Lovely pictures

Well here is the link to Austin's newborn pictures!
She did a great job at capturing how precious he is as well as his many faces...

Here is the link:
Austin's pictures!


p.s.
Matthew asked me to inform everyone that he is, indeed wearing jeans in his "topless" pictures!
what a hottie!

It's been 1 month!

NOVEMBER 21st!!!!
Today is Austin's 1 month birthday! Happy birthday baby boy!


As I've mentioned in other posts, time has flown by... I can't believe he is a month old. Life with Austin has been quite eventful since the last blog.

Last Sunday, my mother ran her second marathon in San Antonio and she did a great job- she improved her time and ran the 26.2 miles in 4 hours and 52 minutes. She zoomed through the half marathon in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Unfortunately we weren't able to cheer her on this year because it was way to soon to take Austin out, but we spent quite a bit of time calling my dad for updates as he drove from one place to another trying to catch her and cheer her on! Proud of you Mom! I am planning on running with her next year, but I'll have to wave goodbye as she leaves me behind at the half marathon turning point. I don't know how she does it, but there is no way I could make all 26.2 miles. Anyway, they drove to Houston after the marathon rather than driving home. We thought it was funny that they found it to be easier and quicker to drive to Houston rather than to the valley. Houston is 6 hrs. from their home & San Antonio is 4 hours. Major detour! Oh the crazy things grandparents do!

Back to work... before I went on maternity leave I had decided to return to work for a few days before Thanksgiving in order to make preparations and arrange Thanksgiving meals for my clients. Well the week has come and gone. I returned to work on Tuesday. Boy was I looking forward to Friday that early on in the week. My dad came returned to Houston Tuesday evening to help me take care of Austin while I was at work. Thankfully, I was able to have Austin with me in my office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We decided to leave him home with grandpa Cerda today because it was so cold here in Houston. It was great to catch up with my clients, but one things for sure... I am going to dread going back to work in January. My estimated reurn date has been scheduled for January 15th. January... please take your time to make your way around! =)

We took Austin to the doctor on Nov. 11th for a check up and we noticed he had two very small pimples. At that point the doctor mentioned how common it is for newborn to develop baby acne at around 3 weeks of age. I wasn't to concerned seeing as how there were only two pimples. Well, much to my surprise, by Thursday, the 13th he had broken out. I immediately started to search the web trying to read up on baby acne, how to treat it, causes and so on. Unfortunately I found very little as far as treatment, but did learn that it can last several months. As each day went by, I felt that it got worse and couldn't help myself... I took him to the doctor on Wednesday morning. Fun news was that Austin has gained weight! He was weighing a whopping 10 lbs. 3.5 oz.! Our little butterball likes to eat!!! The doctor just reminded me that, that is what we want... we need to make sure he continues gaining weight! He's a growing boy! The sad news was that he definitely has baby acne. Poor guy looks like a teenager at a month old. Austin's doctor informed us that the main cause for baby acne are the mothers hormones that were passed into his system during pregnancy. They develop acne in the process of their bodies working towards excreting them from their systems. Interesting, I think! There is really no treatment for baby acne. His doctor says that we just have to be patient and wait it out. We were instructed to wash his face 2 to 3 times a day with warm water and/or mild soap. So that is what I've been doing. Anyway, we were told that it could last anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. I sure hope the duration of his acne stays closer to the 2 week range- at least that's what I am praying for. Good thing we got his newborn pictures our of the way the week before (link with pictures to be posted soon!).

Last Friday we bought Austin a new piece of furniture. We gave in and decided to buy him a baby swing. We just figured he's either in our arms, his bassinet, on the floor for tummy time or reclined on his boppy. We figured why not buy him a swing and we were glad we decided too. The swing is amazing. It has the ability to soothe him almost instantly. He enjoys staring at himself in the mirror attached to his mobile and also seems to enjoy the bee's on his mobile go round and round. We love his swing as much as he does!

Well that's about it for now... Check out Matthew's blog for a cute video of Austin.
NEW AUSTIN VIDEO!

This weeks pictures!

Another week!

