Having a Baby Leaves No Time for Blogging

Hello Friends,

So some of you have emailed us as to why we have not kept our word about posting updates every Sunday.  There is only one explanation for this.  Aaron!  Yes, we know that it is kinda shady blaming our flakyness on our almost eight week old, but hey we only state the facts and he can't defend himself.

Actually, things have just been crazy around here.  Let's start with what happendon Sept. 27.  Aaron received his first Priesthood blessing from Josh.   He also officially received his name in the Church as Aaron Ryan Insalaco.  Thanks to Audrey Munton, Aaron's Great Grandmother, we have some of the blessing below.

"...Aaron, Heavenly Father loves you and blesses you to live in the gospel.  He blesses you to be guided by the spirit.  Prepare at a young age to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Make choices to be righteous to go on a mission.  Be happy and comforted that you are loved and appreciated.  We bless you to find a perfect match to be sealed for time and all eternity.  You will be called to special callings and accept them.  All these blessings Heavenly Father wishes to bestow upon you..."

One of the coolest parts about that weekend was the fact that so much family was in town to support our family.  It was also really awesome to see Aaron meet (well be held by) most of our family like the following:

Grandma (Josh's Mom)

Aunt Kimi

Great Grandma Munton

Great Grand Papa Munton

Cousin Bella- They kinda look like Brother and Sister.  Probably the cutest pic.

Grandpa (Christina's Step Dad)

Great Uncle Mark and Great Uncle Jamie

Great Grandma Anderson

Papa

Aunt Nina (Not related by blood, but family all the same)

Basically on the day of the blessing, everyone was playing a game of pass the baby.  You may notice that Mommy and Daddy are not in any of these pics.  Aaron get's us all the time.  He was ready for an upgrade.

After that, family went home and we thought that things were going to settle down.  They did for about two days.  The next week, Christina had to spend some time in the Emergency room due to an allergic reaction.  We still do not know what caused it, but are happy to report that she is fine. 

Aaron had his "two month" check-up at 6 weeks.  He weighed in at 10lbs 11 oz and is now 23 in.  After that, things really did slow down.

On Tuesday, he will be eight weeks old.  Time has gone by so fast.  It seems like everyday he is growing and developing.  The thing that melts the heart is when he smiles.  He seems to really respond to us now.  In fact, the other day, we noticed that he was following Josh as Josh walked around the room.  So cool. 

Well, that's about it for right now.  Below are some more fun pics.  Enjoy.  See ya next week.  (Hopefully : ) )

Aaron really like his bathtime.  How do you like the censorship?

Ah, Aaron sleeping.  Almost the best thing ever.

Aaron is revolting against Mommy.  He is so tough.  Roar.

Nice Pic of Christina and Aunt Briana (Aaron is like a baby Kangaroo)

Great Grandma Linda

Nice pic of Daddy and Aaron

Look, Daddy looks like Aaron

Aaron is ready for the Playoffs

The funniest picture so far.  Have a good night.

Trauma and a Blessing

So this week may not have been that eventful for Josh, but for Aaron and I, we had quite a bit happen. All of our excitement mainly happened on Friday. I was feeding Aaron, and all of a sudden the entire contents of his stomach emptied onto me, the bed, and everything else. So I cleaned that up, finished feeding him, and put him down for a nap.
When he woke up I needed a new place to feed him again. We went out to the front room and I placed him on a pillow on the couch. I then walked over to turn on the light, and when I turned around he was tilting over the side of the couch and continued to slip and fall and landed right on the top of his head. I freaked out, of course. He screamed and screamed. I felt like the worst mom in the entire world.
After close inspection, Aaron is fine, and I realize now that if I had placed him on the pillow nearer to the couch rather than in the middle of the pillow this probably would never have happened. Hindsight really is 20/20. Needless to say, I will not be doing that again.

Yesterday was the baby blessing for my cousin Kayleigh's baby, Nathan. It was really fun to spend time with them and to see the two babies together. We figured out that Aaron and Nathan are about 38 hours apart. I also got a cute photo of the daddies and their sons.

What a week

So it's Sunday night and we wanted to stay true to what we said and post an update.  This is Josh typing.  Christina asked me to write in the blog today.  This week was pretty uneventful.  Work was pretty hard this week and I thought that it would never end.  However, there was something that kept me going.  It was the excitement of being with my family at the end of the day.  Without getting too emotional, I thought I would use this time to share my thoughts so far on parenthood.

