11 weeks

We have been pretty busy the past few weeks playing, learning, exploring the world and visiting dear friends and family. Lexie had a blast at Auntie Brenda's house last weekend. It was her first girl's night out. She tells me that next time she wants to try some wine to but I think that will have to wait a couple more decades. She had fun spending time with Kristy, Megan, Brenda and Katy as well as her Auntie Em and Grandma Duenwald...although the later two didn't get to hold her as much as they would have liked! Ladies, you need to share with the rest of the family sometimes! ;)

We had the Ackermann's up on Sunday and our dear Tina made us a fabulous lasagna dinner complete with cheesecake for dessert. That Tina sure knows the way to my husbands heart!

Tina, Addie and Lexie

We are really looking forward to the holidays. It will be so much fun to create new traditions and see how little Lexie fits into the old ones. She has been growing by leaps and bounds and will probably be firmly into the 6-9 month baby clothes within a couple of weeks. Thanks to all of the great hand-me-downs and gifts from friends and family we have a great variety holiday clothes in several sizes to wear...I think I am at risk of wearing out my camera!

Lexie hanging out with Daisy

Getting so big!

She is nearly always this happy!

The rest of the time she looks like this...

It's a ruff life!

Two months!

We have made it to 2 months and our little bundle of joy is growing by leaps and bounds! We had her 2 month check up at the doctors today and she was a little trooper. She had to have a few shots which inevitably lead to a few tears...but we made it through. Lexie now weighs 10 pounds 5 ounces (50th percentile) and is 23 inches long (75th percentile) so we have a long and lean, healthy baby!

Here are her first 3 "show how she grows" photos in order:

5 days old

1 month old

2 months old

It's a good thing that we decided to use such a large stuffed animal as our comparison because she is growing fast!

Halloween

Lexie enjoyed her first Halloween. Because it was better suited for outdoor adventures the Banana costume was shelved. Instead, she dressed up as a Bumblebee...

...and what a cute Bumblebee she was!

Lexie's dear friend Addie dressed up as a scarecrow.

The Bennett Twins were sure a cute couple of clowns!



Lexie spent most of the next morning recovering from the Halloween party and getting ready for the big game.



Here is Mark's reaction to the terrible Giants game.

Daddy was so sad about that loss that we decided to CHEER him up! Go Vikings!