I've not had the best of luck with this blogging stuff. First it's the pictures messing up and then yesterday I blogged and when I got done the computer died and I lost it all. So I'll try to remember what I wrote and cross my fingers that it all works. Unfortunatley I don't have the patience to try the picture thing again but I can tell you what's been going on with the LaBrue Crew.
Alexa is getting faster and faster at crawling and even stands up on her own. We're working on her walking but she's not real into it yet. She's very talkative and randomly screams crazy sounds...and she doesn't mind if we're in church! She's so cute I can't hardly get mad at her!
She's 10 months old now and when I started planning her first birthday part I had a sentimental moment! I can't believe how old she is! It seriously feels like we were just coming home from the hospital with her the other day!
Kyle's insurance business is doing good and he's a very hard and inteligent worker! Which Alexa and I are very grateful for! Alexa is a great little swimmer and she loves the water. The only problem is she doesn't like sitting in the little boat and she doesn't like us to hold her. She's very into dancing..especially to Michael Jackson *but that might be my fault because I listen to it all the time. Anytime there is music no matter what kind she feels the need to crawl like a banchee over to something she can hold onto and shake what her momma gave her!
She has learned to give kisses but only on her terms..she's very picky about when and whom she gives them to.
We love playing with her and just watching her with all the different things she finds and gets into.
We've had a great summer and it's flown by! Alexa loves being outside and playing in any kind of water!

The LaBrue Crew.... New & Improved

So it's officially been over a month since I've posted on our blog and for that I apologize! Hopefully you guys will forgive me in time! Life has been pretty crazy! Alexa started crawling and ver fast at that! This is what I get for saying I wanted to start working out!She is in the 90th percentile for her height and that only means she can reach higher when she starts swiping stuff! I've learned that silence is never a good thing! Sometimes I'll hear something falling off our bookshelf and I'm just cringing in waiting for that high pitch scream!She loves standing up and pulling herself up on stuff and consequently that means a lot of falls too!Kyle and I try not to freak out when she falls and funny enough she doesn't either! She'll roll over and grab something else and won't ever make a sound...usually! Alexa loves playing peek-a-boo and yesterday she got herself all wrapped up in the curtains and couldn't pull them off of her head like she does her blanket!I was laughing too hysterically to go help the poor child and eventually her little head popped out and she thought it was just as funny as I did! Her little personality shows through more every day! I love crawling and chasing her around the house! Every time I laugh or smile she'll make herself laugh even though she has no clue what's going on! She'll be 9 months old next week and is growing up soo fast! It feels like just yesterday we were coming home from the hospital with her! We've had our struggles with certain things like naps and some days are better than others but every time she laughs or does her cheezy little smile it makes it all worth it!

I could not ask for a better Father to my children than Kyle! He's great with her and she gets oh so excited whenever she sees him walk through the door! He helps out so much and changes just as many diapers as I do! So I know your wondering "Where are the pictures" and I myself have that same question! I have tried multiple times on multiple days to upload these pictures to my blog and when they have loaded and I click on upload pictures no pictures appear in the blog but instead computer mumbo jumbo! Can anyone help me with this because...I'm about to go crazy!
Your patience is appreciated!

Viva Las Vegas!

Kyle, Alexa and I took our family vacation to beautiful Las Vegas thanks to cheap flights and a good deal on a hotel! We were there from Monday the 18th through Friday the 22nd. Kyle nor I had ever been before and it was a great experience! Alexa did great on the flight and either slept or played peek-a-boo with all the people and pulled hair of the people in front of us!Everyone was very sweet and thought Alexa was the cutest...who wouldn't? We didn't rent a car since our hotel (Tropicana Resort) was right on the strip so we just walked...A LOT! It was a lot of fun and it was very hot! We went swimming everyday and Alexa loved it! She did great with all the walking...of course she just got to ride in the stroller and sleep whenever she got tired! She loved all the bright lights and tons of people! She got a lot of attention seeing as how there are not a lot of babies in Vegas! Who woulda thought?
Kyle tried his luck at the poker table to the first night and actually won some money which was pretty exciting! We splurged and went and saw the Bodies exhibit at the Luxor, which was soo interesting! We highly recommend it! It's a little disturbing at first knowing that they are real dead bodies but sooo woth it! We saw the lions at the MGM which was right across the street! And did our fare share of eating! The dancing fountains at the Belagio were beautiful and there were a lot of interesting things and people to watch all around us!
We also went to see a Circus del osel show (sorry, I know the spelling is wrong) called Mystere and it was amazing! Alexa loved all the extravagant costumes and acrobats flying around! On one of our days walking around we came across this Stone Man that was a real guy and he was very impressive! Every move he made was robotic! So I gave Alexa a dollar and told Kyle to go help her give it to him and then motioned for me to take a picture of them all together and he started rubbing Kyle's ears! Kyle about died...if you don't know already...he absolutley hates his ears rubbed or even touched for that matter! He was soo miserable it was funny!
We had a blast but going away for so long really makes you appreciate your own home! As I would like to say, there's a lot to see in Vegas and a lot not to see..if you know what I mean! : )

