Alexa kept me laughing today....she would just constantly "yell" and "scream" to get my attention. I was trying to get things done on the computer, but had a hard time so I finally decided to take a video. She's really starting to interact with us now and will play patty-cake when I start to sing the song and waves "hi" and "bye" to everyone. It's so much fun!
For the Labor Day weekend, we travelled to Canada to visit my side of the family. It was fun to introduce Alexa to all her aunts, uncles, cousins, grandpas and grandmas...she was a big hit!! My little brother, Sam got home from his mission on August 16th, so it was fun to see him again after so long. There were a lot of new additions to the family since we last went to Canada and so that was great to see and meet everyone! We had a big family reunion and just partied for two days. My sister, Katrina, also blessed their newest baby, Nya, on Sunday. We enjoyed being there for that. We had a fabulous time but are grateful to be back in our own space and getting Alexa back on a routine, although Kevin is not happy to be back in school. :-) It's a necessary evil! Until next time...
We went to the Kentucky State Fair on August 25, 2007. It's always a treat to people watch!!! Alexa had a fun time even though we got poured on and we got to taste our first fried Snickers...yep, I said "fried"!!! We opted not to try it a couple years ago when we went thinking "how gross can these southerners get?"...but then decided to try it this year and OH MY!!! It was soooooooooo good. We're still dreaming about it! :-)
We can't believe our baby girl is already 9 months old. She is just growing by leaps and bounds. After our trip to Arizona earlier this month, Alexa has gotten extremely more adventurous because she saw how mobile her older cousins were and she wants to be like them. So she has started crawling in, out, under, over and through everything. I've attached several pictures of this. Alexa's 2nd tooth has come in which can be seen in a couple of the pictures...she's such a ham with her toothy grin!! We had her 9 month doctor's appointment today and she's only gained 10 ounces since her 6 month appointment which puts her at 21 lbs and she's now 27 3/4 inches tall. She's really started to "talk" and Kevin's convinced she's saying "Dada" and knows what she's talking about. We're excited now to be heading to Canada next weekend to introduce Alexa to the Baker side of the family....she'll probably be walking after that after seeing even more cousins on the move! :-)
We decided we finally needed to do some family pictures and thought the nice green yard at Kevin's parents' house would be the perfect backdrop. We had to take the pictures quickly though as Alexa was pretty tired and not so patient!
Hello all....we just got home today from a fun trip to visit Kevin's family in Arizona. We spent the first couple days hanging out with Kevin's sister Becky and her family. It was fun to play with her boys and meet new little Brianna. We also went swimming with Ann, Connor and Amelia and were able to visit with some friends as well. Then we went to Elfrida to spend a few days with Kevin's parents. We had a picnic up in the mountains at Cochise Stronghold, shot guns, went to church where Kevin got to show Alexa off and visited Kartchner Caverns on our way back to Phoenix. We then had a fun family party at Darron and Ann's community pool where Alexa got to swim and play with all her cousins on her daddy's side of the family. We then spent our last couple days hanging out at Duane and Emily's house where Alexa had a blast. She really took a liking to both Ainsley and Emily. Sadly, we had to come back to Kentucky today but it is nice to be back in our own space and sleep in our own beds! We're tired now and adjusting to our 3 hour time change but we all had a lot of fun and are glad we were able to make some fun memories. Hope you enjoy the slideshow of pictures that goes along with this post!
