Sophia's 14month old Fall school picture(a month late)

Brian and I lucked out and showed up to school together to drop Sophia off and figured out it was picture day!! Mommy was very happy because Sophia was wearing a brand new dress for Fall. The picture company said it's usually harder to take pictures with the parents there but they got this perfect picture of our princess! She's getting so big and we're enjoying watching her grow and learn something new everyday. She's so polite and says "please" and "thank you"...she learned very quickly that she'll get food if she's polite! We just love her so much and feel so blessed. Oh and she has a total of 6 teeth now...wohooo!

Happy 2 year Anniversary to us!

We spent the weekend up North celebrating our 2 year anniversary. BT planned the entire weekend full of surprises but the BEST surprise is that he arranged for Nana and Grandpa to bring Sophia to visit us at our hotel! I was so shocked when she showed up in her new pink dress. It's always nice to get away but we always miss Sophia so much so it was a treat to have her celebrate with us. We started off the day at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa where we enjoyed a delicious lunch, followed by massages and some much needed relaxation. Brian knew how much I've always wanted to visit this spa and it did not disappoint. We then drove to Ventura and stayed in a cottage at the Pierpont Inn. We feel so blessed to have spent these past two years planning for and raising Sophia and can't wait to meet our newest arrival. And as if to say "hey don't forget about me" we felt pumpkin #2 hiccup for the first time in Ojai! Let the hiccups begin!

Sooo excited about the beautiful roses waiting for me in the cottage...this was before I saw Miss Sophia walk through the door

Mama was sooooooo happy to see her princess!!

Sophia was just as excited to see us...Nana bought her the cutest new pink dress!

Happy Family:)

Thank you Nana and Grandpa Paola for taking such good care of our princess and driving her up to visit us on our Anniversary!

Punkin Pie here I come!

We are so happy to announce that Mama does not have Gestational Diabetes and will be enjoying pumpkin pie on Turkey Day. I failed the 1 hour test and took the 3 hour test on Friday(Daddy was kind enough to sit in the doctors office with me for 3 hours). I had my blood drawn 4x in 3 hours after fasting and drinking a sugar drink and doctor says ALL my readings came back perfectly normal! I must say I'm in totaly shock(IN A GOOD WAY)!! Many thanks to our baby boy for allowing mommy to eat treats during the holidays

27 week eggplant! Hello 3rd trimester:)

I haven't posted a belly picture in a while(such a bad mommy). Peanut #2 has been very good to me so far. Sleeping is getting a little tricky but that's to be expected. Doctor says everything looks great and mommy will start her GD regime next week. Baby is moving around like crazy and daddy and mommy are getting VERY excited for his arrival. We just love the idea of Sophia having a little brother and Sophia is now kissing mommy's tummy on a regular basis and saying "baby" to her little brother. Speaking of Sophia(one of our most favorite topics), she started repeating "I love you" which just melts mommy and daddy's heart!!

Birthdays!!

We spent this past weekend celebrating Brian and Nana's birthdays! We had a belated birthday celebration with the Tees family for Brian's birthday and celebrated Nana's birthday at King's Fish House.






Sophia sharing her cheese with Uncle Frank!

Sophia loved her ducky toy that Grandma Tees shared with her.

Mama and Sophia at Kings Fish House

Looks like Nano was enjoying his dinner when Mommy decided to snap a picture(woopsie)

Big Bear Sept 09

This past weekend we spent in Big Bear with Brian's good friends from high school. We went to Oktoberfest(yes in September) and stayed at Dave's dad's cabin. We left our peanut at home with Nana which was nice but of course we missed her like crazy and couldn't wait to come home and see her.

6.5 months preggy at a beer festival...FUN!!

Jerry, Dave, Brian, and Denise enjoyed drinkin' some German beer!

New York New York!

We're so behind on blogging I'm not sure where to start! We spent a week in NY with Sophia and Nana for Kelly Stevens wedding. It was Sophia's first flight and when all is said and done she did an EXCELLENT job and made us so proud. Thankfully on both legs we sat next to people who LOVE babies!! We stayed in Roslyn, Long Island which is only 20 minutes from JFK so we took 3 day trips into NYC via train and subway(VERY ambitious of us). We took a tenement tour of the Lower East Side tenements which took us inside a real tenement from the early 1900's when the immigrants were first coming into NY. Nana LOVED this!! We were also able to see my dog Boo who we've since given to our dear friends Kelly and Rob(the bride and groom). He's adjusting perfectly to the NY lifestyle and he has a view of the Statue of Liberty from his window everyday!! On our last visit into the City we had my family come out from Rhode Island for the day which was such a treat as we don't get to see them as much as we'd like to. Some other highlights were of course Magnolia Bakery for some banana pudding, a stroll down Wall Street where BT scored some awesome ties, and an afternoon at the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy where Sophia enjoyed her first italian meatball!!! The week of travel was topped off with the beautiful wedding of our good friends Kelly and Rob. What a perfect trip! Here are just a few pictures of our adventure:

Can't go to NY without eating a thin crust pizza in the West Village!

Sophia loved her monkey backpack and leash

Sophia was obsessed with the tracks. We had to distract her by walking her around until the train came.

Nana and Boo reunited at Kell's apartment!

We had the bride with us in the City one day to chaperone us around and help us with the dreaded subways!

Nana and Sophia waiting for the tour of the tenements

Wall Street

Sophia helped us master the subways(yeah right).

Sophia scarffed down 2 giant italian meatballs...made her Italian family VERY proud!

Rhode Island family at the Feast of San Gennaro

Nana and Sophia all dressed up and ready for the wedding. This is before Daddy did Sophia's hair in piggies!

There's the bride!

Sophia was poooped after a long week of running around the City + a late night at the wedding