Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter this year, it was Drew's fourth Easter and Alex's first. We started the day early. The boys got up to see what the Easter bunny had left in their baskets!

We then got ready and headed to Gadsden for church. It was a great service. Drew loves the story of Easter and how Jesus came back to life. It is really sweet to hear him tell the story. After church we went to Mee-Maw and Granddaddy's to eat lunch and hang out with the fam!

We then headed to Nana and Pa-Paw's to visit with more family.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY DREW!!!

The month of April turned out to be Drew's Birthday Extravaganza!!! My special birthday boy ended up with 4...yes I said four birthday celebrations. That's okay because he is amazing and deserved every one of them! We started out celebrating at Nana and Granddaddy's with Nam-Maw and Mary Kate. The families April Birthday party was so much fun!



Drew wanted to have his birthday party at A Party Place in Trussville, and I am so glad we did. We had his party on April 16th the Saturday before his actual birthday. The place was awesome and everyone had a great time! It was a dress as your favorite Super Hero or Princess party. Drew is very much into Spiderman right now so Spiderman theme he got.

Thank you Aunt Nancy and Toni Marie for making an amazing (not to mention delicious) cake and cupcakes!





Spiderman himself!

Blowing out the candle...

Opening all of his presents, thank you everyone!!!

Baby Alex wishing his bubba a Happy Birthday!

Some friends from school came to Drew's party!

All in all it was a great time, thank you to everyone who got to make it!

Drew's actual birthday April 19th was on a Tuesday this year, so Mrs. Alicia let me bring cake to the class to celebrate. The entire class sang to Drew and we took pictures. We left school early and I took Drew to Target to get presents with his gift cards he received at his birthday party and we then headed home.

That evening we went to Drew's favorite restaurant "Old McDonald's" to eat with his best friend in the world Carter along with her parents Brent and Meagan (who just so happen to be some of our best friends). We had a great time until...

The Spiderman balloon that The Waldreps got him floated away. :-( Not to worry, we stopped on the way home and got another one!

Overall, I would say Drew had an awesome 5th Birthday! Happy birthday my sweet boy, we love you so very much and couldn't imagine our family without you. You are such an entertainer and you love to make us laugh. You are quite a funny dude and you are my precious Drewbie!

We love you so big,

Mommy, Daddy, and baby Alex

One Month Old

Happy One Month Alexander Sutton!

At your five week appointment your stats were:

Your weight : 10 lbs. 10 oz - 50th percentile

Your height: 21.25 inches - 25th percentile

Your head circumference: 15.5 inches - 50th percentile

You are having a lot of issues adjusting to your formula. We have switched from regular Similac to Similac sensitve and finally you are on Soy. You are adjusting well to the soy formula. You still have quite a bit of gas, but you can tell a huge difference. You have become a little piggy now that your tummy is better. You are drinking six to seven 4-5 ounce bottles a day. At 7 weeks we started putting a TBSP of cereal in your 10:00pm bottle because you are soooo hungry. You go down for the night around 10:00 and sleep until 3-4:00 am. After that you eat every 3 to 4 hours. When you get hungry, you go from sleeping to screaming in about 2 seconds...no warning. You stop crying immediately after we put your bib on, it is so funny.

Big brother Drew loves to give you kisses.

You like tummy time for about 5 minutes, then you are over it.

Your belly button finally came off around 6 weeks. You got your first "big boy" bath. You love bath time. The water is very soothing to you. You LOVE to have your hair washed.

You have to have your paci and blanket to sleep. You are very particular how your blanket is held. If it is not just right, you will fidget and fuss. You have a bit of a temper...not sure where you get that from. ;-)



You have acquired a few nicknames: Mon (Monchichi - because you came out with the same hair line as a Monchichi monkey), Fatty and Buddah (because you have the sweetest chunkiest legs and belly) and Auntie Roo calls you Paulie D (from Jersey Shore) and Meatball (because you are Italian). You are such a sweet baby and we love you so very much. You are such an amazing blessing and addition to our family.

Love you big,

Mommy, Daddy and big brother Drew

Newborn Photo Shoot

My friend Shannon (Studio 19), who is an amazing photographer came to the house on Thursday, March 24th for a Newborn session with Alex. She captured some amazing pictures. After and hour and a half Alex was over it...of course not before he could pee all over her backdrop first. :-) Bless Shannon she has done two photo shoots for our family and I would recommend her to anyone. She is awesome with kids. Here are some of my favorite pictures, I would love to post them all but there are 50.

Happy Birthday Alexander Sutton Brown - March 16, 2011

The story of Alexander's Birth: Dave, Mom and I went to the hospital on Tuesday, March 15th at 9:45 pm due to contractions. They checked me twice and my cervix had not changed. They said they were going to wait one more hour and check me again, if I had not dilated they would send me home. At that point we told Dave to go home and get some rest. He left and one hour later, my cervix had changed. :-) Go figure! We told him to get some rest and come back in the morning. They admitted me, started my IV and called for the epidural. I had my epidural at 3:15 am. As soon as I got the epidural my blood pressure bottomed out, that was not fun.

Big Mama!

I rested for about an hour, and the doctor came in at 6:00 am. I had dilated to 4 1/2, so she broke my water and started pitocin. I then started feeling the contractions again so they called for a bolus on my epidural. Once again, my blood pressure bottomed out and I then decided that ride or die no more epidural bolus' for me. I would have to stick it out. Fortunately, I could only feel the tightening of the contractions but no pain. Whew! Dave arrived for the big event and all of a sudden I was feeling the urge to push, the nurse checked me again and I was dilated 9 1/2. She quickly started setting up the room. The need to push started getting stronger and stronger and before I knew it, she was calling out for the doctor. I pushed 4 times and she told me to stop. The doctor got there and I pushed three times for him and at 9:46 am out came my precious Alexander Sutton Brown. It was love at first sight. He has the most amazingly long eyelashes and headful of black hair. He is gorgeous!

Dr. McKee delivered Alex, he was awesome!

I will have to say that my labor and delivery was much easier with Alex than with Drew. Alex weighed in at 7 pounds and 1 ounce and measured 20 inches long. He was much smaller than anticipated. They had told me two weeks before that Alex already weighed 7 pounds and 5 ounces so we were thinking he was going to be at least 8 to 8 1/2 pounds. Sweet Alex then got his first bath by my labor and delivery nurse Susan Henry (love her).

He loved having his hair washed...he still does! :-)

Shortly afterwards, big brother Drew came to see baby Alex for the first time.

He loves him, but doesn't find him very interesting. Drew seemed more concerned for his mama and how she was doing. Bless my sweet boy, I love my Drew-B so big!

Next up was Baby Alex's first feeding. His GG did the honors!

Our nurse Susan brought me my water pitcher and had a little message on it. :-)

Daddy is in love!

Drew and Alex sporting their new big brother/little brother shirts that Mrs. Katie made them.

Our first picture as a family of four!

We are so blessed to have another happy, healthy baby boy! We are so happy and we love both of our boys beyond measure. We have had many visitors, and they are still coming. Thank you all for being a part of our boy's lives. Love you all!

Here is Baby Alex at home, happy as can be!