Happy Girl

So a day in the life of miss Alexya Hernandez goes as follows... I eat, poop, sleep and then I'm awake and I want to talk to you. She has become the most talkative cooing baby overnight. Suddenly this little 8wk old has discovered that people think she's cute and so whenever someone is standing over her while she is lying on her back, she looks up at them and just starts talking...obviously not real words, but alot of vowel sounds like "eye, oh oooooh, and eee" and her little mouth starts working and contorting in funny ways with her tounge sticking out then in then moving all around...it's hilarious. She even has figured out a way to laugh which sounds like when you have finished a big laugh and you kinda gasp for air real quick...not sure how to explain the sound exactly, but she just sucks in air real quick with her mouth in a smile and it makes a funny noise. It's so cute!!! What a little personality already. OH and if you leave the room and she's alone she'll figure it out and yell out real loud once...like "hey, where'd you go?" So funny. Another thing she loves is her swing!! Thank you aunt Mary!!!! It's like she craves it..you can be holding her and she will start fussing and kicking and squirming around and then you put her in the swing and Bam! she's out cold!! Even in the middle of the night after she eats sometimes she's wide awake and it's like 3am so we're half asleep and so we put her in her swing and she just stares wide awake at her little bird and the lights until she passes out. It's so nice.
We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa last wednesday and had a fun visit. Here's Lexy cuddling with Grandpa, they took a quick nap. She loved all the attention and got to meet her uncle Jason and his wife Charlie. Everyone wanted to hold her so she was in heaven. She also got to see a dog smaller than Toretto! They are moving into their new home so this will probably be the last visit to the old house.
Thank you Aunt Therese and Uncle Scott and Jennifer and Brooke for the new favorite toy. Lexy loves this thing. It lights up and plays classical music and she loves staring at it and trying to push the button.
Here's a pic of Lexy with her Aunt Erica...what a natural! By the way, this is from Erica's visit like 3 weeks ago and Lexy doesn't even fit this outfit anymore!!!!! So sad, all her cute newborn outfits are too small now...but, now she fits into her cute 0-3 month outfits so it's ok. :) 

Cuter Every Day!!

Is it possible for her to be getting cuter every single day???!!! I swear, I am falling so in love with this little girl and each day I think..I can't possibly love her any more than I do today, she is so cute...and then I think the same thing the next day! She is changing so FAST that I am amazed at the new things she does and the new expressions she has each day. What a personality already. When she is happy...she is cooing and smiling and just stares at you with the happiest possible expression on her face and her little arms and hands waving around while her little legs are kicking out like she's trying to ride a skateboard or something. When she is mad...look out world, because she can scream louder than you would think can come out of this little bundle! She definately is learning what she likes and doesn't like already and already is deciding which music she likes...which is reggae and jack johnson right now. We are totally having fun trying to guess what she will be like when she gets older...like what type of personality she is going to have. We have kind of come to an agreement on what we think. We think she is going to definately know what and who she likes and doesn't like and she's not going to be afraid to say what she thinks. She's going to have mom's fiestyness (according to robert) and dad's heart (according to me). hehehehe sounds like fun! We will have to wait and see.... Anyway, I put a picture of Robert's successful attempt at giving her the bottle..the first time didn't go so well, but she will have to get used to it once I go back to work so we are trying to introduce it once in a while for now.
Here's my sleeping beauty....
Here's a picture of her in the coolest onesie ever! It says "My dad and I both drool for the Oakland Raiders" and Robert has the matching shirt that says "My daughter and I..."
This picture is classic....it just shows one of the many interesting positions that Lexy likes to sleep in! 

Happy New Year 2007!

Our New Year's eve was very low key...just a visit from grandpa Mike and aunt Lauryn aka aunt lo lo. We had fun watching football, eating chinese food and making a cake. Unfortunately, we didn't stay up for the new year....boooooo, but we did get up at 3am for a feeding and diaper change...yaaaaaa!
Alexya took a spin in her swing for the first time...looks like she likes it! Please notice the awesome Raiders pacifier...that's right...and the Raiders football clip to keep it from falling on the ground. No playoffs this year, but she's die hard ya know.
What a lil bundle!!!!
Sorry about the red eye, but this was such a cute picture! She's making the cutest expressions now and she even said her first word!!..... well, ok maybe you won't consider it a word, but she yells "eye" at the top of her lungs so we're counting it! 

Visitors...check out these hotties!

Lexy with Aunt Candice...who brings gifts every single time she visits...Lexy is so spoiled....but, what a couple of hotties!!
Yes, she is grabbing aunt Candice's boob...must be hungry... ;)
A visit from Missy...."my missy wissy".....she's wearing her gift from Nell at mervyns, a cute new hand made hat and sweater!
Missy looks so comfortable and Lexy looks so comfortable....what cuties! And please check out the hot little number on her head...the A's hat that Missy made with matching A's booties!!! Ye-ah!! 

