Well, to call us slack on updating our family blog would be terribly generous. But finally an update has come.
For those who do not already know, we're excitedly awaiting the arrival of Alexa's little sister. She's set to make an appearance around August 18th. Her Poppy (Matt's dad) is hoping for a few days delay so they can share a birthday. With the recent heat though, I'm willing to accept an early birth.
Matt started a new job with DHEC this time last year. He's the Director of Art and Photography for the state office of DHEC. This spring he was recognized by the Public Health Association for his contributions to their many projects. We incorporated the banquet into a week long family vacation at the beach.
Alexa has grown exponentially. It's amazing to look back and see the difference in her. Next week she will be 2. A very active 2. "Go" is one of her favorite words. It's something she seems to do non-stop. Go go go.
We are finally close to wrapping up renovations on our backyard. When we purchased the home it was the biggest drawback. Only a small portion of the actual yard was fenced in and what was there, was overgrown, very shady, hilly and was nearly unusable for a child. Because of the constant shade it stayed damp and mosquitos took over. Our front yard is a hill, so poor Alexa had practically no where to play outside. After a lot of hassle and unneccesary aggravation, our backyard is big, open, flatter and has sod. We're in the process of getting the beds established. For her 2nd birthday, we got her a swing set which I'm fairly sure will mean we'll be spending a LOT of time outside.
Life has been so busy over the past year. We haven't gotten to see and talk to our friends and family as often as we would like. This is something we're working on. If you're on Facebook and we haven't connected, feel free to "Friend" Matt or I either one. We're both on there and we try to keep some sort of updating on there, including pictures.
Alexa prancing around the beach.
Out to dinner!
We love you all!
It's Been Forever
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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Time is Flying
Friday, June 5, 2009
Hi Everyone!
Time is wizzing by at what feels like warp speed. Last weekend Matt's brother Patrick married his long time sweetheart, Kelly. We're so thrilled for them and we look forward to seeing them enjoy a long, happy marriage! I have pictures from the wedding, but sadly that camera cord is temporarily misplaced, so I won't be able to post them here until Monday when I get to the office with the camera in tow and can slip the xD card into the printer slot. But I will do it. I promise.
Today, we discovered that little Alexa is finally getting a tooth. You can barely see the white of the corner of her top right tooth. So maybe she'll have a tooth by her 1st birthday!
In other news, Matt accepted a job with DHEC so he will be starting to work July 2. We'll miss having him around every day because he has been doing freelance work out of an office in our office, but I know he's happy to gainfully employed again. He will continue doing freelance work and building that business. His new boss(s) encouraged him to continue doing it, so that was wonderful news.
Other than for that, we're plodding along and working on lining up a 1st birthday celebration on June 27th. Anyone interested in celebrating with us is welcome to come. It will be held at our home, just email us for more info (april dot alsup at yahoo dot com - no spaces, of course).
Okay, I'm going to go spend some quality time with Matt while Alexa sleeps snuggled with her bunny upstairs. I promise to post pics next week!
Love,
April
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Oops
Monday, May 25, 2009
It's said that time flies when you're having fun and that's definitely true for us. I recently had it pointed out to me that this blog hasn't been updates since March and I'm terribly sorry about that.
So I'm going to do a quick run down and get to posting some pics.
Alexa is now crawling, everywhere including up the stairs. She also crawls over to stuff and stands up. A couple of nights ago she let go and lasted a full half second before she sat down. Maybe three quarters of a second.
Alexa also went to a birthday party. It was for Anna, the child of some good friends of ours, Eric and Sara. Anna turned 2, but she was so sweet to share a ride on her big gift with Alexa. A picture of them in Anna's new wagon is below. Alexa thought it was great!
She took her first dip in her Oma and Poppy's pool today. I have pics, but not on here, so I will get some here.
This Saturday she gets a new auntie. Okay, Kelly, Patrick's (Matt's brother) fiance, is already called Auntie Kelly, but on Saturday it becomes offical. So we're gearing up for that celebration.
Alexa says "Mama" and "Dada" but I don't think she really gets it. Although she does point at Matt and say Dada sometimes. But it still seems sort of random.
She's finally getting hair. Enough that we gave her a cute mohawk in the bath tub one evening.
We're working on birthday plans for her first birthday. I can't believe it's coming so soon!
Ok, that's all I have for updates right now... So here are some pics:
This was Alexa's first real attempt at standing. She did a great job. The electrical cords the box is blocking are a great motivator to get her moving. She likes electricity.
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Spring is in the air...
Saturday, March 14, 2009
The weather the past few weeks has been up and down. But the spring bug has bitten us. With a week of 70 degree weather, it's no wonder though. Matt has been working hard. Hopefully with the local St. Patrick's Day event over he'll get to relax a little more. He's such a wonderful hubby and daddy. No matter how busy he is, how crappy his day was, he always makes time for me and Alexa.
Alexa and I have been busy trying to sell houses. She's such a wonderful little assistant. If I get a negative phone message she knows exactly what to do with it... rip to shreds :o). And if it's a good message she'll slobber all over it which is her quivalent to kisses for now. :o)
I finally found a few minutes to upload some pictures from our camera. I don't have the little videos from the other camera yet. Maybe one day.
Next month we head to Tennessee for some pre-wedding events for Patrick and Kelly (Matt's brother and his wonderful bride-to-be). I think we're all looking forward to the chance to get away! I'll have to make sure and get the other camera all emptied up before then. I also found my tripod this week, so I'm planning to try and find some time to play with it and Alexa. I promise, having a child won't make me into a photo nut. Not a major one at least.
Okay, here's some of our recent photos (Don't worry, I know you skipped all of my rambling and went straight to the pictures, I'm not offended)
Our little Gamecock.
She loves Daddy and his hat.
She also loves bath time.
In these two she's posing for the camera in the dress Auntie Kelly got for her while we were in VA.
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Our Trip to Grandpa's House
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Alexa finally got to meet her great-grandpa. Matt's grandfather, whom we lovingly call Papa, was thrilled to finally hold and hug his first great-grandbaby and she was equally thrilled to be held by her Papa.
The trip was shorter than we would have liked, but filled with family fun. Here are some pictures:
Papa and his very first great-grandbaby. Alexa loves her Papa!
Alexa and her cousin Tabitha.
Alexa and her cousin Cindy.
Alexa and har cousin Amanda.
Alexa and her Great Aunt Janice.
Kelly, Tabitha and Miss Maggie relaxing :o)
I promise to get better about posting quicker. I promise!
Love,
April
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Snow Days...
Sunday, February 1, 2009
We finally got some snow. It was light, short lived, and gone before lunch time. So we got Alexa up so she could get her first sight of snow.
Other than that, things have been pretty quiet here. She's sitting up pretty well, sleeping great and eating baby food at least for one meal. We're really blessed!
Note: I originally started this post just after the snow the end of January. But I just got the pics uploaded. Sorry it took so long!
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