Happy Holidays!

Alexa all dolled up in her Christmas dress. We even managed to put bows in her hair!

Let me out!!!

I'm not an animal!! Please...no pictures! Peek!

Big Steps....

Well, Alexa has finally decided to start walking....almost. She's been cruising around furniture for months now and has had great balance for that long too but finally decided to take her first steps last week. We were over at my good friend Rachael's house for a playdate with her little guy, Nathan, and Alexa just decided to take her first few steps. I guess being around Nathan who is 4 months older was good incentive! Anyways, so she had taken a few steps here and there over this past week but still really prefers to crawl. I know she knows how to walk...she gets this gleam in her eye when I try to coach her to walk and then smiles and starts crawling, the little stink!! :-) But then again yesterday, at another playdate with Rachael and Nathan, Alexa took 6 consecutive steps. There must be some sort of magic at Rachael's house!! We haven't been able to get her to do that again...but I know with Christmas right around the corner and us heading off to Arizona, Alexa will want to be just like her older cousins, and will be walking circles around us in no time!!

Pretty in Pink

It's funny....when I was younger, I HATED the color pink. As I got older though, I came to accept that it was an alright color but since having Alexa, have come to LOVE the color pink. It is just the most perfect color for her. She is definitely a girly girl and will most likely always be dressed in pink the majority of the time! Yay PINK! Anyways, these two pictures were just too cute to not post!

A fun new trick...

One of Alexa's new favorite things to do is sit on the coffee table. It's almost like a new babysitter because she LOVES it and will sit up there for quite some time before getting bored. We tried catching her normal routine on camera, which consists of constantly moving around on her belly and doing circles, etc....but she decided to show off how well she can clap. She knows when the camera is on and purposely does something different!!

Cute, cute, cute!!

Alexa showing off her acrobatic skills! And her cute new pigtails that we can do now that her hair is longer!! We're really excited about that!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and even got to celebrate twice. On Thursday, we had all 6 missionaries serving in our ward over for turkey dinner. Elders Peralta and Calahan even made the turkey and it was mmm... mmm...good! He really did a fabulous job on it. We were impressed. Then on Friday, we celebrated at some friends in the ward and there were about 10 couples in all. There was a lot of food, a lot of people and a lot of fun. We had a great time and enjoyed spending the holiday with good friends we've made here in Kentucky!

She's got skills!!!

Alexa has discovered playing with balls. She was having so much fun and we're excited we caught it on camera. She just kept throwing the ball and chasing after it. She really does keep us constantly entertained with all the new things she's learning!

To all those who have "tagged" me....

Okay, I've been meaning to do this for some time now....I hate to be a party pooper but I just haven't had the chance to respond to anyone's tags. And I hope I'm not offending those who have tagged me by not passing it on. I've never been one of those to respond to chain letters/emails or anything of that nature so as much fun as it is to read about other people, I'm going to forego writing about myself. I'd much rather continue to use my blog time by adding pictures of my sweet little girl!!

Random Pictures - Oct/Nov 2007

Birthday Pictures - 1 Year Old!!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Alexa!!!

Our baby girl is no longer a baby....Alexa turned 1 year old yesterday, November 20th. She's such a little girl now. We've had fun doing birthday stuff all week. Seeing as every few years Alexa's birthday will be on Thanksgiving, we decided we'd better get her used to not always celebrating on her actual birthday and since her mommy gets a birthday week, we figured she could too!! So we've had friends over and have had cake and cupcakes and more cake...it's been a fun few days. Alexa loved the cake, she was covered head to toe in pink icing and chocolate cake! We've attached a few videos of the cake experience as well as many pictures for ya'll to see. We can't believe it has already been a year since Alexa joined our family but we are so grateful for the joy she has brought into our lives. We love her sooooo much and wish she could see her extended family more! Thank you to all those who have shared in her birthday, near and far!

woops!

This is how I found Alexa in her crib this morning. She slept fabulously last night - from 7:00 pm until 9:00 this morning. I had bought her some new jammies a couple weeks ago but they fit her just perfectly and since she still needed some more jammies, I bought some that were a bit bigger....I guess they're just a little too big right now!! I thought it was pretty cute though!

If you look closely in the 2nd picture, you can see part of Alexa's jack-o-lantern grin. She's had her two bottom teeth for some time but now also has her two laterals on top and one central. So she's waiting for one more of her top middle teeth. It's pretty much adorable!

Fun in the leaves

The beautiful fall colors are one of the reasons why we enjoy living in Kentucky right now. Alexa had so much fun playing in the leaves. It was hard to get her to sit still long enough to take a picture...she just wanted to go, go, go!

Flippin' Fun Fantastic Festive Fall Frenzy Festival!!!

Our wonderful friends Brinn King and Sarah Ripperdan threw a fall festival on Saturday night. We, as couples, each had to come dressed up and were given different highschool "themes". We had the Rednecks, the Cheerleaders, the Hunters, the Preppy/Jocks, the Nerds, the PDA couple (Public Display of Affection) (that was us!!), the Hoodlum's (sp??) and the Hall Monitor. As you can see, everyone did a fabulous job of dressing to the nines! It was a very fun night. We are so blessed to have a great group of friends here in Kentucky.