Alec Was Kung-Fu Fighting

This morning Daddy and Alec were snuggling close when Alec decided to start kicking Daddy in the face.  Mommy couldn't help but to take a few pictures as she laughed.  Alec's little feet were all over the place, this little game lasted a good 10-15 minutes...

Daddy, Mommy and Alec

Mr. Man all sleepy, we just cherish the half-open eyes.

Time to Meet Nana and Papa

Alec was sooo excited to finally meet his Nana and Papa Bedore that he didn't sleep for two days (just kidding).  We had lots of fun with Nana and we even went out to a few places with her.  Mommy was excited to be able to take a shower without worrying about Alec crying in the background!  Papa had lots of fun tickling Alec's toes!

Rubber Ducky You're The One

Alec's first bath...

So many people to see...

We thought we would get more pictures of Alec for everyone to see and so that he could show off his visitors.  Nana and Papa Bedore will be up this week to see Alec for the first time there will be even more pictures to share.

Here is a picture of our little family, Woody has taken well to Alec.  At some point we will get a picture of Mommy, Daddy and Alec.

Alec's cousins Laura and Alex drove up from Toledo to meet him in the hospital.
Burke is absolutely in love with Alec and gives him tons of hug and kisses.  My personal favorite was when he said "look at his little piggies" referring of course to his toes.

Even is still pretty cautious around Alec but he took some time to hold him too.

Aunt Erica came up to visit.  Luckily she was in MI and not AZ; unfortunately, Ian had a cold and we couldn't see him.  We also had a visit from Aunt Becca, Russ and their little Ian, but Mommy forgot to pull out the camera.  Alec has had so much fun meeting all his "Aunts".

Optimism and diaper changes

Optimism is flowing from the Sheard household today. And I truly mean that as I write from bed. Today is the first day that I am starting to feel "better" which has been a relative term in the past week, relative to the time of day and the last time I took pain medication. I'm only in bed because Alec and I were napping.

Yesterday, Alec and I went to the doctor's with the help of daddy. Nothing is majorly wrong, I have been dealing with a shooting and aching pain on my left side nowhere near my stitches. The best guess is they stretched a ligament or nerve with the spreaders during the surgery. The doctor gave me more medicine and suggested a heating pad. Why I hadn't thought about it I will never know but it has made a huge a difference. I can get in and out of bed without yelping and in and out of chairs with some amount of ease. They think most of the pain will be gone in the next week. I do have to give a huge kudos to daddy who has been helping with absolutely everything, far more than I ever could have imagined.

We have had a wonderful group of friends stopping by to visit little Alec bringing us little presents and food along the way. Mommy's tummy won't be going away anytime soon. Today Erica Letherer stopped by, she has definitely traveled the farthest to visit Alec, all the way from Arizona, and I'll pretend that she only came to MI to visit us.

I'll make sure that we get more pictures posted really soon, the hard part is that most of the time Alec is sleeping so the pictures start to look the same. It is amazing how much in love and how proud you can be of a little being that only eats and sleeps. But I am madly in love with my "Little Man"... gotta run he's up and ready to be entertained.

More Alec Pics

grandma sheard, woody, and alec

pretty momma and baby, ready for home

Dramatic Chipmunk (Alec)

If you've been to youtube, you've probably seen the dramatic chipmunk clip. When I first saw that, I laughed uncontrollably for quite a while. Alec was giving Mommy a funny look this evening, and this picture reminded me of that internet clip. This little guy is hilarious!

Prepped for delivery!

They made me wear a funny jumpsuit to go into the OR. Honor thought this was pretty funny.

Honor and Alec

Here is a cute picture of the little guy with mommy.

Baby Alec

Here is Alec in the nursery about 2 hours after birth.

It's a Boy!!

At 11:57 AM, Honor gave birth to a beautiful 8 lb. 1 oz. 20.75" Long baby boy!

His name is Alec Arthur Whitworth Sheard.

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers! Mom is doing well in recovery from the C-section, and baby is doing great! He sure is handsome! I'll get some pictures up shortly.

The Baby's Room is Under the Sea

Baby Sheard to Appear: July 10 at 11:30 am

That's right, baby Sheard is to finally make its appearance on July 10 somewhere around 11:30 am. How do I know this? Because we have a stubborn little one, that takes after her/his mom!

If you haven't heard the news the baby is breach, I basically have a head in my rib cage. Seeing that it is very difficult and risky to deliver in this position they have scheduled me for a C-Section, which I am not at all happy about! But I'm dealing with it. The baby could move but the chances aren't too good considering that they manually tried to do it already and it didn't work. The blessed news is the baby is a healthy wait 7 lbs something by about now and it's lungs are moving so it can breathe on its own!

I will hopefully have more time to keep up the posts and pictures. Here is one although it is already old. The ladies at work threw me a baby shower a month ago and here's a pic... I'll post more pics for all to see the baby's room, belly pic, etc.