Orange Blossom Bebe

I have started a business...
www.orangeblossombebe.com
Here are a few of the items I am doing.

Wipey Cases



Diaper Sleeves

Custom Onesies

Two of my very close friend are doing this with me. Sarah Sheppard and Elizabeth Ford. Here are a couple of the items they make.

Diaper Cakes and Birthday hats.

Thanks to all my family and friend who have given me the support and encourage me to do this! Please let me know what you think.

Going to the beach.

We took Alexander to the beach on Monday, it was a blast. He was all over the place, he chased the birds and ran in to the waves. He would not go near the water at first, then I took him in just enough to get his feet wet and he realized that it was safe . Then I had a hard time getting him out of the water. Oh and the water was so cold.

I love this picture...

Alexander has become a little dare devil. Jeremy and I looked over at Alexander and he was trying to stand on his rocket that he got for Christmas. I kept snapping the picture either too early or too late.

Alexander's first Mohawk!

He has never had enough hair to do anything. So last night after his bath I was able to get it in a Mohawk. How cool is that!

Fun around the house

How cute is this picture. It was taken in my dinning room at the window that looks at the front yard. Jeremy was backing out of the drive way, Alexander and the dogs went to see him off.

What a messy eater Alexander is...
No matter what I am feeding him he wants to do it himself. In the top 2 I gave him some strawberries with whip cream. Which he loved. In the bottom 2 I gave him a nutragrain bar. He loves the Gerber cereal bars but they are more expensive, so I thought I would try nutragrain bars. Well, they have ALOT more filling in them and he got it everywhere. Tasty!

The other day on the way out of Wal-Mart I gave Alexander my keys to play with. I started hearing a horn honking, when I arrived at my car I realized it was Alexander making my car horn honk with the lock button. Tonight he went through his diaper bag and found the keys and that was the first thing he did, go for the lock button.

There was a member only preview of the sting rays at the zoo this weekend. Alexander was so funny. He would point at the sting rays a say "Fis". Then he would put his hand in the water to play until the sting rays would swim by and out would come his hands.

I am so amazed everyday at how much Alexander is learning. He can do so much now. My favorite is his vocabulary, I love to hear him say or try to say words. He can say: Bird, Ball, Fish, More, No, Night night, Mom, Dad, Dixie, Libby, Pop, Bob, and Milk. He understands: Outside, Eat, Goldfish, Tongue, Nose, Eye, Belly Button, Go, and Shoes. He copies me all the time the other night I was getting on to the dogs and made an "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah" sound, Alexander looked up at me and made the same noise. It was so funny.

The family has grown again

Kristy and Zach welcomed Beckett Paul on Valentine's day. Jeremy and I were both very SURPRISED to find out it was a BOY!

We went to visit them in Gainsville on Saturday. We got to see them in the hospital and then help welcome them home. Alexander was not very interrested in Beckett, I was a little concerned he would be jealous when I held him but he wasn't. Instead he pushed around the chairs and the crib in the room.

It is cool to see how much Beckett and Alexander look alike. Alexander is on the right and Beckett is on the left. I should not be surprise Alexander is all Burgess!

Here is the BIG group of us now. Congratualtion Kristy and Zach we know you will be great parents to Beckett just like you are to Evie Kate. We love you!

Valentine's Day

"Metro Park"

My friend Becky told me about this really great park downtown Jacksonville and she was right. It is AMAZING. Not only was there a jeep, a bus, and a playground, but there was also this HUGE village. It had a "Yellow Brick Road" that led us through the entire park. Alexander loved it, his favorite was the jeep, all he wanted to do was steer it, I guess he is just ALL boy.

"Bird" It is so cute to hear him say words like bird. Alexander kept pointing at the bird that was by him while we ate lunch. He even shared some of his lunch with it.

Happy Valentine's Day
Jeremy and I had a great Valentine's Day, we took Alexander to Chili's (Jeremy got a gift card for his birthday). Then some friends of ours did a trade off with us. I watched their little girl on the 13th and they watched Alexander on the 14th so Jeremy and I could go and see a movie. We saw "Fool's Gold" and it was really good. What a great Valentine'day and what great friends we have!

13 months and growing

I got Alexander these foam bath letters and thought it would be cute to stick all the letters for his name on his back. He really did not even care that I was doing anything to him.

"Hey that is my high chair!"
Last week I watched my friend Sarah's little girl Ava and Alexander was not so sure about her using his high chair. He really loves having her over and she think he is the WILDEST thing she has ever seen. She gets excited everytime he comes near her.

We had to get Alexander a new ball pit, we returned the one Mia and Papi got him because it got a really bad hole. We found this one at walmart and he loves it. He can completly turn it over and make balls go everywhere! He was so funny when I was trying to blow it up, he could not wait. He kept sneeking around me and jumping on it.

Some of Alexander's Favorite Things...

Eating from a "Big Boy Plate", Goldfish (we have so many because they were buy one get one free at Publix), "The Boat" at the mall play area(he yells at any kid that tries to take the wheel from him), and Talking on the phone.

