The life of a baby!

Alexander has a onsie that says "cry, poop, sleep, rinse, repeat," although I think eat should be added in! If we had a life like babies wouldn't we be in heaven? Think about it, they cry so they get picked up, they cry again and maybe they get to eat, another cry gets a diaper change and one more cry could lead to just being held. How lucky are they? They get waited on 24-7 not to mention getting spoiled and getting lots of hugs and kisses. The life of a baby is grand. I wish I had more pictures to post, but unfortunately all the pictures are on my Dad's camera; and most of them are with him sleeping! He definitely takes after his Dad! He's 3 weeks old and his clothes are still too big for him, yes even the ones that say newborn! We love him dearly and very proud parents. Alexander is truly a wonderful miracle and a precious gift that I couldn't ask for anything else.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

By popular demand, we introduce Alexander Jose Leon. Born on Dec. 1, 2008 at 9:08 a.m. Weighing in at 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 1/2 in. long. Born with lots of hair and long eye lashes if you can believe that already! He's already a bundle of joy that we are very blessed to have him enter our family.

Labor and Delivery

When I got closer to my due date, there were a few things I was really scared about. First, the whole delivery process and second, nursing. Turns out, neither one are nearly as scary as I thought. I would highly recommend an ephideral! Once the baby is out it's nothing but relief; especially when you get 800 mg of ibuprofen and percaset!! Just a quick run down. Over the weekend I was having contactions and some pretty strong ones. My mother was overly excited; she was cheering like she was at a football game! Sunday morning came and they were close so we went to the hospital. They weren't close enough so we left after an hr. and went home. Ever since we left the hospital my contractions were 3 sometimes 5 min. apart. Around 4:30 we went back and there we remained. The nurse thought I had an infection, but turned out I didn't. My water ended up breaking and my contractions were right on top of the other so I had no relief. Before I knew it the anesthesiologist came up and I got that ephideral and I was in heaven! Throughout the night I was sleeping and being checked to see how close the little one was. By early morning it was time to push. The whole process wasn't hard. The only bad thing was the medicine wearing off on my left side and having the anesthesiologist coming up 3 times for a new dose and throwing up--due to the ice chips! I could have slept through the whole delivery process, but didn't. One thing is for sure, labor really wears you out! So there is the story of how Alexander came to be.