Happy Easter!

With cousin Kayden:

Not too excited to show mommy his Easter eggs:

Pictures

Here we are leaving the hospital:

My two little boys falling asleep:

Enjoying some daddy time:

Alec is really into dinosaurs lately. He loves pretend games where we build caves to hide in, search for dinosaur eggs and eat leaves:

Alec loves to hold James and is getting the hang of supporting his head, he's a great older brother!

James Patrick Russell

Final belly shot, the night before labor & delivery. I thought it looked like I had a beach ball taped to my belly:

I thought I was having contractions about 10 minutes apart on Wednesday morning, but the hospital monitor said 4, so I got a lovely epidural. We arrived around 7.30 and were all set up by 8.15. My parents came and we all watched some movies and TV until about 3, when I felt the urge to push. They let me push about 3.30 and 6 minutes later, James came out! We were thinking he was about 8 pounds, but the scale showed a bit more...10 pounds, 7 ounces!

And then there were 4...

Alec, checking to make sure baby James has eyes that work.

James arrived at 3.36 pm on March 24, 2010. 10 lbs, 7 oz and 21 inches long.

Pictures from February

One morning, when I was getting dressed, Alec decided if he said the breakfast prayer in my room before we went downstairs to eat, it would speed up the morning process...

We got to go to the Lied Discovery Museum with Catherine.

Craft time at the library. Painting a "snake". I think Alec enjoyed mixing the colors more than actually painting.

Finding turtles at the park with Uncle Christopher.

Cuddling with Cannon.

Even though we've stopped having nap time, some days he gets too tired and crashes on our bed.

Christmas

Christmas Eve pajamas!

We actually had to wake up Alec Christmas morning around 9, so he doesn't appear too excited.
We spread out the presents for Alec, letting him start opening them at the end of November. A lot were things like books that he could open and read with his daddy or DVDs. It kept Christmas morning simpler and fun. It also left Alec available to open gifts for everyone else.Paul also decided to take Alec up to Mt Charleston to build a snowman. Our poor Vegas baby, he hated it! He would get out of the car for 2 minutes, then demand back in to warm up.

Disneyland at Christmas time

We had so much fun last year at Disneyland during Christmas time that we decided to go again (that and Alec's persistent begging, 'Want to go to Disneyland, momma. Please, momma!') We went for 3 days, meeting up with my family on the second day.

Our first day was spent in Toon Town meeting Minnie and doing other young kid rides. Last year we went back to the hotel for nap time, but he crashed in the stroller, so we hung out in the Golden Horseshoe while he napped (resting my feet as well), then continued on.

Enjoying the parade from daddy's shoulders:

The second day, with my family was a blast! They were great about meeting up for rides, then splitting off as necessary. When all together there were 19 of us. Alec LOVED the attention and waiting in lines was a lot easier since he just got passed around and cuddled the whole time.

Our final morning we took Alec to CA Adventure. We wanted him to see the 'Playhouse Disney' show and all the Bug's Life rides and show. Last year we had to leave the show about 2 minutes in (he got scared), so I was pretty proud when he made it all the way through this time.

We only made it until about noon, then drove back to Vegas.