The Newest Fashion Designer

Suddenly little Miss has an opinion about what she wants to wear. I know what you are thinking: these ensembles are way too fashion forward for Isabella to have come up with them on her own, but indeed she did! Not only does she do all the designing but she models all her own fashions as well.


Here is a preview of her new summer/fall line.

In this one she sports a very trendy band-aid accessory. (She still occasionally asks for one on her boo boo.)

She is very into the layered look.

And placement of the accessories is VERY important. Front and center.

There was a period of about 4 days where all she wanted was to wear the fairy dress or her Easter dress. So finally, she just decided on wearing both. Thus the birth of the layered look.

Thankfully, most days I can manage to convince her to wear only one dress out. However, she did wear the last look over to see Grammy. Project Runway contestants eat your hearts out!

Andrew's 1 Month

Andrew had his one month birthday last Friday. (Finding time to post is getting more difficult!) He is such a good baby! He really only cries when he needs something, and once I have it figured out, he is good to go! He makes the sweetest faces and loves being cuddled. It's amazing how holding a baby makes everything instantly better.

He is starting to fill out, especially in his face. According to my very scientific method of weighing myself and then weighing myself holding him and subtracting my weight, he has hit the 8 pound mark! His little arms and legs are still just long and skinny. And he is constantly moving his arms when he is awake. His eyes haven't turned to brown yet; they are still steel gray. Poor Joe thinks Andrew may have a chance of escaping having my dark brown eyes. I'll just let him think that for now, but I'm pretty sure my eye color is too powerful not to dominate!

At the 3 week mark, Andrew came to the realization that you are supposed to sleep at night! He typically has his last feeding around 10 or 10:30 and then (most nights) will sleep until 3 or 3:30. I am up with him for about 45 minutes, but then he wants to get up again some time between 5 and 6. He has had a few nights though when he has slept until 7 or so after that nighttime feeding. Not too bad, but I am looking forward to sleeping though the night again.

Andrew enjoys tummy time and can lift his head from one side to the other. He loves laying on my chest and looking up at me, and he already makes cute little cooing sounds, especially after he sneezes. He also really likes the activity mat and is always entertained by his big sister :) Just like Izzie, he loves when I sing to him. If he is crying he will always stop and listen. He has given me some very sweet smiles, but I have yet to capture them on camera yet. He still sleeps most of the day, but will stay awake for about an hour and a half at a time maybe 3 or 4 times a day.

This first month has been a tiring one, but certainly very enjoyable. I'm sure it's the hormones, but I still can't help but get a little teary when I think about his birthday. I just feel so blessed to have this special little man in my life and every day I thank God (and Dr. S!) for bringing him safely to me.

Visitors!

We've had quite a few visitors over the past month, and I actually meant to post this sooner, but you know how it goes! And the pictures are in some kind of crazy order!

Vicki

Grandparents

I love this one because they are all trying to get a little glimpse of Andrew with his eyes open.

Renee

Ally

Brandon

Ethan

Jack

Auntie Bev

Mom and Auntie Pat

Nonna

Paige and sweet Ray


Ashley

And of course we had some visitors get away without having their picture taken! And cousins Luke and Mia had been sick, so Jackie had them quarantined!

Thanks to everyone who has come to meet my little man! It means so much to us :)

Andrew's Newborn Pictures

This post is long overdue, however I was having trouble uploading the pictures onto Blogger.

The day after we got home from the hospital, we had to go back to the hospital to have Andrew's bilirubin levels checked (we were sent home with a biliblanket). And while we were gone, Theresa and her boyfriend Steve came over to make us lunch. So when we got home, not only did we have an amazing meal waiting for us (Steve is a chef!), but Theresa had also STRAIGHTENED MY ENTIRE HOUSE! and before they left she took some sweet pictures of Andrew for me.

Had I not been so sleep deprived and more with it, I would have thought to take a picture of the beautiful meal (pasta with meatballs- and Steve even make special turkey meatballs for me, how sweet is that?!) and sweet Theresa and Steve! So here is a shout out pic from the hospital!