The Hernández Family: August 2011

Jonas' Birth Announcement

***Also, don't forget to check out 3 new posts below!***

Erik and family came to visit

Lucas ready for church - I can't believe how
grown up he looks to me!
July 31st

Erik, Brinda, Nathan, Daniel & Matthew stopped to visit for a day on their way to Colorado and then Utah to drop Nathan off at BYU. We had a fun day and my boys loved playing with their cousins. I didn't get any pictures, but we spent the morning at the Transportation Museum. In the afternoon we hung out at home and rested and then took a picnic to Forest Park where I finally remembered to take pictures! We're excited to see them one more time as they head back home to Maryland - and this time we'll get to see Michelle.

getting wet at a playground in Forest Park
August 4th

the boys love playing in water

hanging out and having some dinner

surprise - he's asleep again! :)

Matthew, Daniel & Lucas - all super wet

walking to the lake

Nicolas was not too happy about taking a picture

Jonas, Matias, Daniel, Nathan, Lucas and Matthew - Nicolas was
screaming on the grass somewhere...

on Sunday (August 7th) at a park

the boys loved this playground and we've already been back twice

I love this outfit on Jonas

Creve Coeur Lake, bathtime and 9 years

A neighbor told us about Creve Coeur Lake and since we've been missing the lakes in Minneapolis, we wanted to check it out. Zeke and I took our rollerblades, Lucas took his scooter and Matias took his bike. It was so nice to be outside and to get some exercise and the boys had fun. You're not allowed to go swimming in the lake, but it's a great park and I'm sure we'll go back many times. July 26th

hanging out while I went rollerblading

Lucas on his scooter

Zeke pushed Nicolas in the stroller

Jonas slept for the whole ride

stopping for a water and bathroom break

Nico was so excited to wear a helmet too

beginning of a beautiful sunset

we made one more stop for the boys to go and play by the water

I love how these pictures turned out

check out the rock splashes

it was a fun evening and reminded us of all the lakes in MN

hanging out while his brothers took a bath
July 30th

clean and happy after his bath

what a cheesy smile!

after the boys were in bed, we celebrated our 9th Anniversary!

it was fun to enjoy a delicious & quiet dinner together

I normally hate kissing pictures, but this time I couldn't resist :)

Life with Jonas at home

It was great having my mom and dad here for another week after Jonas was born. The older 3 boys loved watching trains with my dad and doing activities and crafts with my mom. Nicolas especially got addicted to train videos while Grandpa was here. Here are some pictures of the 2 weeks after Jonas was born.

Nicolas loved Grandpa - especially when Grandpa would show
him train videos on his computer!
July 12th

we got this swing for Jonas - it's been great!
July 12th

Jonas sure is my All Star!!
He's been sleeping and eating so well!
July 14th

family picture - can't believe there's 6 of us now!
July 15th

I love when they're snuggled up like this

Matias absolutely loves holding Jonas
July 16th

Jonas loves snuggle time with Grandma too

taking a nap while the adults played games

I finally made an assignment board for FHE
Lucas loves checking it each week to see who's doing what

hanging out with Daddy while he watches soccer
July 19th

relaxed and ready for his first bath!
July 20th

he loved his bath - didn't cry at all

the hospital where Jonas was born is nicknamed 'Mobap'
July 23rd

the shirt was given to us by the hospital - so cute!

Nicolas wanted a picture too

look at those "rolls" - haha

playing at the splash pad at the park
check out his wounds from his bike accident**
July 25th

**On Sunday evening (the 24th), we went for a walk around our neighborhood. Matias wanted to ride his bike and the rest of us walked (Jonas was in the moby wrap). There is one part of our neighborhood with a big hill that the boys love to ride down. I'm always freaked out watching them ride it but they've both done it so many times that I was starting to get less worried until what happened this time. Lucas was running behind Matias going down the hill and we think what happened is Matias looked back to see where Lucas was and wasn't paying attention to what was coming and he swerved a bit and fell pretty hard off his bike. Luckily he was wearing his helmet but his face was still super bloody. We got him home to clean him up and realized that thankfully he didn't need stitches for his wounds, but he said his wrist and head hurt so Zeke took him to the ER to make sure nothing was broken and that he didn't have a concussion. Mobap (where Jonas was born) has a great pediatric ER that our neighbor told us about so Zeke took him there. Matias wasn't super excited about going, but Zeke said the doctor was great with Matias and he also got to watch Scooby Doo while they monitored him to make sure it wasn't a concussion. When they concluded that everything was fine, they even sent him home with a Dr. Seuss book All in all, for our first ER experience, not too bad!