Cruz's First Easter

we celebrated cruz's first easter at grandma & grandpa johnson's house this weekend. after the johnson family shower, we hung out at my parents the rest of the day and cruz spent his first night in a pack & play. he actually did pretty good...loved scratching the side & bottom of it, because it made fun sounds (well fun to him, semi-annoying to me trying to sleep in the same room! :)

the easter bunny even made it to grandma's house and brought cruz his first soccer ball, a stuffed bunny and some yummy banana puffs! we went to church at redeemer and cruz got to meet all sorts of people - relatives, friends, etc. he was the star of the show, that's for sure! i think grandma & grandpa must be bragging him up, because a lot of people were sure excited to meet him.

hope everyone had a wonderful easter!

Johnson Family Shower @ Great Aunt Judy's

cruz and i were lucky enough to have another shower thrown to celebrate cruz! my aunt judy & cousin nikki hosted a special shower for the johnson family at judy's house on the saturday before easter. we enjoyed a delicious brunch, played a fun game of 'right/left' to a the story the reedy adoption adventure (what a fun idea ladies!) and opened lots of fun gifts from the family. it was great spending time with everyone and sharing some good laughs! a big thanks to everyone for coming and especially to judy and nikki for hosting... we love you all!

all dressed up for the shower (ps, cruz is 10 months old!):

hanging out with carmen:

cruz's new clothes on the line:

cruz's party favor - yum!

carmen & cruz are almost the same size!

with the fabulous hostesses:

hugs to everyone!
ang

Diente Numero Dos!

tooth number two is making it's appearance in cruz's little mouth! it's right above tooth number one. we are just starting to see the white pop through his gums and speaking of white, what is up with this white snow that is falling on april 20th and covering our lawn? disgusting! days like these certainly make me long for the mild climate in bogota.

diente numero uno:

white stuff on the ground (and still falling!) on 4.20:

here are a couple of additional photos from our busy past week:

hanging with my new amiga, maddie:

cruz got some new bears and he LOVES them!

our friend jenny from fargo came to see us:

we visited grandpa at cabelas:

we visited tia melissa at her house:

and we made our first (and second!) trip to the minnesota zoo with our friends stacy, noah & chloe:

cruz is still loving bath time and meal time:

happy easter to everyone!

Settling in at Home

things are continuing to go well here at home. cruz and i are settling into a routine now that daddy is back to work. many days we go out for coffee (shocking, i know!) and we try to take a walk every day, as long as it's nice out...thankfully the weather has gotten much better and the snow is gone! cruz is a good helper around the house:

last weekend we went to our first 1st birthday party for my co-worker aaron's son, brock. cruz had lots of fun playing with brock's toys and balloons! brock LOVED his cake!

after the birthday party, we went to visit our friends, the degels. apparently i left the camera in the diaper bag and didn't document this visit. :( cruz loved meeting avery and their dog, reagan! he also got to meet the mcauley family and got his first cell phone from them.

cruz loves being outside and going on walks:

just in case you forgot what handsome looks like:

last night our friend allison dirksen brought dinner over for us. it was delicious and cruz loved her! thanks allie!

happy spring everyone!

Photo Recap

here are some photos from the past week...cruz has been busy meeting all sorts of people and checking out all of his new toys! he's been much happier and back to his fun-loving self ever since his tooth came through. yay! heath went back to work on monday, so cruz and i have been bonding at home. we made a trip to owatonna on wednesday and took our first walk with him in the bob stroller this afternoon.

meeting the softball team at shantytown:

trying out the johnny jump up:

loving all my new toys!

life is good as a family of three!