This weeks adventures and pictures

I believe its been a couple weeks so it's time to share some new pictures! :)

Last Saturday (Feb 3rd) my brother and his best friend Brandon moved into a new duplex here in West De Pere. Its a cute, nice duplex..perfect for 2 young bachelors. They invited every one over for a grill out and beer and very loud 70's music! We all had a blast singing, drinking and just being silly! I think a party we all needed.

Here is the cake my Aunt Annette made for the boys.


I LOVE this picture I took! Its the back of Dakota sitting in my bathroom window ledge staring outside with the American flag off to the side.


Alexis was getting really into the Super Bowl at this time! hehe. She however was in bed right after half time.




My neighbors spent 2 days making the Lombardi Trophy out of snow. They did an awesome job! I love how they added the American Flag and the Packer blanket too.
The window in the left side is my bathroom window and the back is the field we get to look out at. It's so nice!




My Uncle Ted from Nevada sent us a gift card from Toys R Us so we went shopping last week...Alexis came home with some new toys, a couple Baby Einstein movies, and a new summer hat. This toy is this popular toy called Ball Popper. It's pretty neat and loud! It plays music and some plastic balls shoot out of the top. We all really have fun with this toy, even Dakota gets in and chases the balls when they fly off.



The other day Kevin and I made pancakes and bacon for lunch. Alexis got to have some pancakes but instead of putting them in her mouth a few ended up on her cheeks!


Jumping up and down like a Mexican jumping bean!




Until next time...

New pictures from the week

Hi all, I am just updating some new pictures for you of this past week.

Aw isn't this cute?! They were playing together but here they are taking a break.

On Tuesday we made spaghetti for dinner and we thought Alexis was old enough to join us. She had a lot of fun with her dinner! She ate some, most ended up in her stomach and lap and a lot on the kitchen floor as well. :)
How can you not just smile and giggle at this picture?!

This is Alexis saying "Hi Mommy, I'm playing with my toys like a good big girl!"

Little miss photogenic!

My little stinker scooted over to the basket of her clothes that I had just folded!

Ooo!! Minnie Mouse jammies!
She grabs her drum...puts it on the floor by her and starts banging away on it! She's really into music...doesn't matter what the song is she starts dancing away.

Tonight Kevin went outside to shovel off our deck because we were sick of looking at the snow piled up outside. He brought Alexis outside to "help" him shovel. One word - Adorable!

It sure is fun seeing all the people in town here excited for the Packers in the Super Bowl. The Green Bay school district canceled after school activities Monday so they can go see the Packers get back in town. Sunday afternoon there will be a few streets closed down so people can access the bars easier and if we win (which we all know we will!!) there will be green and yellow fire works at 10:45pm down town Green Bay! Every time you turn the radio..weather it be 5am when I am doing the route or late at night every other song is a Packer song. It's been a lot of fun seeing every one so happy for the big game! We hope every one has fun Sunday!

GO PACK GO!

Surprise Birthday Party!

This past weekend (Jan 22nd) I (with the help of my Aunt Annette) threw a surprise 50th birthday party for my wonderful mom!

I had the party at a hotel here in Green Bay called Tundra Lodge. It has a big water park in it too! So I invited friends,family and co-workers and every one showed up before my mom and dad did so when she walked in we screamed "SURPRISE!!" My mom was so shocked and so thrilled to see every one! It was so much fun!

Get ready! Here she comes!!

That evening we all went swimming in the water park. Here we are in the lazy river. We went round and round for about a half hour. She loved looking at everything but still held on to me tight!

She wasn't to thrilled with the water at first.

The next day (Sunday) we went swimming again and Alexis like the kiddie pool a lot more! Here I am rocking her through the little fountain.
She sat and played for awhile just splashing around!
Here is Kevin, Evan, Brandon, Abby & Maddie. They were waiting for this giant bucket to fill up and dump on their heads! It was so funny!
Alexis and I up in the big play part. It was so much fun!
Maddie, Myself, Alexis, Kevin and my mom behind us.


That night it was a girls party. My mom, Maddie, Alexis and me just stayed in the room and had fun playing with Alexis.

Just a little update

Hi every one!

I know, once again, it has been awhile since I last updated... but here is just a quick update on us here in Green Bay!

Alexis is now 9 months old (well will be tomorrow..friday) Can you all believe that?! Some days I can't. She is growing up so fast and changing so much. She now has some hair coming in...can't tell if it will be curly or not? It's a medium brown lighter color. Alexis has been eating finger foods for a few weeks now. Her favorite is Cheerio's! She could eat them all day if I allowed her too. She's getting pretty good with a sippy cup also. Alexis is getting soooo close to crawling but just not yet. Any time now though! Alexis has this toy that makes a cat meow noise, when she hears it she goes "MMMM!" really loud...like her way of saying MEOW! I think she's learned that from Dakota always meowing. Alexis just loves Dakota and can spot her from far away. This past Friday Alexis went into a big girl car seat now! She has out grown her infant one. She so far is really liking it too. I think with the sitting up really helps her and being able to see what is going on more. 3 more months and it will be her first birthday! Just a heads up, there will be a nice big celebration and I am getting pretty excited to plan her big party! Not to excited at how this year has flown right on by though.

Kevin has started school now this past week. So far he is doing really good and enjoying being back in school! I'm so proud of him! He is such a hard worker!!!

