4 Generations

March 7, 2011With my mom and my grandma :) I love Lexi's little smile in this.. so cute!

... we all look like our daddies!

Photo Credit: Cheryl Bennett

Blessing Day

March 6

Lexi's blessing day was perfect. Thank you to ALL the family and friends who came. It was so neat to have Ryan bless her and hear all that we have to look forward to with her.

Sadly, this is the only close up picture I have of her and this gorgeous dress. I hadn't quite figured out our new camera yet. This is a dress that has been passed between cousins... Ella Howard, Reese Bright, and Alexis. I love it.

Ryan's family

My mom's family

My dad's family

2 months!

Weight: 11 lbs 3 oz

Height: 23 inches

- She spits up a ton! You always have to have a burp rag or something handy

- Long and skinny.. I'm hoping she plumps up a bit

- She takes 2 3-hour naps during the day

- She will pretty much sleep through the night until 4, eats, then sleeps til 8 or so

- Still kinda colicky at night

- If there is a fan in the room, she won't even notice you

- She loves to stare at the toys on her play mat

- Loves people! Will smile at everyone.

- She had her first trip to the grocery store.. and was asleep the whole time

Newborn Pictures

Photo credit: Kristin Fuller Photography

1 month!

February 4

Weight: 8 lbs 6 oz

Height: 21 inches

- Wakes up 2 times a night to eat

- She is fitting into newborn clothes, but is almost too tall for them!

- Hates getting her diaper changed

- LOVES bath time

- She is so snugly

- She loves to stare at fans, lights, and blinds

- Very alert and always watching everything

- I could stare at her all day long, she is just so amazing!

Alexis Noelle Stevens

Born: January 4, 2011

Weight: 7 lbs 13 oz

Height: 19 inches

Dark hair! Who would've thought!? I love our little girl!!

Merry Christmas!

Amanda and I celebrated our year anniversary this year in San Diego. As luck had it, we left a 100-degree Wildomar to spend a week in cloudy and misty 60-degree San Diego, but we made the best of the weather. Mostly we enjoyed our time at Sea World and bumming around Downtown. We both ate the best steak of our lives while we were there and now I know the secret to a great steak: all the inner juices should be replaced with butter.

The biggest news of our family is that Amanda is pregnant! Maybe even more surprising is the fact that we our having a girl, no one more excited than us and perhaps our mothers. We now have several outfits for her and some I still have to figure out how they actually go on the baby. It seemed like overnight our house went from neutral colors to monochromatic: pink in all its 1000 shades. The pink is definitely the sight to see and it makes me wonder how it can be so dominant when we boys (Charlie and I) still outnumber Amanda two to one.

Countless people have asked us the name of our baby. Tranquilo. We still don’t have a name for the baby yet so baby “no-name” is what my in-laws decided to call her. Our baby should be coming in the next couple of weeks so we hope and pray that everything goes well. More importantly, we hope she has a name by that time but the Internet is giving us nothing.

Charlie turned one this year. He is officially our family’s biggest “winner” (not loser) when it comes to his weight as he gained more than 70 pounds in one year. At least I know his food isn’t going straight through him—contrary to what my backyard lawn tells me. He’s matured some during this past year and just recently he’s been beginning to realize that cats are now his mortal enemies.

Other events this year include taking a trip to Solvang, having 4^th of July on the U.S.S. Midway, and finally ditching our big-box projection TV for a high def flatscreen TV. The Laker games will never be the same…neither will Vampire Diaries (for Amanda).

I hope everyone has a merry Christmas and we love you all!

Ryan and Amanda Stevens