Monday, June 25, 2007

Noticeable Similarities.

This seemed inevitable. I guess that's why I'm doing it.

SONOGRAM
Alyse
Alyse 3D 1
Alex
Alexa Sonogram Pose





WAITING ROOM
Alyse
Waiting Room
Alex
Waiting Room




READY TO DELIVER
Alyse
Ready to Deliver this Baby.
Alex
Ready to Deliver Alexa






DELIVERANCE
Alyse
Alyse Enters the World
Alex
Alexa is Delivered





THE WEIGH-IN
Alyse
Alyse 8 lbs. 3 oz.
Alex
9 lbs. 7.8 oz!





MOMMY & DAUGHTER
Alyse
Mother & Child
Alex
Charlotte Holds Alex




DADDY & DAUGHTER
Alyse
Newborn Alyse with Daddy
Alex
Daddy Holds His Little Girl





CLOSE-UP!
Alyse
Alyse Closer Up
Alex
Sweet, Beautiful Alex






UNKIE B-MONKEY
Alyse
Unky B & Alyse
Alex
Uncle Monkey & Alexa





ANDY & HER COUSIN
Alyse
Andy & New Cousin
Alex
Andy & Her Newest Cousin





HOMECOMING
Alyse
Going Home
Alex
A Sort of Homecoming

Monday, June 18, 2007

Father's Day

For Father's Day this year, we spent a quiet day just spending quality time as a family. We went to eat in the afternoon and, despite the excruciating humidity, made a stop over at the park for a while.

Falling Back Down is Fun!

With the attractive playground equipment, Alyse experienced a bit of sensory overload which manifested itself in a sort of adamant protest when we decided to leave.

"Bee!"

Arguably, Alex's time was better spent napping:

Alex Enjoying the Park

Alexa has matured to a stage, however, where she is actually awake more often than she is asleep! Fortunately, for the most part, she is still a very content infant. She cries when she is hungry, and cries if she wakes up and no one is holding her.

My Little Alex Bear

All in all, the girls are absolutely loving their mom being home with them all day (even though Alex can't appreciate that concept like Alyse can!).

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Alex's First Video!

After being peppered by several requests to show Alexa in video form, especially after a particularly nasty one that took on the form of a veiled threat, I decided to lazily compile this montage of Alex at 4 days old.

At the first, I tell Alexa that she is so pretty; immediately the clip cuts and Alyse may be heard mumbling in the background to which I reply, "Not you, Alyse." Just for clarification's sake, this was not a response to the "so pretty comment," but rather something entirely different.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Monday, June 04, 2007

Alexa Lylith Allen

Alexa Lylith Allen was born at 3:03 pm at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, TX on Saturday, June 2, 2007. As the "pushing" phase only lasted about 10 minutes, Charlotte and I were dually surprised when Alex registered a whopping 9 lbs. 8 oz. on the scale! (She was 20 inches long.)



We're infinitely blessed to have had another incident free delivery, not to mention a second perfectly healthy and beautiful baby girl!

Many more pictures to follow, but be sure to visit the Flickr! photoset from her birth.