I have to start this post off with an apology for posting no pictures of Alexa. I have tried many times but my computer is acting up so you'll have to make do with me talking about her!
We celebrated her 6 month birthday last week and had our own little family party at McDonalds, complete with us eating french fries in front of her! Her very sweet and thoughtful Dad bought her two dresses and sunglasses and even wrapped them up so cute for her to rip apart that day! She is rolling over a ton and has been sitting up on her own for a while now. The funny part is she will slowly tip over sometimes when she's tired and will fall face first into the carpet but won't cry or make a sound except "thump", she just rolls over on her stomach and continues playing! She's sooo funny to watch and believe me she gets plenty of kisses from her Daddy and I, and lots of other people! I can't stop kissing her and telling her how much I love her!
She is still working on getting some teeth, I can see the white underneath her gums but we have yet to see one break through, she is constantly chewing on anything and everything!
We took her to the park to swing the other day, which she loves, and this little girl was playing with her and she looks at us and asks "Why is your baby so excited?"
It's true, Alexa gets so excited for everything simple thing, it's so cute how she'll start kicking her legs and panting! She will be one really happy girl when she can walk on her own! She walks great if we are holding her hands for balance and we are working on crawling! She is eating baby food and loves anything we give her, she was born with those genes!
We are headed to our first family vacation with all 3 of us here in a couple of weeks to good ol' Las Vegas! I'm very excited and a little nervous how it's going to be flying and traveling such a far distance with a baby! Alexa always does great no matter what and she's so happy and content with everything it's so easy but I get stressed out easy so I'm the one that's a mess and worrying about EVERYTHING!
I will try and work more to figure out what's wrong with my computer so hopefully next time I will have all the cute pictures posted that I have!

Down on The Farm

Okay, so it's been a very long time since I've posted but here are some irrisistable pictures of Alexa at "Down on the Farm" a couple of weeks ago. It was hosted by Parents as Teachers at the high school's agcriculture building and they had a lot of cool animals! Alexa wasn't into as much as some of the older kids but she enjoyed watching the other kids run around the most! She loved holding the baby bunnies and went straight for their ears! Poor things! Another little girl that was around was panicking saying over and over "She's squishing it, She's squishing it!" Alexa looked at her like "What's your problem?". I'll try to do better about the posting of pictures!

Alexa has grown up a lot and now weighs in at 14 lbs! Can you believe it? She's getting even longer too! She is doing great and is a very happy baby..when she's awake! haha the reason I say that is because she doesn't like going down for naps or bed time and she's used to me holding her during her naps..which is 100% my fault! Now I'm trying to break the bad habit and do the Baby Whisperer thing where I keep going back in her room over and over to comfort her...with out picking her up! Needless to say she's not very happy about these new rules but with my new found inspiration from my support group...aka Mom and my sister Michelle I know the work will pay off eventually...but that doesn't make bearing the high pitch screams any easier!

Alexa is now 4 months old and putting EVERYTHING into her mouth which is very cute and at the same time it makes me cringe because I think about all the germs! Not that that I'm a germ freak or anything it just is gross! Oh well, kids have to learn somehow...I'm not going to be that mom that keeps her trapped from the world in a bubble! We are very excited for the new arrival of her cousin...baby Hufford...Okay, I'm very excited! I just keep telling her about it! I'm really excited/interested to see how they interact with each other...I know it will be a while before Baby Hufford gets accustomed to the world and can interact with things around her but needless to say we're anxious!
Alexa is still standing up a ton..when we hold her arms for balance and loves every minute of it because she can finally see all around her! She's not really the cuddly baby I thought she would be! She hasn't really got the rolling over thing down yet but every once in a while she will turn over on her own..small victories are still victories!
She loves talking and squeeking almost like a little mouse and gets excited when she realizes what she's doing! We have started introducing the rice cereal...which is still a bit of a chore seeing as she hasn't got the technique down of using her tongue to push it down her throat instead of right outside her mouth but soon enough she will get it down!

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!