Our night out

Jason's work gave us tickets to the symphony so we made a night of it. One of our friends, Cory (Zoey's mom) watched Vinnie for the night and we hit the town. It was very refreshing.

Vin Feeding Himself!

So I handed Vin a spoon on Thursday and much to my surprise instead of the normal disastrous mess he actually started feeding himself!! However, by far my favorite part of this video is how he tries to repeat back when I say to him "Big kid, all on your own".

Property Defacement and Learning to Cleanup

So while I was cleaning up from dinner I gave Vin his crayons to play with. He decided to color the kitchen floor and dining room wall. I was surprised he was able to color the kitchen floor without me noticing since our kitchen is tiny and I was in it but I guess I was engrossed in dishes. As expected the crayon came off the floor but the wall still bares the mark of his artistic expressions.

Admiring his handy work. If you look closely you can see the scribbles on the floor in the background.

In other news, he is also now completely infatuated with our swivel sweeper. Last night he swept the floor until the battery died at which time he threw the most fantastic tantrum. Guess he was having fun. He actually did a decent job because the floor looked great afterwards.

Anthony US

Here is a small video segment of Anthony's ultrasound.

Fun at the Beach!

Jenn burying Carter in the sand

Aunt Nadine, Vin and Carter Singing Vin to sleep

It worked!

Vin and I enjoying the FREEZING water

Jenn and Carter

Andy's Baby Shower & Carter and Vin playing later that night

Philadelphia Zoo with the Cousins

We arrived in Philadelphia early Thursday morning - just in time to enjoy a zoo day with the cousins and kiddos.

In strollers from left to right: Madilynn, Carter, Peter, Vin
Standing from left to right: Mikayla, Mackenzie, Matthew, Christina, and Ariel.


From left to right: Peter, Mackenzie, Matthew, Christina, Mikayla, and Ariel. Down front is Madilynn. Vin is taking a nap in his stroller so missed this picture.






Andrea and Madilynn







Mackenzie and Vin walking together.





You can barely see them but from the blue car back is full of "cousin kids". Vin is in the blue car with Julie.









Chasing the geese. I kept trying to tell him that they would bite but he would not be dissuaded. Finally, the poor things found refuge in these trees. If you look hard you can see them hiding.







I love this picture because while no one was paying attention Matthew and Ariel are climbing into the exhibit. And what am I doing about it? Taking a picture, of course.





Darn... they got caught.

It's a BOY!!

Fists up


Little feet


Arm crossed over body



Sorry, for the delay in this post. We just got back from a six day trip to NJ. Anyway, we had our ultrasound before we left last Wednesday and saw that Vin is going to have a little brother!!

I couldn't believe it because I was sure it was a girl. WRONG! Guess those motherly intuitions are weak with this gal. To be honest, we were both taken back at first because our hearts were so set on having a girl but we are now quite excited about having a boy. I can't wait to see he and Vin wrestling around on the floor and creating all kinds of havoc.

The baby looked great - nice and cozy in there. Oh, and I think we are set on the name Anthony.
Will post pics from our trip tomorrow or Saturday.