Alexis at 2 1/2 Years Old

July 6th, Alexis was 2 1/2 yrs. old. She sure has a personality of her own! She is not going to be left behind, left out, or let Madalyn take the lead.

Some of her favorites:

Food: she loves to eat!!! She loves fruit, her favorites are: blackberries, strawberries, and cantaloupe.

She also likes to eat pickles, cheese, yogurt, chicken, any kind of crackers, fruit snacks, and any kind of chips. She is currently not big on any veggies, but does like mashed potatoes and mac & cheese. 

TV Shows: she loves Doc McStuffins, Shimmer & Shine, and any Disney Jr. shows and some Nick Jr. shows.

Color: her favorite color is pink and she will tell you that all day long. "I love pink. It's a favorite of me." she says.

Interests: she loves to listen to you read to her, she likes to color and draw, LOVES baby dolls, likes to play in her kitchen, she likes animals especially horses and pigs, she likes to dance, she likes to play dress up, put on make up, paint her nails. She likes all the girly stuff and she is really into the Disney Princesses, Cinderella is currently her favorite. :0)

She talks all the time and gets her point across well. When she gets upset, she stops her foot and lets you know quickly she isn't happy with you. She is very vocal just like her sister.

She is a very sweet little girl, she loves her big sister and loves to do anything she does. She currently will not go to sleep unless every light in her room is on, and this includes the big overhead light. She does not like the dark at all. She gets into EVERYTHING in a heart beat and keeps anyone on their toes that is in charge of watching her.

Alexis 2 1/2 yrs.

And she's done with pictures! :)

Which it was hot, humid, full of gnats, so I don't blame her. I was pouring sweat too.

A Scary Situation

Sooo, I am going to attempt today to get my blog caught up with all that has been going on with us...

Back in July....July 22nd, Alexis had me very scared..I was working in the house and I was in my room, the girls were in the den, when Madalyn came running into my room to tell me Alexis was throwing up. So I quickly when into the den and Alexis was sitting on the couch gagging. When I got to her, I knew she wasn't sick, but she had swallowed something because she was also having trouble breathing. I asked Madalyn what did Alexis swallow but she didn't know. So the only thing I could think of at the time was to help her throw up and I leaned her forward and hit her on her back. No matter if that was the right thing or not, that's what I did and after 3 times she threw up what she had swallowed. Within that time, I called Kevin's mom and told her I needed her at my house right then and hung up the phone. By the time she got to me, which was a matter of minutes, Alexis had gotten up what she had swallowed. Alexis was fine, but Madalyn and I were crying and it took all afternoon for me to calm down over this situation. I've had her choke on a small piece of food before never to the point she couldn't breathe, that was the scary part of it all. It was a HUGE wake up call to us all that she is still just 2 and we need to watch her like a hawk.  Thank God, He was with me and helped me to help my baby girl. So thankful she is still with us!!!

What she swallowed was the silver metal thing that is beside the quarter. The quarter is to show you the size of it. 

Pool Time

We have had lots of pool time this summer but not lately because I have been back in school.  However, the girls have really enjoyed the pool and it's a great way to get them out of the house, get exercise, and to tire them out. :0)

Swimming with cousins

Kinsley, Alexis, and Madalyn

Madalyn was doing tricks for the girls and they were cheering her on.

Construction Ministry Mission Trip to Lee, Massachusetts

Kevin and I left Friday night, July 7th on a church bus for 21 hours to go on a mission trip to Lee, Massachusetts. We were going with our church to help the church "Open Door" get started on their new church building.  We have a wonderful week, a very busy and tiring week, but we were able to accomplish a lot and get the church started. This was the first time we had been on a mission trip with our church and the first time Kevin had ever been on a mission trip.  We both hope to go again sometime.  We had a 23 hour ride back home due to some bus trouble in Virginia and were stuck for about 2 hours, but we all made it back home.

This was about 6 in the morning on Saturday, July 8th. We were somewhere in Virginia. It was a pretty drive or ride really, from that point forward.

Crossing the Hudson River

We stayed at this camp called "Lakeside" for the week.

My room I shared with two other ladies from our church.

My bunk...I didn't have any twin sheets except the ones Madalyn uses so that explains my "Little Pony" sheets.

Sunday, we went to church with the church members we were helping.  They are currently using this building to hold their worship services until the other is completed.

This church has the highest wooden steeple in New England.

This is our work site for the week. We also ate all of our meals here. The church provided lunch for us every day. All week we worked on building the walls and roof.

The last day, we worked on building the walls inside.

The church also owns this property and house too. There once was an Olympic size swimming pool in the backyard.

As we were leaving that afternoon, Kevin saw a bear cub. There was a mama bear and two bear cups that visited in the early morning hours each day. The kitchen crew were the only ones that saw them.

One of the tasty discoveries this week was a local ice cream shop that made homemade ice cream from local ingredients and it was so yummy! In fact we visited this ice cream shop 3 different times during the week it was so good! :0)

We started working Monday morning and each day made more and more progress. Friday, it rained all day and was to wet to finish the roof, so we worked inside. I actually helped out with the kids because there wasn't much for me to do on the site Friday.

Me and my roomies :0) Mrs. Darlene and Mrs. Belle

Wednesday afternoon, we got some time off. We went downtown Lee, but it poured rain all afternoon, so there wasn't much we could do.

We saw a groundhog in the front of someone's yard.

Thursday morning they were able to get the trusses on for the roof before it started to rain. 

This is the inside 

This was the room in the house where we ate our meals this week. If it was pretty weather, we ate outside, but after Tuesday, we had rain every day at some point.

On the way home Saturday morning...I don't remember if this was Pennsylvania or Virginia...it was a VERY LONG ride home and did I mention our AC was out on our bus until we  switched buses due to ours breaking down.