It's been so long since I've posted, I thought I would just re-introduce myself. I'm Dave Pacheco, married to Esther, father to Alex & the yet-to-be-born little boy!
Okay, now that we have that out of the way, let me share some cute pictures with you.......no, not of me.......sorry to disappoint you........
We took a bunch of pictures of Alex when we were at my parents house last weekend. Alex is going to be featured in the next Grace Magazine (The alumni publication that goes out to all Grace College alumni, donors, and friends). They do an ad in each issue that encourages people to send in baby announcements, and in return, they will get a "My Very First Grace College T-shirt" t-shirt. Alex is making his big modeling debut.
Here are two pictures that are cute, but didn't make the cut for the magazine.
Okay, compare the picture above with the one below. It's the same picture, only the one above is "touched-up" a little bit. I cropped and color-enhanced it in Photoshop, and I fixed the slice of ball near his left arm that's missing. I thought that was so weird that the original picture had that little slice missing. I think we have some crazy "slice-deleter" feature in our camera. Whatever the cause, I put it back in with Photoshop.
Okay, now here are the two photos that I sent to the Grace Magazine editor, Judy Daniels, to choose from. I like them both, but I told her that she could have some fun in the caption with the basketball picture ("Here's an early basketball signee for the Grace College Class of 2028.").
This picture is one we couldn't use because it really didn't show off the t-shirt enough. It's such a cute picture though of Alex sitting at my parents' piano.
Well, I guess there are enough photos here for one post, but I wanted to share something else cool, at least I think it's cool, that Alex did today. He has given high-fives for awhile now, but today, I got him to do a fist-bump. I've been working on it with him for a while and today he made a fist all by himself and "bumped" his fist into mine. I cried tears of joy....okay, not literally, but I thought it was pretty cool.
One last exciting thing. In the midst of creating this marathon post, Esther told me to come and feel her baby "pooch" (that's what she like to call it). Anyway, Esther has eaten a lot of sugar today (dark chocolate covered pretzels from Trader Joe's). The little tyke was all over that place in there, kicking and punching and being a generally active baby. It's always so cool as a dad to be able to feel that!
I guess that's all for now, hopefully it won't be so long before I post next time!
Two of his favorite things are in this picture! He loves of play with balls, which is probally why is it still his only word. Making a basket with them is the best thing in the world. It is actually a good distraction for him. There are plenty of times I have been working on dinner and he is whinning at my feet, so I just ask him is find a ball and make a basket. His face lights up and off he goes to find a ball! The story about the hat? He found it in his diaper bag the other day and has enjoyed walking around with it on. He bring is to me so I can put it on him.
He still loves him thumb and he is not a big fan of pants! I am sure he will love the summer when we gets to wear shorts! This is a picture after our nap. He tends not to sleep with pants and I forget why I did not put the pants back on him after he woke up.
As I have written before, Alex loves books and can sit and do this for a good 20-30 minutes! This is what Dave and Alex were doing the other night while I was making dinner. I thought it was a sweet picture! Notice, there are not pants again. This time it was because if a diaper changing accident and he got his pants (that were laying at his feet) wet! The boy has good aim!
