December 28th what a day!

The many faces of Alexander Isais:



Today I spent more time with Mommy and Daddy. Here are a few pictures of Mommy and me, aren't we beautiful?

I smile a lot when Mommy holds me. I'll smile for Daddy too, but you'll never catch that on film...I have a reputation to uphold.

I call this my "Thinking Man" pose.

Mommy interupted my pose so I stuck my tongue out at her. She thought that was quite cute although I'm guessing she won't like that when I get older.

Since it's Daddy's birthday I had to wear my lion shirt to show him who rules the kingdom. I don't want him thinking he can be special everyday of the year.

We didn't really do anything all day (besides take pictures) but Daddy says this is his best birthday ever. He told me of a time when he was just a boy when Nana had a half birthday party for him in the middle of summer (kind of a half birthday) so he could invite friends who usually can't make it between Christmas and New Year's. That has now been moved to a second favorite status. Thanks Nana for giving Daddy such a wonderful birthday memory!

...alexander

Dad's Team

Today was awsome. It started at 2 am with me losing my umbilical cord; mommy says now I can have a bath instead of this sponge bath thing.

Daddy couldn't wait to put me in this uniform, but as you can see I wasn't overly thrilled.

Mommy tried to cheer me up.

And then we went on a trip to a big warehouse they call Costco. Mommy says the trip made her feel more at home because this Costco is just like home, but daddy mentioned this one is a lot less crowded we found a parking spot just a row from the front door.

Here I am in the car parked in parking lot.

Here I am again but you have to look real close.

Costco is not a bad place and mommy says she's glad I like it cause she is going to take me often.

Here's me and mommy again. She's still trying to get me happy about daddy's uniform.

..alexander

Happy Boxing Day!

Today I went to my two week doctor's appointment. My doctor thinks I'm pretty cute and word is she's seen a lot of babies.

I was given a clean bill of health and gained plenty of weight even though I was only ten days old. I now weigh 8lbs 10oz (50th percentile) and I'm 21 1/2 inches long (75th percentile).

After the appointment I got to hang out with daddy while mommy went shopping (apparently I eat and poop more than anticiapated). After dinner I was hanging out with mommy trying to sleep in her arms when daddy said something that made mommy's tummy jump. I'm not sure what was said, but I got an "E" ticket ride out of the deal.

Mommy is so good to me!

...alexander

Christmas Evening!

As predicted, Christmas evening was great! We got to spend time with Mindy and Colleen while waitng for the turkey to finish baking (sorry no fried turkey); man did it smell good in the house. Colleen and Mindy brought tons of food to go along with the tons of food mommy and daddy made. There was too much to eat for twenty people, but we only had four eating.

I was allowed to eat first and everyone got a turn to hold, feed and burp me. BTW, I threw down some pretty sweet burps.

I had a pretty cool santa hat on for part of the evening, but sometimes I just like to feel the breeze in my hair.

When they finished eating dinner Mindy and Colleen took their turns holding me. They are so sweet, but I think I felt them kicking each other under the table.



When everyone was done eating dinner the dessert was brought out (what a spread). We will likely have leftovers to leave in Nashville when we go home in a week. Daddy said that everything was terrific.

After dessert was finished Mindy gave me a big bag of stuff to wear, cuddle and keep me warm. Daddy says we'll show you what we got later because we don't want to overload you in one sitting.

Daddy doesn't get to be in the pictures because he's too busy playing with some black box thing that he holds up to his face. Every once in a while he counts to three and everyone looks at him. If I figure this whole ritual out I'll clue you in.

Merry Christmas everyone, I love you all (they say ya'll here).

...alexander

Christmas morning!

Our first Christmas together has been terrific so far. Daddy lit a fire in the fireplace and mommy read the Christmas story from Luke chapter 2.



Mickie gave me this great outfit that as you can see I was so excited about it that I wore myself out before daddy could get the camera together. Thank you Mickie you've made my first Christmas special.

Ralph also brought me gifts. He wore a Santa hat and a white scarf to get us all in the holiday spirit. Daddy says that Ralph wanted to make sure that my gifts were under the tree on Christmas morning so he made a special effort to be here on Christmas Eve between two out of town trips. Isn't Ralph great! When I opened the gifts from him once again I was so excited that I wore myself out (see pictures below). He gave me a stuffed bear that I can cuddle with (I love to cuddle you know), some Tennessee Titans onesies that I will wear often and a Rob Bironas autographed jersey (mom says she'll frame it for me). Thank you so much Ralph!

We also got to hear from grandmas and gradpas, aunts and uncles and cousins that I haven't been able to meet yet. They are excited to meet me in person and I'm excited to meet them as well. We are so blessed to have a warm comfortable place to stay and family and friends just a phone call away, but we also can't wait to get home to see their smiling faces.

Later today Mindy and Colleen are coming to visit me. We are going to have turkey, mashed potatos, stuffing, gravy, salad, pumpkin pie, apple cranberry crumble and formula. I'll have daddy take more pictures this evening and update the blog when possible, so you can see how great our evening turns out.

...alexander

Silent Night? We'll see...

It's Christmas Eve and we've got Alexander in another of his Christmas onesies. Silent night? We have a good chance with a baby as good as he is...well between bottles anyway. He's just sooo cute...eat him up Santa!

I don't need mistletoe...to get kisses

With Christmas just a few days away we thought we'd try out one of Alex's Christmas outfits. This one says "I don't need mistletoe...to get kisses." How true!

(Although it looks like mommy put me dangerously close to the edge of the couch here, it's really just a trick of the light blanket against the dark brown couch. I was perfectly safe the whole time!...Alex)

Trip to Franklin

This afternoon we decided it was time to get out of the house and get some fresh air. The recent heat wave brought the temperature up to a balmy 42 degrees and the air was indeed "fresh." Although Alexander looks excited for the trip, we got him in the car and he promptly fell asleep and missed all the fun.

We drove south to Franklin and saw some of the historical houses and the battle sites. Unfortunately, none of the houses pictured here were the historic ones. Mommy just thought these were really cute.

The downtown area was darling, and mommy found a chocolate drink shop that we decided we would return to when the weather was not quite so wet. It was a great afternoon.

Alexander gets a visit

Yesterday evening, Mindy and her mom came to say "hello" to Alexander. He was very well behaved while Mindy fed him and her mom burped him. It was a nice visit and we made plans to visit again soon.