Feeding the Ducks

Antonio took Alexia to feed the ducks a couple months ago and I was jealous so we went again so I could go, too. She was VERY excited when the ducks would eat her bread.

Dying Easter Eggs

Alexia had so much fun dying eggs. She liked to throw the eggs in the dye really hard. She broke a bunch, but who cares? She had fun and that's all that matters.

Easter

Alexia playing outside after her Easter Egg Hunt and Grandma and Grandpa's.
She did really well finding her eggs.

I can almost hear her say "cheeeeeeeeessssssseeeeeee"

The Swingset

Antonio and I have been looking for a swing set for a long time and we finally gave in and got one for Alexia. Here is Antonio building it.
Antonio, his friend Enoch, my Dad and my Mom all helped in the process even though I don't have any pictures of them. It was an ALL DAY event!! Thankfully it was warm and I got a really, really good tan so I was happy.
Alexia loves it as you can see by her face.
We didn't get any pictures of her on the swings, but she loves to swing.

My Little Angel Pie

Alexia and her Grandma

Alexia's grandma, Maria Luisa came to visit in January. Alexia loved it. She followed her around all day. I kinda felt bad because Alexia wouldn't leave her alone. It was very cute though.

New Years

Antonio and me at midnight.
Alexia learned a new trick on this night. All of the kids were jumping off of the stairs and she decided that, that was fun. She does it non-stop now. It is kinda scary. I'll be upstairs and I hear "boom" and it is just her jumping from the ottoman, or the couch, or the stairs. She is obsessed with jumping.
She is also obsessed with guitars. She turns everything into a guitar..spatulas, those little rolley things that make music when you push them, hangers, antonio's camera bag......She was in heaven when she played with this guitar.
Jumping...again

Christmas...I know...it's way late!!

Alexia got a little playhouse for Christmas. She loves it!! I don't know why there isn't a picture of the whole thing, but here is the kitchen part.
Look at the smile on her face.....she just opened up a "Wiggles' CD
She loves puzzles.
Alexia also loves "boks"..blocks.
Here we are together opening up some of her presents.
Alexia got a little laptop and she LOVES it!! Now she is like dad, although lately she wants to get on the real computers and it is causing a little friction.
Alexia peeking out the door of her playhouse

Alexia feeding ducks

Alexia's new room

Since we have a new little girl joining our family in a few months, we decided to get Alexia into a new room so that she wouldn't feel kicked out of her crib. I guess we didn't take pictures of the whole room, but here she is in bed. By the way....I bought her a cute, new, pink stereo and she didn't like it cuz she didn't know how to use it. Now we have to live with the ugly, blue one.....at least until I figure out how to switch it back!! :)
She LOVES her doll, Stella. She has to go everywhere with us. Here she is reading a book to Stella.

So....we got a little bit of snow

I had to go to a Primary meeting that was about 8 houses away from mine and there was no way I could drive so we decided to walk.
We got about this far and decided to turn back. The snow was so deep that Alexia could barely walk. It was insane.
This picture was taken in the morning...keep in mind that it snowed until about 9:00 pm. The postman didn't deliver until 8:30. I felt so bad for them. I thought for sure we wouldn't get mail that day. The news reported that we got 13 inches, but I know that it was more than that!! It was insane!!!

Chrisann and Packard

Me getting in the fridge
Alexia playing

Wheeler Farm

One Saturday I went out with my friends to watch the movie Twilight. While I was gone, Antonio took Alexia to Wheeler Farm. He always does so much fun stuff with her. I think he got some good shots.

Random Photos

Here we are at the BYU game. Go Cougars!!!

Here is my Uncle Basil, Daddy, and me at the BYU game...obviously.

It was past our bedtime, but Antonio took a shot of us together. This is the only time Alexia snuggles so we had to get a picture of it.

Las Vegas

Here is Alexia enjoying her Doritos.

I thought this one was funny because if you look at her doll, Stella, she is mooning us.

When we went to Caesar's Palace, Alexia got so mad because she wanted to go swimming in their fountain.

Here we are at the Rain Forest Cafe (this is the only reason I go to Vegas). Alexia had so much fun mimicking the animals.

Halloween

Alexia wasn't too sure about trick-or-treating. The first house she went to she cried and did not want to go on the porch. As soon as the neighbor held out the candy, she decided to go get it and run as fast as she could back to Antonio. It only took her a couple of houses and then she was a pro. She would go up to the door by herself and knock. She got so excited. I can't believe how fast she is growing up.
Every year we go trick- or -treating to my parents house. They buy "Halloween presents" for the grand-kids. They are so sweet. This was actually the last stop, so Alexia wasn't quite as excited as she had been earlier. Here she is posing with her cousins.

Alexia went trick -0r -treating to Uncle Terry's. He gave her about 10 Kit Kats. She was loving it.

Here she is trick- or -treating at our house. I stayed home because somebody had to give out candy. If you know me, that is a hard thing for me to do. As I have mentioned before, I am the holiday grinch. Halloween is starting to grow on me, though. I just hate when kids come and say, "How many do I get?" I just want to say "none!!"

I love this picture of Alexia waiting for her candy. She actually picked out her treats herself. She mostly got suckers. It was so fun to look in her bucket and see what candy she picked. I need to train her to get more Twix. :)

Alexia playing

More pictures from California

So I was looking through some files int he computer and found these lost pictures of California. So here are a few more.

Me and my sister, Heidi in front of Golden Gate Bridge.

Me, Heidi, and Alexia playing at the Monteray Aquarium.

My little Angel sitting in a shell at the aquarium.

Antonio and Alexia looking at the fish in the huge aquarium. It was sooo cool.

Alexia trying to catch a frog.

The Zoo

This year we decided to become "members" of the zoo. We bought a yearly pass. You will probably see lots of pictures of us at the zoo in the future. Alexia loves it and so does her dad. He takes so many pictures. I get a little bored. The weather has been perfect (70) so we have been going more often. Since we have a pass we don't have to spend all day trying to get our moneys worth. It is nice. Here we are in front of the elephants (although I just realized that you can't exactly see an elephant). Oh well.

Here are Antonio and Alexia in front of the zoo. Alexia did not want to smile or look at the camera.

As luck would have it, as soon as I walked away from this bear, he decided to play with his little toy. I guess I shouldn't be so impatient.

The zoo keeper was feeding this giraffe and it was soooooo close to us. I got scared a couple of times that it was going to eat Antonio's camera. Seriously!! We were right under it. It was fun and scary.

I thought this tree was so pretty. I didn't see too many red leaves this year so I had to take a picture of this one. Too bad Alexia wouldn't look at me. Ahhhh...two year olds!!

Alexia

My little sleeping angel....
It was FREEZING on Saturday, but we wanted to go for a walk (or I wanted to go for a walk to get a Diet Coke from the Chevron :)) I told her to get her shoes on and of course she put on her Crocs. She loves them. I am going to have to hide them from her because it's all she wants to wear. I did make sure she had on socks so her feet weren't totally freezing.
Alexia likes to look out the window in her bedroom. If I don't pull the blinds up, she gets under them.