Merry Christmas to all!

Alex opening her first present, and eating more pasta for dinner

Cool! A baby doll!


She loves to jingle this

No, that's for your doll!

15-month checkup!

Weight: 23 lbs, 12 oz. which puts her at about the 70th percentile.

Height: 32.5 inches, which puts her above the 95th percentile, at the top of the chart!!

I love looking at pictures of Alex just after birth, so I thought I'd post one for contrast purposes!

Alex now

Alex soon after birth, when she weighed 6 lbs, 7 oz, and was 19 inches long.

More family pics!

Another smile picture!

Family pics!

We went to The Picture People for our pictures, which cost MUCH less than a photographer, and we were pleasantly surprised with the results!

A rare smile picture!!

Grinchy

Alex tried on some of her Christmas picture outfits...ho ho ho!!

"I've had enough. I'm calling C.P.S."

Spaghetti

More Thanksgiving...

Alex and Sweetie, her great-grandmother

I love pictures of tractors!

A purposeful walk!!

Thanksgiving on the Farm!

Alex's first trip to Mississippi was quite fun! She met a whole bunch of family, including her great-grandmother!

Alex and GG

So many toys!

Wurstfest Ferris Wheel!

Alex rode her first amusement park-type ride today with her mom, aunt and cousins at a German festival in New Braunfels...and rode it like a champ!

Before the ride started...

going around...

and around...

Cousin Micah waving from the top of the ferris wheel!

Fun at G-mama's!

Alex spent some time in Louisiana last week, and had fun with horses, paper towels, and pickles!

Despite the funny look, she loved the pickle!

Air show!

That is an old Air Force One in the background...at the wonderful San Antonio Airfest at Lackland AFB. The video is a quick clip of an F-16 Falcon doing a flyby...

There's no place like home!

Such a cute Dorothy, complete with sparkly shoes!

Remember that scene in Wizard of Oz where Dorothy mows the Wizard's lawn? Yeah, neither do we!

This is a close as we could get to Toto...oh well!

Dr. Alex Rice, OB/GYN

Alex tried using some of mom's tools at the hospital- forceps!

Pumpkin pics!

Fresh off of a visit to a local pumpkin patch about an hour ago, here's Alex in a really cute outfit! She was the cutest kid at the patch!