Our Stock Broker

Jonathan is now licensed! We are so proud of our Stock Broker who received a 91% on his licensing exam yesterday! That is the 2nd highest score in all of Scottrade this year. He studied very hard and he did extremely well. He finished in the 99.7th percentile on a very very hard test. He is now an official Stock Broker. He has a state test to take and then he will be done with it all. Way to go Jonathan!

More Allie pictures

Videos

The biggest challenge with Allie is getting her to wake up to eat. Some how even a wet rag and hand in the face won't wake her up. Here is Jonathan helping me to wake her up. Sometimes its impossible.
Isaac is really warming up to Allie. He likes to try and pick her up and sit with her in her chair and he even likes to share with her. This video shows how he is very loving but still a little boy. : )

Alexandra Debra-Marie Ramos

Baby Allie has arrived! 7 lbs 2 oz 19 inches long. June 23rd 12:54 pm. She is very healthy and loves to sleep. I started contractions over 6 weeks ago. Once Allie was full term they just said come in when the contractions are painful regular and 4 minutes apart. So wednesday (yesterday the 23rd) morning I woke up to a painful contraction around 6 am. Then at 7 we started to time them and by 8 we knew we were in labor. Luckily we called Jonathan's mom (and thankfully she was able to come) just in time because she was arriving as we were leaving for the hospital. The contractions were 4 minutes apart and unbearably painful. But by the time we got to the hospital (about a 20 minute drive)the contractions had slowed and even become irregular - although still intensely painful. We realized that on the way Pamela had been drinking water and resting and that we should probably wait for them to build back up again. So we drove home and relaxed. After about an hour and a half of random contractions (up to 20 minutes apart) Pamela had 3 in a row 3 minutes apart. By the last one Pamela said, "we need to go to the hospital now." 24 minutes later Allie was born. We drove as quick as possible to the hospital and the contractions became all lumped together as one. The pain was constant and the only way I could tell the beginning of a new contraction was that I could feel Allie start to push her way through the birth canal! Jonathan pulled up to the front and grabbed a wheel chair. While waiting for me to get out of the car i yelled, "I need help! I am giving birth now!" That's when a loving husband picked me up and wheeled me in. I was practically delirious with pain. They through me on the hospital bed, and told me not to push until the dr came. Luckily that was very soon and with 90 seconds of pushing Allie was born! It was incredible. Giving birth without an epidural was well worth it. (I think I can only say that because it was less than a half an hour, but its true) Everything was so real and painful. I had really suffered for Allie, and all the stuff that came next was such a breeze. I've been feeling great since she was born and I am grateful that i got to really be a part of the birth. We are grateful that we made it to the hospital on time, that Jonathan's mom is watching Isaac and that she could come on such short notice, we're Jonathan's breaks went out last week instead of yesterday and of course, that Allie is healthy and here with us! Isaac doesn't seem to like her but it would be hard to understand why mommy is on a bed with a little wiggler and won't hold you. He'll get used to her, and if he doesn't we'll just spoil him and he can get over it.

We love Isaac

Mr. Mischeif! We laugh so hard when he gets into trouble that he's started to laugh when he knows he's done something he shouldn't. There are some things like getting into the supply of Ramen that are to be expected. But when i tuck all the chairs under the table and pulls a chair out to climb on the table I am amazed! How do you even stop something like that?! And thats one reason why we love him. I've been letting him use his own utensils. You may think you don't see any mischief in the picture of him with the yogurt until you see the big bruise on his cheek! And fell into the doorway. Poor kid - he's so tough. He can reach the doornob, but luckily can't open the door. Sometimes he wears Jonathan's hats and it is the cutest thing i've ever seen. I've even taught him to say, "ya ya ya ya ya ya" like a rapper when I put the hat on him. His communication has sky rocketed. He understand a lot of what we say and can connect phrases with different situations like telling us he's all done. We go to the pool all the time and he loves it. He loves getting wet and splashing and watching the other kids run around.

Summer time

Isaac is missing his best friend! We finished watching Liesie 1.5 weeks ago. He has made friends with Bear and Ernie, but their just no the same. Last week was filled with so many errands so I'm trying to make it up to Isaac by making this a week of fun. We've been having fun at the pool and playing in his new train! Jonathan got Isaac a giant play train with his rewards points at work. (along with a upconverting dvd player). The train is so big Isaac can walk around in it. You can climb through the back and all 4 wheels. Daddy is the most fun because he can crawl threw all the holes, but mommy is pretty good at peeking her head through the wheels and windows! Pamela can still come through the back and sick in the engineers spot. I'm sure we'll take pictures - its pretty fun. Isaac got a new crib too! This one converts into a toddler bed so we figured we better get him used to it and give Allie Isaac's other crib - especially since it converts into a basinet and has a changing table attached. The new crib is really nice. Jonathan takes his big Series 7 test to become a liscensed broker at the end of the month. He has been studying like crazy. It seems he can never get away from having a ton on his plate! On Memorial day Jason Julie and Liesie came over for a bbq and pool time. It was lots of fun. Liesie said she might need some time getting used to the pool but its okay if Mom holds her. Isaac is content even just watching people at the pool. On Sunday he was very tired but wouldn't go to bed. He was happy just to sit in a lawn chair (they have kids ones - soooo cute!) and watch the other kids swimming. But he still loves swimming and taking baths which is great because it is way to hot in Texas!

Ultrasound Pictures

Baby Allie! I had an ultrasound to check position and size and it was great! I saw her little face and hair and we even caught her playing with her feet! We were looking at her little feet and then came her hand! She kept puckering out her little lips and then stuck her toungue out! She has lots of thick hair, a filipino nose and big wide lips. One of the pictures is of her hair. You are looking at the back of her head and on the top of her head you can see what looks like grass going verticly in the middle of the page next to the "hair" label. Another picture is of her face where you can mostly only see her nose and her puckered lips. The other is of her face, she is turned a little to the side and its a great picture! She was looking right at us and then snuggled to the side. It was incredable. She is turned upside down weighs about 5 lb 12 oz and is breathing already! They practice moving their lungs so their ready when they get air in them! So she is doing really well, and is absolutly adorable. Pamela's contractions are continuing strong so we predict a baby in the near future, although she's not due for another four weeks so we'll see!