Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Wow, Miss Alexis Paige Heaton turned ONE YEAR OLD today!! Happy Birthday Lexie! We love you! Here's a look at our weekend of celebration:

Getting dressed for the party:

Lexie and party guest Whitney.

Some of the other guests:

Lexie went around stealing drinks.

The birthday cakes:

Cupcakes:

Blowing out the candles...we should have practiced this beforehand,

Lexie just kept trying to grab the cake/candle.

First bite...she likes it! She kept making this face while she ate the cake.

Yummy!

We had no idea where to even start the clean up.....

We are waiting to open presents until Daddy comes home from school...

4th of July

A few days before the 4th of July we went to a BBQ with some of our dental friends. We had great food, fun hanging out, and a great fireworks show in their backyard! Thanks to Matt and Katie Clarke and their parents for throwing a great party!!!

Here are some of the girls hanging out while the boys were playing games.

L to R (Melanie, Matt's mom, Sierra, Katie and Averi, Me and Lexie, Jami and Emri, Kara and Abigail, and Amanda with baby boy Corbyn James in her belly). Apparently the 2nd year of dental school is the time for baby girls to be born.

The boys teaming up to light as many fireworks at the same time as possible.

Would you guess fireworks are illegal in the state of Ohio??

James tried to get Lexie to hold on to a sparkler. She wasn't quite sure what to think of the fireworks, but she was a good sport despite being way past her bedtime.

Lexie and I also went to another BBQ on the 4th of July with some friends from church. We had a lot of fun, but didn't take any pictures! James couldn't come because he was studying for the boards. He takes them tomorrow and we CANT WAIT to finally have a husband/daddy!!

South Dakota

Last week Lexie and I went to visit my parents in Sioux Falls. We had a lot of fun! Lexie was pretty difficult on the flight there, but was a lot better on the way home. We even got to sit in First Class on the way home, so that was nice and cozy.

Lexie was kind of ornery while we were out there. Can you tell it's bedtime??

Lexie absolutely loves stuffed animals. She picks them up and hugs them, and then carries them around the house. We went to visit my dad at work, and one of the ladies he works with gave Lexie this little dog.

Bianca, Ava, and Joseph all have scooters. Here's my brother helping Lexie ride one of them. We weren't quite sure what she thought of it at first, but she cried when we tried to get her off it so I'm pretty sure she liked it!

Jessica took us all to the splash park on Thursday and Friday. It was a lot of fun!

Here's little Miss Ava...

...and Joseph...I thought I had a picture of Bianca, but I must not have gotten one.

Lexie sure is very independent. She's fine not being by me, she just goes off and does her own thing. She was even a good sport about getting wet!

Here are Ava and Lexie in their matching outfits their Grandma got for them. Bianca is behind them with a ball in her shirt...They are expecting a new baby sister any day now!

Ava was so good at playing with Lexie. She was very good at sharing, and Lexie just loved to follow her around everywhere!

All the kids had fun taking turns trying to get Lexie to laugh. They each would hide in a doorway and we would send Lexie walking down the hallway and they would jump out and say BOO, and she would scream and fall down and laugh. It was so funny to watch!

Thanks everyone! We had a great time!