Alexander has learned some fun and some not so fun things lately...
~Turning off the TV, this one really make Jeremy mad.
~Says "Mom" it is so cute, he says it really fast.
~Says "Um" and looks around to see who is listening.
~Says "Pop"
~Climbs on EVERYTHING, the couch, the ottamen, up the slide and on his leap frog table.
~Opens the sliding glass door, he loves to be outside.
~Turns on the water in our master bath tub
~Opens his CD player and spins the CD
~Lifts up his feet for me to put on his shoes and socks, he knows it means we are going outside.
~Opens and digs though his toy box
~Can sign-"More", "Eat", and "All Done"
~Waves to anyone who will look his way.

I have also been trying to give him new foods that we had to wait to give him. He loves eggs but surpisingly he does not like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I think his favorite lunch is lunchable snacks. He gets excited and starts kicking his feet when I come towards his high chair with it.

Alexander is almost weined, he only takes a morning nursing now. I was not sure if I was going to cut out his bed time or his moring time nursing but I think it was easier for both of us to cut out the bed time. He does not take anything to go to bed, he just eats dinner at around 6:30 and then goes to bed a 8. I was really surpised he was totally fine just going to bed. He is growing up so fast.

Our family just keeps growing...

We welcomed Caleb Causey to the family on January 21. He is 6 lbs and 19 inches, he was born 4 1/4 weeks early. His mom and dad, Michael and Melody are so ready to bring him home from the hospital but they will have to wait until tomorrow. He is doing really good, Melody has been able to nurse him in the NICU at The Florida Hospital. We got to meet him on Saturday, he is so little. We were going to let Alexander meet him but they would only let Caleb's siblings in the NICU. I cannot wait until he is home and I can hold and play with him more.

We are hoping it will not be too much longer and we will be welcoming another niece or nephew......I know Kristy and Zach are ready for the baby to be here.


Our family is going to grow again on November 22, John my younger brother asked his girlfriend of 3 years to marry him. I am so excited and cannot wait for us to be a part of their special day. Especially Alexander being the ring bearer, how cut is that going to be?

After a very busy weekend, Alexander fell asleep on the way home. Which he has not done in a LONG time. In fact this trip was the first trip I sat up front and let Alexander and the dogs sit in the back alone.

Just the 3 of us.

On Jeremy's birthday we went to Maggiano's....mmmmmm! We had some really yummy food. Then we went to Barnes and Noble and had some Starbucks to finish the night off. I think we celebrated Jeremy's 29th birthday wonderfully! Alexander and I are so blessed to have him in our lives! We really do love him!

Happy Birthday Jeremy

We celebrated Jeremy's birthday in Gainesville at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants.

Jeremy had to wear a great birthday hat....although Alexander did not think it was so great.

Alexander and Evie had a blast at the party.....look how messy they got the floor! We went back to Kristy and Zach's after dinner and Alexander pushed Evie and Maggie in her wagon.

These are a few of my favorite things.

Alexander loves "Super Why", it is his favorite show!

Alexander has hated brushing his teeth from the time I started doing it but he loves my tooth brush because it is electric. So we got Alexander an electric one, and now he loves to brush his teeth. The fire truck even has working lights!

Big mouth, he has discovered that he can hold stuff in his mouth. I was feeding him a banana trying to give him small bites but he grab it from my hand to show me he could take BIG bites.

12 Month Check Up

Alexander is now 24 lbs and 8oz and 32 inches long, and is doing great! I love the new squat position he has learned how cute is that! We even had time to read a couple of books while we were waiting for the nurses to come in and give him shots. This is the stillest he has ever been for us to read to him!

After the doctors appointment we went to pick up my bike. We had Alexander's new bike seat installed that he got from Mia and Papi for his birthday. He does not really like the helmet but once I got going he forgot all about it.

Then home for some much needed play time on the back porch. Alexander loves his tricycle from Grandma and Grandpa. He loves to push it and tonight he discovered he can chase the dogs with it. He would just laugh when they would run from him. Libby even helped him up when he fell. I think the dogs are really starting to get used to him being mobile.

It was great to tell the Doctor all the things Alexander is doing:
He is waving Hello and Goodbye
Says: Ma ma, Da da, Dixie, Libby Maggie, Hey, Uh oh, and Hi
Pointing at stuff he wants
Gives you what he has when you say "Thank you"

1Year Photo Shoot

Alexander had a great 1 year photo shoot. All of his pictures turned out really good, even if he hated wearing a hat!

I love these of him in his "Tonka Truck" that Aunt Buff got him for his birthday. The funny thing is that he really gets in it like you see in the pictures.

I loved all the ones of us with him!

Alexander has changed so much. He has started really walking. As you know he took his first step back on Halloween and has continued to take 5-6 steps at a time. He can crawl so fast that he really did not care about walking. Well today he was taking to many steps to count.

He got a car from Pop and Granny for his birthday and I put it together 2 nights ago. He loves it, he climbs in through all the windows and through the door. He loves to check and make sure it has gas. He can make it go backwards, but he does not have the going forward yet.

He got a Tricycle from Grandma and Grandpa that he also loves. When he gets on it and I push him he tries to put his feet on the petals. It is amazing to me to see him do it, how does he know that is how it works?

He is really loving facing forward in his car seat. Mia and Papi got him a DVD player for the car, it is GREAT! He loves to watch it! He is really good in his seat without it except when it is dark. I am not sure why, I guess he thinks because it is dark he is supposed to go to sleep.

I am always excited to see what the next adventure is going to be.