Sorry for not posting the blog for awhile. I was busy with work, school, and Alex that I had no time for any free time mostly.

I hope that your Thanksgiving with your family/friends had went well and that you all have a great and blessed time with your loved ones. My Thanksgiving was great. My girlfriend and I had lunch with her family and dinner with my family. Alex's first Thanksgiving seemed very enjoyable. I am very blessed to have a wonderful girlfriend, an awesome and a healthy son, and supportive family/relatives/friends. I have thought of few people who I knew that aren't with their family and us during Thanksgiving. It's hard to know the fact that they aren't here, but I am grateful that I got a chance to know them, became their friend and made memories with them.

Despite that I had to bring another depressing news, but I really hate how cancer affect people's lives. The final straw was an acquaintance of mine from high school who graduated a year before me had died from osteosarcoma (most common bone cancer occuring in teeangers and young adults) seven months ago. He would've been 21 three weeks after his death. He was really tall, to be 6'10" and was excellent at basketball. He was recruited by colleges to join the basketball teams. He was on a college basketball team, but unfortunately; I think sometimes in his freshman year or sophomore year, he was diagnosed with bone cancer in his leg. He couldn't play basketball due to that his leg was too weak to able to play or run. He was really brave, and didn't give up while undergoing chemotherapy treatments and surgery. He always keep his faith (he was Greek Orthodox- very similar to Catholic) during his battle. He was among one of the many people that often is in my mind during Thanksgiving. His younger brother is having a tough time to deal with his life without him. He really loves his brother and he could give up anything to bring him back. The Christmas will be very difficult for his family, since it will be the very first Christmas without him. I am glad that he is no longer suffering the pains that he had during his journey to fight against his cancer. He will always be an angel, watching over his family and protecting his little brother always. He would've been a senior in college, and will be graduating in May 2011. He was so f***ing close to finish his college degree, but instead, cancer stole his life away at young age. Frankly, I did remember the last time I saw him was class of 2009 graduation, when he was there to see his cousin graduating. It did really shocked me a lot to see that he was bald as I first saw him. Instantly, I knew that he must've underwent chemo for treating his cancer. I was getting more upset that cancer is affecting many people's, who I knew, lives. This is really unfair, to have them to suffer through all of pains, and side effects of chemo and radiation treatments. I really hate cancer, who doesn't? It is really bad that the fact that I knew three people from my high school had cancer and that cancer took their lives away. I have often question myself why can't the treatments be successful since cancer can become resistance to chemotherapy and radiation treatments. It's like that cancer is winning, but I know that the war against cancer isn't over yet. I am hoping that one day, the scientists/researchers will find many very successful treatment that will destroy many types of cancers. I don't give up that hope.

Bright news- babies is growing in a large number in my family. My cousin's wife on my dad's side is pregnant and my other cousin's wife on my mom's side is also pregnant. This means that Alex will have more cousins that is close to his age to play with. and me being a Godfather. I am so glad that Matt (my older brother) and Leah (my girlfriend's cousin) are Alex's Godparents. Ty (my younger brother) will be Godfather to one of my cousin's twin daughters (who were born in the beginning of November) soon and I will be a Godfather to my other cousin's baby (who isn't born yet, but his wife is pregnant now, and the baby is due by spring/summer). I am very blessed that my cousin chose me to be his baby's Godfather. I am looking foward to see their kids and Alex growing up and playing with each other. It is hard to believe that Alex will be 6 months old next Tuesday. It just seems like that it was yesterday that he was so tiny and newborn. Alex is starting to teething, and this is not pleasant to deal with. He cried most of the time, my girlfriend and I took turns to comfort him, and gave him some chewable toys, teething rings and pacifiers to relieve the pains. Alex is pretty spoiled by his uncles, grandparents and sometimes his parents! Lol. He is getting more and more adorable. He sure will be a heartbreaker once he is older.

College is going well. I did manage to do very well in my school works. Honestly, it's real challenging to balance school works, work and taking care of Alex. But my girlfriend and I did manage around that and we did fine most of time, but sometimes we are pretty stressed under some circumstances. We had to be very wise to save the money, in order to provide things that Alex needs, which is our top priority. I never regret having Alex during my college years, and he is never a mistake to my girlfriend and me. Alex is more like a blessing unplanned surprise to us. We don't regret for not giving him up to adoption, considering that we couldn't bring ourselves to put his life in the hands of strangers. Alex really taught us how to handle the challenging times and I thank Alex for that. I am very lucky to have a wonderful son like Alex. I am so blessed to have Alex in my life.

I hope that your lives are going well, and that you all looking foward to Christmas!