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-->

Memorial Day 09

For Memorial Day, we all went to our ward BBQ first thing in the morning. I had an outfit for Alexa that was all patriotic and super cute, but I wasnt exactly sure she would in it fit bc it's 12 months. However, as I was putting it on her, I noticed it was a little more snug than other outfits but it seemed to be doable, and as I was about the snap the bottom buttons, I saw that there was NO WAY that I could get those buttons to snap around Lexa's cubby thighs...I had to laugh! It was pretty funny! So we just put on another cute outfit. I would have gotten a picture, but Lexa decided to have a blow out so her first outfit didnt last very long. We actually had to borrow an outfit from Maddy, TWICE!

So after the BBQ we went to the Zmoos' house and just hung out and relaxed. Another couple and their 19 month old daughter also came, the Donaldsons. We watched TV, played Rock Band, ate pizza, the guys played Halo, and had a really good time having a day off.

At the end of the day, it was bathy time for Maddy. But, Alexa decided she wanted to take a bath too so she crawled in the bathroom and started playing in the water, so I just ended up putting her in the tub w/ Maddy :o)

Life Update

We have finally moved into our new apartment in Iowa. We like it so far, and our neighbor next to us is really nice too. She's a younger mom with a 4 year old girl. Now I have someone else I can make bows and stuff for thats not only Alexa, bc Lex has a TON of bows already!! It's so nice to have our own place again. Especially with Lexa wanting to get into everything, and I mean EVERYTHING!! I can now better regulate what she gets into. But like I said, she gets into everything so when I'm trying to organize something, she is dumping out something else... ugh it's kind of frustrating at times, but eh, I'm a mommy, stuff happens. But in time, our unpacking will happen.

Pat, so far, is liking his job, and is hopefully going to place his first person soon, which means he will make a pretty good commission off of it.

And as for me, I like being a stay at home mom, but it's definitely NOT a walk in the park! I made my first sell on the bows that I make, which made me pretty happy! :o) If youre wondering about where to find these magnificant bows, you can look at my "bowtique" blog (rahellesbabybowtique.blogspot.com).

Alexa keeps on growing and it wearing 18 month clothes already, and weighs about 23.5 lbs! She likes to pull herself up to standing from almost anything sturdy or not, so we have to watch her constantly! She is getting more and more of a personality... stubborn (just like mommy and daddy both), usually very sweet, but can also have a temper too! And I can't believe that Alexa's one year birthday is just around the corner...crazy!!

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!!?