The biggest loser

Does anyone watch the show The Biggest Loser? Well if you do and if you don't there are two guys who are the youngest and really overweight. Mike is 18 and Dan is 19. Dan weighed in at close to 500 lbs. when he arrived. Sadly Dan was sent home last night. I just had to cry because out of everyone there I felt Dan needed to stay there the most. On the bright side they showed Dan today and he's lost 101 lbs. total and is off some kind of diabetic medicine. I hope Dan continues to believe in himself and doesn't give up. I just wanted to comment on that. I love that show, it makes me cry just about every episode; I don't care if it's scripted I think it's powerful and can teach something to everyone no matter what your size.

I'm slow!

I know I'm really slow at updating my blog. Sometimes our computer is tempramental! Alexander keeps me busy too that when I think I have time to play on the computer he tells me not today! So the update is he's growing each and every day. Last time we had him weighed he was 9 lbs. 12 oz., but I'm sure he's past 10 lbs. by now! One blessing is that he can still wear his newborn clothes. He's 8 weeks old and will be 2 months on Super Bowl sunday. He's becoming more and more interested in people and his surroundings. He tells stories to Grandpa and just koos at Grandma. The smiles have started even if some of them are due to gas!! One of these days I'll get a video of him talking. We just bought a video camera thanks to KSL.com so it's all a matter of reading the manual and figuring out how it works.

Alexander's first bath

So Alexander's first bath wasn't his best experience. It was the old fashioned way, in the sink! He was doing fine that is until his feet touched the water; he tried climbing up Grandma to avoid the water as much as possible!! Here is Alexander's process in 3 steps. The end result: smelling nice and clean :)

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.

A scary moment!

Some of you know and some of you don't. We had a bit of scare last friday. A little background: I've been sick for a little over a week now and last wed. the Dr. gave me an antibiotic and told me to take mucinex DM. On Thursday night I hadn't felt the little one move very much. Jose said he was just resting. I was okay Friday morning, but then at lunch time I got really worried because I still hadn't felt him move. I called the nurse, no answer. I lost it. I was really worried so I called Jose and we both waited to hear from the nurse. The nurse returned my call and told me to go to Labor and Delivery. I told her that I had felt him move and she said that I had a decrease in activity. The Dr. was expecting me so me and Jose headed on over to Labor and Delivery. They put a heart monitor and a contraction monitor on and I just laid there. The result: everything is good. His heart rate is good, his oxygen is good. The Dr. said that because I've been on medicine I need to make sure I drink lots of water, more that I usually am because that's what is going to help him move. We just had a check-up yesterday and everything is good. I'm still at 1 1/2 and the Dr. says his head is really down there. Any day now!! So, all in all me and the little one are doing great.