Victoria's dance

OK, so I forgot that I had this taped until now when I just found it. This was taken earlier this year in her first dance class. She is now taking Ballet with Melissa Swan and they will perform The Nutcracker this winter. She is on the far right and then the video is a close up of just her.

Victoria being silly

She is soooo beautiful!!!


So, we were outside playing on day and she kept running at me growling like a dinosaur. So, I decided to take photos of her running to me and it was so funny.

A first for Elizabeth

So finally I can put her hair in a pony tail. She hates it. When I am trying to put it in, she screams at me and pushes my hands away. Then after I get it in she will put the bow and rubber band out. She is such a little monster sometimes but man I love that little girl. She can crawl up the stairs now, she crawls like an army girl and on all fours, she walks all over the place and trys to let go of the furniture and walk by herself but falls down and she will walk pushing her toys. She is growing up way too fast for me. Next month my baby will be 1 years old...having a BIG party to celebrate.

Victoria Swimming Lessons

OK, so I was thinking that I was going to do the mommy and me class but no...Victoria was put in the 3-4 year old class and she is 2 1/2 yrs old. I was not ready for that but she did GREAT!!! She fit right in with the other kids, she blew bubbles, back float, front float, jumped in, went under the water and had a great time. She is just growing up way too fast for me and I am not ready for all of this yet.

Her class and teachers...she is kicking her feet.

Back float

Blowing bubbles

Going down the slide

Elizabeth Swimming Lessons

This week Elizabeth started her swimming lessons for two weeks. She loves the water and is doing great. She had a great first two days and then when Papa and Sister came to watch her she just cried. She had been up since 5:45am that morning and was just done by 9am for lessons. All in all though she did a good job. She loves to lay on the kick boards and swim around the pool. She kicks her feet while swimming around the pool. She hates to do bobs but what kid really likes them. She kicks her feet while sitting on edge of pool, jumps off the edge, kicks her feet on her back and front while going around the pool and walks in and out the pool. She really enjoys going and just has a blast.

Our class
She is not very happy in this picture.

She can now say Mama and I am soooooooooo excited. She crawls so fast, pulls herself up on things, gets to a sitting position by herself and she loves to be with her Mama. If I leave the room she will freak out and start to cry. She is doing so good. She drinks really well from a cup now, sucks from a straw and does the silliest things. She would crawl under her exersaucer and then get stuck and start to scream, I would tell her that she needs to get out and she would. She is just such a joy.

10 Wonderful Years

On June 29th we celebrated our 10th anniversary. We went to dinner on the 26th to Sostanza here in town and it was GREAT!!! We had crab cakes, Combino Salad (candied pecans, dried cranberries, roman lettuce and a yummy vinaigrette dressing), I had Chicken Penne and Louis had Linguine with Lump Crab and then we had dessert.....I have strawberry cheesecake and Louis had truffles with raspberry sauce and some sort of sorbet. We LOVED it and are already planning our next trip back. I gave Louis a Titanium wedding band, Dirty Dancing DVD and Star Trek The Next Generation Season 1 DVD set. He is going to fix my wedding band or get a new one...we have not decided yet on that one.
It has been a wonderful 10 years sharing it with him. We have a beautiful marriage and two beautiful girls to be thankful for. 10 years is bringing a lot of change but change can be good. Thank you Louis for being my husband, my friend and my partner in life. I love you all that way to the moon and back.

Elizabeth 9 months

So, my baby girl is 9 months now...well actually on the 16th but she had her check-up. She weighs 16lbs 8ozs and it 27.5 inches tall. She can sit, crawl (army crawl), walk holding onto my fingers, stand up holding onto furniture and she says Dada. I try to get her to say Mama and she just laughs. She loves it when I have her point to my eyes, nose and mouth. She eats no baby food and if I would let her she would eat a whole peanut and butter sandwich. She eats a banana, one egg, 1 slice of toast and nurses for breakfast. She is a piggy like her sister but not a weight gainer. She is so fun to be around. She does have an attitude, if Victoria takes something from her man she screams and yells at her..it is so dang funny. Victoria loves to go and help get her up in the morning and Elizabeth just lights up when she sees her sister. She is so active. She still has her two bottom teeth..working on her four top teeth still for the past 2 months...they come and go...very frustrating. We are honestly having the time of our lives with our little girls and nothing would make me happier than I am now staying at home with them and having them both in my life. They keep me coming and going and I love it. I don't know what I would do without them both. They are such little lovers and they just ooze love to the ones they know. Raising them and watching them grow has been the best times in my life and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for us. They both just honestly feel my heart and then some with so much love and I LOVE being their mother. I have never been so happy in my life as I am now. I want to tell my little girls that I love them more than I could ever tell them or show them. They are my life and I would not have it any other way. Mommy love you both more than anything. Hugs and kisses always.