Alexa has decided she doesn't like the normal bonnet type hat, so when I saw these cute baseball caps (the white one came with a cute pink camo one as well), I figured she'd love it since both mommy and daddy have baseball caps - so same, same!! And I was right. She loves it! Doesn't she look adorable???!! I also needed to show off my souvenir from the fabulous Bon Jovi concert! :-)
Last week, we enjoyed a fun morning at the park with several good friends and their kids. Here are a few of the kids eating lunch at a little picnic table. Seeing Alexa with them - she looks so grown up!
One of the highlights of the trip was stopping at a Pilot for treats on the way to Nashville and scoring some $5 binoculars which came in VERY handy during the concert!!
Me & Wave getting ready to go inside for the concert!
Wave standing by JBJ's trucks!!! (I'm waiting for the pic of me with his trucks from Waveney's camera!!)
Right BEFORE JBJ came on stage...can you feel the anticipation????
I know, I know....just a few pictures!! :-) I wish I could post them all cuz I got some really good pics! And I'm still waiting for the ones from Wave's camera...so there may be a subsequent post!
Sorry, this video is sideways...Kevin didn't realize how he was holding the camera. But we thought this video was cute enough to still add, sideways and all! Enjoy!
This was a very proud mommy moment for me! It was April 7th and we were getting ready to head to the park. I went into the bathroom and told Alexa to get her shoes. When I came out, she had put her shoes on all by herself....for the first time!!! Granted, yes...they are on the wrong feet...but she's only 17 months, give her some credit!! Anyways, I was so proud of her. She's growing up before my eyes...next she's going to be driving a car!! :-)
These pictures are from March, but I'm trying to play catch up! Alexa is so curious and loves to explore her world!
And she loved opening daddy's presents for him!!
And she really loved wearing one of daddy's presents! Here are my two favorite people, each in a new birthday t-shirt! :-)
We took Alexa on the carousel. This is her 2nd time and she's LOVED it both times. This time though, she kept saying "wow" over and over the entire time we were on it. We had a fun birthday afternoon with our little family. In the evening, after putting Alexa to bed, Kevin and I had a nice quiet dinner to finish the day off. It was so nice to be able to eat in peace! Happy Birthday Kevin and daddy, we love you! You do so much for our family and you help me out all the time. I couldn't ask for a better husband, best friend and eternal companion!
Kevin and I were woken up this morning at 5:39 to our whole house shaking. It lasted a good 6-7 seconds and felt like a small elephant had just run through our living room downstairs! Turns out it was a for real earthquake. It happened in West Salem, Illinois - about 150 miles from here and we were lucky enough to feel it!! Kinda crazy. Here's the news article from one of Louisville's local news channels. http://www.wlky.com/news/15919666/detail.html Tornadoes, now earthquakes....what's in store for us next????
This is by far one of my favorite videos of Alexa! She gets in these moods where she "tells" us exactly what she's thinking and she's VERY adamant about it. Definitely in your best interest to listen to what she has to "say" especially when she's on her very own "soap box"!!! It's pretty funny...she sure knows how to make us laugh!
Picture it, Sicily, 1912...okay, not really...but how 'bout Leavitt, Alberta, Canada, 1980, and I (Collette) am standing in the center of my Grandma Leavitt's kitchen table, singing "Chunky" Roads (aka Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver). It was my favorite, or so I'm told. I could barely talk but apparently could sing this song!! I don't remember being such a ham (I guess we know where Alexa gets it though!!), but my Grams did record it for posterity so I know for a fact that it actually happened. I'd be singing for everyone to hear and then would say "evwebody cwap" and then would start singing again.
Well, since we live so close to West Virginia, I really wanted to go there (for those of you who are not familiar with the song, it is about WV) and when my mom found out we were going, she insisted that I HAD to sing the song again. So here it is...American Idol, here I come!!! JUST kidding!!
