Luau Party

Antonio had a really fun time at his friend Brooke's Luau party for her birthday. Most of his friends from school were there. The kids had a blast in the pool and playing with water balloons. Gio even had a great time and made a new friend, Antonio's buddy Tyler's little brother!

Antonio Graduates VPK!!

"From the first day of school to the very last
The school year has gone by so fast
We are out of school 'til summer is done
VPK was so much fun!"

This morning was the most heart-felt, cutest little graduation I have ever been too. Our little Nino graduated VPK (Voluntary Pre Kindergarten). Daddy tried to stay strong as the tears rolled down my face. All of the children did such a great job singing their songs and receiving their diplomas. They sang "I'm on my way" from Disney's Brother Bear, "All in this together" from High School Musical, "Surfin' USA" and a few others. Then a beautiful video was played with photos that were taken of the kids throughout the year. They really did an awesome job of putting this all together. Cake and drinks were served afterwards. Antonio got a little yearbook, certificate and beautiful plaque with his graduation picture on it. Mommy, Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa brought him a boquet of balloons and he got toys when we got home. After opening his gifts, we all went out to brunch and then Nino was treated to a pedicure like a real prince. It was a great day for him.

So to the most precious little 5 year old I know, "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

We love you endlessly.

Giovanni's 4th Tooth!

Today, at his brothers VPK graduation, Giovanni flashed us one of his big beautiful smiles and showed us that his 4th tooth has broken through! Our baby now has 4 teethies. Two Upper and two lower.

lol aww it looks like I was squeezing his poor little face but I wasn't! LOL just showing off the teethies!!

Growing Right Before Our Very Eyes

I can't believe how much our Giovanni is growing up... right before our very eyes. Each day he is able to move around and play more and more. We are all completely amazed with him. I just LOVE this baby stage! We all have so much fun playing with him now as his personality shines through more and more. He has the best little personality I have ever seen on an 8 month old. He is always happy and smiling and of course making us smile! June 4th he even got his 3rd tooth! We are so blessed with this happy, beautiful, healthy little boy. What a personality, What a boy!!

Thankful Thursday

This Thursday, I am thankful for the wonderful advice I got from my friends on how to get my babies to sleep better at night. So far it is working wonderfully and we are all getting a better nights sleep. Besides that, I am thankful for the obvious. The health of my boys. I am thankful they have pretty eyes to see out of, a beautiful little nose to smell with, a mouth to speak and eat with, cute little ears to hear out of and every other beautifully working part on their little bodies. The Lord has blessed them not only to have perfect health, but perfect minds as well. I pray they are ALWAYS as healthy and smart as they are now! Im thankful I have so much time with them to sit and play. I am also thankful for the closeness of my family. I have the most hard working, generous, loving family I could ever ask for. I am thankful my husband and I are so much in love and that we are able to provide for our boys with all of the things they want or need.

This Thursday, I am thankful for ALL of the blessings our LORD has blessed us with :)

LoL he looks like a little girl here:

Our Memorial Day

Monday was Memorial Day and it was a nice [[delicious]] relaxing day with the family. We spent time in the pool and then had a little BBQ in celebration of all of our service men and woman who have worked so hard for our country.