First of all congratulations for your son! now for the quilt I love your choice of thinking outside the block (I made one of left overs of a log cabin quilt I made) but remember it is a square and kind of not enough for two people to cuddle with unless you make it bed size. That said if you like log cabins (they are my favorite :-), then it would be really nice option as you can easily use your choice of neutral colors and you get many variations of the blocks.