Emma Kate's 1st Bath

Today I had my 1st bath and I didn't like very much. All I want to do is sleep, because I am growing big and strong. Mommy Daddy and Gigi are taking good care of me and I look forward to meeting you all someday soon. Love Emma Kate

My Daddy's the Best!

Thank you Gigi, G-Daddy, Uncle Nelson and Aunt Sarah for my flowers and balloons.

Thank you Gran-Gran, Grand Daddy, and Aunt Deborah for my flowers and the blessing ring. I feel so loved!

Yeah, Gigi is here to help Mommy!

Precious Delivery!

Emma Katherine Alexander

6 pounds 6 ounces

19 inches

March 30th 2007; 12:57 pm

We had a wonderful delivery team and could not have been more blessed!

Here is the proud Daddy with his little girl!
We were a little tired but soooooooooo happy!

Our first nap!

We get to go home!

We will be trying to put up as many pictures as possible with our new busy life. We love you all and thank you so much for your prayers and support. Even though we are far from home we know that you all are here in our thoughts and prayers. Emma Kate cannot wait to meet all of you!

Matt's exciting day!

I'm sorry that it has taken so long to get a new post up to website. I did want to share some pictures of Matt skydiving with the Golden Knights. The Golden Knights are the Army's demonstration skydiving team. They come to the Yuma Proving Grounds every February to practice and perform tandem jumps. Matt was fortunate enough to get connected with the team and have the opportunity to skydive with some of the best in the world. The individual that Matt jumped with had over 3,000 jumps! I felt that he was very safe and secure. He had an amazing time and would love to do it again.

On another note, our due date is drawing near. We have three weeks left and we are both very excited. Hope all is well with all of you!

Busy February: Part 2

Our next event of February was a wonderful visit from Abbey and Warren (my sister and brother-n-law). They were so kind to spend their vacation coming to see us. We were in Yuma for 3 days and then we headed over to Mammoth Lakes, CA. We had been planning a ski trip before Matt and I got pregnant and so we decided to visit California so that we would be able to drive and see a different part of the country. On our way to Mammoth Lakes we drove through Joshua Tree National Park and saw some interesting trees, cactus, etc. We also drove past Mt. Whitney, which is the highest point in California. We had a GREAT time and Matt, Abbey and Warren were able to have some good skiing. Our second day there we received what seemed like tons of snow which made for some fun skiing. While we were there I got a VERY relaxing massage and was able to sleep as much as I wanted. Below are some pictures from the trip and they don't do justice to the fun we had!

Before we left Yuma Matt and Warren wanted to climb some mountains that are literally in our backyard.

It is amazing that we have these mountains to look at everyday!

Once we left Yuma our first stop was Joshua Tree National Park.

We saw some neat rock formations!

It was chilly and actually sleeted on us a little bit.

This is a Joshua Tree.

Our next stop was to see Mt. Whitney. We were on the eastern side of the mountain and access to the mountain is on the western side. We got some good pictures of the mountain on our way to Mammoth Lakes.

We arrived at Mammoth Lakes and saw snow!

The view from the gondola was GREAT!

On our last day in Mammoth Lakes we went to an area close to Mammoth Lakes that has a saltwater lake and crater formed from volcanic activity.

The rock like formations are called salt spires and are formed by the salt in the water. The lake has slowly been drained, but the original level was at least as high as the tallest salt spire.

We had a great vacation and when I get some more pictures from Abbey I will post them. The update on the rest of our busy February will come soon....

Busy February: Part 1

I apologize for not posting anything sooner. We have had a busy February and I would love to tell you about all the fun things that we have been doing. After I returned from Birmingham Matt's wonderful parents came to Yuma to help us with our backyard landscaping. The big task at hand was laying a brick patio and believe me it was a BIG task! Since I am pregnant I was not able to help as much as I would like to but Steve, Kay and Matt did a superb job. It looks wonderful and has definitely started us in the right direction for finishing the job. Below are some of the pictures of the massive and wonderful job they all did. We can never thank Kay and Steve enough!

Trip to Birmingham

I recently got home from Birmingham and had a wonderful visit. It was great to see so many of you and it sounds like everyone is doing well. The love that I felt from our family and friends at the baby shower was overwhelming. I appreciate all the baby items that we received and know that baby Alexander is going to use and love all of them. I want to say thank you to Abbey for all of her hard work in getting the shower together because I know how busy she is. I have posted some pictures of all the fun that we had at the shower.

The rest of the week flew by as I was busy completing the baby's wardrobe with style that is not available in Yuma. I enjoyed getting to see all the family and being able to go to Sarah's state indoor meet. She did really well and ran the 4x200, 400, and 4x400. Their team won the 4x200 and the Hoover girls placed second overall in the 6A division. Here are some pictures from the meet.

Now that I home I am ready to get everything set up. I will be posting pictures of the nursery once it gets ready. Thank you again to all that came to the shower and for the beautiful gifts.