Laura and Alex Come Home

On Friday, Laura and Alex got to come home.  Both have done great and were excited to be home again.  While in the hospital, AJ would go and help and visit every morning.  Brooke stayed home with her babysitter, Brittney, who did a fantastic job looking after Brooke.  They had fun making crafts that were pre-setup by Laura, going to the park, and opening a gift for Brooke, from Laura, each day that Laura was gone.  AJ would go and pick Brooke up after her afternoon nap and bring her to the hospital to visit with Laura and Alex.  She would bring her craft to show Mommy each night, and Laura would keep these hanging in her room; it certainly was the prettiest hospital room you ever did see.

Alex Photos

Here are more photo’s and a video of Alex from the last 2 days.  Laura and Alex are both doing well, and Brooke is enjoying the fact that she has a little brother.  We are all very happy.

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Welcome Alex

We’d like to welcome Alexander Joseph to the family.   Born today, August 19th, 2014 at 12:23pm, weighing 9 lbs 2 oz and 21.65 inches tall.   Laura and Alex are both doing well.

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First Finger-painting Craft

Today I thought it would be fun to do some finger-painting with Brooke.  I had brought her paints a while ago but today we made a Target run and got some paper.  Brooke was very timid to start and wanted her finger cleaned between each color.  However, when Mommy started pouring paint on the page and making full hand-prints, fingerprints, and getting messy she played along too.  Here is our masterpiece.

Last Family Day of Three

This Tuesday was AJ’s last day off before we become a family of four and we spent it together taking Brooke out to breakfast and because it was raining, to a local bounce house.  We all had an amazing time and Brooke did some great bouncing and climbing.

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