Photo Shoot

Getting Cleaned Up...

Alexa makes us laugh. After she's done eating, as soon as I get the washcloth out to clean her up, she starts crying and will put her hands in front of her face to keep me away - she hates that part. So I decided that would be a funny thing to video....however, as soon as she saw the camera, she thought it was funny and totally put on a show. What a little stink...we've already got a drama queen on our hands!

The Miracle of Life

Our wonderful friends, Kirk and Amanda Graves, were blessed with a beautiful baby boy, Karter, on September 19, 2007. I was lucky and got to be at the hospital for this exciting occasion. He's the cutest little boy and him and Alexa are going to be the bestest of friends!

Upside Down

Alexa is so funny...she'll be crawling along and then will just poke her bum up in the air and peek through her legs. I'm surprised I caught it on camera because as soon as I brought the camera out, she'd quit doing it and crawl over to me to grab at the camera. Gone are the days of her just posing!

One Cool Chick

It's rare that we catch Alexa with her sunglasses on anymore....she used to love them but now she just loves to take them off as soon as we put them on her!

10 Months Old

I can't believe we're getting so close to the 1 year mark...but here we are at 10 months already. Alexa has had a fun month. We went to Canada and she really got jealous of her older, more mobile cousins. She's now pulling herself up to stand against anything and everything and she's starting to "cruise" around furniture. It definitely won't be long before she's walking. She's talking alot more and will say "hi-dad" or "hi-dada" whenever I go to get her out of her crib. When I try to tell her it's "hi-mom" she just waves at me with her little hand. It's pretty cute. She waves all the time now when we say hi and bye and she'll give me objects if I ask her for them. She's really starting to understand me and even responds when I tell her no, although sometimes it's with a smile and then she goes right back to doing what I told her not to. We also finished nursing this month and Alexa did a fabulous job with the weaning process. She handled it great and drinks her formula from a sippy cup like a pro....that's right, no bottles for us! Anyways, that's about it for now. Check back often for more updates!

10 Months Old

Climbing Higher

Alexa has learned how to climb up the stairs. Luckily, we have a gate at the bottom though so she rarely gets the opportunity to do so since she's still pretty fearless and would just turn and topple back down when she was done with climbing if we would let her.

Growing Up...

Holly Vadnais Kutsch gave Alexa this cute outfit and she looks sooooo grown up in. She's really getting to be a little girl and not a baby anymore.

Why am I yelling????

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!

Our trip to Canada....

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...

Trip to Canada - Labor Day Weekend 2007

Some fun pics...

Alexa is just so much fun....constantly providing picture taking opportunities! Thank goodness for digital cameras!!

Alexa and Mommy

Kentucky State Fair

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! :-)