Alexander Archives: 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Baby Nursery

So for those of you who don't know the story or who forgot, I'm going to quickly recap how we were able to win this cute nursery furniture set. A radio station here does a contest called "Baby Bump Watch" where they have pregnant women send in pictures of themselves pregnant. Then after they're all posted listeners go on-line and vote for their favorite picture. Then the first place girl with the most votes got to win a Crib, Dresser and rocking chair with ottomon. Well, I entered in and actually won first place!! It was so amazing I couldn't believe it!!! So they had the top three contestants all go to a live radio broadcast where they told us on-air who won. It was so cool. The contest was also given by Babinski's Baby which is a way nice and expensive baby boutique. So the other two contestants got a $200 gift certificate for the store. Anyhoo, we got that furniture and put it together and it's so cute!! What a blessing it was for our little family to win that furniture. I'll admit I was a little worried about having to buy baby furniture but the Lord provided a way for us. Anyways, here are the pictures of the furniture and what I've been able to do so far in the nursery. We're in an apartment so we're not able to paint the walls but I've had some amazing friends give some great ideas for the walls that I'm going to work on when I have time!! ha!!

Friday, October 23, 2009

First Time!!

Alright,
So I'm seeing how this all works. haha I'm finally taking the time to learn. Anyhoo, I figure since the baby is due soon that this would be a fun and easy way for our family to keep updated with us. Jayson is very excited for the baby of course and he just can't wait. I on the other hand....am also very excited but really nervous. I don't feel like "mommy material" and it's sometimes just weird thinking about being a mom. I feel like I can't even keep our apartment organized and clean so how will I be able to do that with a baby???? *sigh* Oh well, enough complaining. I am very excited for out little guy to get here and also to be able to sleep on my back again!! haha Sweet :o)

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Of course the minute I write or think the word "favorite" I start singing the song from Sound of Music!! haha Oh well :-p ~Favorite Music~ This one is actually pretty easy because I enjoy all music. I will have one week of listening to non-stop contemporary, then switch to Country. Then the next week I'll listen to R&B. haha I also LOVE classical music and movie soundtracks. You can't help but be touched by the music. ~Favorite Books~ All time favorite Two Suns in the Sky. It's a book about fearing of change and accepting differences in other people. It's one I read when I was 16 and I've loved it ever since. I read the Dealing With Dragon's series in the 6th grade because I had a teacher who had this great idea to read us the first book of series. Why? Because then she would get us to do what I did, I loved the first book so much that I checked out the rest in the series and whaddya know? I read 4 books in a row. haha Of course I have to mention the Harry Potter books. Something so magical about escaping into a world that is so far fetched and yet could be in my own backyard and I wouldn't know it. I have more but can't think of any right now. Blah. I'll add more later :o) ~Favorite Movies~ SANDLOT baby!! Whoop whoop! I think this movie pretty much brought our whole family together growing up. lol No joke. We watched it on every single vacation car ride and a lot of weekends when we discovered we had a friend who had never seen it. "He's a square Benny! The kid's a square!" "He an, L-7 WEENIE!!" That leads me into my next favorite movie and Knight Family classic......THAT THING YOU DO!! Ah!! Tom Hanks was a genious when he thought up this movie. It has the BEST quotes and good music. What more could you ask for? There's something about quoting Lenny that can brighten up even my cloudiest days. haha "Know what this is?" "Presidental flashcards?" "A bonus, you know why?" "I have NO idea." HAHA Alas, that brings me to another truly great quoteable and relateable movie...FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF Oh man!! Growing up I wished that Ferris was MY friend and that I also had a friend like Cameron. lol I wish I had the guts to crank call my Principal and check out a friend. "Oh he's very popular Ed. The sporto's, the motorheads. Geeks, sluts, buds, wasteoids, dweebies, egg-heads. They all adore him, they think he's a rightous dude."

Well what is there tell? I was born and raised in Bountiful, UT. I have three older brothers and one younger sister. My second oldest brother, Josh, is autistic. Although his disibility can be hard sometimes, I would not have it any other way. He's brought a wonderful gift into our family. To learn patience and acceptance to everyone around us. I work in an Elementary school in the Function Skills (Special Ed) classroom. Again, what an AMAZING opportunity to work with these kids and to gain the blessings in doing so. They are so close to our Heavenly Father that you can't help but feel his love when you work with them. I've been married to Jayson Alexander for almost 4 years now. It will be 4 this May. We welcomed our first baby into our family on November 14, 2009. Bentley Jay Alexander and are excited to be expecting a baby girl at the end of July of 2011. We truly enjoy being parents and raising this beautiful baby as our own.