Happy Birthday Amelia!!

Alexa's cousin Amelia turns 2 today!! In honor of Amelia's big day, and per her request that there weren't enough videos on our blog, we are posting 2 videos just for her! We love and miss you Amelia and hope you are having a very fun day!! (Since Alexa can't sing Happy Birthday herself, we had to assist...sorry, that I'm cut out, at least you can hear me, right??!)

A day at home...

Happy Father's Day!

Alexa and I want Kevin to know what a great dad we think he is!! I couldn't ask for a better father for my little girl and she couldn't ask for a better daddy! We love and appreciate all he does for us. Happy Father's Day!

Alexa giving daddy his gifts!

A framed picture of daddy and Alexa to put on his desk. A photo book of daddy and Alexa from this past year.

Alexa wasn't quite sure about giving daddy the cards!

We had our friends the Wikles' over for Aaron's first Father's Day and shared the eclair cake I made for Kevin with them. Alexa wasn't too sure what to think of little Samantha.

Getting a lil' more sure...

I can't believe she actually let mommy hold another baby. I guess as long as she was there too, life was okay!!

Family Pictures

Here they are! I said I'd post them once I got them scanned in and my lovely friend Rachael kindly helped me out with that today!! The top one is the main one we got and Kevin loved the 2nd one so we got an 8x10 of that as well. We also got one shot of just Alexa and I, however, I forgot to bring that pic with me to be scanned. I guess you'll just have to come over to my house to see that one!! :-) Enjoy!

Just for fun...

Our sweet little girl!

These pictures were taken by our friend, Aaron Wikle, back in early May when we had dinner over at their house one night! I love Alexa's expressions that were captured! She melts my heart every day and I'm so eternally grateful she is a part of my life!

Congratulations Aaron & Brynn!!

Our dear friends, the Wikles, have a new addition to their family....their new baby girl, Samantha Grace!! We are so thrilled for them and so thankful that their prayers (and I'm sure the prayers of many others on their behalf) have been answered! What a blessing children are and I know they are going to be great parents!

Samantha and the new mommy!! (Aaron wasn't home, so no picture of the new daddy, sorry Aaron!)

I was able to attend a baby shower for Samantha today. She received so many fun things...she'll definitely be a very well dressed little girl!! Congrats Aaron and Brynn!!

Friday Night - Family Night!

Friday night is usually Date Night at our house...but we decided to brave the heat and head to the baseball game for a fun-filled family night. Louisville has a minor league team here, The Louisville Bats. Kevin and I have been to a few games since we moved here, but this time we took Alexa. Since her bedtime is 7:00 and that's when the game started, we gave her a late nap (thankfully she cooperated!!) and then headed to the ball park. And she did amazingly well, better than we expected. We had a fun time and Alexa enjoyed cheering the team on!!

Sticker Fun!!

We decided to try something new...playing with stickers. Alexa wasn't so sure about it at first, but then thought having all the stickers on her was pretty fun!

Look at me! Still enthralled with the stickers! Note to self for next time though...if stickers are left on too long, they hurt coming off!!

A little nostalgic...

I can't believe how much my baby girl has grown up this past year!! She's no longer my chunky little baby (weep, weep)!

A Surprise Visit!!

Last night, right around 8:30, someone knocked on our door...and kept knocking for about 30 seconds straight! Kevin and I were sitting on the couch, me in my pj's...so I ran up the stairs while he went to check it out. We weren't expecting anyone! And to my great surprise, it was my fabulous friend, Nancy, from Canada. She was here visiting a couple months ago and so I never expected to see her on my door step again so soon. Calgary is a LOOOOOONG ways from Kentucky!! Well, it turns out she had a wedding to go to in Chicago this weekend and couldn't pass up the opportunity to come by for a quick visit since she was in my "neck of the woods"!!! What fun! So we visited last night and then had a fun morning at the park where we let Alexa play in the water and then had a yummy BBQ. During Alexa's nap, and since Kevin doesn't have school this week, Nance and I were able to go out for some girl time...which of course includes Target!! Sadly though, Nancy is already gone. It was a super fast visit but oh so fun! Thanks Nancy for making the drive to surprise us!

Picture Perfect

We went and got family pictures done today and were able to come home with the ones we liked. Well, I was putting a few in frames and had a mat that wasn't getting used so Alexa grabbed it and wanted to BE the picture!! I thought it was pretty cute! I'll post our family pics once I get them scanned in.

Fun in the Sun!

We enjoyed a day at the splashpark with my wonderful friend, Rachael, and her little guy, Nathan! Thankfully, Rachael had her camera on her that day (these pics are thanks to her posting them on her blog!!), to capture the kiddos playing together. They're only 4 months apart and I look forward to them being great friends as they grow up!

The perfect duet

Aren't daddy's and their little girls just the cutest thing??!!!

We love LONG weekends!!

Summer is here!! We have been having a fun weekend, playing at the spashpark and enjoying the beautiful weather! Alexa is LOVING life! She is becoming such an independent little person and isn't afraid to let us know just what she thinks of things, even if she can't quite vocalize those feelings with actual words! And we love having Kevin around. We thought he was going to be in classes until the end of June when he will be taking Boards, but found out that, other than a final tomorrow morning, he doesn't have to be back in class until June 9th. What fun for Alexa and I!! We get to enjoy some more family time over the next couple weeks. How grateful I am that I get to stay at home with Alexa so that we can be here to enjoy the time with Kevin when he doesn't have school. We won't take these breaks for granted since in a couple short years Kevin will enter the working world and time off will be fewer and farther between!

On a side note...I think I can actually vocalize this without jinxing it now that it has been 8 days straight....Alexa has been napping for at least 1.5 hours each day instead of her 20 - 30 minutes naps that had been the norm for the past 3 months!! In fact, today it was a 2.5 hour nap!!! I'm in heaven! I think we've started a new trend and I'm am soooooooooo grateful! I can actually get things done during the day now! Happy times for me!

Under construction...

Bear with me right now as I am learning and experimenting with changing my blog template. It might take me awhile but I promise to have it looking great soon!! Thanks Amanda for all your help...I still may be calling you several times!! :-)