Labor Day

This was Rece at our local parade. I of course forgot my camera until the day of the parade. So nothing too exciting. Just the boys watching the parade.

The Reception!

The best part of course! Rece was a little freaked out by the dj's loud noises at first but in no time he was jammin'! We left at about 11:30 and Rece was wide eyed the whole time until he hit the carseat.

Daddy and Carmine both looked like they had been drinking (only one of them had!)

If you ever need to pick up girls take my son, because he had every single young pretty girl at the wedding/reception pick him up at least once through the night. EVERY SINGLE ONE!

This is the best picture I have of the two of us in a long time. This was in the car as we were getting ready to leave.

I have video of Rece dancing that I will try to get up here. Overall we had a great time and we also got some pictures taken of the 4 of us by the photographer. And the next day Keith and Hope headed to Italy while we watch their dog!! for 14 days!!!

The Limo Ride

My mom drove our car over to the reception with the kids so that we could ride over in the limo. I would have been ok driving over, but I know Hope wanted the whole wedding party to ride. We got some cute pictures.
me and Anupa

The Limo Ride

My mom drove our car over to the reception with the kids so that we could ride over in the limo. I would have been ok driving over, but I know Hope wanted the whole wedding party to ride. We got some cute pictures.

The Ceremony!

Rece did awesome!! He got to follow daddy, so we had the person waiting with him just tell him to go get daddy. He ran up the aisle carrying the pillow. Then he was so good while the ceremony was going on. We had smarties as bribe candy for him. He only had like 3 of them and he didn't even eat them, he was just playing with them. Which was actually better except he did have to crawl after a couple of them. He sat on the step at the alter, he crawled acrosss it and played a little but he didn't even attempt to leave the alter or go play on it where the pastors were. Tony only had to pick him up once and that was only because Hope and Keith were going to light the unity candle and he didn't want them to trip on him. Then afterwards he ran back down the aisle. He was pretty good for pictures afterwards but we will have to see how they turned out. And of course Carmine looked super cute in his tux!
my little piano man!the groom and his godson

The Rehearsal

These are some pictures from the rehearsal, pretty self explanatory. Tony was best man, I was a bridesmaid and Rece was a ring bearer! Rece was tired, but he did pretty good. I had high hopes for him for the next day!!

Bachelorette Party!

Part 1 in a series from my brother's wedding! The bachelorette party was actually last weekend, but it has obviously been a busy week.
We had a lot of fun. We started out at the bride's parents house for a passion party and drank and played "Never have I ever..." then we went out to a couple of bars and then we went to Steak-N-Shake. I didn't get home until 4:45 am!! YIKES! I was exhausted the next day. Actually I am not sure if I have recovered still. But we had a lot of fun. I drank a little bit before we went out (there were two DDs) but I only had 2 shots while we were out. Actually no one really got drunk. Well except for one girl, but it was a friend of a friend. The bride had fun and she had a little spinner button that we had guys spinning. Nothing too crazy, just "dance with me", "flirt with me", "give me a buck", "tell me a secret", etc. My legs were actually sore the next day because of the dancing. It has been a long time since I have gone to a bar like that, actually about a year.
Hope and her mom playing with one of the "toys"

a group picture minus me at the bar.

me and Anupa dancing

taking a shot with the bride and my sister.

6 months/2.5 years

We had pictures taken yesterday. I think they turned out pretty good considering we had 2 tired boys on our hands.

Carmine at 6 monthsRece at 6 months
Rece at 2 1/2 years
Our Family

Carmine is sitting up on his own now. It isn't 100% but he does pretty good. He occassionally propels himself backwards when he gets excited. He is also newly really playing with his feet.

Horseys

That is what Rece now calls the carousel at the zoo. We went there again and he rode it with Grammy this time and loved it. Before he would get on it and the horse would go up once and that was the end of it. But now I bet he will besuper excited to ride the horseys again!!

SURPRISE!!

