Birthday Wishes.

We celebrated Alexis' 3rd birthday this weekend with family and friends. It was great to have everyone over to our house.  I have to tell you though ... I'm exhausted.  I know Alexis had fun though and she was completely spoiled by everyone.  I'm looking forward to a low-key, relaxing couple of days now ...

P.S. - Is anyone else loving this weather? 22 today .... in March! Crazy BUT I will take it! :)

Fun Family Shoot.

I know I've spoken about my friend Sophie before. She takes our pictures - she's actually the only one that usually takes our pictures.  She has taken pictures of Alexis since she was 5 months old.  Naturally when it was time to get some new updated family pictures we turned to her ... cause well ... she's the BEST!  Here are some of the pictures of that day and make sure you check out Sophie's website!

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Fall 2011

Christmas 2011 Snippits ... Better Late then Never!

She Skates.

If you know Derek, then you probably know that he is a complete sports nut.  It's hard to believe that he can remember random scores and point numbers from hockey games years and years past - and its not just limited to hockey but other sports as well.  Ever since Alexis was young he has talked about being able to get her on the ice when she was old enough.  Now she's not old enough yet to be taking lessons or playing hockey (obviously) but we took her this weekend to see what she thought about the ice.  She loves watching hockey with Derek, and when we had to go vote awhile back there - I went to the arena to cast my vote taking little Lexi Lou with me.  Once we were done there I saw some small children practising hockey and decided to take Alexis to check it out. She was so excited! I mean like screaming "Look Mommy Look!" and of course her favourite word "PUCK!!!".

So off we went to the local ice arena which isn't far from our house.  Alexis was hesitant to get out there at first but once she saw Derek do a couple laps she was ready to go and try it out!

Taking a break - Derek coming by and stopping and "snowing" her ...

 she thought this was hilarious!

Then she started to get the hang of this whole skating thing ...

Big City. Bright Lights.

My sister moved into her new condo about 4 weeks ago. We were there to help her move and to see her new place. I hadn't been in Toronto for a long, long, long time. This was Alexis first trip there as well! I managed to snap some pictures of our time together.

This park and view is across the street from where we were staying!

I'm just going to start to tell people that this is our house! Seriously this house is gorgeous - it is the house next to where we were staying that weekend.  I love everything about it!

We finished the day with a trip to the Yorkdale Mall. Ummm just saying first time seeing a Tiffany and Co. store (5 year anniversary coming up there hubby! Just saying :P) and an official Louis Vuitton store - not to mention Coach, Crate and Barrel and William Sonoma! I was in heaven!  We had a great time and my sister's new condo is gorgeous! We will be going again soon and I'm sure there will be more pictures!

Alexis and Connor.

A few pictures of Alexis and her cousin Connor from a couple weekends ago.

Typical Alexis face while doing something lol!