Getting so big

Alexa is just getting so big! She's so close to walking these days and cruises around on anything she pulls herself up on! She looked so cute in this outfit that she got from her cousin Norah Piepgrass.

Fall Break 2007

Kevin had his Fall Break from school this past weekend. It was also "Canadian" Thanksgiving and normally we would have celebrated with a yummy turkey dinner, but decided instead to head up to Cincinnati to go to the Newport Aquarium. We had a fun day and even made it to the Gap Outlet on our way home where we got Alexa's first Halloween costume. She's going to be the most adorable lion! It was a long day for our little girl though and she zonked out on the way home. She did so great on our road trip though...we might even be tempted to go on some more!! Anyways, it was great having Kevin home for a couple days. Now we're looking forward to next month when he has time off again for Thanksgiving!

Newport Aquarium

Random Pics - Sept/Oct 2007

Playing with Daddy

Tubby Time

Alexa has decided bathtime is no longer all that fun. She'd rather crawl OUT of the tub...so we have to do it quick. Her hair is getting so long now though that we thought it'd be fun to style it while shampooing her hair! Doesn't she look mah-velous!?!

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.