Our Jeej

We went to Auntie Melissa and Presley's house yesterday for our pizza ad cookie play date and what fun we had!! It was just so much fun watching Presley and Gia playing.. our little INDEPENDENT girls!! Melissa and I got to catch up on life and work.. even though we see each other everyday we never seem to have enough time! Our boys.... oh our boys!! To see Jackson and John together is hysterical..2 tanks!!!! We want to eat up their thighs'... The weather is starting to get so much better, so we can have so much more time in our backyards with the kiddos which is great!! Can't wait for our next play date!

Squidoo is 24 weeks!

Next week we have our official 6 month check and more shots ): AND we get to move onto vegetables!!!!! YAY!!!!  John is doing great.. teething is in full force.. going to bed by usually 9 pm he is like a little tank!  I love at night when I put Gigi to bed and John and I get to spend alone time together on the mat before he goes to bed.. priceless moments... throughout the day Gigi loves playing with her brother.. she will take out her color cards and tells the colors to him.. it is hysterical like a little teacher and she is very gentle.. she makes sure he is not sitting alone in his little chair by putting his rattle and her stuffed animals around him.. our little sweet love Gigi... I took out the bouncer thing because it is time for John to get into that and go crazy bouncing around..all of Gigi's things that she used are slowly coming out again.. WE LOVE YOU  our two sweet cakes !!!

In Honor of Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone on the day of his parade!

I wear my sunglasses at night? Huh?

Look who asks to play piano every night...

I wonder if little one here will take after her mommy! I started taking piano lessons when I was 7 years old and did so for 10 years.. The piano I have is very special. My piano teacher Steve was such a gem, a real angel.. He was like another grandfather to me. My Dad and I would pick him up at our town circle area in Rutherford after school and then we would go back to our house.  My parents had bought me a piano at the time to start taking my lessons with. Anyway, we would get back to the house and Dad and Steve would have a cup of coffee and some cookies and shoot the you know what haha.. Then it came time for my lesson which was one hour.. after the lesson  Dad would drive him back into town so he could take the bus back to Jersey City. Taking these lesson were some of the most memorable years of my life.

When Steve passed away, my parents and I went to his funeral in Jersey City, I remember my mom put in his casket a school picture of me so he would never be alone..(Steve did not really have any family.. his piano students were his family) .. My parents and I received a phone call at our house about Steve's Will and we were told that Steve had left me his  personal Baby Grand piano and that is the one I have... it is not even in production anymore.. It is PRICELESS to me.. for the years I was in college and going here and there all over the place after college, my parents always had the piano in their house in Jersey and then AZ.. when Sal and I got our house.. the piano finally found it's home... To see Gia hit the keys and be so inquisitive about it... brings me to tears because that is exactly how I took an interest.. will it last? who knows, but when she gets a little older you can bet I will see if she wants to take lessons on this most special piano.

Little Gootzy is 23 weeks!

Meet HOBO!!

Perfect match!! 

Is this boy beautiful or what? Welcome to the family Hobo!!! This is Tomasina's new baby! Hobo is 4 years old and he is just beautiful. Hobo is fully trained out and from Europe... he is a red Dobe and amazing!! I just can't wait to wrap my arms around him!!! Tommy flew to Oregon last week to meet Hobo to see if they would be a great match for one another and YES!! They are perfect together! Hobo flew to Chi town on Friday and T picked him up!!! I am so so excited for Hobo and Tommy and let's not forget about little Valentina... Hobo's sister.. who all 6lbs + of her will still rule the house haha! Welcome Hobo, we are already so in love with you.. our big boy!!!

Gootz is 22 weeks!

Our little gootzy is almost crawling!! He gets up on all fours but is not sure what to do with his arms and hands yet haha... so he scoots with his head...  time to buy size 3 diapers for sure.  He has been in size 3 night diapers and now it is most definitely time for size 3 day... our little growing baby boy. John is doing just great.. still making all the sounds and now I am hearing more of the vowel type sounds coming from him and of course my favorite the giggling, that is just priceless. I am buying a box of formula a week because John is such a good little eater.. soon we start the fruit , veges, and meat.. in another 2-3 weeks... can't wait for that.. I wonder if he will take to it like Gigi did.. we will see soon enough.. onto week 23 with our little chunk a roo!!!! WE LOVE YOU GOOTZ!!!