Almost 3

I can't believe in a month Lexie will be 3 years old!! The year has gone by so fast. I look at her pictures from last year and all I can say is, "she was so bald!" I'm so glad her hair is starting to grow and fill in a bit. She even has some curls, which I love.
Lexie is a tough cookie, but we've found that she has a fear of blood. She has fallen numerous times and she's always okay about cleaning it out and putting a band aid on it because there usually isn't any blood. Tonight, she was jumping around and my toe nail scratched her foot. When it started to bleed, she freaked out and wouldn't stop crying. She was finally okay when we covered it with a band-aid. She was even worried when Eric scratched his arm and it started bleeding. She couldn't take her eyes off it and finally felt better when she played doctor and put a band-aid on for daddy. That was very cute!

Lexie has always been a great sleeper, but lately one of us has to stay with her until she falls asleep. As soon as she knows it's time for bed, the first thing she says is "stay with me." She also realized that she could open her door and started coming out of her room at all hours of the night. We finally put a stop to that after watching this problem solver in action. She figured out how to climb over her gate and even turned off her cameras so we couldn't see what she was doing. Now we're trying to get Lexie to stay in her room at least until the sun comes out instead of waking us up at 6:00am.

We're finally getting Lexie to eat some veggies. We still have her eat baby food veggies because she thinks she's drinking soup, but whatever works! Now she'll eat a few peas, carrots, lettuce, broccoli if we tell her that she'll get some dessert after dinner. She'll also eat more veggies if she chases it down with some sweet fruits.

Lexie loves to help. She wants to help clear the table, so I have to make sure she doesn't carry anything that is breakable or drop any food along the way. She likes to fill up the dog food bowl and will feed the dogs. The other day, she carried her box of pull-ups from the front door and into her bedroom.

Lexie's fine motor skills continue to impress us. She is able to write the letters in her name, not always in the right order. Her coloring has improved and she's actually coloring in one area at a time.

Lexie has started gymnastics which she loves. She is always asking when she is going to class. She uses terms such as pike, straddle, and tuck. She knows the names of the equipment that she uses. Her legs and arms are getting stronger each time we go. Lexie is able to hold herself up on the bars and now does her flips by herself. She follows directions and is one of the few children to walk behind her coach and keep her hands behind her back. Her favorite part is to jump into the foam pit.

We're so excited for Lexie's birthday next month. We have some fun things planned and will be having a party with all of her little friends. She came up with her guest list and told me who she wanted to invite. Too bad some of them live oceans away.