The First 6 Weeks - Welcome to Parenthood!

Landon is such a good baby! Even so, we've learned that every week is something new. First it was jaundice, then the healing of the circumscision and umbilical cord, and a battle with thrush. This week, Landon had some sort of food sensitivity and I've had to cut out dairy. That seemed to do the trick. Here's Albie and Landon at one of many times he got blood drawn that first week.. Poor guy!

Landon's Visitors

Aunt Amanda and Grandma Dee Dee were waiting in the delivery room for Landon's arrival and helped us out for the few days we were in the hospital.

It's a Boy!!! Landon Alfred Guerra, 9 lbs, 21 in

The results of the Baby Poll were correct! Congratulations to the 64% who guessed it would be a BOY!
We had been waiting to hear the doctor say those magic words... "Congratulations, it's a BOY!"

Landon Alfred Guerra entered this world weighing 9 pounds and measuring 21 inches long. We couldn't believe how big he was! He's got big, blue eyes and light brown, wavy hair. He came out screaming his little head off, and we've found that he's only got one volume when he cries: High!

What a wonderful addition to our family, he's such a beautiful baby boy!

Albie's Promotion to Manager

Along with more work, more responsibility and more stress comes the long awaited for office!!! Congratulations Albie! :) Here is Albie's name on the list of PricewaterhouseCoopers promotions for FY07. A lot of our friends were promoted this year, it made for quite a good party. (Or so I hear, I headed home by 8pm, but Albie celebrated for the two of us.)
Here we are at the Dave and Buster's Promotion party. (I'm pointing to the flashing 'promotion' star badge on his shirt.)

Getting Ready for Baby - My Baby Shower

I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful mom, mom-in-law, and sisters, who threw me the nicest baby shower on July 21, 2007. Just two days before, my friends at work surprised me with a shower as well. We have been overwhelmed with everyone's generosity! The baby poll taken at the shower was heavily leaning towards a boy! All the guests received a year 1 through 18, and wrote the baby a birthday card that he or she will read at that age - what a nice gift!
My family: Amanda, Katie, Mom(Rita) and Becky
Me and Marilyn Bernacki, she made my tasty shower cake. So Cute!
Mommy & Proud Papa
The Guerra Girls: Grandmoo(Mae), Lori, Mae, Chris, Katie, Gwyne
Check out all the prego's at the shower, in order of due dates: Christy, Becky, Rosanna, Katie, and Lori

Our 3rd Anniversary

It's hard to believe it's been 3 years, but then again it's like we've been together forever. To celebrate, we went out to eat at a cute little Italian restaurant and sat in the wine cellar room. (Torture for a prego who can't drink the wine!)

4th of July at the Shore

Knowing that life will surely change once the baby is born, we vowed to enjoy the last of our time as "just the two of us" as much as possible. We made sure to appreciate being spontaneous and traveling without a diaper bag or stroller. After our trip to Chicago, we spent the next 3 weekends at the NJ shore. Albie's sister and brother-in-law rented a shore house at the Margate beach and were kind enough to let us crash on the weekends.
We spent the days at the beach and the evenings at the local hot spots like the 'Two Cents Plain' ice cream shop having waffles and ice cream or on the Boardwalk in Ocean City. Even though I had to be in a swim suit, it was the first time I didn't care about my figure. I mean, what are you going to do with a belly that big?

Here we are at the Boardwalk with our nephews and neice: Cruz, Vincent, Nico and Gwyne
Me and My Honey
Sneaking a smooch from the top of the ferris wheele at the Boardwalk.
Chris, Albie and Lori (missing Nick in this photo)

Dancing the Night Away!

This reception was a huge party! The band was totally jamming and you couldn't have dragged the guys off the dance floor! Also, notice how cute Melanie looks - you can't quite tell yet, but she was 18 weeks pregnant with their first baby GIRL! (Future Chi Omega, I'm sure). By the end of the weekend, I swear that baby had a growth spurt. Probably because of all the food Aunt Amy prepared for us!

Love is in the air!

Here we are in Chicago for a long weekend celebrating Erin & Jason Adam's wedding! It was a great weekend with my college friends and all their wonderful husbands! Albie played 18 holes with the guys while us girls headed to the nail salon with Erin. Amy was the hostess with the most-est, having a full house with us Guerra's, the Kingsley's and Monster! I have lots of great pics from the weekend, here are a few favorites!

Becky and me in NYC!

Us prego's took NYC by storm! Not really, we were in bed watching a movie by 9pm, but we spent all day Saturday exploring Central Park. It was both of our first times seeing the park and neither of us could believe how big it was. If I were a New Yorker, that's where I'd spend my weekends! (Becky was about 23 weeks here and I was 31.)

The Nesting Instinct

We've finally reached the finish line! We've painted, put up ceiling fans, ordered nursery furniture, picked out the bedding, registered for baby stuff galore, ordered the rocker, set up the life insurance, and coordinated child care. Whew!
Thank you, God, for giving us 40 weeks to prepare because there sure is a lot to do! :)
Now we are ready to relax and enjoy the last months of our time together- just the two of us! On the docket includes two trips to NYC to see Emily, Lisa and big sister Becky, and a trip to Chicago for my sorority sister, Erin's, wedding. Other than that, we'll be spending as much time as we can at the Reyes's Margate beach house.

June - Baby Girl Month

I have to admit, it's a little harder to imagine this baby being a girl because every passer-byer keeps guessing it's a boy. But it would be fun to have a little princess. So far, our top girl names are:
-Lauren
-Juliana
-Mikayla
-Marisa
-Brooke
-Kaylee?
-Avery?
-Lillian/Lily?
-Bridgit?

Bon Voyage Lisa! Happy B-day Em!

Lisa, Emily and I met up in New York to say goodbye to Lisa Monaco before her Bon Voyage to London and to celebrate Emily's Birthday. We miss you already, Lisa!!!

This is the also the weekend that I discovered non-alcoholic beers. Who doesn't want a cold refreshing beer in the summer? Don't I look like a responsible mommy!?!

May is "Boy Month"

Each month, we're taking turns referring to the baby as a boy or a girl. May is "boy" month, so we're trying out all the top names when we talk about the baby. We had lots of time on the beach to hash out names. Here are our top boy names:
-Andrew
-Landon (this one is becoming a front runner)
-Christian
-Maximus (secretly, I'm glad to say this one is losing ground)
-Jason
-James/Jaime
-Jake
-Michael

A Neutral Nursery - not easy!!

Wow, looks the poll is leaning towards 'a girl!' Very interesting, especially since I am getting a lot of strangers coming up to me saying, "you're having a boy right?" This is going to be quite a surprise, because Albie and I have NO gut instincts! Over the weekend, we changed direction with the nursery. We decided to go with light colored furniture b/c it's really neutral and so much of our furniture is espresso stained, so we didn't want to over do it. Here is (I think) our final decision on the nursery. The bedding is sorta funky, but I think the bright colors will be fun!