The one

We finally found a car. Isaac bought it this morning. It was more a surprise cause I didn't exactly know what car we're getting. We were thinking of getting a Jeep grand Cherokee or a Ford escape. I wanted a PT cruiser but Isaac thinks it's a Grandma car. ..whatever! So anyways, I got a Ford escape and I love it! It's pretty much similar to my old Mazda tribute ( I still miss that car) But I think this car has better mileage. This time we got a gray one. No more silver car for a long time.

I love my job!

Motherhood is the best job in the world. Everyday, I get to change a wet and poopy diaper, I get baby barf all over my hands and chest, I even sometimes get an unexpected special sprinkle of pee on my face. But Ido get angelic smiles, sweet laughs and funny facial expressions. I get to sing a lullaby and cuddle with him... What a joy! what an awesome life! I do enjoy every moment of it! This sweet, cuddly, handsome and perfect little baby is my pride and joy. Someday, I will give him a little brother and a little sister. I love being a Mom.

Why oh why?

I lost 21 lbs few weeks after giving birth. I lost that weight pretty fast and I didn't even work out. I guess it's because it's water weight. Let's talk about extra lbs of fat. I started working out after a month, but why is it so hard to lose the extra weight? I am talking about 10 lbs, my friends. Ahhh, I miss my old body. I can't help but feel a little sad when I see old pictures. I hate this belly weight.

My goal is to look like this, this summer:

I can easily cut my hair like that. But to lose weight? I need a strong determination! I need someone to tell me "Hey, if you lose 10 lbs, I'll give you a shopping spree or a free ticket to hawaii " If only people would stop selling chocolates and cupcakes! Haayyy. It kinda feels good to pour out this feeling...

The cutest baby

Alex had a pictorial session with Mommy (That's me). It was fun! He smiled a lot right after the the flash! I didn't capture a smiley face, but he's still incredibly gorgeous!










Now tell me, how can you not fall in-love with this little guy?

Alex's first laugh!

I heard Alex's first laugh when he was about 4 weeks old. It was a 2-second laugh and he was asleep. It was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard. He would always laugh in his sleep. I would try to make him laugh when he's awake, but he'll only give me smiles, toots, and coos.

But today, he laughed for the first time with his eyes wide open. I am so happy because he's not asleep this time. I found his tickle spot and he laughed like a baby goat. It was so hilarious! The neatest part was, I made him laugh! I am one proud Momma! What an accomplishment! :-)
But you wanna know the BEST part? I got it on video. Oh yeah!

Enjoy this video. Don't mind my super annoying voice! That's just how I play with him sometimes and he loves it! Anyways, this video will make you SMILE!!!

Success!

My son is totally weaned from thumb sucking! He hasn't suck his thumb for a few days. I am glad I was able to break that habit. They say it's harder when they're older. He likes his pacifier now. When he turns one, I will throw all of it away and find a way for him to forget about it.

Here's a video of him sucking his pacifier. He looks so contented. Don't mind my voice and my "taglish"(tagalog-english) language. I just make sure I speak tagalog to him once in a while so he'll grow up bilingual.

Love is all that Matters

I love my family and our simple life. I couldn't ask for more. Someday when I'm super old and dying, I'll be able to look back at how good I've had it.

I feel so loved. My heart is full of gratitude to the ONE who is greater than us all, our Heavenly Father. I know that my life is not perfect... There will always be trials to strengthen me.But I must have done something good in my past or even in my pre-mortal life to deserve this happy llife. I wake up every single morning with my husband and my son. If you see this kind of view in the morning, you'll know what I mean..Isaac is a very loving husband and father . Alex is just perfect and we adore him so much! My heart is just full of LOVE!!! Despite of all the trials and chaos around us. In the end, LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS!


So I would like to share to you this song. I sing this to my music lover son ! Happy weekend everyone!

What a week!!!

We're sharing one car this week. I can't leave the house when Isaac's working and vice versa. Isaac's car is not totally fixed, so we borrowed my parents in-law's van, until our car is fixed. Hopefully, I'll find a good car this week or early next week.

Yesterday, I got pulled-over by a cop for speeding. I was 5 seconds away from my in-law's driveway. Luckily, I didn't get a ticket. Thank goodness!

I must admit that it's been a stressful week for us. But I am thankful for our family and friends for helping us in times of need.We just feel so loved.

And most of all, we are thankful for this little guy! He is our inspiration...

Goodbye Amanda!

