The Kids Room

This has been an ongoing project pretty much since we found out we were having a boy and wanting to make thier room cute and both boyish and girlish. The room is not completely done; I still have a few finishing touches to make. But the big projects of the quilts is done. And I even made pillow cases and a valance for the window with the leftover fabric (since I've never made a quilt and I didn't know how much I needed). So here are the finished products:

I really wanted Addie's to be bright and fun, which it is but I think it turned out a little busy. But, hey, that's how you learn right? I'm still pretty proud of both of them and I like the way the room has turned out so far.

This is what I did when it was just Addie. This shows the quilt from the crib bedding which is what I used in both of thier quilts.

Blessing Day and 2 months

On Sunday, Andres was blessed by his dad. Andres got to wear the outfit made by my dad that both of his cousins were blessed in. He looked great - my dad is so amazing!

My brother Allen surprised us by driving all the way from Utah with his friend Liz so we could have some family for the blessing! We were so excited to see them and Addie had so much fun with her Uncle. She dragged him around everywhere and they played and giggled all weekend. She was shy for about 4.5 minutes and then she was crawling in his lap to snuggle with him. Jason suggested that he stay until the end of the semester since she was in such a good mood with him around. Alas, they had to go back to the lovely land of Utah and we will miss them terribly. Just FYI we survived thier departure rather well by being upfront about it instead of trying to sneak them out of the house undetected (I know some were worried).

Also, Andres is now 2 months old! Crazy, I know! Here are his stats from the doctor:

Height - 24.25 inches - 97%
Weight - 11 lbs 14 oz - 50%

Head - 16 inches - 70%

So he's very long (even though watching the nurse measure him, I think he slipped down a little in the middle of her measuring and so it's not quite accurate) and he's doing really well. He has the most wonderful smiles and makes some pretty fun noises. He gets really excited when he hears Jason's voice when he comes home and looks around to try to find him and then gives him a huge smile. He also loves his sister. Sometimes he looks a little wary of her and all her activity, but if she comes over to talk to him, he always has a smile for her too.

Addie stole a bit of her brother's thunder at his doctor's appt. as everyone said how cute she is (as they always do because she is) and then sat looking at books and pointing out all the shapes, letters, and colors she knows the whole time, impressing both the nurse and doctor. Then when it was time for Andres' shots (3 of them) I had to hold her because she had to be involved and when she saw the nurse give him the shot and how it made him cry, she got very upset and started to cry as well. She is very protective of her brother. Luckily when it was over they were both comforted rather quickly and we got out of there without much trouble.

I'm not going to record the last few weeks, because I'm trying to be positive and they weren't. These pictures can do all the talking:

This last week, though, was our salvation. We all started to feel better just in time for spring break (hooray for still benefitting from a school schedule!!) and Jason had the whole week off! And the weather improved enough that we could enjoy the break too. We went on walks, did some spring cleaning, and even broke out the grill to have some yummy food. The most fun we had was when we met some friends in Dubuque at an indoor water park and spent the whole day on some super fun water slides and the lazy river (ahhh, the relaxation!). I spent most of the time with Andres while Addie and Jason ran from slide to slide. It warmed my heart to know that Jason now has a buddy in his love of water slides. I went down with Addie the first time and thought that she would be scared or at least not like the splash of water at the end, but she just looked up at me, wiped her face and said "again" (it was really more like 'den', but we knew what she was talking about). The only bad part of the day was that we forgot to bring the camera! Tragic. I took a few pictures on my phone, but I'm not really sure how to get those on here, so . . here's some random pictures instead.

In his cute little church outfit - I love the tie, especially because it looks like one his dad would wear.

Our happy little boy.

Such a proud and good big sister!