April Happenings...

Hey Everyone! Amazingly, it is almost May! April was QUITE a busy month for us! With only a few weeks left of school, Cory and I have both been busy with tests, papers, projects, etc. Thankfully, we still managed to squeeze in a little fun too :) Cory is still busy working in the call center for T-Mobile, and I recently started working at Chick-Fil-A again, but this time in the marketing department. (Cory sure is happy to be seeing a second paycheck come in!) This month we were able to go to dinner with some new friends, celebrate our dog, Lexi's, 1st Birthday, as well as our cat, Snickers', 12th Bday (you can tell we don't have children) and do some upgrades around the house we had been talking about for months!

One of the most exciting things Cory did this month was teach Lexi how to roll over!

(see video) It took him a while to teach her, but he is very proud!

I thought I should add in a picture of our new kitten, Allie. You cant see her face here, but I thought it was adorable how she was snuggling with Snickers. We were SO afraid Snickers would HATE Allie, which he did at first, but thankfully they fell in love <3

On one of our warmer days we took Lexi to a local park and let her run free, and she LOVED it! Sadly, we have a small backyard so she doesn't get to stretch her legs as often as we'd like for her to, so this was a real treat! Daddy ran around with her throwing balls and chasing her in circles while Mommy comfortably sat and took pictures :)

My project this month was trying to make the outside of our house look a little more welcoming! Cory and I went to Lowes and bought the supplies to plant flowers for the front railing. This was my first time planting anything and I have to say, I'm very impressed with anyone who can keep plants alive, because I cant! They looked beautiful for the first few days, and they look even better now! (But that MIGHT be because I replaced them with fake flowers..shhh!) Cory makes fun of me for this, but all that matters to me is that they look good! :)

So definitely the most exciting thing to happen this month in my book, was the birth of Alexi Marie Velez on April 20th! Alexi is the new daughter of Alex and Emily (Taylor) Velez, a family we go to church with. I helped throw her baby shower in March and have been SO excited to meet her! I was lucky enough to watch the couple's 1-year-old daughter, Eva, while they were at the hospital delivering Alexi. The following day I was able to go see Alexi in the hospital and she was just as perfect as ever!

I have to admit, spending time with baby Alexi has brought on a severe form of "the baby itch!" We look forward to starting our own family when the time is right :) For now we have a lot on our plates that we're looking forward to getting out of the way! After meeting with both of our school advisors ,we both found out that we graduate next May and are already counting down the days! We plan to spend our 1st Anniversary (May 22nd) at the Melting Pot where Cory proposed. A few days later Cory's parents and sisters will be here to visit for close to 2 weeks, (which I KNOW Cory is looking forward to--he misses his family :))

Well, thats it for April 2010 in the Barnhart home. We hope you all have had a blessed month! Love you all!