I am going to miss my car, Amanda! (yes I named her) Isaac had a car accident last week. He borrowed my car because his car needs to be fixed. Little did I know that it was the end of Amanda. It was snowing and the road was slick when my car fell in a ditch and hit a tree as Isaac was turning. He's perfectly fine, thank God! But sad to say, my car's totaled... Oh well, it happens. I am just thankful that Isaac was not hurt and luckily, we have a full coverage insurance. So they're going to pay us the value of my car and I am getting a new car. I am kinda excited but at same time sad because I loved that car. It was a good car. I finally concluded that I do not have luck with silver cars.So this time, I think I am getting another color. I'm still car hunting...

Oh my Cuteness!

Alex likes his pacifier now, so I was thinking he will stop sucking his thumb.
But I realized that the saying, "If there's a will, there's a way" is so true (even for babies). During Alex's tummy time this morning, I caught him sucking his little thumb again. He really looked sneaky, as if he knew that he's not allowed to do it. This weaning process is definitely going to be easy...after all he's only 6 weeks old. But I just can't help but smile whenever he finds his thumb.He's just darn cute!

Here's the "caught in the act" video:

I love my boys!

Oh I love my Boys! I cannot imagine my life without them. Alex loves his Dad! And he totally loves hanging out with him! I do not interrupt their bonding time, but as Mother, I feel the need to take pictures :-)

Thumbsucking VS. Binkie

My little guy discovered how to suck his thumb on his own. And boy he loves it... I think it's cute. However, I have to break this habit now while he's not capable of touching dirty things, cause it won't be as cute when he's older. And it'll be harder to break that habit.

So I found a solution...the BINKIE!!! He hates it though, but I'd rather him suck his binkie than his thumb. Plus it'll be easier for me to throw the binkie away when he's older. He'll probably cry, but it'll be easier for him to forget about it than his cute little thumb.

So Mommy kinda forced him to suck his binkie . Here's a video:





It didn't work at first... But after many attempts (I am talking about 2 days) he finally decided to take it!

Tips for Mommies

Here's my baby's sleeping schedule:

8:00PM- Off to bed

12:00 AM- Feeding time and and diaper change. He usually goes back to sleep when he's full. That's 30 minutes to an hour... and then he sleeps 5-6 hours straight after that.

Thank goodness he finally has a schedule. I am hoping he'll sleep longer in a month or 2. Did I tell you he's such a good baby? :-)

So here's my secret that I wanna share. After his feeding time between 6-7 PM, that's when I give him his bath and baby massage. I use these products :

I usually don't promote baby products in my blog, but these products really work! The smell is so good and calming. As for the baby massage, thanks to YOUTUBE for this video:



Mommies, this really works. Try it! You will be amazed!

Hello Mr. Sun

The weather is perfect today, so I took Alex for a walk just in our neighborhood. We also went to the closest park from our home. It was a good exercise for me. As for my little guy, he passed out in his stroller in less than a minute while we were outside. He's so cute.

Here's my boy. He's half awake here.

He totally passed-out in less than a minute

An hour later...he's still asleep. He looks so adorable in his outfit. Thanks Grandma! it finally fits him.

Family Date

After I got off from work yesterday, we took Alex to the mall for the first time and went to the park for a walk . Isaac was off yesterday and I only worked half-day, so we decided to something fun. Alex slept the whole time despite of the noise while we were at the mall. I think he had fun sleeping in his stroller.It was still a little cold outside, so we had to bundle him up pretty good. We were out for more than 3 hours. He woke up on our way home and we had to pull-over to feed him. He's such a perfect little guy

At the park. You can't really see Alex, but he's in the stroller

That evening, we had some home made corned beef and cabbage for dinner at my in-laws. It was St. Patrick's day, so I requested an Irish meal. It was a really good meal. I love WEDNESDAYS!!!!

Here's our latest family picture taken by my Mother-in-law

Our little guy is now 6 weeks old. He now weighs 12 lbs and measures 23.5 inches long. He's going to be a tall baby. The doctor says that he looks great. We're going back in 2 weeks for his check-up and vaccinations.

Shower Party 2010

Thanks to my friends Stephanie, Misty and Cindi for organizing this party. It was fun!

The yummy Cake

His cute presents

Of course me, looking BIG.hahaha!

It's our 3rd shower party. It was super fun. My little boy got lots of clothes, some toys and books! What a blessing! I don't have any pictures of my friends who celebrated with me.My battery died...bummmer. Anyways, we had a blast and I totally love all his presents!

