Flu Shot

Lexi went in today to get her 2nd flu shot, they call it a booster shot. She is getting to be a pro at this shot thing. She cried when she got it but then when we walked out of the room she had already stopped crying. Since we were at the Drs office I had them weigh her just because I was curious what she is at. She weighed 15 lbs 3 ozs. So she has gained a pound in the last month. Still not a huge baby but is gaining some weight. She is so active Im surprised she keeps on any weight at all. It is hard to keep up with her sometimes. She is all over the place. :) They grow up too fast!!

Labor Day Fun

Labor Day was pretty fun. I wont be writing much as pictures are worth a thousand words so there will be a lot of them. Jon and Celeste joined us for the holiday. We started out up the canyon with Subway sandwiches. It was such a beautiful day, great weather.

Next we went to Jon's parents house to play crochet. I have not played crochet in so long, maybe since I was a little girl at my Granny's house. It was really fun. Scott and Jon won both times we played. Lexi was such a good girl and just played on a blanket in the shade the whole time.

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After that I wanted to take some pictures in Jon's parents backyard. It is very pretty. I am glad Celeste knows how to use my camera so she gets all the credit for our cute family pics and Jon gets all the credit for making Lexi smile.


Later on in the day we headed up the canyon again for a campfire and a cookout. Scott's parents graciously watched Lexi so we could enjoy our night. It was a good time. We roasted hot dogs and had some smores.

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The scenery from our site was gorgeous.

Scott and Jon always have a nifty trick for keeping our drinks cold. Put the drinks in a plastic bag and stick them in the river. This never fails to keep them cold.


Thanks to my Eagle Scout husband, Scott, for making the fire cause Life Scouts arent certified to make fires. Just kidding Jon.

Overall we had a great day and a great time hanging out with our good friends.

Owlz games and The Used

The summer is coming to a close and that means that The Owlz games are almost over. Our whole summer consists of going to games every night almost. Lexi has enjoyed going to the games as well. We have been trying to get her to hoot but I dont think she gets it. Friday night we went up to Ogden to see them play. It is a long ride up there but it was worth it because we got a victory. The Ogden Raptors stadium is less than to be desired so we ended up sitting on these bleachers with no backrest or arm supports. After 3 straight line drives and a little girl getting hit in the head we decided to go sit in the regular seats for safety. It was a fun trip up. Here is some pictures of Lexi and us at some recent games.


Scott and I are both actually heading out this Thursday to go places so Wednesday will be our last game of the summer. It is a sad day in the Beaudin house but we definitely look forward to the end of June every year. I know we are weird being obsessed with a single A baseball team but it is some of our best times we spend together as a family. Hooooot, Hoooot.

Scott is heading to Phoenix on Thursday and Lexi and I are heading to Florida to visit my family. I am lucky Scott is flying out the same time as me so he can help me go through security but I am curious to see how the flight will be because Lexi does not sit still now she has to be into everything. She is a little ball of energy. I can not wait for my family to see her they will be so shocked with how much she has changed in a short month.

Saturday we headed to the University Mall to see Scott's favorite band The Used. Since Scott didnt preorder their CD from Graywhale he wasnt allowed to go in and get an autograph from them but we waited around and when they came out we were allowed to get a picture with them. One of the guys was playing with Lexi so she wasnt looking at the camera. We are going to their concert in October and Scott might go see them the next day in Denver with his friend Dain. Scott wants to be able to go to several places to see them play in concert but with a baby now thats not quite as easy as before. So we will see what happens.


Also BYU upset #3 Oklahoma last night 14-13. It was a good game. Scott wanted to drive down around BYU after just to see what people were doing and we were glad we did. People were going crazy, running in the streets, clapping peoples hands in their cars, honking horns, chanting, and cheering. It was craziness. You would have thought we just won the National Championship. Scott got some of it on video. It is hilarious. Well I need to go get ready for church. Lexi is getting harder and harder because she does not want to sit still but we will see how it goes.

Lexi is growing up

I cant believe how big she is getting. Everyday is a new milestone she has reached. Finally she has started taking naps longer than 20-30 mins. She has started sleeping completely through the night again after about a 2-3 week spell were she decided to wake up several times during the night. But the big thing that she has started doing is putting herself to sleep for naps. When she starts getting tired I put her in her crib with a few toys and she plays for about 5-10 mins and then next thing I know she is asleep. I am so proud of her. She is getting so big. I know when I go to Florida next week it is going to interrupt her schedule again but we will get through it. I am excited to see my family again and show them Lexi. She has changed so much even in the last month since they saw her. Cant wait.

Share A Smile Triathalon

This past Saturday Scott participated in his second triathlon put on by Share A Smile. Scott's work, Sound Concepts, sponsored two teams to enter the triathlon. He did the running portion of the three. Scott did a great job. I dont know what their team ended up placing but I know Scott had a good time. I couldnt do anything like that. He was soooo sore after running the 3+ miles. He wants to do another one and this time he will prepare better for it. Lexi and I are proud of him and all that he accomplishes.

I got these pics from the Share A Smile website.

