The Cookie Monster

Oh my does Leify loves his cookies....he makes one heck of a mess and loves every second of it. Sometimes it gets so slimy that he drops it...you would think that the world was coming to and end the way he squeals!

His personality is coming out more and more he is such a happy little guy, except around nap time and then he is a little maniac. He fights so hard and then finally conks out but good heavens by the time I finally have wrestled him to sleep I feel like I need a nap too!

We are spending Easter weekend by ourselves, my parents will be back on Sunday though so I am sure we will have something planned by then.

I have been working on a quilt for my darling little niece Aubriana... it isn't quite done yet, the front still needs to be cut up so it can be an official "rag quilt" so here is a picture of the back for now. It is definitely an amateur quilt, this is only the 2nd attempt I have ever made at sewing ;) I am starting another quilt this weekend for the little baby girl growing inside of Yvonne and hopefully I'll have it done by the time we go down there!!

The Beach

We had so much fun this past weekend at the beach. Leify was a little darling and slept like a champ in his pack-n-play that Anne got him. That thing has been a life saver, not only did he sleep in it the first 3 months of his life, but we can take it anywhere and he loves it!

We roamed around Longbeach on Saturday morning... walked along the tourist strip and checked out the shops; then we went back to the condo ate lunch and then went for a walk along the beach. We bundled Leify up in the jogger and put the rain fly down so he wouldn't be wipped by the wind. Then we went swimming! We had the whole pool to ourselves! It was so much fun and Leify absolutley loved it, he kicked and kicked. He also figured out that he can get his feet into his mouth so he spent a lot of time chewing on his toes while we were there.

We also saw a bald eagle while we where there...check this guy out.


Leify has started to inch himself up, he made his way about 3/4 of the way up the blanket. He sticks his butt way up into the air and grunts. He reminds me of a little inch worm. Hehe.

We watched movies...cuggled...and just enjoyed being together and being at the beach. It was a great weekend!!

I saw several dogs running along the beach and it broke my heart. Thor loved the beach, agh, I miss that little guy.

Leify is completly in love with my parents bad and my mom's bath robe. Here is taking a nap in total bliss.

Leif made me promise I wouldn't put this picture on the blog before I took it.....but I have to break it. He tried these glasses on in one of the shops... It's too funny. It kills me. He's my Elton John.

He's a little man

Leify's personality is coming out more and more, he is so happy and fun! He is bursting with joy when he wakes up in the morning; weird because you usually don't want to make eye contact with me for about an hour. But Leify is quickly changing me. I usually take him out of his crib and prop him in bed with me and we read a story together. He actually cries when I am done, he loves to read!

Our beach has finally come around, we are excited to head out there this weekend. Grandma Vi was so nice to let us have some of her condo time!! Hopefully the weather is ok so we can cruise around on the beach with Leify in the jogger.

I decided I want to go back to school and thought maybe I would be able to take a couple of classes online this term but I was wrong! All of the online classes are full so I ended up with one credit of P.E. "Trim and Tone" Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-10:50. My mom is going to watch Leify for me. So that is pretty exciting! Hopefully I'll be able to get into a couple of online classes during the summer term :)

The house is finally coming along the transformer should be set within the next couple weeks and then...FOUNDATION. YAY for progress!! Sometimes it feels like it is never going to get done, so this last week has been exciting for Leif and I.

LifeHouse & Leify Cake

Leif and I had a great time at our concert, it was at the Roseland Theater on Burnside, it is a pretty small venue and the concert was sold out. It was crazy fun, the crowd was incredibly enthusiastic and the band was amazing, it sounded just like the CD. It was a great night out! That was the longest I have been away from my little guy and definitley missed him! The concert was 4 hours long. 2 hours worth of openers and 2 hours of LifeHouse. I had a blast. Leify is starting to drink juice out of a big boy cup. Gosh he's cute.

Mohawk

Leify has been mohawk-a-tized. Here he is sitting on Grandpa's lap. My Dad is pretty proud of his Grandpa-ing skills...hince the shirt Leify is sporting ;)

I hate the Shot Nazi's

Oh my, it hasn't been a fun week at all (and it is only Tuesday yikes). I am missing my little Thor so so so much! It is so quiet around here now that he isn't around. He was always doing something; eating, whining, scratching at the door, teasing Lily, chasing the neighbor kids on their bikes, cuggling with me or Leify cake... it's just soo weird to not have him anymore. Ugh, I miss him :(
Leify had his 4 month check up yesterday... that was another hideous experience, they poked him three times, 2x in one leg and 1x in the other. He screamed and screamed...I was ready to punch the lady out. Geeze she was being so stupid, she'd poke him...let him calm down and then poke him again. I was like come on you dumb lady just hurry up and do them don't let him think it's over and then do it again.
He weighed in at 14 lbs 7 oz and was 26" long. So it equals out that he is in the 75th percentile for his length and in the 50th percentile for his weight. I've been thinking he is such a chub chub, but I guess not, he's just about average. The Dr said I could start letting him drink juice so we tried out some last night, and he ended up puking it all back up. I think it was just from having his shots though, we tried it again this morning and he loved it. It is fun getting to explore new foods with him and see the funny little looks on his face when it's something new. So far he really doesn't like green vegetables. AT ALL! He makes a look like, "Come on mom, what are you trying to do to me!?!"
Some people Leif used to work with at Providence bought this stationary jumper for Leify, I put it together for him and so far it has been a hit. Lil Leif is constantly pumping his legs and now something is actually happening when he does it, he looks surprised every time he moves. It's pretty darn cute.
Leif and I are going to our concert tonight, I am pretty excited about that.

In Memory of Thorvald Lurlynsson Hasselblad

My Thor Baby got hit by a truck today and we had to put him down. I miss him, he was a wonderful dog. He was so special to Leif and I; a definite member of our family. It is going to be hard adjusting to life without him. When I worked nights he was my cuggle partner since Leif was at work, he was so loving and so naughty.

He loved to chase cars and protect his "home" today he got hit and we had to make the very hard and heart breaking decision to put him down. His jaw was broken in 2 different places and his tounge was lacerated and had a possible fracture in his front leg. He was a wreck, I felt so awful. The vet said we made the best decision for Thor. It just doesn't feel like it right now I keep waiting for him to jump up on my lap and cuggle :(