First Birthday

So yesterday we celebrated Alexa's first birthday. Her birthday was actually the 29th, but we had her party yesterday. We only invited the immediate family because our apartment is small, but it was very nice. Her theme was flowers and butterflies. It worked out great like that because that was the theme of her nursery in our old house. She was a bit cranky because she did not feel too well. The day before, she went for her first year checkup and received three shots, so she was running a fever and with my mom catering to her every need, she is very spoiled! Anyway, we ate, opened presents and had cake. Alexa did not go too crazy with the cake. She put her fingers in it, but just looked at her fingers. I had to put her fingers in her mouth, but even then she really did not eat it. Here are a few pictures from the party.





















I bought Alexa a tiara that says 1 on it. She looked so cute with it on! That's me, my sister, my mom and birthday girl.





















In Korea, it's a tradition for kids and adults to wear these outfits during special occasions like weddings and birthdays. Since first birthdays are considered as a special occasion, my mother bought Alexa an outfit and she wore it (just for pictures).





















Me and my birthday princess.

My SIL helped me put together a slideshow that shows Alexa from birth to now. It came out so great. The only thing that didn't work right is the song we downloaded for the show. It was protected and we were not allowed to use it. So we used Kenny Chesney's Me and You. It came out so well! Everything turned out great!

In other news...we bought a house! So excited to get out of this tiny apartment. We converted the dining room into Alexa's play room because she got so many toys for Christmas and her birthday. In the new house, there is a bonus room that we are going to turn into a play room. I can't wait to move in. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

What a Bully

I love watching Alexa grow into her own little person. She is starting to form a personality of her own and I am just falling more deeply in love with her each time she shows me a different part of her. Yesterday I picked her up from daycare and I noticed a scratch underneath her right eye. I'm pretty good at keeping up with her nails, so I know she didn't scratch herself. When I read her daily report card, I saw that she got into her first fight. This morning I talked to the teacher about it and she told me her and Maddie (a girl about her age) were fighting over a walker. Everytime Maddie would be walking around with it, Alexa will crawl over to her and get up on the walker and try to push it and push Maddie away. Then Maddie would do the same to Alexa. Then Alexa got into another fight with Max, another baby around her age, and that's who she received that scratch from. She is such a bully! Her sweet face sure does hide it well though doesn't it.




































These pictures are from a few months back, but are some of my favs.

Bath Buddy

Man...I am so bad at keeping my blog up to date. So today, I was giving Alexa a bath. I usually let her play with her bath toys for awhile before lathering her up. Well, I ran to the kitchen for something and when I came back to the bathroom, guess what I saw in the tub with her....POO! I was completely grossed out. Thankfully, it was one long poo instead of many little chunks. My wonderful husband was kind enough to pick it up with toilet paper after the tub was drained. I think I would have either passed out or threw up if I had to do it. YUCK!

In other news, miss Alexa took two steps last week all by herself. She really is growing up way too fast. When she was first born, the doctors told me she would be behind because she was born 6 weeks premature, but she is advancing well for her age. I'm so proud of her! She has also started picking up food and eating all by herself. She loves to eat...just like her mommy!

In just a matter of days, Alexa will have a brand new cousin. My SIL Taylor is being induced tomorrow with her second child! We're all so excited. Can't wait to see what this little man is going to look like. I can't wait till Alexa gets to be the age where she can play with her cousins...actually I can wait. She is growing up way too fast...hehe.

Plans have changed...I am no longer going home to visit my parents this month. I am actually going to in the middle of January. It's better this way because Jeremy is going to Arizona for work and I wasn't thrilled about staying home by myself and Alexa for the whole week, so I'll be in CT with my parents.

More updates to come and some pictures!