Magazine Love

Magazines are fantastic! I love the way paper sounds when it crunches in my hands.

Playing and Standing

Here I am standing tall! The view is great from up here!

Crawling & Playing

I'm becoming a crawling expert! MJ watch out! My parents are getting tired out having to get things out of my way or just plain get out of my way!

New Friends

I've been getting lots of visitors lately! It's been great seeing you all!

Thank You Grandma & Grandpa Dziengel!

Grandma Dziengel just sent a big box of clothes for me and I'm so grateful! Thanks you!
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Mastery of Skills

So I'm almost crawling....I think I'm starting to get it down...some rocking...some sitting up...some lunging forward...just a little more coordination now...

Halloween

For my first Halloween my parents dressed me up as Charlie Brown. We went around to some homes and knocked on the doors and Voila, people let me grab stuff from bowls. Fantastic!

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Saturday Night at the Dziengels

My mom and dad say they used to go out on Saturday nights. I'm don't know what they did but I'm sure it didn't compare with this kind of fun!
-Azo

Happy Birthday Auntie Sarah!

I just wanted to give a shout out to Aunt Sarah to wish her the best! After this I'm going to eat this page!

Santa Barbara weekend

Hi All,
I just got back from a trip to see my family in Santa Barbara. We stayed with Lito and Lita Franco and had a great visit with my cousins Madeline and Gavin. Gavin and I enjoyed jumping together!
I also discovered a fabulous design magazine that I poured over for at least a half hour.....
Love,
Alonzo

Straight from Alonzo to you!

Hey Everyone,
Here's my latest and greatest! I love to hang on my tummy, I got my own cell phone, which is great to chew on, I'm starting to sit all by myself, I love to relax in jeans, and I'm just starting to find peace with the car seat. I love you all!
Alonzo

Acrobatics

Alonzo has discovered his feet are great things to chew on. He got sidetracked by the camera here so I gave him a little help.....

Cereal Part II

We're still working on the cereal feeding, but Alonzo seems to enjoy playing with a spoon!

Visiting Paso Robles

We had a chance to visit Aunt Dianne, Uncle Don, Chase, and Andrea and Jacob a couple of weekends ago. We had a wonderful time!

Alonzo & MJ

Alonzo has taken a big interest in MJ! I don't know if she is as thrilled by this idea!

The Squeaky Wheel

Alonzo has discovered the volume switch on his voice! Check it out!

How to Calm a Crying Baby

1.The football hold
Success rating: 4 stars

2.Break out the vacuum cleaner
Success rating: 5 stars

3. Stroke baby's chin while saying "ajito, jito, jito
Success rating: 4 stars

4. Swaddling (under 3 months)
Success rating: 4 stars

5.The bouncy ball.
Success rating: 5 stars


6. A ride in the car coupled with a pacifier and lovey.
Success rating: 2 stars

7. The boob ( not pictured)
Success rating: 5 stars

A Spoonful of Rice Cereal.....

Rice cereal, yummy! Doesn't Alonzo look impressed with this wonderful delicacy!

Well, better foods lie ahead!

Alonzo's First Trip to Kewanee

We just returned from Alonzo's first trip to Kewanee ! The big event was of course his Baptism. He was baptized at St. John Roman Catholic Congregation of Galva, Il. by Father John Burns. The Godparents are Christel MacDonald and Anthony Franco.

Alonzo also got to meet all his cousins, aunts, uncles, and great grandma Dziengel for the first time. We had a great time and Alonzo charmed everyone. His cousin Brianna spent the week with us and helped out so much, she's a diaper changing expert! We also had a chance to visit our friends Joe and Liz and their beautiful son, Joseph in Chicago.

Getting there was half the adventure. On the way to the airport we got a late start, won't say who caused that, then a guy picked a fight with JR at security, after rushing to the gate we made it just in time to board early....The return flight was low-key, probably why Alonzo got more antsy!

The Beginning

Here's where it all began, if you don't count pregnancy....ha ha. After 6 1/2 hours of labor Alonzo Lawrence Dziengel was born on April 1, 2007. He weighed 6 pounds 15 oz. and was 18 inches long. Labor happened so quickly we barely made it to the hospital. When we got there the only thing on my mind was the epidural but when the nurses checked I was fully dilated and told me "Sorry Honey, by the time the epidural takes effect this baby will already be born." So we did the whole thing au natural, not by choice, but in the end it wasn't so bad (or did those childbirth hormones cloud my memory...?).

The prize on the other end of childbirth makes you immediately forget everything else! And what a prize we got!