The Utah Cooks: Easter! ...

And the past few weeks' pictures!

Alexis got these sunglasses for her first birthday. They didn't really fit back then, so she didn't wanna put them on that often. This year they fit ... and she wants them on ALL the time! :o)

Lexi just loves her Daddy! She is always so giggly and happy when he's around! :o)

Daddy has taught our young one in his ways! The X-Box! I guess I've taught her in my ways, as well ... cute pony-tail, girly clothes, shoes, purses! :o)

We don't have a bath-tub, which is a total pain for bathing Lexi - but she's getting used to showering with us! :o)

Jordan got a deal for twenty tickets for the Jazz game on April 3rd. It was a blast to have so many of our friends and family come with us! Thanks, guys! We hope you enjoyed it, too ... even though we LOST by ONE POINT! Grr!

Me and my friend, Sheena B, from Ogden! I miss this girly! :o)

We had put this crib-toy away while we were in New York and Alexis found it the other day and has LOVED it all over again! She didn't want it in the crib because she wants to play with it all day - so it's hanging on one of our dining chairs! :o)

Like Grandfather, like Father! :o) Wow - Great Grandpa and Grandpa Hermansen were listening to conference SO well, weren't they?! ;o)

Again, Alexis playing with Daddy and Great Grandma and Grandpa Hermansen's house! :o) She is usually such a Momma's girl, it makes me so happy when she goes to Jordan to play! :o)

After conference, we met Grandpa Cook in Salt Lake for dinner! It's so fun when the Cook's come to visit ... even though it was just Grandpa this time! :o( We miss you all SO much! Alexis is very shy around Grandpa Cook especially, for some reason! This was one of the only times she opened up a bit! :o)

Oh! Big hugs for Daddy! :o) SO SWEET!

Alexis LOVES spinning on chairs! If there is a spinning chair around, Alexis runs right to it and begs and begs to spin on it! :o) It's amazing how she NEVER gets dizzy, either! We can spin and spin her and she'll walk away straight! :o)

Alexis is starting to have TONS of nightmares - almost every night! We try to let her cry, but sometimes her cries are just so pained-sounding, we can't just ignore her! After cuddling with her for a few minutes, she's been pretty good about going back to bed. This was one of the times Jordan was cuddling her at one in the morning! :o) So sweet!

Daddy came home one day with a new shirt for Alexis! Good job, Daddy! SO cute! Alexis loves it, too! She was so excited when I showed it to her! :o)

Alexis knows tons of signs (sign language) and uses them on a regular basis! This is the sign for "please" ... which reminds me! I have SUCH an amazing girl! Half the time I forget to tell her to say "please" and "thank you" ... but she usually remembers on her own! One of her favorite things to say is "thank you"! What a sweet, good girl! :o)

Alexis is really starting to PLAY! I can tell she's really starting to use her imagination and what not. Every day, she'll wake up from her nap and play with her stuffed animals in her crib for around a half an hour! And she's going around with all her stuffed animals and dolls and laying them down on pillows, pulling a blanket over them, patting their tummies, giving them kisses and saying, "Na-night!" It's SO sweet! The other day she was even pretending to ride her stuffed animals! She got a small one, which made it so much funnier and cuter, and stuck it under her as she sat on the floor and starting scooting her little bum forward like she was riding it's back! :o) So fun!

Alexis has always loved books! I knew she loved books and told Jordan that we should put our books back in our bedroom until Alexis was older so she wouldn't ruin any of ours. Jordan said, "No way, she won't get into the books!" Yet ... here she is ... getting into the books! She doesn't hurt them or anything ... yet ... she just likes to pull them out! She's a VERY good helper with cleaning up, though! Most the time, I don't even have to ask her to clean up! She does it on her own! It's very cute, too, because when she cleans up the books, she puts them in the wrong way! What a cute little (OCD) helper! :o)

This is the exact toy I got for Christmas when I was a year and a half old! It was this past Christmas - when Alexis was a year and a half old - that I found it and gave it to Lexi! Jordan has made it one of her favorite toys, too ... because HE'S always "playing" with it, doing it over and over again ... because he's trying to figure out how the heck it works! :o)

Here is Alexis' 2 year old picture! What a cutie pie! The lady taking her pictures tried to show her the necklaces to distract her, but Alexis just wanted them on! What a girl! The lady seemed un-easy, not knowing if I wanted her to have the necklaces on and the blocks in front of her and stuff, but I just thought, "This IS Alexis - we may-as-well take a picture of HER how SHE IS!" I love this picture!!! :o)

Like I said before ... Jordan has taught Alexis to LOVE the X-Box! She is constantly coming to me with the controllers! :o) We have this marble game on it, too, that she can roll the ball around without it falling off the map or anything and just bump into walls - she loves it and it keeps her happy! Woot! :o)

I got Jordan this new Racquetball outfit for Easter! Isn't he so cute?! ;o)

Ok - this ticks me off, to be honest ... This picture was taken on April 16 ... Alexis had to BUNDLE UP on APRIL 16 to go outside and play! Aaarrrg!!! >o\

This was just the other morning ... Alexis had one of those nights and I ended up sleeping out on the futon with her. I woke up to Alexis kicking me and looked over to see her laying like this, upside down, kicking me in the face! :o) It was just too cute to not take a picture! :o)

Daddy did SUCH a good job for Easter! He came home the Saturday before Easter Sunday and I said I needed to go get the Easter stuff. He said, "Oh, I already did that." I said, "Well, I want to get Alexis and dress and stuff," and Jordan said, "Yeah ... already did that!" I have to admit, I was a little nervous ... But he took me out to the car and showed me the basket with the fake grass in it, some candy-bars, two bubble-things for Alexis, a cute new pair of pajamas for me and this adorable little dress for Alexis! GOOD JOB, JORDAN!!! :o)

Alexis has absolutely fallen in love with purses! She loves playing with all my old purses, putting them on her arm and just walking around with them! :o) It's good - I used to hate big purses and had lots of small ones. Now, after having a huge diaper bag, I'm NEVER going back to small purses - so Alexis has them all now! :o)