Lexie got her birthday present early from Grandpa and Grandma Cox. They gave her this Step 2 real working sink. My mom called me to see if it was okay to get it for her. I didn't really understand what it was. It should have occurred to me that if she has to ask to ask me it is probably something I don't want her to have. My mom said she needed to get it because Lexie would love it. And LOVE IT she does. When she woke up this morning she went running to the sink and wanted it out. I had to bribe her to get in the tub and go to the gym, and then mommy would open it. When we got back from the gym I put it together for her. She played with it for 2 hours straight. It is a mess. Well I guess "a mess" is not the best word, it is really WET. She started out dressed and was soon down to just underwear. She played until she got too cold and then took a break. After her nap and second outfit of the day, she is back playing with it. The one good thing, I actually get some time on the computer (oh, and to maybe clean).

Thanks you mom and dad for the best present for Lexie.

IT'S A . . . .

GIRL! We found out on Thursday that we are having another girl. We are all excited. Lexie now thinks she has a sister in her belly. I guess we will get good use out of all the pink clothes and bows we have.

Parry Bowling

We have started a new tradition in the Parry family. Once a month we get together for a Parry Family Home Evening. JD and I started off in January. We had tacos and a little trivia lesson on temples. I made a temple matching game for the kids. Of course everyone participated because there was candy involved. This month Clay and Monette were in charge. We went bowling at Weber State. We had a ton of fun. Lexie was thrilled to run around and once in a while throw a ball. I think she had her share and more of the rice krispie treats with M&M's. Every time I looked at her she was eating one. I didn't bowl so well, but JD did. He had a strike or a spare every time but two or three. I tried to get a picture of everyone, just cause I think the bowling forms are great! (Sorry the pics are blurry on the post, it was having a hard time downloading)

Julie Brent

Monette and Mia Leslie and Ellie

Monette Leslie and Russ

Janeen Morris

JD The Whole Gang

Clay Callie

Janeen and Abby Me and Lexie

What Keeps Her Entertained

Lexie loves shoes! One place I can always find her is in my closet trying to put on my shoes. She loves to try and walk in them and I must say she does pretty good. She totally looks 80's here, but give me a break she just woke up from a nap.

Funny Girl

I have always said Lexie has her dads personality and it is way to big for her little body. Here are just a couple examples from the past week.

Lexie has this fetish about her princesses (her underwear), she loves to change them and we go through about five pairs every day. I have been cracking down and only allowing her one a day. So when we were doing laundry the other day she picked out all of her princesses and wanted to put them on. I told her if she put them on her bum I would spank it. She ran in her room with all of them and came out laughing with all of them on her head. It was seriously so cute. I couldn't spank her because she didn't put them on her bum. She thought she was pretty funny.

We are driving home from the gym today and all of the sudden something hits me in the side of the head! I look back at Lexie and she starts laughing hysterically and says "stinky feet, stinky feet". She had thrown her sock at me. A minute later her other sock lands on my shoulder and again she is laughing saying "stinky feet". Who knew she was such a good aim. She learned this trick from her dad. Every night when he gets home from work he throws his socks at either me or her. She loves it, I hate it. It disgusts me, but obviously she has picked up on it. I am so out numbered. Hopefully this next one will be on my side.

The One Bribe That Works

Lexie has had a hard time staying the whole time in nursery. She does really good as long as it is play time. As soon as they start cleaning up the toys for the lesson she freaks. She starts screaming and saying she has to go potty. My classroom is on the other side of the building and I can usually hear her crying. A couple of weeks ago she actually stayed the whole time in nursery. We were so excited, little did we know this meant she was going to be out of control in Sacrament Meeting. This last week she again stayed the whole time in nursery. For Sacrament JD bribed her, if she would be good we would go see the horses after church. Every time she started to act up we would just say, "OK, no horses". She would quiet right down. After church she didn't let us forget that we needed to visit the horses. So instead of a nap we went to see the horses. Lexie is totally in heaven when ever we go to the horses. She loves to feed them and laughs every time they touch her.

This is Leo

This is Dusty

This is Two Socks, Lexie's favorite horse. Also the bully of the group, she ate all the carrots and wouldn't let us pet the other four horses.

V-day a Little Late!

Lexie and I made sugar cookies for Valentines Day. Oh, boy was she a big help. She wanted to cut out everyone by herself and put it on the pan by herself. When it came time to frost the cookies she was so excited she could hardly contain herself. I made a glaze that you dip the cookies in in stead of a thick frosting. I thought this would be a fun change. The thing I didn't think about was the bigger mess it would cause. The glaze was very runny and Lexie had it everywhere. When she wasn't eating spoonfuls of it, she was dragging across the table trying to get it on a cookie. Even though we had a really big mess, it was fun just to let her do everything herself.

So cute and innocent

I had to take off her pants because they were literally dripping with glaze

Some of the cookies that survived

I started cleaning up before I realized I needed a picture so this is the partial mess

NEWS!

Yep! That's right she is going to be a BIG SISTER!

I am 12 weeks along. The due date is August 20th.

We are so excited!