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(This is Alexis' fake whiney face.)

When I put Alexis to bed I always give her a cuddle and say "Mommy loves you so much," repeated a few times.  Yesterday I left her with John to go run some errands and before I left I said to her "I love you."  She then said "so much."  It made me smile.

Matching with Mommy

I painted Alexis' fingernails for the first time today.  I didn't really want to (I didn't want her chewing on them), but she saw me painting mine and wouldn't leave me alone.  I had already painted her toenails.  She held so still and was very excited to have matching nails with me.

Showing off her pretty nails:

Look at those chubby little fingers:

Matching nails with Mommy:

Alexis fell asleep in the car on the way home from playgroup (she usually does).  She woke up right before we got home but was still pretty sleepy.  She went straight to the couch and snuggled up with the blanket.  She sure looked cute, but I moved her to her own bed for a proper nap.

Of course when I put her in her crib, she decided that she was really awake and has been playing in there for over an hour.  As I'm typing this, I can hear her singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to herself.  Oh, how I love my adorable girl. 

Miss Mischief Maker - Part 2

I neglected to mention in my post yesterday that Alexis is also obsessed with clean diapers.  She always runs around the house yelling "clean diaper."  She loves to pretend to change her babies' diapers and when she wants her diaper changed (even though it isn't even dirty), she will get out the changing pad, lie down on it and say "clean diaper" over and over until I come and check her.

This is what John and I found when we got up this morning:

She was smiling and of course saying "clean diaper."  We have no idea how she took off her footie pyjamas all by herself.

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Alexis dancing in her new tutu:

Thanks Nana!

Big news . . . today Alexis went to nursery with no crying!  I got her all set up at the table to colour and then I left.  She watched me leave, but just kept colouring.  We are so happy.  The nursery leader commented to us about how Alexis is so helpful (she helps to put the toys, etc. away).  That makes us feel good.  The nursery leader also told us that Alexis put her lunch away in her cubby hole all by herself.  What a big girl!

Funny things about Alexis:  She is obsessed with pimples.  We have no idea why.  Every mole or freckle she sees, she will point to and say "pimple."  I have a mole on my face that I grew up calling my 'beauty mark.'  Alexis has called it a pimple in the past.  The funniest thing happened last week when she pointed to it and said "nipple." (Nipple!?! -- this is on my face, remember.)  When I said "no," she then said "pimple."  I said "no" again and taught her how to say "beauty mark."  Hopefully, she'll call it that from now on.

Alexis is also very interested in "big girls" that go potty on a toilet.  Every time I use the bathroom, she says "Mommy, big girl."  Sometimes, she even says "Daddy, big girl" when John goes to the bathroom.  We tried to teach her "big boy," but she still calls John a "big girl."  Hopefully Alexis will learn to be a "big girl" that uses the toilet soon.

Miss Mischief Maker

This is what I found when I went to get Alexis out of her bed after her nap:

It's normal for her to take off her sleepsack by herself; it is not normal for her to take off her diaper.  Or pee all over the bed, herself, the bumpers, her blankie and her stuffed dog.

While I was stripping her bed down, she pulled the bumper insert into the hall and decided to read herself a book:

She sure is cute.

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This morning, Alexis didn't want to get her picture taken, she wanted to "cuddle Daddy." Five minutes later she still didn't want to take a picture (and we needed to leave), so she got to take her pictures with Daddy.

On the way home from church today, Alexis said "fun, nursery."  Success!  Alexis still cries when I leave her in nursery, but only for a few seconds. I think it helps that one of the new nursery leaders is a mom from our playgroup, so Alexis has been around her a lot.  And the fact that she said "fun, nursery" (with no prompting from us), says it all.

On a side note, Alexis has been taking four hour naps all week (1pm-5pm).  I have been loving it!  Maybe she's going through a growth spurt?  All I know is that I hope it lasts.

First Haircut

I took Alexis to get her first haircut today.  The back of her hair was looking really scraggly and was growing quite uneven.  As always, Alexis was such a good girl.  She didn't cry at all and held pretty still.  The hairdresser cut it shorter than I was expecting, but it will grow out.  And it makes Alexis ' hair look a lot fuller, which is nice, because her hair is so fine.  Alexis was so excited afterwards because she got a sticker with a dolphin on it.  And she learned how to say "haircut."

Before & After