Her babyhood is slipping away

The below photo was taken on November 10th.  For the first time in 3+ years Alexis went to sleep with no binky.  Earlier in the day she decided it was time to give all of her binkys to another baby as she was a big girl and didn't need them.

I am glad that the binky is gone because at this point it has a higher chance of damaging her teeth.  We were planning on giving them all to Santa in a few weeks anyway.  But.  But no binky means my little baby is almost gone.  It means that now I have a big kid.  And while I am so very happy that Lexi continues to grow, it makes me a little sad.  We are not planning on having any more children, so I know that I have to soak up every little phase of her.  And this is a hard one to let go of.

Man, I love that baby kid.

The adorableness kills me

3 going on 13

Doesn't she look like such a teenager here?

So cute it hurts sometimes.

she's telling me what all the letters on the ketchup bottle say

My morning consisted of a pretty epic meltdown from this little girl

Dance class

Sprawled out in the big bed

It's a good thing she's a heavy sleeper, or moving her to the toddler bed would not be fun. #neverwakeasleepingbaby

A little late night iPad play

Why, yes. That is the entire contents of her kitchen in the floor.