She loves the piano!!

This is definitely one of Alexa's favorite things to do. Usually, Kevin or I (or sometimes even both of us) have to be sitting right next to her....but this time I was able to capture her just having fun by herself!

Honestly, I don't think I can count offhand how many pictures of Alexa we have like this....where she appears under the influence of who knows what??!!!! She's going to LOVE these pictures when she's older!!

I want to go NOW!!

Apparently, I wasn't moving fast enough for Alexa!!!

Tea Party

A couple weeks ago, my friend Amanda let me know about a listing on Craigslist for a little kitchen set with all the different kitchenware to go with it. At first, I was kinda disappointed that I'd paid what I did for it as it ended up being only about 14 inches tall instead of the 3 feet it looked in the picture. However, Alexa LOVES it!! Here she is having a tea party...even putting the cups on plates. I've never even taught her that! Isn't it funny how they just pick things up?!

Tagged!!

Okay, I have been tagged several times in the past but have never followed through with any of them...mostly because they were just way too long to bother with (sorry to any of you who have been the taggers!!). But this one was pretty short so here goes Brittany!!!....

3 joys:

Kevin, Alexa, great friends

3 fears:

something happening to Kevin, something happening to Alexa (or any future children), my home burning down

My 3 current obsessions:

reading, dreaming of what life will be like once school is behind us, fun jewelry

3 surprising facts:

Even though I grew up in Canada, I was not an "official" resident until I was 14; I once was a member of a girls' choir; I used to dream of being a surgeon

I tag: Rachael, Amanda Graves, Tiffany, Erin

Mamaw & Papa Baker come to visit!

So my mom and dad came for a visit this past weekend. Alexa warmed right up to them as well, just as she had with Kevin's parents earlier in the month. It also didn't hurt that "mamaw" had a sucker for Alexa as soon as she got in the car!! :-) Gramma also had some presents for Alexa as soon as we got back to the house. Here she is opening some shoes and some clothes, two of her favorite things already!!

And of course, she had to try on and model her new presents!!

The second day they were here (the 29th), we went for dinner at Lynn's Paradise Cafe, a funky little restaurant here in Louisville. Kevin and I have been wanting to try it out for quite some time and finally got the chance. And it didn't disappoint. It's very eclectic but very, very good!

We didn't know they had a store attached to it where you can buy all sorts of fun stuff. :-)

Alexa didn't like being a shark! Poor thing!

On Saturday, we went to Fall of the Ohio, just across the river in Indiana. It was pretty interesting but very hot and muggy outside so only Kevin really ventured down onto the slate and rock.

We had a great time with Gramma & Grampa Baker and hope their enjoying the cruise that they're on this week! Thanks for coming to visit us in Kentucky!!