Happy Valentines Day!

I sure love my sweetie. He gave me these beautiful flowers and necklace. It was a wonderful Valentine's Day!

My Man

So I know Tony will be totally embarrased but I just had to share his accomplishment. We have been doing weight watchers together since beginning of October and he has lost over 50 lbs. Crazy! Here is a before and a current photo.
I am so proud of him! For myself I too have lost around 50 lbs but that is since I had the baby does that count? Isn't Alec so cute in his BYU jersey? Go BYU!

Christmas Miracles

Who doesn't love a few Christmas miracles that are insignificant but make your day? After months and months of work we are finally done with refinishing our crib. My parents had given us the crib all of us kids used and was much older than me. After stripping down coats and coats of paint and sanding it down, and adding a beautiful finish, it is finally done. Tony surprised me by putting it all together last night. Here is a picture. It doesn't do justice how beautfiul it is now and how talented Tony is. I also had to take a picture of Alec sleeping in it this morning. He is going strong at 2 hours, which is a miracle.

The second miracle is Tony bought me a new washer and dryer. Who ever thought that a washer and dryer could be so exciting. For a family of 8, it is super exciting. Although it's my Christmas present, they were delivered early this morning. I seriously cannot wait to use them. On a side note- we would love to give our old ones which work well for being 10 years old to someone who needs them. Contact me if you know of anyone. Here is a picture of my red beauties!

We have been so blessed this year and are grateful for the many blessings we receive each day.

Merry Christmas everyone!

How he came...

I am a horrible blogger but I have intentions of catching up on the last couple of months, we have had a lot going on! I was thinking the other day, I told everyone a fewt things about Alec and how he arrived but haven't gone into details. I hope you'll humor me. :)

Alec's name was chosen simply because Aarone and Amber are born in August and we thought it would be nice to follow the "A" name tradition. His middle name Genero is Tony's Grandfather's name and Tony's middle name except for Tony's is just simply done with a "G". Tony and our kids all have an association with the number 7 related to their birthdays, it's strange but true. So, when Alec was born on August 7 it just was meant to be!

Alec was due on August 16 but made his grand entrance a week or so early. I didn't complain although it was quite humorous he came at that time. For those who don't know, I was an Event Manager for Stampin' Up!. My main event I focus on is our yearly convention typically held in Salt Lake City. It can range from 2500-6000 people. We all had a good laugh when I found out I was due a week after my event.

My boss kept saying, "If you can make it to Thursday then it will be great." He even got my a scooter to ride around the convention center. I was very embarrased but grateful in the end. I had a doctor's appointment on that Thursday the 6th and my doctor told me it would be at least 2 more weeks. She even made me schedule 2 appointments for the next couple weeks. Well, Tony and I were sleeping down at the Hotel Monaco in Salt Lake that night and I woke up about 11 and told Tony I think my water broke. After about a half hour of deciding if my water really had broken, we packed up our stuff and headed to the hospital.

Sure enough Alec was on his way. After almost 16 hours of labor I never dialated enough to push him out. They decided to do a C-section around 5:30 pm and Alec was born at 6:15 pm. I was just grateful to have him out! Needless to say, Alec waited until Thursday to be born.

I can't believe that was 8 weeks ago tomorrow. He is getting so big and chubby. He is starting to smile and talk to us. We just love him to death.

Now I need to update everyone on all the other things happening around here, never a dull moment!

What's up with Alec?

I know it's been almost a month and I haven't posted any more pictures. I am horrible I know! Here are a few pictures that have taken since we brought Alec home. We just love him to pieces and can't imagine our lives without this funny dude. He brings so much entertainment and is just the best snuggler ever! We love him!

A week or so after he came home

"The Burrito" - he barely fits in those blankets anymore like that...

One of many surprise looks...

Alec's first football game...

Rock on dude

Grandpa William O. Buck

My Grandpa Buck passed away exactly a week ago today, he was 88 years old. Tony and I were so lucky we had taken Alec down to visit Gram and Grandpa the week before. Grandpa at the time was doing okay and actually woke up the next day talking about our sweet Alec.

We had a grave side service on Saturday surrounded by family and friends in Evanston, Wyoming. We felt sad but rejoiced in what a great man and what a great life he had. We know he is surrounded now by friends and family in Heaven.

We love you Grandpa Buck and will miss your sweet smile and having you here with us!

He's Here!

Alec Genero Cefalo was born on Friday, August 7 at 6:15 pm. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. More pictures to come....