Christmas Day Pics

Lexy...actually awake!..with grandpa mike.
Lexy and her Great-grandparents!...check out the boots...and yes she does look like a mini santa.
Lexy with her cousin Jenna....this is where she spent most of her day, she looks so comfortable!
Lexy with her cousin Julia :) 

Our Christmas Hero...Toretto

I wanted to put up some cute pictures of Alexya in her Christmas dress, but I have to just tell everyone about what happened the day before Christmas eve. Robert was out in the front yard putting up Christmas lights on the house with Toretto in the front yard when a Pitt bull got out of it's yard and came running down the street towards our house. The dog ran up to Toretto and when Robert grabbed his collar to take him inside, the pitt bull lunged at them and Toretto had to defend them. The two dogs got into a huge terrible fight and there was blood everywhere. I ran outside when I heard the fight and it was the most horrible thing you can imagine....to see my other baby and all this blood and not be able to stop it was the worst feeling in the world. The dogs fought what felt like forever and the pitt bull's owner was just standing there watching, while robert calls off toretto (he actually listened and came to robert, only to be attacked again from behind), and says "I can't control my dog." Finally, the pitt bull had latched on to toretto's neck underneath his jaw and toretto had his huge mouth over the pitt bull's face and Robert was able to grab toretto by the back of the neck and was kicking the pitt bull and pulling on his harness and finally pulled them apart and hands the dog to his owner. The guy kept saying sorry as he dragged his dog away, but honestly, after examining Toretto he actually came out of it ok. He had all this blood all over him, but none of it was his...he only had some scrape on his lip and I guess the pitt bull didn't have a good grip on his neck because robert was able to pull him right off. So, lucky for us, Toretto is totally fine (I can't say the same for the pitt bull, and I can't say that I'm sorry about that either).

What a hero! He totally defended his family and did a good job! I can't tell everyone how something this traumatic, especially around Christmas, can just make you really thankfull and truely appreciate the true meaning of the holiday...Family! We are so thankful that our family is safe and healthy and Lexy is truely lucky to have a big brother who will defend and protect her and her mom and dad from harm!

Grandpa Frank and Grandma Theresa holding Alexya in her beautiful Christmas dress!
 

Lots of Visitors...Lucky Girl!

Here's some pictures I took of some of the many visitors that Alexya has had over the past 3 weeks....there were so many ..and I was too tired to remember to take pictures of some people that I wanted to ....so if you came by and have pics that you took and can send them to me..I will put them up here! :)

Thank you everyone for coming to visit Lexy and for the many wonderful cards/gifts and awesome comments that you've posted here on the blog! I don't know how many times I've been so touched by a card or a comment on here that I've cried!! Everyone has been so nice and caring and just made this whole experience of having a new little baby girl amazing!! We are so lucky to have friends and family like we do that just add to the love and excitement of this moment in our lives! Thank you!!!!!

For christmas we are going to stop by Uncle (great uncle) John's house for a few hours and visit everyone who is there. Unfortunately, Robert has to work Christmas day, but Lexy and I and Uncle Caleb and Aunt Lauryn and grandpa mike are coming....oh and I think Aunt Candice too! Also, If you haven't already stopped by or want to come again, please do!! I don't mind visitors if they are willing to change a diaper and bring me a peppermint mocha from starbucks. ;)

Also, I'm looking into the date for Aleyxa's baptism, so I will put it up here when i get all the details sorted out. Once again, thank you everyone and have a wonderful Christmas!

Picture #1 is of Uncle Caleb and Lexy...Pic #2 is grandma Theresa, Aunt Erica and Uncle Matt w/Lexy.


Picture #3 is Great grandma w/Lexy and Pic #4 is great grandpa with Lexy.
 

What a Cute Little Bundle!

Here's Lexy in her pink sweat suit from Grandma Theresa...just kickin back and relaxin. ;)
Little snow bunny Lexy...wearing the new hat she got from Aunt Candice.
Proud parents....
Proud Papa! 

Pictures from home

Look at our Toretto watching over his little sister! What a good dog!
Bath time....happy Lexy!

 

Alexya is Born! November 27th 8:28am

She finally made it!! After going into labor saturday morning and having it last through the night and into sunday and then finally getting to the hospital sunday around 3:30 (I will spare you the details of horrible contraction pain and vomiting), I had Alexya on Monday morning at 8:28am after 2hours and 45 min of pushing!! Holy crap was this a hard weekend of baby delivoring. We both had fevers because the labor was so freaking long, but we are both fine now. Robert was the best coach, helping me throught the worst pain in my life and fighting total exhaustion, to keep me sain and help me push out our baby girl! I couldn't have made it through without him and I swear, I love him so much I can't even put it into words and i'm crying right now just thinking about how much I love him. Sorry for the mushyness, but I just have to make sure everyone knows how I feel and now I'm done. :) So the little bundle was born 7lbs 11oz and 20.5 in long. She has Robert's ears, nose, and basically entire face and has my hands and feet! After spending monday and tues night in the hospital they released us wed afternoon and wed night was our first night at home and it was horrible!! Constant crying and no sleep. But, the weird thing is....that I swear, someone switched our baby because thursday morning until now (sat night) she has not cryed once!! Seriously..i'm totaly jinxing it i know, but she is just the happiest little baby in the world!!! She doesn't cry when you change her or even when we bathed her... she just sleeps and eats and poops and when she is awake she just stares at you and looks around totally happy! Like I said I'm totally jinxing it I realize this, but I'm just telling it how it's been so far. More updates to come! I have to go lie down now...i'm tired.