Daniela's Baptism

Yesterday we celebrated Daniela's Baptism. She was baptized at St. Ann's in Coppell, the same church where Isabella was baptized. Here's Daniela getting dressed in her special onesie and shoes.

Here's Daniela laughing (before she was doused with the cold baptismal water)

Our pretty angel

Father is giving her the sign of the cross.

My cousins Marc and Maria are Daniela's godparents. Here Maria is holding Daniela over the water fountain while father baptizes her. She cried and cried once that cold water hit her forhead.

Daniela posing with Nonna.

Mike'a aunt Barbara and uncle John who live in Georgia came and helped us celebrate this special day. It was great to see them.

Gabrielle, Vittoria and Maria. Nice picture. I can't believe how tall goobs has gotten.

Here's Grandma and Grandpa, Caitlin and Isabella.

Isabella was very good in church. She's such a ham!

A family photo with Father.

A family photo of just the four of us.

Godmother Maria and Gabrielle.

After church we all went to Maggiano's for a celebratory lunch. We had a good time. They gave us a great room with a terrace. It was such a beautiful day and we actually got to use the terrace. Here's Isabella enjoying some of the great food

Surgery - Crazy Day!

Isabella enjoying a book being read to her by Grandpa.

She actually called him Papa.

What a crazy day yesterday was. Mike and I both went in for surgery. He had his umbilical hernia fixed and I had my gall bladder removed. Thank goodness my mom and Mike's dad were here! Mike's dad came to stay for a couple of days to help out. I'd been having pain in my side since I was pregnant and didn't know what was causing it. First I had CT scan done which showed an enlarged spleen which is a symptom of something else being wrong. So then I had an ultrasound and a 3D body scan done. They both showed gallstones. I had an appointment with the sugeon yesterday morning and surgery that afternoon. They took out the gall bladder and two stones the size of large olives. So hopefully now the pain will be gone and my spleen return to normal. One stone was caught in the tube so good thing I had it taken out when I did. I'm a little mad that they didn't find it when I went to the emergency room while I was pregnant with Daniela and had pain and difficulty breathing. The doctor did every other test except check my gallbladder like my OB and family doctor asked him too. So now we're both home for a bit recuperating.

Oktoberfest

We went to Oktoberfest in Addison.

We try to go every year.

This year was Isabella's second time going and Daniela's first time.

We went with our friend Jennifer and her son Harrison.

The kids loved the merry go round so much that they wanted to ride it twice.

Isabella rode a horse the first time and a monkey the second time.

Harrison liked the rabbit.

Daniela got to watch on the sidelines with Nonna.

Next year she'll get to ride too.

Daddy took Isabella on the fun slide. She raced Harrison down!


I think they had lots of fun.

Isabella and Harrison pushing the stroller around and nibbling on some food.

Isabella checking out the big stuffed animals at the game area.