Good bye ol' Rexy

Yay- we are finally moved out of Rexburg... though it's kinda sad that we wont see our friends there, most likely ever again :o( but i guess thats life. But we can try to keep in touch through the wonderful world of facebook and blogging...but it's not the same. And I am definitely going to miss the "mormon bubble"! Iowa has a very small population of LDS members and on top of all that the nearest temple is a little over 2 hours away! I'm used to looking out my bedroom window and seeing the beautiful Rexburg Temple, but at least I'll get the chance to go to the Nauvoo Temple, which is pretty cool too. Hopefully Lex and I can make some new friends in our new ward or in our apartment complex...well I guess and Pat too ;o) A new chapter is unfolding in our lives and I hope it all turns out well...and I've decided that my new found phrase in life is "cest la vie"!

Easter!

So yesterday Alexa went to the mall and saw the Easter Bunny for the first time! She wasn't quite sure what to think, but I thought she did pretty well! She let us take a few pictures before she got too anxious to go back to mommy and daddy.

As far as today, the Easter Bunny came to Lexa and gave her some pretty cool gifts! Some things included, Elmo's color book, Big Birds Alphabet book, banana puffs, and a cute little stuffed bunny rabbit. Alexa seemed to have a blast checking out the things in her Easter basket.

Then, as church time approached, Lexa got all dressed up in her pretty Easter dress. What a cutie, huh!!?

2 Years!!

So yesterday was Pat and my 2 year anniversary! I can't believe it's been that long already! We ended up going to dinner at a place called Granite City, very nice place, while grandma and grandpa Carney watched Lexa. It was nice to have a quiet dinner, without having to rush, with just the two of us. Pat gave me a gift card to a nice day spa and I am soo excited to get a manicure, pedicure and a message! I gave Pat a plaque with a picture of us on our wedding day with a little personal note etched on the top of the picture. I absolutely Love it and will have to display it in our new home, in Iowa, when we get settled in.

Airplanes- UGH!!

I officially HATE airplanes and airports! Ugh!!! So as we are finalizing our plans to get out of Rexburg, we've decided that Pat is going to drive to Iowa and I will stay with my grandma who lives in Utah for a few days, then fly with Alexa back to Iowa, where Pat will meet us. This normally would be be better than driving all the way from Rexburg, ID to Cedar Rapids, IA with a 9 month old baby, however, I have had way too many flights with a baby BY MYSELF might I add, to never want to fly again. First, Alexa and I flew to Cali in Aug. when she was a month old. Then we flew to Colorado for Christmas. In February, Lexa and I flew to Houston, TX. THEN...at the end of Feb. we flew to Cedar Rapids, IA to be with Pat. All these trips were great seeing family and whatnot, but now I have to deal with another 8 hours of airplane flying by myself. I guess it wouldn't be AS bad to have Pat there with me to help but he is not. I have to carry on the plane, a wiggly child in my arms, a diaper bag, and a pump (if you dont know what that is, dont worry about it...) Then have to check a bag for both me and Alexa. So that would be a grand total of 8 airplane rides (to and from) NOT counting the flippin layovers, which I really should count as another airplane ride but I dont even know how many layovers I've actually had. Anyway, ugh I'm just fed up with airplanes and airports I could scream!

My Big Girl

My little girl isnt so little anymore...she is starting to stand (with some help of course). Its crazy how fast she is growing!! She's almost standing like a PRO!

Marion, Iowa

For those of you wondering where Marion, Iowa is, (where we recently got an apartment) I have decided to include a map just in case you were wondering. Hope this helps :o)

We found an Apartment! YAY!!

So Pat and I have officially decided to move to Iowa and had the daunting task of finding an apartment. But after looking through many, many apartments we Finally found one today that is perfect for us! It has everything we wanted including a swimming pool, a playground and the place is CHEAP (which is always good)!! It's located in marion, Iowa and kinda far out in the country but it's still not too far from the mall :o) Here are a few pics of the place...