Goal: Learn to walk.
Performance: Alexis began to display mastery of the skill of walking at 13 months and has since proven that she is an experienced and proficient walker.
2008 Goal: Learn to run without waving arms wildly and wagging butt like a dog.

Goal: Grow tall enough to reach the phone.
Performance: Not only did Alexis grow tall enough to reach her phone, she grew tall enough to reach every door handle, anything left on the edge of the kitchen counter, and many items that were best left out of her grubby little hands.
2008 Goal: Stop growing up already.

Goal: Learn to prepare own food so as to avoid whatever food Mom is serving, even if you like you like what's for dinner.
Performance: Alexis has not yet mastered culinary preparation. She is able to acquire crackers and bananas without assistance, but needs to add other foods to her self-serve repertoire. Food found on the floor does not qualify in this category.
2008 Goal: Start making dinner for the whole family. We like macaroni and cheese.

Goal: Make birthday cake disappear, but don't actually eat any of it.
Performance: Goal achieved.
2008 Goal: Try consuming a bite or two of birthday cake.

Goal: Grow some hair.
Performance: Alexis is currently demonstrating her Pittsburgh pride by sporting a mullet, but there is more party in the back than before.
2008 Goal: Grow some hair on top of her head.

Goal: Meet Mickey Mouse.
Performance: While Alexis did make a trip to Walt Disney World, she was too busy posing for pictures by the front gates to spend any time with the Big Cheese.
2008 Goal: Try to convince parents to make a return trip to Walt Disney World for the purpose of meeting Mickey Mouse.

Goal: Resemble Mom just a tiny bit.
Performance: This is one of Alexis' weakest areas. She continues to look exactly like her Father and absolutely nothing like her mother. However, she is beginning to show indications that she may have inherited Mom's fine, scraggly, mouse-brown hair.
2008 Goal: Resemble Mom just a tiny bit (seriously, kid, people think I kidnapped you or something).

Goal: Try some new foods.
Performance: Alexis excels in this area. She will try anything once, but that is not to say that she won't spit something back out and hand it to Mommy if she doesn't like it.
2008 Goal: Try some new foods other than cat and stop handing half-chewed morsels to Mommy.

Goal: Lend a hand around the house.
Performance: Alexis has been successful in contributing to the overall efficiency of the house by throwing trash in the garbage upon request, watering the garden, testing the dog water for cleanliness, bathing the dog, sweeping the deck, and vacuuming.
2008 Goal: Add dusting and emptying the dishwasher to current list of chores.

Goal: Melt Mom's heart with just a glance.
Performance: Achieved every single day.
2008 Goal: Keep up the good work.