Alexander Archives: 4/17/11 - 4/24/11

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Bentley's First Birthday 11-14-2010

Wow! We had actually made it.....we made it to Bentley's first birthday! What a sad and happy time all at once. My little baby was no longer a baby, he was a toddler! And he made sure we all knew it. Bentley has always amazed me with the effortless way he caught onto things. He was quick to sit up, roll, crawl, and eventually walk. Since the moment he was born, he always had an older look to him. I've always called him my "old soul" because he always seemed so much more aware then he should have for his age. From the first moment he opened his eyes, he knew more about life then I did.

I know I'm digging myself a hole when I say this, but Bentley was pretty much the best baby. He was the easiest baby to soothe and make happy. The only issues we ever had was nursing and some stomach issues, but he took it like a champ and eventually got over everything.....anyhoo! I'm getting off track, back to the birthday!

Because our families are so big, we decided to have 2 seperate parties to accomodate everyone.

We had the first one at my parents house but my mom has the pictures and not me....so if I get my hands on them I'll post them. She of course made her home made cake and even made home made faundaunt to cover the cake. It really was a cute cake and he LOVED eating it!

Our second party was at Jayson's parents house and we invited our close friends to. Jayosn wanted him to have a Superman themed party, so that's what he got. We got him a cute cake and a cupcake with a #1 just for him. By this point he got the idea about eating the cake and he went to town on it. It was so fun having all the family and friends there. I finally got some pictures with his aunts and uncles and grandparents. We even took the 4 generation picture of the Alexander men. I LOVE this picture and I hope to get one professionally done sometime in the near futrue. Yay!

I'm sorry for my crappy camera

Playing with his buddy Daxton

Jaxon, Heidi & Matt Porter

Angie, J.D. & Daxton Muir

Cake Time!!

So fun

Yum yum

Great-Grandma & Grandpa Alexander

Bentley with Grandma A

Aunt Kylie

Uncle Cory & Aunt Kylie

Uncle Chase

Grandpa A

4 Generations

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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.