Gratitude From a 2 Year Old

These are the things Alexa thanked Heavenly Father for tonight in her prayers....

Chocolate Milk &...



Her "Toy Story Things"

hahaha Hey at least the girl's appreciative huh?

Mixed Feelings

How can my daughter turning 2 years old be so exciting and so sad at the same time?

(Okay so I know this post is kind of late but I had to start somewhere!)

One of Alexa's favorite things to do is take her mini grocery cart to the store and push it around. This happens rarely since its always so crazy at Walmart and she's not the best of drivers yet. She had a huge party the weekend before her birthday so we just kept it low key on the actual birth date and pretty much just let her do whatever she wanted, which included pushing her grocery cart around Walmart! (Believe me she always knows what she wants)

I'm a stickler for birth minute pictures and it happened to be 12:04 p.m. while we were smack in the middle of Walmart. I ran all the way out to the car to grab the camera and plopped her down by the nearest backdrop, diapers. It was all worth it! Look how cute this little girl is!

I decorated the house the after Alexa went to bed the night before her birthday so she woke up to streamers, banners, and balloons everywhere! She was very excited!
(she is also modeling the pretty dress Kyle surprised her with - he wrapped it and picked it out all by himself the day before- I was very impressed!)



The streamers dangling from the entry way infront of her bedroom was her favorite. She kept running through it and everytime she did she would sing Happy Birthday to herself.

That day was so much fun and so bittersweet at the same time!
Alexa is so sweet and very thoughtful and always knows how to make anyone and
everyone smile! I have the best baby in the world! (she'll always be my baby no matter how grown up she gets!)

*The day after her birthday she woke up asking me "What happened to my birthday?" and the question continued through out the entire day!*

Just Do It !

Why am I such a sucker for baby Nikes? I don't question it, instead I just rationalize spending $20 bucks on shoes that Alexa will probably only be able to wear for a month. But Oh well,

sometimes you just have to do it!

Here is my little model in training.
Alexa looooves them and cried when I took them off for her nap

Look at this girl though, she can make anything look cute!

Rainy Wednesday & 13 Boxes of Cereal

I got a good deal on cereal the other day, so we pulled out the extra boxes from storage

to make a house, per Alexa's request

I just love her imagination! She wanted to be completely closed in so she can do a "cool trick"

Waaayyyy to long!

Kyle & Alexa enjoying the local park. And yes it has been 95 degrees and hotter

lately so we have to go in the evening right before bedtime!

So Alexa is a girly girl but at the same time she's a sucker for race cars, trains, and trucks.

Theres a dirt track speedway that we have been to a couple of times and Alexa is still talking about it! Guess that means we don't need a boy huh?

While visiting family in KC for my new nephews baby blessings we got outdoor family pictures.
Chances are out of 8 grandkids, at least one of them is going to be in the midst of a meltdown, and yes Alexa took the honors this time

Lucky for Kyle & I, we did our own seperate pictures before the grand family one and before the meltdown and despite the heat they turned out pretty darn cute!

This is the result of being bored on a Sunday evening! We're going green

recycling diaper boxes into sliding wagons!

This is probably my favorite picture ever of Alexa! She's sooo gorgeous! And yes, the photographer did a great job too but it's easy with a subject soo cute!

Here is Alexa helping Grandma Bell while she got ready for the day. Alexa

is very much a Grandma's girl and has to be by her at all times.

Grandma has had a lot of practice with this and has become very creative

on how to accomplish something and keep a kid right by you and happy!

(I'm still in training)

Carnies, Cowgirl Boots, & Chickey Nuggies

And Yes, all in that order!

(Who knew the LaBrue Crew could be so crazy?)

This is actually Alexa's 2nd time at our local Dogwood Carnival in Camdenton

She loved the horses, even though all the rides there were a bit shifty.

Sadly enough it was kind of a rainy/dreary day- hence the coats

This is the ride I like to call "Sit on a nappy piece of rug & fly down a slide"

(the name explains it all)

After being taunted by the carnies every time we walked

by the games we finally gave in to skee ball.

Mind you I made sure we won a prize no matter what before we

forked over the 2 bucks.

(I guess its the Bell in me)

!Voila! A blow up dolphin that squeaks when you

squish its fin. Not sure if was worth $2

but the memories definitely are!

Thanks to Alexa's cousin Kylie who grew out of these boots

we now get to enjoy this adorable picture!

Alexa LOOVES shoes and changes shoes & tries

them on about 5 times a day!

These boots are a smidgen too big for her but that

wasn't stoppin' this cowgirl!

1st Daddy Daughter Date!

This is Kyle "asking" Alexa out on a date

Friday night. It was soo cute! When he was

asking her she just thought he wanted a kiss

so she kept kissing him on the cheek

It was actually a double date (since she's not 16 yet) : )

Kyle & Alexa & his friend Jose & his daughter Ariyah ventured to

the McDonald's Play Place for some fun &

chickey nuggies (Alexa's terminology)

Hopefully that's the 1st date Kyle has ever gone on
where he had to order the girl a happy meal!
(He was great at taking pictures since I made
him promise too)

Choo Choo

Alexa & I hittin' the slides at Miner Mikes

Here is the real reason we visited Miner Mikes...
Alexa LOVES this "Choo Choo Train" rollercoaster, she talks
about it all the time!

Looks like we got a thrill seeker on our hands!

Posin' in front of the much anticipated train line.
Initially I was surprised that Alexa liked it so much since
it goes around the track like 4 times and it's pretty fast!
Lucky for us, she loves it and rides it like 5 times in a row
everytime we go there.
I had to rotate turns this particular Saturday between
Grandma..I started getting dizzy after the first 2 rides