July Happenings

Here are some of the things that we did in the month of July.


Katelyn turned 3 so we celebrated at the English Rose Tea House in Pleasanton.







Katelyn loves to hold Baby Landan, Everytime we are together she asks to hold him.


It's been so nice to have the time to spend these summer days with my sister and all the kiddos (between the 2 of us we have 4). Here we are with my mom getting Kyles 1st official hair cut.


Landan's Mohawk after a bath


My little Chubber Bubber


Landan loves his play mat


Me and My cousin Patty. We were inseparable as kids.



My Father-in-law and Nate finished our back splashes

4th of July BBQ at my in-laws, My sister in law took these fun pictures

Landan in his 4th of July outfit. We stayed home on the 4th and watched fireworks on the TV.


Some other things we did that I don't have pictures of, Nate and I celebrated 7 years of marital bliss together. Landan stayed with my sister while Nate and I went out to dinner, Simply Fondue in Livermore, I highly recommend it. It was so fun to get out and have time together, not to mention all the yummy food.

One other HUGE thing for me this month was Landan started sleeping longer stretches thru the night. Ahh 8 hours of sleep for me again was AMAZING! Let's hope it lasts.


July come and gone. Gotta love summer time.

4 Generations

I had the privilege of having my grandmother visit from Puerto Rico this month. She was here for 2 weeks and got to meet Landan. I was so happy I remembered to take a pic of the 4 generations. Mena got to hold Landan and spend some good time with him while she was here. It is such a blessing to her and to us that she could meet another great grandchild. For 83yrs old she sure does travel well and is in great shape. I will cherish these pictures.

2 months

OK time is flying by way to quick. Our little Landan is now 2 months old. He is smiling so much more these days and loves his activity mat as well as ceiling fans. I think it is time for me to get him a mobile. I am loving being home and all the mommy time I am able to spend with Landan. He is giving me a little more sleep at night but not sleeping entirely thru the night. He weighed in at his 2 month check up at 12 lbs 3oz. He is eating like a champ and I am loving seeing his progress.

Landan, your mama and daddy love you more then you will ever know. Happy 2 months my son!


2 months old

Note to self.........

Don't try to put your wedding ring back on too soon after you have a baby. Oh yes that was the case for me at 4:00 this morning. I woke to feed Landan around 2:30 and while doing so I realized that my ring finger felt and looked different than the rest of my fingers. I touched it and it was warm and very swollen. While I was pregnant I had the same reaction while wearing my wedding band and I think it was triggered again. Except this time I didn't have much wriggle room to get it off seeing as my fingers haven't gone back down to normal. I tried not to panic as I was in the middle of feeding Landan so I waited and once he was done I attempted to slide it off with baby oil, lotion soap, you name it. I even held ice cubes to it, soaked my hand in a bowl of cool water and held my hand above my head all in an effort to try and get the swelling to go down. After about an hour of trying I told Nate I may have to go down to the fire department to get them to help get if off. He agreed seeing as my finger was about to explode. So I looked up the non-emergency phone # for the fire department and spoke with a lady and told her my (very embarrassing) situation. She said I didn't have to go down to the fire department but that she could dispatch and engine to come to the house. So at 4:05am what seemed to be the biggest fire engine the department had rolled up to our house. I couldn't believe it had come to this. The guys walk in with this little ring cutting tool. after about 20 mins the ring was off! But to my dismay it was cut and now bent. All cause I had to wear it all too soon.



Here is the pic I sent to Nate after I was able to get the ring on. See it fit. (mind you it was in our safety deposit box at the bank, so that shows the effort I made to wear it.)


Some of the tools used in the operation



The finished project. Cut right in the middle and bent. this picture doesn't do it much justice. It was a very sad moment to see them cutting my wedding rings.

6 Weeks

Time sure does fly. I can't believe my baby boy is already 6 weeks old. He is starting to coo at Nate and I and especially at his ceiling fan in his room when he is on his changing table. It is the cutest thing that I had to try and capture it on camera. He has given me a few nights with long stretches (3-4hours) of sleep at a time. He is eating like a champ and growing ever so fast. I am trying so hard to just soak up all the moments with my little babe cause I know before no time he will be so big. I love you my little Landan!

Airing Out The Clean Laundry

So in an effort to be ever so energy conscious (so I don't have a sky rocketed PG&E bill) I decided to try air drying the laundry. Especially since having a new born who dirties more laundry than Nate and I combined in a day and also with cloth diapering I am constantly doing a load of laundry. I mean why not, I am home, have the time and the weather is just perfect for it!

Having the clothes line up has me reminiscent of my childhood days when the laundry would be hanging on the clothes line while I played out back with my little brother.

So below is proof I am attempting it, hope it goes well and I can stick with it.







I love the G diapers!


Here is my little helper, he does great in my Ergo carrier.

1 Month

Well I have decided to try and keep the family tradition of taking a monthly picture of Landan with a special stuffed teddy bear as Janette started this with Caleb and Lisette also with Zoie. Here is Landan with a Teddy Bear that my sisters used at my baby shower and had the guests sign it or write a little something to Landan or I. It will be fun to see his growth in comparison to the teddy bear over the months. Landan is growing so fast, he already is almost 10 lbs...milk it does a baby good. ;)