August 26, 2012

Meet Cooper

Hi! I'm Cooper! I'm really cute. I'm 10 weeks old.
I'm 3/4 Texas Heeler & 1/4 Border Collie. I will only get up to about 40 lbs.
I'm very sweet, calm, obedient, and loving. I will follow you anywhere because I love you.
Cooper is Lexi's puppy. It has been amazing the difference we've seen in her just the past few days we've had him.
Cooper knows he's Lexi's puppy and he just loves her.
One of the first times Lexi met her puppy. She was taking a nap when I went and picked him up, so when she woke up...surprise!
He will let her snuggle, sleep, hug, kiss, pet, play, and just love him to pieces!
We're super lucky we found such a great dog for Lexi!

Where did the name Cooper come from? I have no idea! I was thinking of a bunch of different names I would give Lexi some options, and she said "Noooo!" to all expect Cooper when she said "Yes, that's my Cooper! I lub him!"

Today, Lexi had a hard time in nursery and had to be brought to us. She kept getting knocked over and "beat up" but the other kids and would keep saying "my friends knock me over and over!" So sad! Anyways, all she wanted to do was come home and "I snuggle my Cooper and give him biiiiiiiiiiiiiig hugs!" because she was feeling so sad. How sweet. Cooper loves her no matter what.

Cooper is a really sweet dog. I'm not a huge dog person and I always swore I'd never allow one, but Lexi needs her pal. And he's excellent. He already knows that he potties outside and already sits and comes. He's so smart. Thanks for not being a crazy puppy like Jagger, Cooper! :-)

As Cooper gets older, he will be trained to become an official Therapy Dog that Lexi will be able to take with her wherever or whenever she needs. I'm glad we found a dog that will be so great at this!

August 17, 2012

i be shoppin.

"I shoppin...in my hat...."

"No Mom! No picture!"

August 14, 2012

Random [Confessions]

So I guess they're not confessions. I just didn't know what else to call them.

1. I love the sound of the net when as basketball swishes through it. Dang, I still got it. [so I like to think]

2. I cut my own hair sometimes. [because I wish I could go to hair school]

3. I love the fresh sounding pop a can of soda makes. [oh man, did I say just say soda?]

4. I think Channing Tatum is utterly attractive. [after my hot husband of course]

5. Sometimes I want to go buy math workbooks. [I stink at math. Why do I want to do that?]

6. Dictionaries are cool. [I used to read them during free-reading time at school if I forgot my other book!]

7. I'm no good at touch-screens. [even though I have a droid. oh well]

8. I don't like peanut butter, I do not like it, Sam I am. [probably goes back to those days when I used to eat a spoonful out of the container. nacky]

9. I'm a mini-van mom and love it. [boo to all you mini-van haters!]

10. I wish I would've continued basketball all the way through high school. [I dream about it all the time]

11. I never wanted to end up living in Utah outside of college. And here I am. And it's okay. [GASP!]

12. I hit my head a lot. [just go look at my parents basement staircase. I left my mark]

13. I have chronic mono. Mono? you say, you can only get that once.  Yeah, unless you're me. [currently I am up to full fledged mono FIVE times. I am trying to fight it off as we speak]

14. I never remember how old I am. [how old am I?]

15. I think three of the coolest words are "I Love You" [and I will never be tired of hearing it]

16. When I hear a motorcycle growl I get all excited [because usually it means my husband is home!]

Article #10

"Through My Daughter's Eyes: Motherhood and Self-Perception"
written by .kf

http://www.amomknows.com/2012/08/through-my-daughters-eyes-motherhood-and-self-perception/

August 3, 2012

Kids Have Strokes too! Children's book about Lexi.




























Lexi's MRI Brain Image

On June 12, Lexi received another MRI. Below is one image (that I copied multiply times to label) from her scan. Luckily her brain is growing so her stroke area is looking smaller (looking smaller, not getting smaller)
direction

stroke area

brain damage

"swollen" ventricle

seizure origins

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Surfer Girl

Lexi likes to pretend she's a surf girl like Merliah on Barbie's movie Mermaid Tale. What a silly girl.