First of all, it is probably the hardest thing I have EVER experienced.  Babies are a ton of work.  Your life revolves around them.  When they cry, you have to play detective to try to solve the problem.  I have found that they cry usually when they are hungry, lonely, upset, messy. etc.  Basically, they cry to communicate.  That is tough when you are driving and your baby is crying and there is nothing you can do about it.  Frustrating.  Although it is hard and frustrating, it is by far the greatest gift and experience I have ever had.  I LOVE being a daddy.  The hard times are so worth it when I see Aaron smile or give a quick laugh.  He is so beautiful and I am grateful to go through the hard work for the moment of joy.  Before Aaron was born, everyone said that my life was going to change.  Boy they were right and I couldn't be happier.  I thought I knew what love was when I married Christina.  No class or book can prepare you for the love you feel for your child.  It is awesome and I would not trade it for anything.

So enough about my feelings... this blog is to keep people updated on what's going on in our family.  The only thing that really happend this week was that we were able to pick up our professional photos from JC Penny.  I have included some of my favs below.  Enjoy this weeks picture montage.  Come back next week.

                               

Happy Grandparents Day!

So this is a special blog to all the many Grandparents that Aaron has.  By the way he has 14.  I think that is a new world record.  We thought it would be fun just to post some pictures from the past couple of weeks.  Some of the pictures will include monumental moments like his first bath and doctor's appointment.  Enjoy!

                   He's not happy

                         More Bath Pics.

                                     Daddy has to try to be the hero

           

    Do I poop now or save it for later

This is so cool... 3 generations

"I really don't want to go to the doctor's office... he is scary"

That wasn't so bad :)

Well, that's all for this week.  Please check the blog every week to see what the Insalaco's are doing.  Once again, Happy Grandparents Day.

A Little History

So this is the first time we have ever done a blog.  We thought with our little Aaron joining our family, it would be a great way to keep all of our family and friends updated on what's going on.  It may not always be interesting, but it will probably be funny. Enjoy.

Before we can talk about our life of everyday, we thought it would be appropriate to give a little history.  For this we will go in chronological order.  Which means we start with Josh.  (Oh by the way, the histories will be written by the discussed family member.)

Josh- Well, what can I say about myself.  I am the baby of my family.  I have two older brothers and an older sister.  (You will meet them later) I have two loving parents that always keep me thinking.  Oh and the best part is that I am Italian.  I know ladies... an Italian blogger.  What could be more hot?!?

I went to school to have a lucrative career in theatre.  I am still waiting for that day to come.  I absolutely love all aspects of theatre.  My specialty is Lighting Design and Stage Management.  Theatre has played such an important role for me.  In fact, it was through theatre that I met my wonderful and beautiful wife Christina.  I was in charge of the Fullerton College High School Theatre Festival and Christina was one of my volunteers.  I saw her and it was love at first sight.  Yeah, I know what you are saying, "This guy dated his own volunteer..."  Well yeah I did and it was the best thing to ever happen to me. 

Over the course of our dating, Christina re-introduced me to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  This is where I fell in love with the Temple.  We eventually got sealed in the Newport Beach California Temple for Time and All Eternity.  I thought this was the happiest day of my life until our son Aaron was born. (More to follow on this soon)  With this brief history of myself, I will pass the keyboard to Christina to share a little about herself.

Christina- I guess the best place to start would be at the very beginning, a very good place to start. I was born in Westminster, CA to Scot and Janene. I am their first and only child. My parents divorced when I was about 2 or 3 years old. My mom remarried and had my sister when I was almost 9.

So that's my family before I met Josh. You can pretty much get the gist of how we met from his words, but for me it wasn't love at first sight. It took me awhile longer than that to get some sense knocked into me and realize that he is the love of my life. Once this sank in I couldn't wait until the day we were married. It may not have been my dream wedding, but it was a perfect day and everything I could have possibly hoped for.

Things haven't always been easy for us, but I love every minute of it. Especially now that we are parents. The happiest moment in my life was when our son, Aaron, was born. I'll probably post my feelings about that experience later.

So that about sums things up. Would you like to add anything to this Aaron?

Aaron- gthuytfbr6n buhj7yugu76gts (Yes Aaron is only 15 days old and he can type... with his feet and Daddy's help.)  The translation of his thoughts are, "I am so cute.  I am really cute.  I think I have a hard life, because everyone caters to me.  Oh I am so hungry.  Hey, where is that mom of mine.  I need to eat."  (Keep in mind that this is probably the literal translation of his typing)

We hope you have enjoyed this first post by the Insalaco Family.  Stay tuned for more to come.  Film at 11 on that one.