Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Introducing Matthew Porter Alvey

Our little Matthew was born February 22, 2009 @ 9:06am.
He is 8 lbs 6 oz and 21" long.
He is a beautiful happy, healthy baby boy!


We are all thrilled with his arrival. My water broke at 3:15 am Sunday morning, Zack predicted that my water would break at 3am the night before. He seems to be rather good at predicting these kinds of things. Brian & Kelsey came over to watch our kids while we were at the hospital, they were life savers as my parents were headed up to Salt Lake City that morning. My labor really started around 5:30am but with my water breaking I knew it would be fast. Zack slept through most of the labor, I woke him up when it was time to push, which took all of 3 minutes! Grandpa Belt was our first visitor, he was rather smitten by Matthew. Brian & Kelsey brought the kids to the hospital a couple hours later and our kids were thrilled to be able to see him, they all had to touch him! Joshua said "that baby popped out your belly Mommy" (he calls Matthew Pine View) and William says "I am so excited!" Katelyn and Taylor just adore the baby.

Cutest baby in the nursery!

I look a little worn out!
I guess that is what happens when you have 5 kids in 7 1/2 years!

Our little crew
Katelyn 7, Taylor 5, William 3, Joshua 2 and Matthew couple of hours old

What is up on the ceiling?

That was traumatic Mom!

Our brand new baby boy!

17 comments:

QB Family said...

Congratulations Alisha!!! I was thinking of you all day today wondering if it had happened. He's so precious!

Shenille said...

I have been anxiously awaiting the pictures! What a CUTE little guy! Congratulations, he is adorable!

Lady of Perpetual Chaos said...

You look great! Congratulations on the new addition. And I just love the pouty lip picture.

Heather said...

Congratulations!!! So exciting, every time:) He's sooo cute and you guys are such a beautiful family!

Keith and Laura said...

He looks wonderful! Glad to hear he arrived safely. That is great you had someone to keep the kids in the middle of the night. I tend to go into labor in the night, too. It is amazing that he is so awake and alert in the photos. Congratulations! Can't wait to see him.

Gramma & Grampa said...

We are sooooo excited for you! Congratulations! he is a cutie! Can't wait to hold him. Give him a big hug and kiss from us.
Love you all Grandma and Grandpa Alvey

Mark n Sid said...

Congratulations!! He is a beautiful baby! What a cute family you have. Glad to hear that everything went great. I enjoy your blog, all the fun pitchers, and ideas are great. OH and I LOVE the name!

Jessica and colby said...

congrats! what a cute little baby!

Andrews Family said...

Oh my goodness!! He is the cutest little baby!! Congratulations Alvey Family!!! Alisha, I don't know how you do it...what a good mommy you are!! Matthew is absolutely ADORABLE!!

Britt said...

Congratulations! He's so adorable. What a cute family. I think he's looking for angels.

samlyndseyfalkner said...

We heard about his arrival at FHE on Sunday night at Grandpa Chucks house. Man oh man is he cute!!! Well you guys did great! Also, love the name, awesome!!!! Congrats you guys!!

Darci said...

YAHOO!!! Congrats Alisha now you rest all you can!!! Do you need anything?

Thompson Family said...

He's PERFECT! Congrats! You look amazing for just having your 5th! How do you do it???

Erin McSpadden said...

congrats, he is a cutie!

Emily said...

Congrats!! He is a beautiful baby!

Marianne Hales Harding said...

Congratulations guys! Looks like everyone is thrilled and, yes, he is a gorgeous baby!

thelivesofthebradyfamily said...

Congratulations! He is so cute!!! I can't believe you have 5 kids now! Your family is beautiful! I love reading about what your kids are up to. They are so funny!