Simply Beautiful!

A few pictures of our princess that her Aunty Lala took of her yesterday! She was the Belle of the Ball!

I dont know if I've mentioned this, but Aleena is Navajo, her daddy is 1/2, so she is 1/4! Love our little lady!

3 Things I Can't Live Without..Or Should I Say We!

My sleep deprivation has been tested, my fast shower skills have been empowered, and my ability to multitask has somewhat vanished for the past two weeks! In the time that I have been trying to be the best mom that I am possibly capable of being, I have learned to except the fact that I cannot do everything to make Aleena as comfortable as she needs to be. Therefore, I have come to LOVE a few objects that help me get through the nights! The first one is the lovely pacifier! At first, I thought that if Aleena was crying, her diaper was clean, and she was being held and she was still fussy, then that must mean that she is hungry! Well my nipples are paying for the hourly feeding that I thought she so desperately needed! Now if nothing else calms her, I then turn to our trustworthy pacifier. Thank you, you beautiful invention, the ones from the hospital are the best if I say so myself!

The next item on the list of top favorites it the wonderful Cloud B Lamb that Aleena's Aunty Lala gave us as a gift! For some reason, which I am not complaining, the soothing sound of a whale helps Aleena fall asleep, and stay asleep for her 2 hour naps! I honestly don't know what I (we) would do without it during the night... it's a lifesaver! 

Now lastly, one of our favorite things that we have come to adore over the past two weeks is the time that seems to stand still for a few minutes and allows us to soak up all the love that Aleena has brought into our lives when we didn't think it was possible! We love you baby girl, we always will, and you are forever our little Love Bug! 

2 Weeks,Too Fast!

Today was Aleena's two week check up, and everything looks great! Besides the fact that she has reflux, our baby girl is a healthy, beautiful, and blessed love bug! Its amazing that she went from 7lbs. 11 oz., to 8 lbs. 12 oz. in just two weeks! My baby loves her milk! It's funny because I feel like she never eats enough, but her being in the 86 percentile for weight proves that I'm just being an over concerned mother! Thank you Aleena for eating like a little hungry monster, but please stop growing up to fast!

Her First Sponge Bath!

Her first sponge bath took place the other night! All I can say is that she LOVED it! She loved it so much that she fell asleep as soon as we started washing her hair! She truly was being pampered and loving every minute of it! Daddy couldn't stop taking picture of his little princess with a head full of hair! It took more that one dab of baby shampoo to clean all of it, I guess she takes after her mama! After the bath was over, all I could think about was taking her swimming in the summer time! Super excited!

So refreshed!

Adorable little woman!

Precious!

Birthday Girl!

It's already been a week since our beautiful baby girl was born, time sure does fly when your in love! Our nights, at first, were restless but filled with joy! Waking up to a little woman who is amazing in every aspect! Now only a week later our baby is sleeping on a wonderful schedule and each day is coming and going so fast, but filling our hearts up with more love than we thought possible! Mommy and Daddy love you Aleena Rosalie Herrera!! Happy 1 week birthday!

Morning Girl!

Snuggle Buddy!

Precious!

Aleena Rosalie Herrera!

She has finally made her way into this world,our family adventure is beginning! Born February 22,2012 at 8:16am 7 lbs. 11 ounces, 21 inches long, 13 & 3/4 inch head. 

 We are in love with our beautiful little woman!

Past Due Update!

I've been slacking with keeping all of my followers (all 12 of you!) updated with my past few weeks adventures! So let me just say that I'm sorry, I really have been busy preparing for our little Aleena and getting ready to move, its not that I'm too lazy to blog!

Two weeks ago, we surprised Fernando with a few visitors from out of town! It was awesome but nerve racking at the same time! The same day that his sister, nephew, and niece were scheduled to arrive, Colorado decided to have its biggest snow storm of the season! Way to go Colorado! Lets just say that their flight from North Carolina was delayed for more that 12 hours..no fun for the kiddos, poor babies.

The very next day was my baby shower! It was quite the ordeal to make sure it ran smoothly. We were busy answering calls to confirm that the party was still on no matter what the weather brought our way! It did prevent a lot of Fernando's family from out of town from being able to make their way to Denver so that was a bummer.

The shower was AMAZING though! We are truly blessed with all of our loved ones in our lives! Thanks guys!

I loved my cake, but I have to say that the cookie table was my all time FAVORITE!! Plus we got tons of great gifts for our little Aleena!

This week has been crazy to say the least. On Friday night I woke up at 2am with contractions, I was so excited! I started timing them right away while concentrating on my breathing! For two and a half hours they were between 10-12 minutes apart and lasting a minute each! I was about to wake up Fernando and tell him lets go to the hospital but then I fell asleep! It was so funny when I woke up, I felt as if I had been counting sheep all night trying to put myself asleep when in reality I didn't want to go to bed at all! Well its Monday and my contractions haven't come back yet! I know its going to be soon though!

In the meantime we are busy enjoying his sister Valerie, and his niece and nephew, Gabby and Azariah! Whenever they are away during the day we don't know what to do with ourselves! We are already so used to them being around! Their month vacation with us is already flying by, I hope it doesn't end too fast.

Oh and tomorrow I will be 38 weeks! Two more to go!