Old News

So yes, this is old news but as you can see I'm way behind. Daniela has been "mobile" for over a month now. It started with the army crawl but this past week she's been doing a little of a "regular" crawl too. She's also been pulling up every opportunity she gets. They moved her into the "crawler" room at church b/c she is all over the place and into everything. I don't remember Annalisa getting into as much trouble as Daniela. However, that could be because I didn't mind as much because I was just glad that I could finally put her down w/o crying. It's been the opposite with Daniela because so far she's been a really good and quiet baby (despite a rough 1st couple weeks). Annalisa helps with that too. She is so good at entertaining her and always wants to play with her. Watching the 2 of them is a lot of fun.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Annalisa!

She turned 3 almost a month ago. I can' t believe it. It was a very simple but fun "ladybug" party. We had pizza and cupcakes at the park down the street. My parents (Mamie & Papa Bill) came in for a long weekend, which made it extra special. HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY, BABY GIRL! Time is passing way too fast. Speaking of time passing too fast--Daniela is crawling and moving around everywhere and is even pulling up to a standing position. Ughh!

Thanks for the meals!

Shortly after Daniela was born several friends from church brought us meals. It was WONDERFUL. We had meals for a few week. Below are some pics from some of the friends that came to play (there were several others but I didn't think to take pictures--sorry!)Annalisa & Mia playing babies.

Audrey & Annalisa in the jeep.
Annalisa is SLOWLY learning what steer means, but sooner or later she'll get it. Right now it's safer for her to be a passenger and let someone else drive.

Annalisa, Hunter, & Ty in the sandbox.

Memorial City Mall

We met Hughes and Jenny at the mall yesterday. So much fun. Audrey, Annalisa, & Ryder really enjoyed going down the slide together. Audrey even put both of them in her lap. I'm sad the middle picture is so blurry b/c all three of them were looking at the camera so it could have been a great picture. Oh well! I'm not a perfectionist, Hughes so I'll just post it anyway and saw who cares :)

Happy Late Mother's Day

iDaniela at the Greek Festival
Annalisa w/ her baby doll, "Jeremiah" and her very own tub of wipes or "pulisci babies" that Mamie brought her. She LOVES wipes and used at least 25 in 10 minutes.
Papa Bill (grandpa), Massy, Daniela taking a walk by the lake.
Mother's Day lunch at a little cafe in old town Katy

Yes, it's been a while since I've blogged but my excuse is that my New Year's resolution to do 1 per month was for 2009 and not 2010. At any rate, we've been busy and having fun. Daniela will be 4m old tomorrow and found her toes this week. This evening we went on a walk and she even figured out how to get them in her mouth. Not only does she suck her toes, but we think she's also going to be a thumb sucker. It's the cutest thing to see her suck her little thumb. I think Massy has a video of it on utube somewhere. Annalisa was sick last week w/ a fever of 103. We took her to the doctor and they thought it was a bladder infection so put her on antibiotics, but it turned out it wasn't . I guess it was just a virus. I do have to say I was a little worried b/c thank God neither of our kids get sick much. I think that may have been the first fever Annalisa has had in the last 12 months.
My parents also came to visit weeekend. Annalisa, Daniela, my mom, and I celebrated a belated mother's day at a cute little cafe in downtown Katy. We also went to the Greek festival and had delicious food and Mamie ("grandma") of course let Annalisa go on a few rides. Her favorite was the big slide that she went on 5 times and even climbed all the way up by herself.

Nonna Bibi

Surprise! Massy's 82 year old grandma came from Italy to see us over spring break. Massy knew his parents were coming but did not know about Nonna Luciana. His mom called a couple months back and asked what I thought. Of course I said sure and what do you know she came. She had never even been on a plane until a couple years back when she went to Paris w/ some friends. I think that was also her first time even out of the country. After that, she got over her fear and decided to make the trip all the way here to see him and of course meet Daniela. Who would have ever guessed?

Daniela is here!

Annalisa is a big sister! Daniela was born on Jan 26, 2010 and weighed 8lbs and 10oz. She's doing better now than she was at first. The day after we left the hospital we had to go back to the Dr. because she wasn't going to the bathroom and lost a pound in 3 days (even though she seemed to be eating well). The Dr. wasn't sure what to think and thought she may have had some type of blockage in her stomach so he sent us to the ER at TX Children's for a chest x-ray. Praise God it came back normal, but they do think she has acid reflux. She cries a lot especially after eating and it makes us sad to see her in pain. They told us at the hospital there isn't a whole lot they can do (it takes time and hopefully she'll outgrow it as her muscles in the digestive system develop) and just to try and make her as comfortable as possible when she is crying. She's on prevacid and it seems to be helping to some degree. The good thing is that she's going to the bathroom regularly and is gaining weight although she still seems to cry quite a bit. At any rate, it could be worse and we are thankful for our newest little girl.