Florida Pictures

Alexa haning out pool side. Her favorite spot. She loves sitting on chairs and pretty much anything she can.

Swimming with Daddy. She fell a couple of times & went under, she didn't really get scared or anything but I for sure did.

Here is the Pink Shell Resort where we stayed. Our room was the third floor up on the left.

Posing for a family picture after the wedding.

Alexa is all smiles but when it comes to holding her down for a picture it's a little more complicated. Lucky for us whenever she is near water she's very very happy but hates when we hold her hand or just hold her in general.

Again, with the chairs. She's a climber and got up & down there all by herself. She's growing up sooo fast.

Here is Kylie giving Alexa a kiss...or is it the other way around?

Picture Perfect

The white sand was beautiful and not hot at all so it was fun to walk around bare foot. It's just that when you want it off of you it's not so easy.

Here is a picture of Alexa a couple of days before we left. I had just painted her little piggies for the first time and we were trying to show them off.

Mommy & Boo Boo's newly painted piggies. Not too much longer & we'll be going to get pedicures together! : )

Pretty Pink Toes in White Sandy Beaches

As most of you know Kyle, Alexa & I recently went to Ft. Myers Florida for 5 days to attend his cousin, Kelly's wedding & to get together with all of his brother's & their families.

Alexa did great on the plane ride playing for the 1st part and sleeping the 2nd half. We left Missouri in coats & toe covered shoes and when we got off the plane in Florida we stuck out like a soar thumb. The weather was beautiful and I couldn't believe it was the middle of November.

Alexa loved seeing her cousins Kylie & Tyler again and we even got to meet her new cousin, Jordan (Jeremiah & Sharon's Son).

We stayed at the Pink Shell Resort right on the beach and our Balcony over-looked the most beautiful view I've ever seen. We heard the waves of the ocean crashing on the beach as we slept! So all together there were 9 adults & 4 kids... Belle & Jerry, Verle (Papa), Westen, Amber, Tyler, Kylie, Jeremiah, Sharon, Jordan, Kyle, Alexa & I. It was a lot of people to coordinate timing with but we were pretty successful.

Kyle & I took shifts taking Alexa back to the room in between swims so she could get a nap in. Becaeuse we all know how important those are for the little kids & everyone around them. haha

She loved swimming in the pool & ocean and didn't mind the saltwater at all. She is little miss social so she would walk right up to random kids at the pool to play with them & one little boy was even lucky enough to get a kiss on the cheek.

The resort had different activities for kids to do & on one evening they had the Crab-Tona 500 races. This involved each kid picking a hermit crab & naming it and cheering for it as it raced to the edge (finish line) of the table. The funny thing is Alexa was last in line to pick so she got stuck with the last crab. We named it Boo-Boo & cheered it on and guess what...Yep, she won 1st place!

Boo-Boo was the fastest crab of them all! Alexa didn't seem to care until we all started cheering in celebration & then just wailed because we scared her so bad! 1st prize- ice cream sundae...that she didn't even eat! : )

We got lots of sun & I think I got enough for everyone.

We got there on Thursday & left on Tuesday. Kelly & Travis' got married on the beach Sunday afternoon & their rehearsal dinner was Sat. afternoon.

I had a blast hanging out with my family & their kids. Our nephew, Tyler, around age 10 has a passion for food & G.I Joe action figures. While waiting for the wedding to start he asks me "So if there was meat at the rehearsal dinner last night, do you think there will be meat after the wedding today?" I couldn't stop laughing. I assured him there would be meat, and as promised there was.

We had a blast and it was nice to have Grandma there to babysit. It was hard to head home & see people still laying by the pool. I was wondering what Alexa would think when we got home & she realized it's life back to normal & not near as exciting as vacation was.

But don't worry she was excited to see all of her toys again & her own room & bed, as was I.

When the freezing cold weather hit us as we stepped back onto Missouri grounds it was very very tempting to not turn around and move back to Florida...the thought did cross my mind.

Better Late Than Never Pics & Updates

A pre-halloween trick or treating session at home so we can get all the cousins together in their costumes! If you couldn't tell Alexa was a bear for halloween so we saw it fitting to stick her with her collection of bears in her bedroom!





Instead of door-to-door we did bedroom to bedroom and paraded Preston, Ashlyn, Alexa & Addison and made them beg for candy so we could say "ahhh how cute" and take tons of pictures!
What else is Halloween for anyways?




Alexa's 1st Birthday Party. The girl was flooded with gifts and needless to say she was a little bit overwhelmed but her oh so sweet cousin Ashlyn stepped in to assist and I think got more excited than Alexa. I think Alexa was just wondering why all those people were at her house and why they were all starring at her.





Here is Mommy trying to rassle her down so we can try to get a good picture to send in our thank you notes! It was quite a lot of work...more than I expected but we did get a good one in the end!

Happy Halloween !

The LaBrue Crew had a great Halloween, even though we celebrated it on Friday, so Kyle could take me to my Rob Thomas Concert in STL Saturday night. I don't know why it's so fun to dress up our little kids like animals and parade them around but it's sooo cute! Aunt Michelle was sweet enough to loan us this bear costume that Alexa loved! We had to pin a bow on her head so she didn't look like a boy bear...I had a complex about looking like a boy when I was a little girl so I am making up for that! My friend Jill and her baby Kambrie and son Tanner accompanied us, along with Grandma Bell, Shannon and baby Addison. The outlet malls do a Trick or Treating thing where they give candy from the stores! Alexa loved it..I don't think she's ever had candy before...except for her cousin Ashlyn sneaking her some at her party but she became quite attached to holding a piece of candy in each hand all day! She got a lot of loot...that Kyle and I are still eating! : )
After the outlet mall Kyle & I took Alexa around to some people we know to show off the cutest little bear in the world! It was a fun and at the end of the day I realized Alexa was working up a sweat in that costume but she didn't seem to mind! I think she'll grasp the concept of Halloween and trick or treating better next year!