We threw a surprise party for my mom's 50th birthday! And I will never throw another surprise party again! I know, never say never. But I felt like I needed to throw up the entire day. It turned out to be a great party but we didn't know how much she knew. But we did know someone almost ruined it. So we had a lot of covering up to do. And my mom lives with us right now so that made it even more challenging! We went to church that morning and most of the time on Sundays we go out to eat afterwards. Well we had about 3 hours to kill before I could take her home. So I said that I needed to go to a mall that is about 25 min. away from our house to look for a book, which I did. So we went and ate lunch and did a little shopping. Then the drive back was awful! I though for sure I was going to get sick in the car. But we appeared to pull it off (unless she is lying-but she isn't that good of a liar!) and it was a success!

The cake my grandma made! Thanks Grandma!
SURPRISE!!

Now my mom can be a red hat lady!!
And of course one of my little guy enjoying the cake...looks a little mischievous!

And Then....

On Friday we had a relaxed day and didn't do much of anything...which I think everyone needed. Then on Saturday was Tony's brother, Jeffrey's graduation party. Nothing too exciting but Rece enjoyed the cake and Carmine enjoyed a snooze in the sun!

And on Saturday we had a double date night! Doesn't happen too often anymore! We went to a comedy club where we had dinner first. The comedian was really funny. I think everyone needed a good laugh and had a really good time. But I know the morning came way too soon!!

Stay tuned for all the details about the surprise party...as soon as I get the pictures from my brother!

Everyone is getting along just fine!!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

We had a great mothers day. First time as a mother of 2!! I had a nice relaxing morning and we went to lunch with my family. Then we went to visit with Tony's mom for a little bit. Rece learned how to say Happy Mothers Day and it is so cute! And he helped daddy bring me my cards and breakfast in bed.



Me and my boys.



These are the 4 generations of moms we have. My grandma, me, my great-grandma, my aunt and my mom.

Meet our new family member!

This is the newest member, Gunner!! We went to the local dog shelter today and got him. He is about 4 months old and 35 lbs.!!! He is probably going to be pretty big, but we have the yard for it. He is a sweetheart, but he is still a puppy, so he jumps a lot. We will have to work on that!

The Hunt

He had a lot of fun hunting for the eggs. He found about 10 on his own and then started to get a little bored. He had a harder time with the baskets I think because he didn't quite understand what the baskets were. Of course once he found the candy he was happy. In his baskets he got a potty training book, giant sidewalk chalk, a bunny straw, babylegs, and some candy. Carmine got some baby rattles/toys and some babylegs. Unfortunately Carmine missed the festivities due to sleeping in.

These are there easter outfits!



We did another egg hunt at my Grandma's OUTSIDE! It was freezing. Rece didn't seem to mind, but he didn't seem all that interested in finding eggs either. So it was a short lived hunt. One of the eggs he did find he decided it would be fun to squeeze it as hard as he could. That was pretty funny. And then we was banging two other eggs together. This was a fun age to do this. And I know it will get even more fun every year, of course until he is "too old" for it all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE KENNY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVERIE JEAN!!

I know it was yesterday, but we were so insanely busy yesterday that I didn't even have a chance to get on the computer!! So, Happy 2nd birthday Averie and I hope you had a really good time at your party! We missed you and wish we could have been there.

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT TERI!!!!

G.G.

This is Rece and Carmine's Great-Great-Grandma! Not many people can say they have one of those!! She is turning 90 this year and while she isn't exactly running around I think she is doing pretty good for a 90 year old. Her mind is still very much there. But this week she hurt her leg. She has already broken this leg 3 times. But she is getting out of the hospital soon, maybe today. And she is going to be moving into an assisted living facility. For the last few years she has been living with my mom and then for the last few months, since my mom moved in with us, she has lived with my grandma and grandpa. So really all of this is a blessing in disquise. She will be so much happier in an assisted living facility with people around her own age.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY CONNER!!!!

Visit with the cousins

My sister and her kids came down this weekend to meet Carmine. Becca couldn't come but Phillip, Claire and Gabriel were down.

Picture of the cousins minus Becca

Aunt Teri and Carmine.

Tony and Gabriel. He is almost 6 months.

I just thought this was such a sweet picture of Phillip and Gabriel. Phillip loves his little brother so much!