas will have more pics, promise!