Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas!

Alexis was happy to sit in the vicinity of Santa, as long as someone else was actually holding her...

Christmas Eve is not complete without a little bit of crying in the corner...

Look! Santa took a bite out of the cookies!

Opening the big gift...

Lots of great presents!

Three Years Old!

Alexis is three years old today!!! Time flies... Here she is posing with her presents VERY early this morning...

New favorite game!

Getting ready to frost the cake...

Posing with the finished product...

Tastes as good as it looks!

Christmas Card

Well, we made a valiant effort to take a new Christmas card photo this year... and ended up using an old picture instead. Here are some of our better attempts...

Las Vegas Trip

After a long delay, I am finally posting the pictures from our Las Vegas trip that we took a few weeks ago. I will blame the delay on Christmas preparations, baby preparations, and falling asleep on the couch when I should be making posts. We did a very bad job taking pictures during our trip, so I'll do my best with what we have.

Alexis LOVED the fountain show at the Bellagio!

We got to pet some stingrays at the Shark Exhibit at MGM Grand.

Checking out the gator...

Coolest park ever!
It was nice to be able to visit a park in the middle of November.

Gramma Debi and Alexis by the giant Christmas Tree. Santa had a little house behind the tree, but Alexis wanted no part in visiting him.

Pretty girl in her new dress from Gramma Debi and Grampa Joe!

Resting on the quilt and pillowcase that Gramma Debi made.

Playing with Aunt Dee!

Say Hi to Baby Fornero

Here are the first pictures of Baby Fornero!
What do you think?
Boy or girl? Or Tiger?
Alexis thinks it is a girl... tiger.

FYI... Alexis does not know whether it is a boy or girl, so don't bother trying to get her to tell you!!!

Halloween

A little late... here are some Halloween pictures finally!

Uncle Scott went Trick or Treating with us in his viking outfit!

Alexis tried on the hat...

Getting ready for Halloween

Alexis worked on her pumpkin this week... she handled coloring it and scooping out seeds, and Mommy handled the carving.

Early Birthday Party and the Pumpkin Farm

This weekend we had an early birthday party for Alexis. We decided to have her party with the O'Shea family early this year to spread it out from Christmas a little bit. Alexis had a GREAT time!

Hanging out with Uncle Scott and Uncle Brian...

Partying with Gramma, Grampa, and Granny...

Here is Alexis' birthday cookie cake... yes, it does say Happy 3TH Birthday... apparently English is not the first language for the woman who does the cakes at the Jewel bakery.

Alexis played with her new baby doll... she can even go into the bathtub with her!

New Lite Brite! They are flat screens nowadays. No longer the giant TV monitor of years past.

New ballerina dress!

A new scooter! Thanks everybody for all of the great gifts!

Today we went to Bengston's Pumpkin Farm.
Alexis really liked to play in the pumpkin patch.

She thinks the pumpkins are really big soccer balls to kick...