I've Got Some Good Excuses, I Swear...

After the Christmas weekend, Alexsa and I caught the crappy bug that had been going around.  The poor thing looked so horrible I just couldn't take her picture, and honestly, I felt so crappy I didn't even want to deal with the posting of them.  Then as soon as we started feeling better, we took the plunge and moved in with my parents.  I just can't believe its been a week already!  Alexsa and I moved in on the 1st, where we brought over her crib and most of her toys and our clothes.  The next day Barry came, and the day after the boys (aka the cats) followed.  We're still getting used to not being in our own space, but I think we're all adjusting well, and its been nice to have my mom help so much.  She even put her down tonight! This was the first time i was home and didn't put Alexsa down for the night. I have to admit it was hard to let it go.  I don't think i'll let that happen too often. :)
Every day we've been remembering things we forgot to pack and either Barry or I would make the trip to bring a few boxes over.(it took 3 days for my deoderant to make the trip! Good thing mom had extra!).  Tomorrow we're going to start packing up the rest of the junk that we really don't need but can't bear to get rid of, as well as the stuff we need to keep, but don't need (like our kitchen stuff).  I put our couches on craigslist and they sold within 2 days, but we still have to make the exchange.  Hopefully most things will fit at Barry's dad's house, who has graciously said we could use his house as storage.  This will save us a big chunk of change in storage costs.
Our goal is to have the house rental-ready by Feb 1, but I think we'll just have it ready for the carpets by then, and hopefully use Feb to get the place a renter by March 1.  I'm crossing my fingers we'll get a GOOD renter!  We're going to use a service so they do a background check, etc.
Other than the sick thing and the moving thing, I really don't have any other excuses. Maybe between now and Feb 9th (Alexsa's 1st Bday!) I'll be better about taking pictures and posting them.  Here's hoping!

2011-01-07 Pic of the Day!

:)

2010-12-27 Pic of the Day!

Guess she's getting too big for her activity table; she's finding a new way to play with it!



"Ta-da!"



2010-12-22 thru 12-26 Pics of the Day!

You would think due to it being Christmas that I would have a bazillion photos... but I don't.  In fact, I only took 3, all weekend.  So here they are:

Alexsa belting it out on her new piano/karaoke toy from James' clan! (12/26)



The Swedlows with Barry's BFF Shawn and his fiance, Angela

mmm... SPOON!



2010-12-23 Pic of the Day!

Aunt Christy gave Alexsa this outfit for Christmas!  The peacoat is just adorable!!!

2010-12-22 Pic of the Day!

This was Alexsa's Christmas present from Mima and Papa :)  She loves making it whiny and dances when it plays "Oh Susanna"  :)

2010-12-21 Pic of the Day!

Alexsa got curious and fell into the tree... :)

(This is from Christy's camera from Sunday.  Didn't get any pictures today since we were at my parent's house for the first Tuesday night dinner after them being back in town.  They had been living up north with my grandpa until he passed.)

2010-12-20 Pic of the Day!

I love this face!

2010-12-19 Pic of the Day!

Today we celebrated Christmas at my sister's house.  Santa came a week early because her step son will be at his Mom's for christmas, so we had Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, opened presents and took some photos.  Most of the good pictures are on my sister's camera, but here's the best one I took w/ my camera:

2010-12-18 Pics of the Day!

On a playground in Clermont, FL during a visit with family - Aunt Idalia and Uncle Bob and cousins Charissa and Kenny.

Getting ready to go down the BIG slide!

Wish this wasn't blurry! Check out her closed eyes. :)

2010-12-17 Pic of the Day!

2010-12-16 Pic of the Day!

We don't have enough pictures of Alexsa and Barry's Dad... so we took one today. :)

Alexsa and Grandpa!

2010-12-15 Pics of the Day!

Alexsa and I stood in like for almost 2 solid hours last night to go see Santa for the first time.  She was SO good, as usual :)  I was kinda hoping for a crying shot, but she remained her cool self and just rolled w/ the Big Guy :).

Sizing each other up.

Best Buds

2010-12-14 Pic of the Day!

SUPER ALEXSA!

(I'm laying on the floor taking this picture.)

2010-12-13 Pic of the Day!

Bath time!  I remembered to bring the camera with me.  I had fun with her hair ;)

2010-12-12 Pic of the Day!

Our friends Dave and Jen hosted a family Christmas dinner party tonight.  We had a great time!  Here is the only picture I got of Alexsa looking at the camera, but its a great one of "Aunt' Adey and her favorite girl.

2010-12-11 Pic of the Day!

Alexsa: Hey, Mom... I learned a joke today. Wanna hear it?
Me:      Sure, Hon!
A:        OK! "Do you like Seafood?"
Me:      I do!
A:        See FOOD! GET IT? HA!

2010-12-10 Pic of the Day!

I got this cute hat up north, but it looks better on Alexsa. :)

Ok, so I know there's 2 "Pics of the Day" for the 10th, but the previous post really was intended for the 9th, so that's my excuse for this cutie picture.

2010-12-10* Pic of the Day/Happy 10 Months!

*We didn't get a chance to take your chair pictures yesterday :( Sorry we're a day late!

 I can't believe you're so big!!  And I can't believe what a slacker i've been...  I hope I can remember all the things you've learned in the last few months... 

At 10 months, you can:

• Hold your own bottle, yet you choose not to.  Ms. Diva prefers that someone feeds you.
• Use a sippy cup while sitting in your car seat.  Anywhere else you can't stay still long enough to actually enjoy your drink.
• Stand for a few seconds at a time before either falling or setting yourself down.
• You're too tall to stand under the table anymore, but you haven't figured that out yet so you keep hitting your head. Silly girl.
• For some STRANGE reason, you love to drink your bath water.  Just tonight you starting sticking your tongue under the running water - maybe you've watched the cats do it?
• 98% of the time you go down for naps and bed without any fuss and you still sleep through the night. (Thank you!!)  Currently you go to bed around 7:30 and sleep for 11-12 hrs.
• Normally you're down to 2 naps.  Sometimes you'll go down for a 3rd, but if you do its not very long.
• Just today you started making a fishy kiss face - So cute!
• You mimic many many sounds.  You like to mimic the cats' meows too, which is really cute.  You've repeated us when we've said ball ("Ba"), book ("ook"), and cat ("Ka") but you probably aren't saying the words yet, just repeating the sound. 
• EVERY time i ask you to say Mama, you say Dada! Its not very nice, you know :)
• You are a bundle of energy.  You crawl around and are pretty quick.  You LOVE to laugh. I wish I could bottle your laughter and share it with the world.  Its infectious.
• You scream.  It drives Daddy and I CRAZY.  You scream so loud my eardrums hurt, and although most of the time its for a reason (dirty, hungry, sleepy, etc), sometimes its for no reason at all except to hear yourself scream.  Daddy and I would GREATLY appreciate you getting over the screaming thing. Like now. Thanks.
• In the last week or so you've started to pick things up to put them in boxes and buckets and other things.
• My favorite part of the day is when I take that last step on top of the stairs, turn the corner and see you standing at the gate, squealing with delight when you see my face.

Happy 10 months, Baby Girl!

Pic of the Day Hiatus

Because of our unexpected trip to Chicago, the pics of the day got ignored...  And now I'm just not in the mood to post 1 each day, so i'm going to be lazy and just post all the pictures from last week to my FB...

I'll post about Grandpa when I get a few moments and I'm up for it... just not quite ready yet.