Shutterfly’s 2010 Holiday Card promotion

Well my friends, I've come across the deal of the century. Shutterfly is giving away 50 free holiday cards to ANY blogger that writes about their new holiday collection. My friends and family should know by now that I'm a HUGE fan of photo gifts of every variety and Shutterfly has a HUGE selection. In the past I've created photo mugs, calendars, ornaments, holiday cards, aprons and much much more. We can point to one life-changing event that brought on this love of photo gifts - Alexis. I think her grandparents (all 12 of them) appreciate the opportunity to show her off. Needless to say, I'm taking part in this little promotion and you maybe the recipient of a brand new Shutterfly Holiday Card.

Here are a few of my faves, but not THE favorite... That will remain a surprise for now:

Peppermint Gift Wrap

Stamped and Sealed Card

Happy Holidays!

Baby boy!

Well, I'm sure all of you know by now, but here is my formal blog announcement that we are having another baby... of the boy variety this time. This is big news to us, since we were totally expecting another girl (for no really good reason.) We had a blast last week at the ultrasound and more so after the ultrasound as we let Lexi announce to us that she was getting a baby brother. We waited until after the appointment, had someone tell Lexi the gender news and she told us. (I highly recommend this as a fun gender reveal). Anyways.. here is baby Vanilla (Lexi has had this nickname for her baby sibling since we told her about his pending arrival some 15 weeks ago). He is due around April 6!

Eating pumpkins

We jammed packed this past weekend with lots of fun activities while the weather is still nice. On Saturday we spent several hours at the wonderful Grant's Farm. I really hope that this great little attraction never goes away; it really is a lot of fun for Lexi and for us. Nini, Pop and Bobby joined in on the fun and we got quite a deal thanks to Groupon.

We ate pumpkins...?...We rode the train...We fed goats...
We rode the carousel...

Epic Fail

I've been a horrible blog mommy and neglected updating for quite some time now. We've had a bit of life happening all around us, so not much time for hanging on the computer, but hopefully I can catch up a bit and start posting more regularly. We were so blessed with a fabulous summer and great beginning of fall. Here a a few highlights...

Lexi and Brooke go to the pool...

Lexi and Brooke go to the zoo...

Lexi and Brooke play a lot...

Lexi visits the Mississippi River...

Lexi visits City Garden...

Lexi and Kennedi visit the Cabin...

Lexi goes to the park...

Lexi plays beautician...

Lexi visits Suson...
Now that you've the childrens' book titles, aka Lexi's life 'o' fun, check back soon for a Fall update ;)

The MAGIC House

Tim and Alexis spent an awesome (from what I heard) morning at the Magic House today. Tim was great and kept me updated with photos since I had to be at work.. So I thought I'd share them with you as well...

Dr. Timmerman...

President Timmerman...

Some tile work...

In the lab (taking after her daddy)...

Where have we been?!

Whoops.. I've been soo soo busy at work that I've neglected Lexi's blog. I sincerely apologize for my lack of motivation and time. But, that is not to say that we haven't been busy as a family. Let's see, Lexi turned two and boy is two FUN! (catch the sarcasm). I'm totally understanding the meaning of terrible twos. She is still a sweetheart and hilarious a lot of the time, though. Some of the things she can think of and say are amazing. I wish I had a video camera attached to my hand at all times to catch some of her awesome-ness.

In other news...
We had a St. Louis Man of the Year competition at the end of July and Lexi was the trophy girl.. I've added some photos, with the promise of more to come.. (I just need to get them off our our camera!) Here is Alexis presented the trophy to Uncle Joel.. the STL Man of the Year 2010!

Birthday Girl

Alexis had a fabulous birthday weekend to say the least. Not only did she get to see Mati and Brooke, but nearly ALL of her friends and family spoiled her rotten. We went to Happy Joe's on Friday night to celebrate Lexi's birthday as well as my cousin's 24th birthday. (Lexi missed her birthday by about 1.5 hours). She got to open her first gift from Nini and Papa (the adorable Snow White costume). Saturday, 17th (her actual birthday) we spent the day with Jaimie, Brooke, Amy, Mati and Amy's sis-in-law Lori. Lexi got to do her first Build-a-Bear/Bunny and we went to lunch. Sunday was party-time. We had about 50 of our closest friends and family over for a Disney princess party. Lex LOVED the attention, the cake, the gifts, and most of her her family being around. Thanks to everyone for EVERYTHING this weekend! We love you!