Alex the Water Baby

Since the weather has been rather warm here in Texas, the swimming pool at my parents opened up a whole month early this year.  We usually don't start swimming till atleast May or mid-May.  Since last Saturday was a rather warm day, I decided it was time to test Alex in the pool. He LOVED it!  I'm so happy he will be a water baby just like his momma! Here are some of my favorite pictures of him in the pool.  




All smiles in the pool





My dad and I went swimming and decided to try Alex in his floating device.  He was so relaxed it looked like he was going to fall asleep.  He was chillin' for atleast 15 mins in this thing.  He loved it!



Handsome boy in swimming attaire.  He wouldn't let go of his paci for anything.





Swimming with mommy





Cool picture taken with my brothers underwater camera.



Probably my favorite picture of my mom and Alex together.

Just a funny picture taken with my brothers underwater camera.  He think Alex's face looks pretty funny.

Just The Same

This poem was in this month's Ensign after the wonderful article called Faith and Infertility

Just The Same by Diana Lynn Lacey

Sometimes -

God sends rain

Straight from the sky

To nourish the young flower

and it grows.

Sometimes -

God sends rain from the sky

To the mountaintops,

Then over hills and through valleys

Until it reaches the flower

and it grows, just the same.

Sometimes -

God sends a child

Straight from His realm

Into a mother's arms

and love grows.

Sometimes -

God sends a child

From heaven to another's arms,

Then over hills and through valleys

Until he reaches the arms of his mother

and love grows, just the same.

Even though I didn't physically give birth to Alex, my love for him is Just The Same. I Love You, my sweet boy!

My Chunky Monkey

Just a few pictures of my Chunky Monkey. When he went for his 4 month check up, he weighed 12 pounds 10 ounces and is 22 inches tall. We have a short and chubby little guy on our hands.

3 Months Ago...

The love of a young girl gave Josh and I the best gift ever!












(so in this picture it looks like Alex has facial hair or a dirty face-- he was sucking on his paci so hard it left a mark. He only spit it out long enough to give me a little smile)


We Love You Little Dude!

Going Private....

There are a few reasons I want to set my blog to private. A few posts ago, a complete stranger left me a comment. I don't mind people/strangers looking at my blog, but I really don't want strangers leaving comments. Also, since we have adopted Alex, I feel we need to protect our family a little better. Not that I intend of having issues with any of his birth parents, I just want to be cautious. So, if you would like access to our blog, please leave me your email address by either leaving a comment, email or facebook.

P.S. I will only add you if I know who you are :)

Our Christmas Miracle!

Alex really is our Christmas Miracle! We love this little dude so much and can't imagine our lives without him! We Love You Alex!

A Mini Version of Our Adoption Story

November is National Adoption Month. During the month the local Families Supporting Adoption (FSA) Houston Chapter was to spotlight a family about adoption. I was supposed to submit our story, but never did (having a newborn around really throws kinks into things) so I thought I would post it here for friends and family to read. I did tweak the age of Alex only because this was supposed to be out last month (when he was only 3 weeks old). Enjoy!


Whirlwind of a life time!

Josh and I were married in Oct. 2006, about a year later we decided it was time to expand our family. Months turned into a year and that year turned into 2 years without any luck. We decided to start the adoption process and went to orientation. We were so overwhelmed by everything that we backed off and decided to go see my doctor and see what they could do for me. So off I went to the doctor. After taking medication for a while, we had no luck. After a few other tests were done, it was confirmed that I would not be able to have children, or if I did get pregnant, it would be very difficult to carry the baby to term. After hearing the news, we decided that adoption was our way to expand our family. In May of this year, we contacted LDS Family Services and started the process of adoption. After hemming and hawing over the online questions and fulfilling the other requirements, our application was finally finished and awaiting approval. Our profile went live early October and a week later we got the phone call that would change our lives for the rest of our life!

After the initial shock of getting chosen so quickly, it started to sink in that we only have 9 weeks to prepare for a baby. We already had plans to go to Utah for a vacation before we were even chosen, so we got our bags packed and started on our adventure driving to Utah to visit Josh’s family. We thought it would be a nice way to break up the weeks of waiting for our little guy. We arrived in Utah on a Sunday, and got a text message from our birth mom Monday night saying her water had broken. Panic started to take over because she wasn’t supposed to deliver for almost another month and even if we left Utah ASAP it would still take us 24 hours to drive home. As we thought of all our options, we booked the first flight we could Tuesday morning and our car would be towed home by my husbands’ wonderful parents. The flight home was the longest flight of our lives. The whole flight I kept thinking that our little guy was probably already born. As we landed in Houston, I immediately texted our birth mom asking how she was doing. Fortunately, for us, she had yet to go into full labor. We still had a chance at making it to the hospital before he was born. We finally arrive at the hospital (luckily for us the hospital was on our way home from the airport) at 4 pm and our little boy was born at 4:48 pm. We knew he was just waiting for us to arrive.

Alex was born about a month early so he spent the first 9 days of his life in the NICU. He didn’t have any medical problems besides being early and very little. He was only 4 pounds 12 ounces. The day we were able to bring him home was very nerve racking for me. I was so excited I didn’t remember some of the “you should know this stuff” stuff. Oh well, the wonderful nurse and wonderful Julie (our caseworker) helped me and we were finally on our way home.

Alex is 1 month old now and our lives couldn’t be any sweeter now. Our family is complete as for now and we couldn’t be happier. Adoption is a wonderful thing, without it, Josh and I wouldn’t be parents today. We feel very honored and privileged to be the parents of this little guy. We have the utmost respect and love for our birth mom, words cannot describe it. She will always hold a special place in our heart. Adoption has truly blessed our lives!


Just a couple pics:

Here is Alex while still in the NICU. I believe he was only 2 days old here



This was taken just a couple days ago. You can really see how much he has "chunked out". He weighed 4 pounds 12 ounces and was 18 inches long when he was born and earlier this week at a doctors appointment he weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and is 19.5 inches long.



Our attempt at getting a First Christmas picture of Alex