A Trip To The Yuppie Playground

When we had a small break in the rain, we headed to the high-end outdoor mall to let Xander loose on the playground.

Xander going over the bridge.

Getting ready to jump down the slide.

Xander loves to play on slides; he could go down over and over and over and over and over and over…well, you get the idea.

Striking a pose at the top of his world.

He lost concentration a little bit when the cute little girl showed up to play.

At least Xander looks cute.

Great pic of Mommy and her boy.

We can't forget about Alaster; he was having a blast…can't you tell?

Once again, Alaster showing us how excited he can get when playing at the playground.

A Plethora of Pics Over The Past Few Weeks.

Auntie Kaity introducing Alaster to his cool Uncle Luke.

Enjoying the fire that Xander helped make.

Xander showing baby brother his fire.

Crashed in mid-burp.

Look at my muscles mommy.

I'm here to pump you up.

Alaster and Xander holding hands.

A quick trip to Trader Joe's

Gotta love that yogurt and banana's.

The Great Pumpkin Patch Adventure

Last week we took Xander and Alaster the pumpkin patch and picked out a couple of pumpkins.  Xander had a great time picking up and hauling around all the pumpkins he could and generally having an awesome time.  Alaster on the other hand was not quite as interested as you can see from the picture below.  Though I'm not quite sure what I expected from a 10 day old.

Looking for the perfect pumpkin...

…still looking...

…we might have a winner here.

Perfection found!

Who doesn't like to pile up pumpkins?

And then climb to the top of the pile?

Victory!  If he only had a big flag with an X on it, he could claim that pumpkin pile in the name of Xander.

Showing off his pile of pumpkins to Mommy.

Having a good laugh.

This was our first outing together with the four of us.

Taking our bounty to the truck.

As you can see, Alaster was excited beyond belief to have found the perfect pumpkins.

Xander Loves His Baby Bro

Xander sharing his Teddy with baby brother Alaster. 

A Few Pictures of Us At Home

Alaster taking a snooze.

Xander and Daddy hanging out with Alaster.

Alaster crashed out with Mommy.

Xander loves his new baby brother.

Xander Helped Make Pumpkin Cake

Xander helped Daddy make some Pumpkin Cake the other day.  He was quite the little helper and did a great job of measuring and pouring the ingredients into the mixer. 

Pouring the water into the mixing bowl. 

He was able to put the mixing tool onto the mixer too. 

Waiting patiently for the Pumpkin Bread to finish baking.

Mmmmmmm…the fruit of our labor.

Alaster & Xander Meet

Xander came by the hospital on Wednesday; Alaster was less than 12 hours old.  When he arrived I went downstairs to meet him in the lobby so I could walk him up to our room.  As we made our way I was doing my best to prepare him for what he was about to encounter.   Not that we were concerned, but I just wanted to gauge his mood moor than anything else.


When we walked in to the room, Alaster was laying in bed with Mommy and as soon as he saw them he smiled, pointed and joyfully squealed, "Baby!"

"Baby!  Mommy!  Baby!"

Leaning over saying, "Hi Baby, Hi Baby."

And here is the big kiss from big brother.

Needless to say, Xander loves his baby brother; all he wanted to do was hold and kiss Alaster.  The more we let him explore his little brother the more and more interested Xander became in him.

Xander loved the fact that Alaster was holding onto his finger so tightly.

Xander sat there for quite a while letting Alaster hold his hand.

We took off Alaster's socks to show Xander his toes.  He tickled his brothers toes and then gave them a big kiss.

Alaster's First Bath

Getting all scrubbed up and ready to go.  His big brother is coming to see him after all with their Auntie Kaity and Uncle Luke.

All sudsed up and washed behind the ears.

Who of us doesn't like having our hair washed?  Alaster isn't any different.

Can you see the size of his toes?  They are like little fingers almost; just long, skinny and adorable.

Alaster Xaeden Is Here

Alaster Xaeden Penberthy

Born October 6th, 2010

6 lbs. 12 ozs.

20.5 inches long

He is quite a bit smaller than what the doctor has estimated he would be.  We were expecting him to be not just as big as Xander, but actually bigger.  To our surprise he is 1 lb. 6 oz. smaller and an inch shorter.  He is so tiny compared to our first born, but just a beautiful.

Our Freshy is still wet behind the ears in this one; he's only moments from the womb.

I know you can't see it, but his eyes are wide open looking around and checking me out.

Proud Mommy snuggling with her baby boy.

Outstanding!  What a beautiful family.

Is Mommy happy to have you out of her or what?  Praise the Lord for no more nausea.

Another shot of him fresh from the womb.

He is so much smaller than Xander was at birth…he's so tiny.

Looking around and checking things out.