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!

On the Mend!

quick update for everyone: cruz is on the mend! he actually slept really well last night and only woke up one time. we ended up using a humidifier in his room and also put vicks baby rub on his chest and back (thanks for the recommendation cyndi!). when he woke up at 8:15 this morning (wow!), he was fever free and has been all day! he's in much better spirits and has been playing, smiling and babbling like his normal, easy-going self. i'm wondering if maybe he just had a nasty cold and not RSV?? we'll see what the doctor says tomorrow morning. thank you for all of your thoughts & prayers!

ang

Home Sweet Home?

well we've now been home for 5 days and it's been quite a ride so far! poor cruz came down with what we thought was a nasty cold and fever on sunday night. as of today, he still hadn't shaken it and we were already scheduled to go to the doctor for his 9-month checkup, so the doctor fully examined him. he thinks cruz has RSV! they did numerous tests and checks on him and even put him on a nebulizer for a while. his white counts came back normal, but his heart rate was really high...high enough that the doctor was trying to decide if he should send us home or straight to childrens hospital in saint paul! he decided to give us a prescription and sent us home with instructions to give cruz a dose of ibuprofen and his first dose of the antibiotic and then put him down for a nap. after his nap we were to bring him back to the doctor's office where he would then check his heart rate and oxygen level again. he ended up sleeping from about 5:00 until 6:30 and when he woke up he was much more himself again! we took him back to the doctor's office and he rechecked him and both his heart rate and oxygen levels were significantly better. thank you god! he does want to see him again on friday morning just to make sure everything is still looking ok, but thankfully we didn't have to make a trip to saint paul tonight. cruz is certainly training us in quickly!

other highlights of the week:

auntie melissa and jeff stayed overnight on friday night and heath made us all yummy breakfast burritos on saturday morning. on sunday afternoon, mel came back to hang out with us (well, really to hang with cruz!) and stayed with us til monday afternoon. monday morning, our friends courtney and val stopped to meet cruz on their way home from laughlin and our friend kevin dropped off a johnny jump up for cruz to borrow (thanks avery!). on tuesday grandma and grandpa johnson came up to spend the day and today our friend cyndi brought lunch over. despite cruz being sick, we've had a pretty fun week!

oh, before i forget, the doctor also gave us updated stats on cruz. at 9 months he is 17 lbs 10 oz. and 27" long! these numbers put him between the 5th and 10th percentiles...he's now on the charts! yippee!

a few pics from week one:

hanging with tia mel:

snuggling with grandma johnson:

daddy's back in the kitchen!

our beautiful welcome flowers, signs & balloons!

good night!