New Pictures

I haven't been very good lately about posting pics of Alexa, as she is now 13, almost 14 months old. But here are some of our most recent pictures that I thought everyone might enjoy!

*These pics are from the package Cousin Amberly, Aunt Karena, and Uncle Jason gave to Alexa for her birthday

THANK YOU COUSIN AMBY!! (And aunt Karena, and uncle Jason too :o)

*These next pictures were from just this past Wednesday (Aug. 12th). We went to this splash park called Guthridge Park, in Hiawatha, IA (about a 10-15 minute drive from our apartment). We met some friends from church there, and had tons ons of fun splashing in the water! :o)

*This picture was taken just yesterday... I was feeding her some oatmeal cereal and she likes to touch and feel her food before eating it, and sometimes spits it out to feel it, then puts it back in her mouth, but I decided to just let her play in her oatmeal since she needed a bath anyway. Well as you can see, she had a LOT of fun with that!!! The first pic is just her playing in her food, the second pic is after I told her that we were going to take a bath (i guess an exfoliating oatmeal bath a that!)...which btw she LOVES baths!! I also included a video, which is pretty cute!

("Wanna take a bath Lex?!")

First time in big girl Potty :o)

This post will be short, but I just wanted to tell everyone about Alexa's first big girl potty experience. On Wednesday I was giving Lex a bath and I saw her straining a little and since the week before she pooed in the bath TWICE, I thought I'd snatch her out of the tub before that happened again. I pulled her out and plopped her on the toilet and sure enough, Alexa did her business. I was so happy that it wasnt in the tub again and not only that, she used the big girl potty for the first time... well kinda?? :o)

Paranoia

So I'm totally getting paranoid about my blog being public and that anyone can see what I post...the reason, I read this article today on aol.com about this little boy who was found on criagslist "up for adoption" and blahdy blah, until the mom saw it and Freaked! It also said the picture that was with this "sad" adoption story was taken from this families blog... there are creepy people everywhere, probably not out to get me necessarily, but hey I'd rather be safe than sorry. My conclusion... I'm making my blog private, so if you want keep reading my blog, please leave me your email and I will invite you to it. Thanks for being understanding!! :o)

(I'll leave it open until Aug. 12th so email me before then!)

Happy Fourth of July 2009

Alexa's First Birthday Party!!

Alexa had her first birthday party on Saturday June 27th and it was a blast!! I'm posting a slideshow with all the pics from her party as well as a description of the party so I don't have to write it twice. Happy Birthday to ALEXA!! We love you!!!!!

(sorry I'm computer illiterate and dont know how to put the slideshow on my profile, but here is the link...)


http://picasaweb.google.com/r.carney0702/AlexaSFirstBirthdayParty#slideshow/5352595840227435842

A Walkin Girl

Alexa started took her first steps just last week! She prefers crawling to get around, but she definitely loves to try and walk. She can take about 5-7 steps at a time then loses her balance, but thats okay, thats what practice is for! :o) I will hopefully put a video up soon so you can all see how cute she is when she "toddles". I just cant believe my baby girl is walking already AND her FIRST birthday is coming up next week! CRAZY!


I finally got a little snippet of Alexa walking...(please excuse the mess, this was taken shortly after the party and our house is a total mess!!) and Sorry it's sideways, I can't seem to flip it upright :o(

I love Summer!

I love the summer-time! It's getting very warm, (and humid) outside which makes me want to be outside all day! Our friends bought their daughter a baby pool, which Alexa LOVES!! It can have plastic balls inside, or it can be filled with water outside, and they have invited us over a few times to play in it. Lexa loves water, whether its in the bath, or in a pool, or even in the toilet :o/ she loves to splash in water! Today Alexa and I went to a little splash park with our friends Liz, and Maddy. The water was very COLD, but that didnt seem to stop Lex from enjoying herself. Here are a few pics of little miss Lex fully enjoying her time at the splash park as well as some pics from the little baby pool at Maddy's house...

<--"I love the splash park!"

<--"All this playing makes me thirsty!"

<---Lex lovin the water table

Maddy and Lex-->