Phone call from Dad

My 5-week-old baby

I get this view a lot

Our munchkin is growing so fast

Alex is just growing so fast. I think he's going to be very tall someday. He wears 3M clothes now. Thank goodness I did not buy lots of clothes! He wears size 1-2 diaper now. We still have lots of Newborn size diapers in his closet, and we're saving it for our next baby :-)
He enjoys music a lot and cuddle time with Mommy and Daddy. He loves his mobile and other toys. He listens when we talk to him. He coos and smiles a lot . He laughed for the first time this week and I almost jumped for joy! It was the cutest sound ever! He sleeps 5-hour-straight at night now and we're getting more sleep. He is such a good baby. He is every inch of an Angel and we just LOVE him SO MUCH!!!!

smilling and pooping ;-)

My new DC

Isaac bought me a new digital camera and I just got it in the mail this morning. I love it! And oh! I love the color. It's not an expensive camera but it's very cool. It has 10 Mega pixels and lots of features. Our old camera is just about ready to die. Isaac bought it back in 2004. It was a good camera but it has served it's purpose and I have to say good bye to it. I still have my Canon 50D but it's for business use only and special occasion. It's too big to carry around with my big diaper bag, purse, car seat and stroller. Oh yeah! I am one hot Momma coz I can carry all that with a smile. It's super heavy though ;-)

Anyways, thanks hubby for spoiling me. I am telling this not because you bought me a camera. But because you're always there for me and Alex. You are the sweetest and loving person I know...seriously! I love you, Babe!

Getting ready!

Usually, he gets cranky when we buckle him up in his car seat. But lately, he doesn't fuss anymore. I guess he knows that whenever we buckle him up, we're going out and do something fun!!! :-)

Just Chillin'

Sorry if this video gets a little blurry sometimes. I just can't keep my hands steady, plus our digital camera is almost 6-years-old. It's time to get a new one. Anyways, just enjoy watching this video and fall in-love with this little man.

Baby Blessing

Our 1 month old son, Alex Thomas Schaefer, was blessed by his father at church this morning. It was a wonderful experience for me to listen to his blessing from his Dad. I know he's going to be a fine man just like his Dad.
We are striving our best to be good parents to him. He is such a great joy to us and I am grateful that our Heavenly Father gave us the opportunity to raise him in this world.

A family picture after sacrament. I just love our background. It's a picture of our Savior, Jesus Christ.I didn't notice it until I started uploading pictures from my camera. And yes, Christ is the center of our family.


My parents in-law, Jesse and Symber came to witness his baby blessing. We are so happy for Alex.

I want milk!

This is the reaction I get from Alex when he needs a diaper change and he's super hungry! I had to post this picture because not only he's cute when he's crying, I also noticed that his hair color is just getting lighter each week. It's amazing how they change. I can tell by looking at his pictures from day one, up to the present.



After feeding time, he's just a very contended baby... as long as there's music or noise around him. He hates complete silence when he's awake. I had to read aloud or turn on the music. He'll start fussing when he's tired and ready to go to sleep again.

I can't believe how handsome he is! I am saying this, not because I'm his mother. But seriously, he's a perfect little baby.

Dance moves!

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Stayin' alive! stayin' alive!

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Stayin' alive! stayin' alive!!!

Love this song

Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole's version of "Somewhere over the rainbow". I love his version better than the original. Truly an awesome revival song!

This made me laugh :-)

Don't touch my panda bear or I'll punch your face ;-)

Alex is 1 Month Old!

My man is growing so fast! He is showing his sweet personality each day. He is an easy baby so far ;-) Hope he'll stay that way. Here's some of Alex's favorite things so far:

* Mister Panda Bear- He'll stare at him a lot when he's in his crib until he falls asleep. I think he loves his color.

* Orange deer is his favorite toy. We have to hang this thing on his swing and he'll stare at it and make noises.

*This is his favorite book! (or mommy's favorite book for little Alex) He's a very attentive little boy. I must say he loves the sound of my voice. Whenever I read to him, he acts like he understands.

* He loves Mommy's milk :-)

* He loves to listen to classical music every morning

*He loves his bath. Especially when I wash his hair. Oh my! He's just on cloud 9 when I do that! Seriously...



So anyway, we celebrated his first month yesterday at Grandma and Papaw's house. Grandma made a special cake for Alex. It's a sunny side up pineapple cake. It's so good! I ate it for him :-)

here's a cute picture of Alex and his cake with candle. He's freakin' cute!

He also got some surprise super cute presents from his grandparents, uncle, aunt and cousins. He's so spoiled!!!



And this afternoon, Little Alex got a surprise package from New York. Thank you Tito Lito, Tita Suyen and Ate Maxine for the super cute present. Alex love them all!!!


We love our little Alex to pieces! We are grateful to be his parents! He's an angel from heaven.