Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!

I bet you are dying to know what's going on lately with the LaBrue crew! Well don't worry you're about to know!
We had a great Valentine's Day....we had to make the best of it! We decided to go somewhere new for dinner..big mistake! (stick with what ya know) So we went to what we thought was this fancy restaurant in Osage Beach..The Brass Door. It was supposed to be fancy but the restaurant was kind of dirty and very outdated! The food took forever to come out and when it did Kyle discovered he had a hair on his steak! My food was hairless but not very good at all! So we left very disgusted but decided to not let it ruin our V-Day. You live and you learn...and you don't go to The Brass Door! We then went to our ward Sweetheart Dance and had a blast joking around with the other couples!
We even got Alexa's V-Day on videotape..not that she knew what the heck was going on..it was more for my sake. She got a beach ball as part of her present and she absolutely loves it!
Alexa attended her 4 month wellness check up and clocks in at 13 lbs and 4 oz. She's soo interactive now and even stands on her own as long as someone is holding her hand for balance! She loves making noises with her mouth and hearing her own voice and especially blowing bubbles! She's my little motor boat!
I'm very excited because she recently has started falling asleep in her car seat in the grocery cart at Wal-Mart and stuff when before she would freak out that she couldn't see everything that was going on! Needless to say it makes trips to the store much more enjoyable now that I don't have to hold her and push a cart at the same time!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Road Trip!

Kyle,Alexa & I made the trip to Kansas City so Kyle can take care of some insurance business and I was able to visit some of my family...the Walker's and the Bell's. So Kansas City really isn't that big of a road trip but with a 3 1/2 month old baby..anywhere out of town is a road trip.
Kendall & Michelle were gracious hosts and Preston was even nice enough to let Alexa use a lot of his things like his walker which made it really nice on us to not have to pack all that stuff and travel with it! There is a lot of stuff to bring for such a little person!
We had a blast and my sister even took us to this cool overstock furniture store..inside a cave! Needless to say, we were very impressed and had never seen anything like that before!
I loved hanging out with my nieces and nephew and listening to the hilarious things that they say! How do they come up with these things? They are all great big cousins and Alexa got a lot of love from them, whether she wanted it or not! She loved watching her cousins play and was so intent on watching their every move!
We were even lucky enough to cross roads with Shannon in Kansas City before we had to head home!
We just want to say thanks to all who made our trip so much fun! We love you all and already miss you!
Now I get to tackle the worst part of coming home...unpacking!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

General Update on the LaBrue Crew!

So I thought I was doing pretty good at posting pictures and then I realized I hadn't posted any cute stories or updates on Alexa. So here it is.
Alexa Renee is officially 3 months old now! I still can't belive it! It feels like yesterday we were taking her home from the hospital!
She loves to stand up as long as we hold her hands for balance! She's such a happy baby and smiles all the time! Even her cries are cute when she sticks out her bottom lip and starts pouting. I'm sure it won't be so cute when she's 3 years old but we are lovin' it right now! She's such a great baby and we couldn't ask for a better blessing!
She did great with her 3 month old professional pictures yesterday and it was wonderful having Grandma Bell there to assist and play with her during the long process! I was greatly impressed, she didn't even cry once during the whole thing...there I was stressing for nothing!
January has been a very busy month for our family. Kyle turned 24 on the 19th and I turned the ripe old age of 21 on the 23rd!
I really love being a stay at home mom and I love the fact that I can wear my pajamas all day some days! Kyle and I are so blessed and we love playing with Alexa and seeing her grow and change! She's so much more interactive now grabbing at toys and giggling! It makes all the diaper changing and spit up all worth it!

The other day I was holding her on my lap smiling at her and telling her how grateful I was for her and how much I loved her and I was so happy to be her mommy and she laughs at me and then spits up all over me! It wasn't just a little bit either it was projectile! It's so cute to see her little personality coming through! She loves being carried around and her favorite thing is to watch other people especially little kids! She just wants to know what's going on all the time!