Happy Birthday MOM!!!!!

I just got back from a wonderful little weekend vacation to San Antonio! It was my mommas 50th birthday!! Happy Birthday Grandma!!

All of my momma's sisters got to come into town to help celebrate! We had so much fun with Aunt Marie, Kayla, Aunt Sheri, and Mandy! Nothing compares to being around mom and all the sisters... except maybe being around dad and all of his brothers! I got there early Thursday and got to spend quality time with mom and dad without anyone else around. XJ really loved hangin out with Grandpa! He was talkin his ear off! Everyone came to the gym and surprised mom! She was really surprised and I was so excited! The next day we all just kinda hung out.. we went shopping a little bit to pick up stuff for momma's birthday. Later that afternoon a good friend of ours Kim Shuck came over and took a few pictures of XJ so mom could have some good ones to print. SHe is amazing! Here are some of the best ones from the shoot:

He is pretty perfect! Saturday we had a little get together with people who have been there for mom from the beginning! We put together a video of pictures from the very first of the gym up until now.. if I can figure out why my computer wont upload videos to blogger you'll get that soon. After cake with friends, all the girls went and got manis/pedis followed by more shopping and BBQ with the family that night. I would say the entire weekend was a big success, but the cap on the weekend was Sunday at church. Being fast sunday of course Kayla and I were trying to get Chase and Jaden up to the pulpit to bear their testimonies. All I managed to do was get Jade to dissolve into a fit of tears. Chase, on the other hand, made it up to pulpit to deliver one of the most inpired testimonies I've heard in a while. It wouldn't do it justice to try to paraphrase the testimony, but he said a phrase that really stuck with me and I'll leave you guys with this thought:

If we don't develop strong bonds with our family, how can we expect to develop strong bonds with our Heavenly Father?

Just XJ

well I was going to upload an ADORABLE video of XJ but apparently Blogger hates me today, so instead a few pictures. I sure love everything about this sweet boy!

I told X he is much to young to sit in his Bumbo yet... he didn't believe me... XJ didn't like his daddy very much at this moment lol

"Mom, do you see what I have to deal with??" I know baby boy I deal with it everyday =P

Zonked on the plane going to see Aunt Elise and Uncle Rudd

Sucking his thumb with daddy at the airport after being gone for a few days! These next few are just photo shoots I couldn't resist putting on =))

My very good friend got us this thug baby onesie =) it's so perfect!

This is an odd angled silly picture but we gave him a chocolate chin just like mommy!!

so yeah I know this one is not XJ but it makes me laugh so much.. my stupid dog has started hiding out and napping under the couch... sometimes I catch her already asleep on the way in.. I think this time she was just pokin her head out to see what was going on.. Yesterday she did the two cutest things a dog could ever do.. lol. First: I was eating on the couch and she was under, like right under me. I dropped a noodle from my Panda Express and I looked down to see where it landed and she was sticking her nose out just enough to grab the food and go back under.. dumb fat dog lol. Then X and I were sitting on the couch watching Modern Family... we usually don't see Zada for a while after she goes under the couch but I turned my head to talk to my brother in law and she was standing on her tip toes behind the couch with her paws on top of it just looking at me! it scared the crap out of me! What a weird dog! ANyway I will figure out the stupid video attachment thing and you will get a video soon!! Love, Lex and XJ

We're baaaaaaack!

OK, this post won't be long because my sweet little 11 week old son is FINALLY asleep and I have to work at 4 a.m., but I'll catch you up on what you've missed the past year =)) Well I graduated in August 2011 after 7 years and 3 different colleges.. I know it's embarrassing, but I finally did it!

After that we went to New York to visit one last time before I couldn't fly anymore because of the pregnancy...this pic is of us in the Met... it was pretty awesome!

On December 4, 2011, WE had a baby BOY! SURPRISE!!

haha I will post the long labor story, but he was 4 weeks early but a healthy 7 lbs 9 oz! what a big boy! I had pre-eclampsia pretty bad and the Dr. was afraid of my labs and my swelling,

oooh the swelling... I didn't post that picture anywhere else! It's embarrassing! anyway... She induced me at 36 weeks because he seemed pretty healthy and they had already given me 2 rounds of steroid shots to develop his lungs, so they were pretty sure he would be fine. I'm so glad he was early, because the doc said if he would have been full term, I would have definitely had a C-Section! We blessed XJ (Xavier Juan DeLeon II) On Christmas day with all of our family there!

It was really cool. I went up to Michigan by my self at the beginning of February to see my sweet niece turn 2 and to meet my cute little nephew that just so happens to be 1 day older than XJ!

On my way home from michigan my boss called to inform me that we got station of the year among all of the Pinnacle Airlines stations in the nation... oh and we are all losing our jobs because they are pulling Delta service out of Lubbock! I was pretty bummed... Needless to say we will be stocking up on adventures in the next few months before we have to start paying to fly again!! IN March I plan to go to: San ANtonio, Austin, Chicago, Philidelphia, Eerie, and Phoenix! that will be lots of flying with sweet little XJ! I hope he continues to be such a good little flyer!! WEll I better head to bed since it's already 10:46 but I promise to update some more!! Love you all!! Here's one more picture of my favorite little man!!

ok 3 more pictures =) enjoy!! -Lecca and XJ