Lexey wants another baby!

Lexey has been very baby hungry lately. For months!  She talks about wanting another baby a lot. She polled the family to see who else agreed with her!

A couple of weeks ago, Dave and I were hugging and she came over and said, "ok Mom and Dad, why don't you get another baby now. Just go in your room and get us another baby." We said, "lexey, do you think we have lots of spare babies hanging out in our room?"  Then she said, "just go in your room and make us a baby!"  I don't know exactly what she thinks goes into making a baby, but she definitely feels strongly about the idea.

A few days ago on our walk Lex was talking about how she reallllly wants another baby in our family. I told her "Lexey, it is so hard to have a baby. First, I get really sick and throw up all the time, then I get really big and it's hard to do anything. Then the baby comes out and I'm sore and tired."   She said, "Mom, I will take care of you. I will clean up your throw up just like you did for me when I was sick. I can take care of  you. Me and Clare will take care of you.  You can show us how to make cheese tacos and we will make our own dinner so you don't have to cook for us." I just love her. She is so sweet.

(side note...we had a stomach bug go through our house a few times. Not fun. I think it might partially be from being so new in the area that we get all the sicknesses that come around. Lexey was bragging to a neighbor "my mom is really good at cleaning up throw up. If you get sick, call her and she can help you clean it up."  LOL sweet Lexey!)

We have a couple of babies in our close circle of friends. Actually, pretty much everyone in our close circle of friends has a new baby. Next door we have baby Soren. Three doors down we have baby Bekah. Christy has cute Carter. Nolan Scott was born in December and started all this baby talk from lexey. All these babies are under a year old so they were either born right before we came or right after. Lexey loves all these babies and is very good with them. She will give up fun activities to play with the babies. She has patience and creativity in dealing with them.

I need to take a bunch of pictures of Lexey with the babies!

Clare is also really good with the babies. Though I think she'd want another dog instead of a baby!