6 month checkup

Lexi went to the Dr. today for her 6 month checkup (more like 6 1/2). She was such a good girl even with her shots. She didnt have to get as many shots today because they finally got a combination shot, 3 in 1, but I added the flu shot to the list so there was a total of 3 shots and an oral medicine. She cried when she got them but stopped pretty much right away after. The Dr and nurses could not believe how advanced she is. They ask a series of developmental questions at the beginning and one was "is she starting to sit up?" I responded with she has been sitting up for almost 2 months now, she is crawling, and walking around in her walker. They just couldnt believe that. I think I have a smart one on my hands. Once again she is night and day in the height and weight catergory. Her stats are:

Weight: 14 lbs 10%

Height: 26 1/2 ins 75%

Head: 42 cm 25%

Definitely a tall and skinny little girl. Dr. says its genetics. :)

I cant believe how she is growing so much. Just in the last few weeks she has become a different baby. She is crawling, sits her self back upright from crawling position, walking around in her walker, pulling up in her crib and on the furniture, trying to say a few words (her favorites are HI and DA, DA), such a good sitter, plays and entertains herself (which I can not tell you how excited I was for this), loves her veggies and fruits, and sleeps thru the night most of the time. She is such a happy baby and so full of life. This has definitely been the funnest age yet and Im sure it will only get better.

Since she has been pulling up in her crib Scott and I had to lower her crib down to the next setting. Sometimes when she wakes up in the night around 5 or 6 am we will go in there and she will be standing up or sitting crying. I didnt want to leave her in there till we lower the crib because I didnt want her to fall but last night since it was lowered we let her scream it out. Took her 30 mins of crying but she eventually went back to sleep.

She is so much fun and I know her dad loves her very much. Scott has been great with Lexi. He loves playing with her and giving her her bath at night. I couldnt ask for a better father except when he asks me to help him change the poopy diapers. :) She doesnt go to the Dr for another 3 months so it will be interesting to see how she has changed next time.

(Lexi and Scott outside the Drs. office. Look at her arm around Dads neck.)

In other news there inst a whole lot going on with us right now. Owlz are out of town for the next week so we have just been hanging out with Jon and Celeste, playing a little disc golf, and watching movies out of the redbox. In about 2 weeks the fun starts. Scott is going to be out of town for business for almost 2 weeks. He will be going to Phoenix, home for a few days, then out to Minnesota for a long trip. Lately I have figured I dont have a job keeping me here so why not while Scott is gone for so long Lexi and I can go visit my family in Florida. So for the 4th time since Lexi has been born we are taking a trip to FL, Sept 10th. I am so very fortunate to be able to get down there as much as I do considering I never know the next time I will be able to make it down there. Luckily Scott works his tail off and racks up lots and lots of sky miles which makes it very affordable for us to go, pretty much next to nothing. Hopefully it wont be as hot as it was last time. Good thing I get to go so close together cause my Dad needs help finishing projects we didnt get to finish last time I was there. I am a slave driver (I can see my Dad shaking his head in agreement right now). Well I need to go be productive Lexi just woke up from her nap and she needs some Peas and Carrots. I will leave you with this cute picture I got of her in her crib.

Florida

My little sister Heather, Lexi, and I traveled to Florida for a little vacation while Scott was working in California. I was glad to have my sister traveling with me so I could have some help with Lexi. Traveling with a baby can be quite difficult by yourself especially a 6 month old who is into everything and constantly moving. She was only bad for a little bit of the flight so it was OK. When we arrived in Florida you instantly know you are there because you are engulfed by the humidity. It was soooo HOT!!! You walk outside and you start sweating. Scott and I have discussed moving to Florida sometime but after living somewhere else it almost makes going back to the heat unbearable. It was great to see my family and for them to enjoy Lexi. Luckily this is the 3rd time Lexi has been to Florida in the last 4 months. She is quite the little traveler. Everytime I go to Florida I mainly just relax and never plan any big activities. Maybe one of these times I will do something that I actually planned on doing. My week consisted of getting no sleep, Lexi turning 6 months old, taking pics of Lexi, spending time with the family, remolding my parents master closet, eating some good home cooking, Lexi learning how to crawl, and doing absolutely nothing.

Lexi decided that she was going to wake up several times during the night and stay up for about an hour at a time. So I really didnt get any sleep the whole time. I hope this is just a phase because I definetly do not like this.

Of course I had to spend most of my time taking pictures of my little cutie. I just cant resist. If I am gonna be a photographer I need all the practice I can get, right. :)



I love doing home improvements. My parents have a fairly older house that could always use some updating (my mom is gonna love that sentence) so every time I come I always try to get my Dad to start some project or another. Last time it was the master bathroom and this time it was the master closet. I didnt get to see the finished product but we definetly got started. We demoed the inside and ripped everything off the walls and removed the carpet. We painted and laided down a lament wood floor and suprisingly it wasnt that hard. My dad hurt his back a little bit ago so I did most of the manual labor. :) My dad did the cutting. So far it looks fantastic. Now they are just deciding what to do with all the space they have now and what layout works best. I didnt get any before shots but trust me it was not pretty (once again my mom is gonna love that comment). :)

Anytime I come home I can always count on some good home cooking. Steak, homemade pizza, hamburgers, waffles, omletes, and delicious cakes. YUM YUM!!! Lexi turned 6 months old while we were there so my sister who is learning to make cakes baked Lexi a delicious cake.

Lexi is such a smart girl while we were in Florida she decided to start to learn to crawl. She was all over the place. I dont know if I was ready for that. I cant leave her anywhere alone now.

Overall it was a great time to just relax and spend time with my family. I dont know when I will be able to get back to Florida but I definely hope sooner than later.