Some of Alejandro's First's

First tire swing ride!

First embarassing naked picture.



First encounter with a bird. (great picture...)

First photo shoot.

First ride on the shoulders.

First Nature Walk.

First Mud!!!

First Visit with his only Great Grandparents.

First nap with Grandpa Madden

First camp out. ok, lousy picture of a campout, but that's where he is.

First skateboarding!

First time eating watermelon and getting a seed spit at him by his mom. (not the last time)

First Parade!

First time sitting alone in a gorcery cart. (in CT)

First time wearing Daddy's shoes

First meal of solid foods.

Beautiful Baby

These are Alex's 3 month pictures. I decided to create our own little studio to do his pictures since places that do them are expensive and sometimes cheesy. I think they turned out well. We're going to take more too.

mini pool sessions with alex

This picture we are hanging out at the mino pool outside the parent's house. Alex loves water, but he gets cold when the wind blows. He also kicks like he is swimming its really cute. I bet he is going to love the beach and the waves like daddy.
Joel looks really handsome in this picture. He is a really great uncle!
This is Edy with Darian (Joel's friend) and Joel and Alex. Edy wishes the pool was a little bit deeper so he can swim or he also said he either needed to go to a spa or to the beach.

Auntie Meghann's Visit

We were So excited to have Meghann come and visit us. We had a lot of fun while she was here. This first picture is when we were having ice cream Meg's first day here. Right after this picture we went to pick Joel up from summer school. Mom had already told him she had a suprize for him after school and so Meghann hid behind dad, mom walked Joel out to us with his eyes closed, and when he opened his eyes we all yelled "Suprize!" but Meg stayed behind dad. So Joel looked around at us with an expectant face and looked pretty confused until Meghann came out. He was really excited and it was really funny.

We had a trip to Smithville lake one evening. We were excited to go, because it was really hot, but when we got there the sun was low and it was windy so only Joel and his friend even went in the water. But it was still fun.

On the weekend we went camping at Watkins Mill. Joel wanted us to bury him and we made him into a merman.

We had a great campfire at the site that night. There were hot dogs to roast and smores to make. Yummy! No pictures of Alex in the tent, nut this was his first camping trip and he did Great! He's going to be a great little adventurer.

(I'm really struggling with the format thing. teehee)

My First Mother's Day...

We had a picnic up Provo Canyon for Mothers Day. I had to take Alex to the car twice for feeding and changing and such. I sure was a mother...

I wanted Alejandro to get in the water abit. It was pretty cold and he was looking at me funny...

He's just so cute!

I call this his Moses picture. He's laying in some tall grass next to the water and it makes me think about Moses in the reeds.

Alejandro's First Vacation- Off to Tahoe

Edy and I were really excited to have some time with just our little family. It was a little cold, but it was really pretty. This part of Lake Tahoe is called Emerald Bay. When the sun is shinning on it it's really spectacular.

Since it was a little chilly in Tahoe so we bundled Alex up. Here you see him fashioning Meghann's hat. A perfect fit!

This is Alex's first fishing trip. Yeah, he was asleep the whole time. But he sure is cute!

Uncle Fernando, Aunt Erika, and cousin Gustavo all came to meet up with us. It was so fun seeing Alejandro and Gustavo together. And Alex was even wearing some of Gustavo's old clothes.
Alex is sleeping during this picture. This is during our little barbeque picnic.

Here was our attempt to get some good pictures of little Alejandro in front of the lake. The sun was so bright he wouldnt' open his eyes out of the shade.

We want Alex to experience all he can as early as possible, so at three weeks Alex had his first ride down a slide.

Meeting the Family

I am so grateful for Meghann. She was in the delivery room with me while Edy was off with Alex in the nursery. I was so exhausted and effected by the experience that I couldn't really hardly even think and Meghann stayed there right with me, holding my hand or my leg and comforting me until I could go off and see my BEAUTIFUL baby for the first time.

Uncle Patrick is an unsung hero in the story. He rushed to the hospital along with Meghann and patiently (and bravely) waited in the hall until Alejandro came into the world, and then ran back and forth between the nursery and my recovery room to deliver reports. Then, he was totally on the ball and took a beautiful video of my first time holding Alejandro. He proceeded to patiently put up with his home being full for the next couple of weeks. We all love Uncle Patrick!

Bela Jo arrived before Alejandro had even turned one day old. She was a really good sport about Alex jumping the gun and comming before she finished her trip. (She was on the road already when he came.)

Uncle Joel is a FABULOUS uncle! One day he came over and took care of Alejandro for a couple hours just so I could get some sleep! I was so impressed. Alex loves Uncle Joel.

Abuela and Abuelo Cabrales arrived only a few days after the birth. They came bearing lots of goodies for their seventh grandchild. Bela Jo mentioned how nice it was that they were so excited about Alejandro even with six other grandkids. And from what I hear, Daniela is very happy that she is still the only granddaughter. She's still the princess.

Aunt Kaity got there a week later. We were so excited that she came. Originally she wasn't going to be able to, but last minute she got a ticket! In this picture it looks like Alex is giving her a hug while he's sleeping on her belly.

Uncle Jared and Auntie Matisse came in about the same time as Aunt Kaity. I don't have a picture of Aunt Matisse with Alex on my camera (someone needs to send me one). This is when Uncle Jared miraculously kept Alejandro content for a long time during Patrick's graduation even though he was really fussy. You can tell Alex is having fun.

In the background you can see Pops and pseudo G-pa Kevin. (the only picture I have on my camera of Dad too).