1 month

Alexis is 4 weeks old!! It seems like we came home from the hospital just yesterday! The past month is definitely a little blurry and the days run together in my head. It seems like the same thing over and over again everyday. As I try to teach her day and night and sleeping patterns, I struggle myself knowing what time it is, let alone the date or day of the week! We spend the majority of the day in our bedroom upstairs where it's warm.... going downstairs only to get something to eat or drink. I'm really missing my mom here helping out-- she was wonderful! It is so hard finding time to make myself something to eat or even remember to go to the bathroom. We have good and bad days... and today is a good one! :) She slept 4 hours straight last night... woohoo!! That is the longest stretch of sleep I have gotten in a month and it feels great! She probably slept so long after the crazy evening we had- I even resorted to giving her a pacifier for the first time when she insisted on eating every 1/2 an hour to hour but I just couldn't take it! Nothing would calm her down except to eat. I felt so bad as she sucked on it like crazy for 1/2 an hour not knowing if she really was hungry and I was starving her or if she just needed to suck.
I can't see how she can be starving as she is getting so big! I see it mostly in her face but she is also getting longer. I am curious to see how much she weighs- she is definitely getting heavier to hold! Her looks are changing so much and getting cuter all the time! Here are some of the most recent pictures:

just took this picture today
(she's only sleeping on her stomach for picture taking purposes and while being supervised)

4 generations

snuggling up with daddy

loves sleeping with her hands up by her face

Be sure to scroll down and see all the pictures I posted of Alexis. It took me so long to do it- I didn't know it would post on the day that I started it. Just didn't want you to miss them!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREAT GRANDMA MONA!!!

It was great to see you over the weekend- wish we could be there today! Hope you have a great day!!

We love you!!
~Albert, Tami & Alexis

a little behind.....

Ok, so more like A LOT behind. I honestly thought I would be posting pictures from the hospital room and updating it daily. I had no idea what I was going to be in for! It's now 3 weeks later and I'm finally having time and feeling up to getting on the computer. The past couple of weeks have been a blur but here is what I remember:

The morning of January 28, I was supposed to be at the hospital for my scheduled c-section at 6:45am. I couldn't sleep the night before and was up at 3am. Albert couldn't sleep either so we stayed up and watched tennis until we had to get ready.

Bags packed and we are ready to have this baby!!

Getting checked into the hospital... last pregnancy pic

Albert in his HUGE scrubs... ready for surgery

The doctor came in and did an ultrasound to make sure the baby was still breech -- would she really send me home if she had flipped?! I was ready to get her out! After a couple of sticks, the nurse finally got an IV in my hand and I walked into the operating room. Wow-- what a cold and scary place! The anesthesiologist, who was super nice and helped me stay calm, gave me my spinal anesthesia (the part I was most scared about) and laid me down on the table. I started to feel my feet go numb and the sensation slowly went up my legs. Albert came in and sat by my head and the next thing I knew, I could hear my baby crying, although it sounded more like a cat squealing.

At 9:49am, Alexis Leann Mogul was born weighing in at 6 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. I immediately started to cry and couldn't wait to see her!

Family picture in the recovery room. I was able to breastfeed when she was less than an hour old and was amazed she knew exactly what to do!!

Proud daddy!!

Already holding her head up!

couldn't miss watching tennis

We were discharged home on Monday, February 1st. (1 day before her due date)
Since this post has taken me over a week to do, I'm going to leave out all the details I was originally going to and just post some pictures.

she loves her bouncy seat!

look at those eyes!

1st bath

Lola loves to hold Alexis

Grandma, Lola & Lolo

mini photo shoot at 1am when Alexis was wide awake

she liked her 2nd bath much better!!

posing in Grandma's arms

taking a trip to the hospital for a weight check

2/2 - 6 pounds, 1/2 ounce
(back to birth weight in 5 days!!)
2/8 - 6 pounds, 6 ounces
2/9 - 6 pounds, 8 ounces
(she gained 2 ounces in 24 hours!! although i was having a lot of problems breastfeeding, she was obviously getting enough to eat :)
2/15 - 7 pounds

tummy time

I can't believe she is already 3 weeks old!! The time is flying by and she is changing everyday. We've had quite a few challenges along the way but we are so blessed to have this healthy & happy baby... and she is so beautiful!