L-Wow!

Zia Raffaella purchased this great magenta valour track suit for Lucia. Lucia's quite the little fasionista when she wears it! Grazie Zia!!

New Niece!

Jim and I went to visit our new niece, Ava, this afternoon. What a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations Dan and Bonnie!

Christmas Card Photo shoot

a few of the ones that didn't make the cut!

"Well, Hello there!"

Trying out the exersaucer for the first time. She kind of flops around in it, but it loving sucking on the toys that are attached to it!

Merry Christmas! . . . we think . . .

One of the many attempts at a decent picture of my children- Lucia looks utterly disgusted and Ethan is staring off into space. Trying to take pictures at 7pm (aka- bed time)- not a good idea!

What?

"your mother never squeezed you into a 'Bumbo'?

Ethan helping

Ethan was helping me give Lucia a bath the other day, he did a good job for the most part- so what if he used the dirty dish rag to scrub her at one point- it's okay :-)

Enjoying the Swing

I know, a little over board with this collage! She's so darn cute though- with her little elf ears!
Lucia has been putting everything in her mouth lately- she loves to suck on the toys on her swing.

Lucia and Daddy

Lucia and Jim enjoying each other. What a sturdy baby!

Thunder Thighs!

So, Lucia had her 4mo. appointment today. She's 18lbs 8oz! Quite the little chunk! She did really well at the appointment. I was worried she might have an ear infection b/c of her fever/vomitting end of last week, but her ears looked great.

Another big baby! No wonder my back hurts all the time!

Lucia- 4 months old

I can't believe Lucia is already 4 months old! Actually, she's a week over 4 months. It is going by so fast this time around. I feel guilty b/c I feel like I took so many more pictures of Ethan as he was growing up, and now I hardly remember to take any!
Here are some pics from her bath today. I love the top picture, it reminds me of the face my brother Mark always makes in photos- check out his facebook pictures- you'll see what I mean!

Tomorrow we have her 4month check up with the pediatrician. It will be interesting to see how much she weighs. My guess is 17lbs 10oz, we'll see how close I am tomorrow.

Ethan makes Lucia Laugh

Here is a video from last night. Shortly after this was taken, Jim and I went back into the kitchen, we then hear a blood curdling scream coming from Lucia. Ethan is standing next to her with his hands behind his back. We asked him what he did, "nothing" he finally fessed up to hitting her in the head with one of his toys- oh boy!

Thanksgiving

Trying to get a nice picture of the four cousins sitting together proved very challenging this year! Plus, our camera has not been working properly (no flash!), so the pictures turned out a little grainy. We went over to Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dave's house this year, it was nice just having one house to go to for Thanksgiving. We all felt much less rushed and could really enjoy the day!

Lucia and Uncle Dave

Hanging out before the big Thanksgiving meal. I love her fat cheeks!

Cheryl, Alessia, and Caryn Jr's.

Last week I was able to catch up with two of my good friends from college. We all had summer babies this year- from Left- Joel (born in June), Lucia (born in July) and Noah (born in August). Lucia had a hard time fighting the boys off all day :-)
It was great fun seeing Caryn and Cheryl- hope we can do it again soon ladies!

Halloween 4

Ethan, Addison, and Emily. Ethan and Addy both dressed as bumblebees this year- how cute! Emily was a 50's girl. What cute cousins!

Halloween 3

The flower and the bee. Ethan had tons of fun making the rounds at different family members homes. After dinner Jim took him out trick-or-treating. He did really well- except he was afraid of our neighbor who had his face painted white.
After trick-or-treating, Ethan helped hand out candy at home. When a kid in a "scary" costume would come to the door, Ethan would back away slowly and sit on the couch- it was pretty cute!

Halloween 2

My bumblebee! Ethan wanted to go as a bumblebee this year- which worked out nice with Lucia as a flower- I know I won't be as coordinated when it comes to future Halloween costumes!

Halloween

My fat little flower! Lucia was pretty patient the first few times I shoved her into her Halloween costume- but by the time we made it to Grandma and Grandpa's house- she had had enough!

Ethan's Art

Ethan drew this picture yesterday. It's the first time I've seen him draw something that looks like- something. When asked what it was a picture of he said "daddy, mamma, and ethan" (pointing to the little scribble in the middle).

Pretty good for 2 1/2 years old I say!

Lucia + Nonna = Bath!

Nonna loves taking baths with her grandchildren in her tub! Lucia was able to expereince this the other night. She was a bit fussy at first, but soon loved it! She was kicking her legs and relaxing!

leaves

Ethan "helped" Jim rake leaves the other day. Of course we had to get a few shots of him in the leaf pile! In the top pic he's a bit disgusted by the fact that we placed him in the pile and didn't want to touch the leaves- oh well!

























Action Shot!

Fall Colors

I love this time of year! If I could live somewhere where the seasons included Summer and Fall in a continuous loop I would! Francesca took these awesome shots on their walk at Pickerel Lake!
Jim is color blind and doesn't understand what all the fuss is about and that makes me sad- I wish he could experience the fall colors too!