Brother's!

Evan is caring big brother to Alex. They're going to be best buds!

Bath Time!

Alex had his first sponge bath at home tonight. He smells so good! He hated parts but loved it for the most part. His pacifier did help.




All clean!

Evan finally held him for a few seconds. One of these times I hope Alex wont cry.

Home!

Alex and I got a very warm welcome home. The phrase "Home Sweet Home" is so true. The hospital treated us so well but it's so nice to be home, especially with Evan. I was a little worried about him because of the way he was acting around me at the hospital. He seemed sad to me for some reason. Now that we're home and getting back into the swing of things, he's my happy little boy again and he's not showing signs of jealousy with Alex.

Matt and I are making sure he's getting the attention he's used too. His Aunts and Uncles are giving him lots of attention of course. I appreciate all that they have done for us. Also to our Ward members. The meals are highly appreciated!
Matt kept telling me about a surprise waiting at home for me while at the hospital. I noticed right away as we pulled into the drive way. The weeds were gone in our flower planter and beautiful flowers in their place. It was a perfect surprise! I've been wanting to get out there and weed that planter so badly but never had the energy, plus I didn't want to over do it. I didn't see it coming because Matt was with me at the hospital taking care of me unless he was serving in his calling. Our wonderful neighbor, Bro. Nelson, helped make this possible.

The white Carnations in the middle are a present from my Dad. It will serve as a great reminder of us bringing home a handsome little boy this spring.
Here is Alex in his going home outfit and loving his swing.

Recovery has gone pretty well aside from the headaches I get from my spinal. I hope they go away soon. Since I'm doing well Matt has been able to work more on our front yard. Him and Elizabeth pulled the old rose bushes out and replaced them with new rose bushes. The other ones we had were just as old as the house. They were growing wild and it was hard pulling the weeds around them.

The plan is to get rid of all the rocks in the planters next to the house. Flowers and bushes will take their place so more pictures to come :).

Welcome Alex

Now that we're home from the hospital, I can Welcome our newest addition to our family :). The Internet was so slow at the hospital. It took forever to download pictures.

Alex David was born May 11, 2010 at 1:43 pm. He weighed in at 7lb 2oz and measured 19 1/2 inches long.

I don't have the most exciting labor story since I had a scheduled c-section but I have to say it was a great experience because the team of doctors, nurses and anaesthesiologist were awesome. It's always nerve wracking going into major surgery but Matt, my nurse Amy and anaesthesiologist made me feel so calm.


Here's me before



Alex has lungs! When my doctors got him out they didn't need to make him cry. He cried for an hour and a half straight. It was great because we knew he was healthy.
I didn't get to see him right away but Matt went back with him before they brought him back to me mostly clean and wrapped up.



I wont forget him crying and his mouth next to my nose. He smelt so good to me. It was a wonderful moment.

When Evan came to the hospital a few hours later we tried getting pictures of him with Alex but it didn't happen because Alex started to cry. It scared Evan so now he wont touch him unless he's quite but only to tickle his feet. I think it's cute! When Alex does cry he does come over to him and says, "What's wrong Baby Algex?". Evan pronounces his name two ways, Algex and Alkex's. This is the best photo we got of them together.




We love both our boys very much! One of these days we'll get a better family photo :).

What we've been up too

Matt turned 26 years old on May 4th. Or is he 62? Saturday before his big day I threw him a surprise party with close friends and family like I always do. It never turns out to be a surprise either but he's always surprised as to who shows up. Thanks guys for helping make his day a special one. It's been a while since I posted anything about Evan so I want to do so now. Here's a picture with him and his Daddy at the party. Evan is starting to give us silly grins and smiles. This last Monday we hiked to Bridal Vail Falls for FHE. It was a nice breezy day since we've been having a lot of rain lately. We wanted to take advantage of it because the weather in Utah can always turn a different direction without warning. I love rain but since we're about to have our second child, I've been wanting to get outside and play with Evan. I'm glad it's finally starting to become better weather for it. Before we got to the canyon, Evan and I met up with Matt at work with homemade deep dish pizza that Elizabeth made for Matt's birthday. It was so delicious! We got up to the falls and enjoyed watching Evan play in the water and throwing rocks. He had a great time. On Matt's birthday (Tuesday), we used his free meal coupon for Tucano's to eat lunch. You can never go wrong eating there. It's always so good and it's even better when you can eat there for free. Later that evening we had his family over for dinner. We also played games. Evan loves to learn and loves saying his ABC's and count everything. Last night as we were getting him into bed he started saying the letters on one of his blankets. Since it was BYU stuff we had to get it on camera.