Getting Closer....

Those of you who are loyal blog followers know that Lexi has been desperately trying to find her thumb....well, she is still on that mission! She has had so many close calls, but has yet to get her thumb in her mouth and keep it there. When you have a 2 1/2 month old, these are the things that keep parents entertained. Many times, she has her thumb right next to her mouth and just folds it under her pointer finger...just as she is about to put it in her mouth. Here are some more examples of her trying to get her thumb.

This attempt went wide left

This is the double handed approach.....so close!

And she shorted it.....but at least her thumb is out and ready to go!

(Disclaimer: we do not let her sleep with all these covers...this was a supervised nap!!)

Just in case you were wondering...

Lexi looks just like her Daddy! What a Daddy's girl!

Derek in 1972. So Cute. :)

Kickball Saturday!

Derek got a call from Scottie late Friday that his kickball team (yes....I said kickball...like from 5th grade) was short a player for the next day. We thought that this was a regular league game, but we were sadly mistaken! This was actually a tournament, they used 6 fields around Greenlake and had 50 teams involved! We didn't know that this was such a big deal....the tournament was run by Underdog sports, which also has something called "drinks on the links" which is miniature golf with booze...lol. The tournament was sponsored by some Greenlake bars, and there was a party bus that took people around to different bars and then to their kickball games....a recipe for total entertainment! At one point, I was watching a game that had the right fielder laying down and the left fielder holding an inflatable shark! I also saw a dude in gold spandex short shorts with another guy wearing a coconut bra!! We were very well behaved compared to everyone else!

This is Derek holding down the fort in Center field...

Scottie after a throw...
Kickin it...

This is Derek's at bat...

Scottie's Single....

This should be nominated for Sportscenter's Top 10....it is definitely a web gem!!

We had a great day in the sun doing something totally random and super fun!! Lexi was a trooper with mommy...we had to take a few breaks and sit in the air conditioned car, but had a blast!

Kansas City Outfit

Lexi has a super cute KC Royals outfit (thanks Grandpa Mike and Vonda!!), she is almost big enough to fit into it, so I thought I would take some pics (even got a smile!!). I especially like the baseball in the shape of a heart on her butt....

Still trying to get that darn thumb!!
The bum shot...the outfit is still a little big, but it's never too early to start rooting for those Royals.....right Dad and Grandpa??

2 Month Check Up

Lexi had her 2 month appointment today! We switched Pediatrician's, one - because we are moving and two - because we didn't like the first one. This office was WAY better than the first, and the Nurse Practitioner was great to meet with. So here are the stats:

Height - 22 1/2 inches - 50th Percentile

Weight - 9lbs 15 oz - 25th Percentile

So we are back to monitoring her weight....BOO! We have to get her started on a feeding schedule and adding more pumped bottles after she finishes with me. UGH! I thought we had gotten past the weight issue, but I guess not.

On a side note, Lexi rolled over again today...twice! Once at home and once at the Doctor's office (show off!) I tried to get a video of it, and she just wouldn't cooperate, so I got a video of her being happy and smiley....enjoy!

Remembering Michael Jackson

So I know that Michael Jackson turned into kind of a freak, but watching the Memorial services today I thought back to my "Michael Jackson Moments".

Probably the most memorable MJ moment came from his song "we are the world" that he participated in alog with a bunch of other artists. It was circa 1987, the Lloyd family and the Clarke family were on vacation together in Black Butte Oregon. The Kids in the family, Katie and I for the Lloyd's and Monika and Gavin for the Clarke's had planned a beautiful choreographed lip synch to "we are the world". Katie - if you have a picture of our outfit's, please send it to me, because you really need a visual for how horrible these were....shiny lavender/purple short shors, and mesh...yes I said MESH white tops. We performed our lip synch/dance several times for our parents, Gavin was not really into it, so he sat behind us on the floor and was our "light guy", in that he had to reach up and turn on/off the light. Well as the youngest of the group, he didn't exactly do a great job and that warranted a whack in the head by his big sister and a fight ensued where Gavin accused Monika of giving him a bald spot. Mom/Dad...I hope you got to have a lot of cocktails before watching that tragic display of entertainment.

Fast forward to 2001, I was supposed to be living in New York City for a month doing a project for the Hyatt, well, I decided to accept a job and move to NYC so I had moved into the hotel from my friends apartment until my belongings moved from San Francisco. One of the doorman at the hotel said to me one day "I have a Michael Jackson ticket for sale for his 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden..are you interested?" I really was not a huge MJ fan (see story above...I was traumatized), but there were a lot of big names that would be doing tribute numbers - including MJ himself. The concert ran on 2 nights, September 9th and September 10th. Well, I heard that those kind New Yorkers were upset at the first concert because of long set changes between acts, so they made some changes and added video vignets in between acts for the night I went. The video vignets were actually really cool, because they showed MJ in the 1980's and what a world pop star he was and the charities that he was involved in and the people that he was helping. The concert was really cool, I had total nosebleed seats that were practically behind the stage, so I wandered around and snaked a seat just above the floor and sat there the whole time! The picture above is from the concert, the highlight was that MJ split his pants doing the splits. LOL. I left the concert late that night, and had a very peaceful feeling after watching all of those videos about healing the world etc. etc. I had to work at 6am the next day, September 11, 2001. I couldn't help but get caught up in the irony of the change a day made...we went from healing the world to one of the most tragic days in our Country's history.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July everyone! We celebrated with another impromptu road trip to see the Stewart family in Port Angeles. We took the ferry out Saturday morning (had no wait!) and came back Sunday night. We met up with Pete and the family out at Eli's baseball tournament and caught up with some old Port Angeles friends.

I was finally able to catch a Lexi smile!

I think she looks alot like Derek in this picture...notice her cute 4th of july outfit?
Ryan carried Lexi around in the baby bjorn....they both loved it! Lexi fell fast asleep. :)

Ryan and the kids playing at the beach where we went to BBQ and watch the fireworks.

The view of the Port Angeles pier...we had front row seats for the fireworks from a private beach.

Pretty picture of the sunset