Another week of fun with our sweet son.

Austin is 3 weeks today! He had his 3 week check up and it was exciting to see how much he has grown. Austin is up to 9lbs 7oz and is 21 3/4in long! (started off at 8lbs 4.5oz, 19 3/4in long). He is indeed a biggin! We were expecting to see some weight gain as he constantly seems to be eating. His doctor said he is ranging within the 55th percentile. He's on target, not to small, not to big! Physically everything looks fantastic. Our next visit won't be until he is 2 months, so more or less around Dec. 19th! I can only imagine how big he will be then! Until then, his doctor has encouraged us to read to him every opportunity we get, even if it's the newspaper. He also said that now would be the perfect time to speak to him in Spanish. He encouraged me to only speak in Spanish and have Matthew speak to him only in English. Let's see how well that works out!
This weeks highlights:

Thinks he can crawl:
Well for quite sometime now Austin has managed to work his way up Matthew's torso by crawling his way up. We actually find it to be quite entertaining, as well as amazing. He has some strong legs. The doctor reminded us today of how impressed he is with Austin's strength as he can hold his head up very well, his grip is quite tight & his legs are very strong. Makes me proud! But anyhow, as I was saying... Austin enjoys crawling his way up Matthew's chest until his head hits the the sofa cushion and he can't go any further.

Bath Time:
We have chosen to bathe Austin every other day now that his circumcision has healed and his umbilical cord stump has fallen off. Our first bath time experience was a nightmare for Austin. He screamed and cried at the top of his lungs as if we were torturing him. Well, that was the last time we've had such an experience during bath time with him. He seems to enjoy it these days. He just lays there looking around as we clean him off. Instead of starting with his head, we changed our method to starting with his feet and working our way up. Either this works better or he just enjoys bath time now. It will be interesting and probably a lot more fun for him once he begins splashing around! I'm sure this will come before we know it!

His 1st Photo Shoot:
Austin took his newborn pictures on Sunday and we are so excited to get the proofs in. Our photographer took some really fun pictures of him including some naked pictures which were quite a trip. I was told to hold Austin without his diaper on for our family picture... knowing that he could possibly pee or poop on me, I figured what the heck- we're at home, if there's an accident I can just change. He had done so well in earlier naked pictures that I kinda figured we wouldn't have a problem this time around. Well, much to my surprise as we were changing positions I felt a warm sensation trickle down my arm and sure enough Austin had done a number on me. There was a huge wet spot on our bed and I had yellow streaks on my shirt. We continued taking pictures and I just hid the streaks! Anyhow... after our photo shoot was done we decided to grab some lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Los Cucos! However, it wasn't until we were out of our neighborhood that I realized I had never changed clothes. Too late! We decided to keep going. The good thing was that it was mustard yellow and we just figured people would assume that I was a messy eater and just smeared mustard on my shirt and pants! Whatever the case, I just hope nobody noticed. Needless to say, Austin left his mark on many things that day- photographers pretty white blanket, our bed spread, our sofa's, my shirt and jeans and our carpet. Oh well!!! Anyhow, we can't wait to show off his pictures. As soon as we get the link I'll post them!


Here are a few more pictures of Austin!

Austin as Dwight (The Office)






Bath Time!

Two week B-day!

Two weeks... Two incredible weeks! Austin celebrated his two week birthday on Tuesday and I can't believe how quickly week 3 is creeping up on us.

Austin is doing great! We have had so much fun with him and can't believe it's only been two weeks. Austin has a huge appetite, burps like a man, farts like his father, has the strength of his mother =), sleeps as if he's never slept before, has strong, healthy lungs and above all has the ability to make our hearts melt. I don't think I have ever used the word "cute" as often as I do now. He is just so darn CUTE! I can't believe how much he's changed in just two weeks. I can't even imagine how different he'll look at 4 weeks. Sweet little guy is just precious. I could stare at him all day long.

Ok well that's enough of my ranting on how handsome and perfect he is!
Here are a few pictures of Austin's many faces that I think you all might enjoy!












Happy Two week Birthday Austin!