Alexia's first Christmas
For Christmas we packed up the dogs and the presents and Alexia and headed up to Prescott to spend the holiday with my parents, grandparents, and sisters. Besides, the fact that it was freezing cold we had a wonderful time. Granted there was no snow, which was what I was secretly hoping for, to see Alexia in the snow for the very first time. I guess that will have to wait until next year. As for Christmas morning, it was not exactly what I expected. I knew she wouldn't understand what was going on, but I thought that she would enjoy ripping into the wrapping paper and pulling it apart. For once she was not interested. All she wanted to do was focus on her book, which don't get me wrong, was adorable. She tired out very fast and only opened about half of her presents! It was so great watching her interact with everyone. She is no longer having separation anxiety while around family. She had fun with everyone and was a little walking machine. She had begun walking more and more by Christmas but still crawled around a little bit. By New Years Eve she was walking everywhere. She hardly ever crawls anymore and she can get up to standing on her own without the help of objects. She is smarter and smarter everyday, I can hardly comprehend how much she has changed in just one year. For NYE we had a little dinner party at our house and Lexi did surprisingly well with all the people there. She even slept all night, thank goodness because mommy and daddy were up super late! Now we enter 2012. Alexia has had a snotty boggy nose and a fussy attitude so I naturally thought FINALLY SHE IS TEETHING!!! A week later, still nothing. No redness, no puffiness, not even a glimpse of white in those gums. Who doesn't love a huge gummy smile?!?!? I'm think I'm going to miss it once it is finally gone. So in an incredibly short wrap up that was the end of 2011 for the Izzo family. This brings us to today.
January 6, 2012 Alexia turns ONE!!!
She must have been super excited for her birthday because she woke up at 230 in the morning to tell me all about it! She finally had her fill of playing and she snuggled up next to me and went back to sleep shortly before 5am. Sleeping in a little I had to call and reschedule her one year well check visit for later in the afternoon. I can't wait to go in and see how much she weighs and how tall she is. Today we marked her height on the chart I made her and will continue to do it every year on her birthday. I am also planning on making little clay imprints of a hand and foot today and hopefully making that a yearly tradition?! Who knows. I can still hardly believe that one year ago today I was in a hospital room with a little new born laying on my chest. I thought that time flew by before her but oh my, It goes by even faster now. Alexia is an amazing little girl, changing every day right before my eyes. I can't wait to see what 2012 will bring for our whole family.
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