Our decked halls

Took some pictures of the house decorated for Christmas. I did a little more this year than last. I would love to do more outside, but Tony does not do outside lights, so I do what I can. One of the pictures is the view from the floor of our foyer ceiling. I hung large ornaments with fishing line from the chandelier. Kind of looks like the solar system from this perspective! Sorry about the bad pictures,my camera is still broken and likes to give everything that "rose colored glasses" kind of look.

Hello Gorgeous!

Tony and I are in love with someone new...the Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker. It is our Christmas Present to us from us with love!

If you haven't experienced it yet, I can only tell you as far as I am concerned it is worth it's weight in gold! We are experimenting with different recipes. We are loving fresh mango margaritas...gasp...almost nightly. Hopefully the novelty will wear off or we could be in serious trouble. It should be a fun Christmas Eve celebration at our house this year!

Memory Lane

My girlfriend since Kindergarten, Michelle Haro, sent me these pics of us as children. How precious it was to see these and how scary to see how much Ava looks like me as a child. What's more wonderful is to have a friend with whom I have this much history, we have so much to reflect on when we get together. We are currently planning a 20 yr grade school reunion, that should be a blast!

A visit to Santa

At our local mall on Nov26. A rip off for 2 3 1/2 by 5 photos at $19 something with tax, but they won't let you take your own anymore, so what are ya gonna do. Now I find out Santa will be at Ava's tree lighting ceremony tomorrow night. The problem is my camera is broken...so I can take some stills with our camcorder but they won't be the greatest.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Four!

Our last October birthday has come and gone. Ava is a big 4 year old now. The day of her actual birthday she was already telling me things that she wants for her "5 birthday!" She is obsessed with numbers. She wants to know what size shoes people wear, their clothes, their ages, their heights...she has to make sure her clothes say 4T, if I try to put a 3t on that still fits her she will make a big fuss about it. She is such an independent girl now, so creative and artistic. The artsy part is definitely from her Daddy. She was recently promoted to level " Little Starz" at her gymnastics class. Most of the kids are 6 years old and tower over her. Her coordination is another thing she got from Tony. I am proud of her!

One!

Gia's birthday has come and gone. Over the last month she has gotten her first 6 teeth. It seems funny to see her toothy smile. Along with the teeth came a killer appetite. She is eating everything in site and then some. At her 1 year appt last week she weighed in at 18 lbs 10 oz (10th percentile) and 29 1/2 inches long (50-75th %) Long and lean like mama---HAHA! We are hoping this growth spurt will get her to 20lbs so she can move into a carseat and out of the infant seat . She is hilarious...walking and trying to talk a lot. She and Ava make quite a team around here.