Wrapped Up In Your Love

My sweet little boy will never be cold, thanks to all the people who love him.

There are some cute blankies out there that you can buy these days, but nothing says loving like a homemade blankie or quilt... here are a few of Jack's.

For the last few years my mom has been collecting Pendleton shirts.

They are some of my dad's favorite flannel hunting shirts.

Over the last few months she has made 4 Pendleton quilts for the men in her life.

The 1st was Jacks, then my brothers for his birthday,

then Sammy and Dad got theirs for Father's Day!

Sam and Jack having matching time out chairs in the loft, with their matching quilts! too cute
This is Sammy's
The back has a pocket from an actual shirt.

It's to store their chapstick and what not while their sleeping in the tent!
This is Jack's. I LOVE the orange in it!
The edging around Jack's quilt is the same as the bedding in his room!!

It's actually the skirt of his bed set!

My mom is part of the quilting ministry at our church

and when you have your baby dedicated you get a quilt.

My mom claimed this one for Jack when I was 7 months pregnant.

There are four squares that have a scripture written on them .

He is so much more valuable than the birds!

This is the back of it! I love the airplanes. So manly!

Thank to all the South Hill quilters and MiMi! Good Job!

My good friend from High School had this sweet quilt made for baby Jack.

It is sooo cute. It has pictures from Jack's first few weeks!!

He will love this when he gets older! Such an awesome idea! Thanks Em!

My Mom's Mom (Great Grandma McGee to Jack) is quite the quilter!!

The quilt is "Hey Diddle Diddle. The Cat and The Fiddle.

The Cow jumped over the Moon."

Which just happens to be one of Jack's favorite songs!

Thanks Grandma McGee!

The blankie above is another one of my mom's creations.

(Love the Fire Trucks, Ambulance and even a Police Car!)

She made Jack this "swaddle" blankie for his 3 month birthday.

These are two more "swaddle" blankies my mom made.

The checkered one even has matching burp rags. So cute.

My dad laughs because he said most grandmas just wash the blanket when it is dirty,

my mom makes Jack a new one.

And thank goodness she does. Jack still loves and needs to be swaddle at night

(he doesn't stay asleep if his arms are free),

but most of his swaddle blankies don't fit him anymore,

i gotta quit feeding this kid :)
This sweet creation was a gift from Marc and Cheryl Vetter, Marc's mom makes these outfits and blankies for local hospitals. Jack will be cozy this winter.

How great is this afghan??!!! Not only does it match our house but it was made with lots of love my "Grandma" Angie from Chicago she even delivered it to Jack personally! He sleeps with it every night in his bassinet!

Thanks Ang!

Jack's next sweet blankie is from Miss Virgina.

She has been a dear friend of our family since we moved to Las Vegas when I was 10.

It is a super soft pale yellow blankie with the prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep..." on it.

I wonder if she knew that 30 years ago my mom was making her very first blankie

with the exact same prayer...

You know the question " If your house was on fire and you could only grab 3 things,

what would you grab?"

Well, this blankie has always been one of my 3.
I called it my "EB" and it went everywhere with me and I slept with it forever.
My nursery was red checkered with a Ragged Ann and Andy theme
As you can see it is a little tattered and torn
but that's how you know it was loved.
Luckily I was born a girl, a little boy may have looked kinda funny carrying around a blankie with a praying blond haired girl on it!
While God was knitting me together my sweet 19 year old momma

was knitting little birdies and squirrels.

Thank you to all the ladies that love my baby so much.

Each one of these blankies is a gift that he can keep forever.

And I know that he will be wrapped in love for many nights to come!

He is one blessed boy!

Look how little he was.

Two Posts In One Day? - Video for Grandma

These are for you Nana LeRossi (for those of you who don't know... that's Sam's mom, she just moved to Chicago in Feb. and misses her baby very much!. Of course her last name is LePore, but she is getting married in the fall to Grandpa Rob and her new last name will be Rossi, so... we call her "Nana LeRossi" for now!)

Baby Jack has found his hands... His glorious, delicious hands!

Here are some big smiles!!! Jack thinks his PaPa (my dad) is ho-lar-e-ous!!

He is a pretty funny guy!

Boobies and Speeding Tickets

4-o clock is one of the best times of my day, 4:16 is even better, for that is when i get home and can kiss on my little man. I'm always praying that i don't get pulled over for speeding. But if i did i would simply explain to the officer that I have the world's cutest baby at home waiting for me and if i don't get there soon my boobs are gonna explode and he is gonna starve to death!! Think he's let me go??
The real reason i speed home is because i miss him so much my heart is gonna explode!!! Come on wouldn't yours?

So happy together...
Oh my buddy buddy i could just eat you!

3 Months Already??

Mr. Jack Samuels LePore turned 3 months old yesterday... wow-e-we-wow. This little guy has seen and done a lot of things in the last 90 days...

He almost made it to his own baby shower! That would have been a surprise! Thanks Whit and Court for the best shower ever!!

Mimi and Papa got a "Jack" tree for him when he was born and Papa and Daddy planted it in our back yard. He took his 1st big boy bath as soon as his umbi cord fell off and his wee wee healed.

He was dedicated to Jesus on Mother's day when he was just two weeks old.

I pray that as he grows up Jesus becomes his Best Buddy :) He tooks quite a few naps with Daddy... just making sure he's still there!

He met so many special people...Great Grandma Peggy...The Bakers. (yes these are my babies I used to nanny for, Dalton is going to be a freshmen in High School, Maddie is going into Jr. High and Chelsea is going to be a big 5th grader!) Sean and Keisha really like him! :) Sammy, Jack and Great Grandma LePore. She's a pro.

For his one month birthday we went to the fish hatchery, buddy rode up front with Daddy (just kidding).He got his 1st piece of mail

In June Nana LeRossi came back to visit and took buddy to his 1st night club Rum Jungle.

He loved it!

After a night out clubbing he had breakfast the next morning with Aunt Mi and Nana at The Four Seasons brunch.
Thanks to Jack, Sammy can now be celebrated on Father's Day. We love you Papa and Daddy!!

Mommy, Daddy and Jack went to Laguna for a long weekend. He was the best boy the whole trip. My mom and dad let us borrrow their big ol' car that has rear air and watch our boo dog for us. Thanks guys!
The day after we got home from the trip we discovered that our sweet baby got pink eye. Damn dirty pelicans! My sweet cousin Carlee was and town and Aunti Mi got us tickets to the Shark Reef pretty stinkin cool!

He celebrated his 1st fourth of July, which was the 4 year anniversary of our engagment.

Thank goodness my mom and dad have an awesome back yard with a great pool, it's hot in vegas, especially for this guy. Lots of pool days!This was his 1st pool day. "No Uncle Robbie don't eat me!"Jack partied it up for Uncle Robbie's 25th birthday! Last night we had my parents over for tri tip and key lime pie to celebrate Jack's 3 month birthday. My wonderful friend Jen has a sweet baby too, Mr. Benjamin Turner, who just turned 6 months. She is so awesome for giving us Ben's "old" clothes (he has so many he only wears them once, that and he grows really fast!) This is one of the outfits she just gave us!
He didn't think it was so funny.

Happy 1/4 Birthday sweet baby Jack.

You are no longer an infant you are offically a baby so this....

and this

and this

is no longer acceptable! Just Kidding! I love your crying face!

Love you buddy budddy!