Not much is new with me..just keeping up with Alexis. I've been busy making Alexis all different new foods so far her favorite is Apples,raisins,cinnamon oatmeal. Other then that...not to much is new...I am ready for winter to be over with already!!!


Well I think that is all for now.


GO PACK GO!!!!

Update

I know the last time I posted something (prior to the video of Alexis dancing) was before we had even moved. Well the move went wonderful! We've been in De Pere now for over a month. We are really enjoying our new place,new jobs and being back in Green Bay. Being back around family has been keeping us busy along with the holidays but it has been a lot of fun!

Alexis is 8 months old already which is just unbelievable! She is dancing a lot and she loves when we hold our hands our for her to "clap" them (which is just her hitting our hands) it is so adorable! She is all proud of her self and she knows she is the cutest.
Every month on the 21st we take pictures. Here is the 8 month one. I absolutely love this picture!


We just bought a new camera as our old one has been acting weird and I want to have a camera that is always working right with how Alexis does such cute things and does them quick. It's nice because I used just a little bit of the Christmas tip money I got from the paper route I do.


Here is a picture of Alexis all excited that Santa is almost here! hehe. This was taken the day before Christmas Eve when I finally finished wrapping everything...until the next day when my mom brought over all of her gifts she got every one for me to help wrap! Alexis even helped Grandma by playing with all the bows and throwing them every where..she really is a good help!


Now with the holidays almost done I am hoping things around here will slow down to update this a little more...but, I dont see that happening until Feb. We still have Kevin's side of Christmas to do...my moms 50th birthday on January 17th.

We had a wonderful Christmas! We hope every one that reads this did as well!

I hope real soon to get up pictures of Alexis first Christmas!

Alexis dancing

This is Alexis starting to dance while she plays her glow worm. She started doing this about a week and a half ago. Now with all the new toys she got from Christmas and all the songs each toy has she has been dancing a lot more.

Alexis dancing is by far the cutest thing! Maybe she will be a dancer like her mamma was!!!

Were MOVING!!!!!

Big changes are in store for us and we can not wait! We are moving back to Green bay (De Pere)!

Kevin has gotten a new job at VIP Lube in Howard. He will be changing oil and doing car stuff. Were very excited about his hours too! He will be working 8am-4pm or 10am-6pm during the week and even though he may have to work Saturdays they are only open 8am-3pm,closed Sundays and closed holidays! Kevin also will be going to NWTC come January as he will be doing general studies and come next fall he will starting the HVAC (heating and cooling) program. So this is very different for him as he has been in the news business for so long but he could not be more excited and ready for change! I am so excited for him as I know this will make him much more happier with a career change.

As for me, along with selling Avon, I will be taking over one of my dads paper routes with the Green Bay Press Gazette. I will be doing a route for a senior apartments in De Pere. It is the route I used to do before we had gotten married so I am very familiar with the place. Even though it is early in the morning I am very excited to be doing this route again! It's a fast route (only takes 45mins and I will be back home before Kevin gets up for work) I also have made friends with a few of the old folks that live there (including one that actually attended our wedding!)

I am beyond excited to get back to where I am from! I have missed Green Bay so much! My parents are very excited as well. They will be living about 2 miles away from us now!
This move has been in the works now for quiet some time because Milwaukee was just not the city for us to live in. And lets just face it, every body knows I would have given anything to move back to Green Bay :) Don't get me wrong though, Kevin is excited as well to be moving back to Green Bay. He loves being around Lambeau Field! I truly have an amazing husband that would do anything in his power to make me happy!

We have gotten a new place in West De Pere. (it is about 2 blocks down the road from the church we got married at) Sundays we will be able to walk to church it's so close, but of course when the weather is warmer next year!
It's a 2 bedroom, 2 FULL bath! With one bath room being connected through the master bedroom, garage where we only walk down stairs to get to so we don't have to carry Alexis out in the cold, first floor laundry with a washer and dryer, dishwasher, fire place, free gas and heat so I will be wearing shorts inside when it is -10 outside! It's an upper apartment with a patio deck and our back yard is all fields and a nice park for us to take Alexis too next spring. I'd say the place is about 5 years old or less so its very nice. Here are some pictures we took...

This is when you first walk in. Looking straight is the dinning room and then the kitchen. Off to the right is a large closet..who knows what I will fill that with!
Standing in part of our dinning room.
Alexis loves the ceiling fan so she sat and watched it while we took pictures
looking from our living room this is our kitchen. I love the fact that I will have a dishwasher and I love the island which has room for pots and pans underneath.
Standing in the dinning room..off to the left the living room..straight ahead where my dad is is Alexis room and off to the right is Kevin's man bathroom
our laundry room. Since there is no basement or upstairs its first floor laundry which was on my list of things to have at our new place. Another check off my list of things to have!

The girls bathroom! Lots of cabinets and off to the left is the shower and toilet. This bathroom even has a window in it which I love having!
Daddy putting Alexis on top of the fireplace! I love that it has vaulted ceilings!
Alexis bedroom. It has vaulted ceilings, and 2! big closets!! I think Mommy is going to have to do some more shopping to fill up another closet...darn!
Another full bath but this one is Kevin's. It has the standing shower and the girls one has the tub.

this is standing from the hallway looking at the dinning room, kevins bath room.

Alexis and me standing by the fire place. Awesome part is we don't pay to use the fire place.

Kevin starts his new job Monday Nov. 22nd!

So, as you can see, big changes are about to happen and this family is could not be more ready! (minus all the packing we have yet to finish)