Christmas 2009

The girls got Canada Olympic shirts when my mom came for a visit. Here they are displaying them proudly. We watched the opening ceremonies and Isabella really got into it. She was so excited and clapped at the events!

The girls have started a new school now that we've moved to Allen. They are going to a Montessori school and have uniforms to wear. I bought them matching lunch boxes withtheir names on them. It's a challenge to make them something both nutricious and something that they'd eat and keep it different everyday.

Daniela getting an after school snack.

Here they are the first day of school. So cute!

We got so much snow this year! We had more snow than my family got in Canada. Crazy! We decided to make a snowman with carrot nose and all!

Here's Nonna and the munchkins

Daniela reading a book on the potty.

I wonder where she gets that from Daddy!

The weather here in Texas is crazy one day it's 75 degrees and the next day it's snowing! We've had a few nice days so we took the kids to the park in our neighborhood. Hopefully we'll be getting lots more of those days.

Daniela on a horse of course!

Daniela eyeing Nonna's coffee!

Gabrielle, Camille and Liam came to visit over Christmas break.

We took the kids and Vic to the Gaylord Texan to see the "ICE" exhibit. This year it was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Amazing sculptures. We try to go every year. They come from China and sculpt the exhibits. Over 4 million pounds of ice. They give you jackets to walk through since it's so cold.

At the end they always have the nativity scenne. Beautiful!

Daniela going down the ice slide

Me going down the ice slide

The whole family

Isabella & Nonna enjoying the other exhibits inside the Gaylord Texan Resort. They always have a decked out lobby and foyer. There's trains and little towns for the trains, cookies for the kids to decorate.

Daniela the movie star

Daniela with her "little mommy" doll. It looks just like her. Uncanny!

The family photo infront of the snowman

Grandma's and the kids on Christmas day.

Can you believe we actually had snow on Christmas day.

I think that's the first time in 80 years.

Christmas this year was interesting with the move. We all worked really hard and got moved in and had a fun Christmas with the kids. We didn't set up a tree this year so we put our presents around the snowman we bought. The kids didn't know the difference. Next year we'll put up the tree.

The sockings were hung by the chimney with care

Pods

Christmas 2009 was a crazy one! Vic came down to visit. She arrived on Dec. 2oth and on the 21st we had the movers come to move us to the new house. We spent the next few days unpacking the house, the kitchen especially since we were having Christmas at our house. Vic washed a lot of glasses and dishes. Mike's parents also helped greatly with the packing and moving of stuff before the movers came. One thing I'll tell anyone who's planning to move or move twice like we did, is get a pod (portable on demand storage container). They drop the container off in your driveway, you fill it up with stuff you need to store and they come pick it up. When you need it back you call them and they'll deliver it to your new address. You unload it at your leisure and then they'll come pick it up. If you need to get something from it in between those time you call them and they'll make it accessible to you. Better than a storage unit wher you have to load it, unload it, then load it up again then unload it again. Plus they keep it in an air conditioned warehouse for you. Love it!

New House

Our new house should be ready soon - less than 3 weeks. We plan to be in before Christmas. It is an exciting time! Her's a few pic's. The kids have fun going to check out the house and the progression on their rooms. We are all looking forward to spending this Christmas in our house! It will be hectic, but good.

3 Weeks to go!

This is our old house that we sold in July

It had a great porch.

Well, we sold our house in July. Mike was tired of the long commute and traffic and we were all tired of the small space, which was getting smaller with the addition of toys. So we moved out of the house at the end of July and are currently living in an apartment. We are all tired of living of living in the apartment and excited to be moving into our new house which should be finished soon! We'll be moving in just in time for Christmas!

Halloween 2009

This year we went trick-or-treating with Harrison in Allen, TX. Isabella went as a giraffe, Daniela was a zebra and Harrison was a spider. They had lots of fun. Daniela carried her own pumpkin and wouldn't let anyone help carry it for her. She learned real quick about the candy getting process. A lot of people let the little kids take two candies. Well that wasn't lost on Daniela. She would keep grabbing the candy until they took the bowl away. Isabella was more shy and would usually take one and a second if they told her it was okay. There was even a full moon on Halloween.

Sorry, it's been a long time.....

Wow, it's been almost a year since I posted anything. Sorry, It's just it's really hard to find the time lately. So what's happened since my last post? Lots of stuff, that I hope to post real soon. I guess the biggest thing is that we sold our house and are in the process of building a new one. In the meantime we are living in an apartment. I hate living in an apartment. I especially hate this one since we have an ant problem. Anyways keep checking and hopefully I'll have the year caught up shortly.

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