OMG!!!

She has taken 1 or 2 steps but suddenly today she started taking many more!!
She claps for herself too :)

Favorite Foto Friday!

This picture says it all!!love you babe!

ps - Happy Birthday to my big sister Denise :)

New Years and back home!!

Grampy started getting a cold on New Years Eve and shoveling with Danny for an hour couldn't have helped any. Dan was dying for a cheese steak so we found a really good place and bought him one. It was right near Grampys work so we bought him some homemade chicken soup and brought it to him at the office. Victoria is finally getting over her cold, still snuffly though. Her sleep hasn't been the best, she wakes up around 3 am having trouble breathing.


Hanging at my sister's house for New Years Eve! Those are my two sisters on the couch! We only made it till 8 and then headed back to my dad's. We convinced him to put a fire on and we all stayed up till about 9 chillin by the fire! Danny had so much fun sledding with his cousins and I could not believe he made it till 9!


If I bend over and hide the chip - no one will know I have it!

New Year's Day was very quiet as we just hung at Grampy's house. Danny had a major meltdown, just too much stimulation for too many days. He also knew we would be saying goodbye to Grammy and Grampy and Nana would be picking us up to head to the hotel at the airport. Our flight is at 5:50 am so we are staying close by.
It also started snowing big huge flakes and Danny wanted to stay and help Grampy with the shoveling. It was so nice to be with family, I really miss being with everyone especially at the holidays.


Hanging with nana at the hotel watching football!


The aftereffects of a Florida boy sledding in the snow for the first time!! Poor thing had rasberries on his forehead, nose, lip, legs and arms!!

We made it on our flight with 20 minutes to spare, luckily there was a Dunkin Donuts right near our gate :) Both kids were great about waking up at 4 am. We had to have the wings de-iced in Boston and then both kids slept on the flight to Cincinnati. We had time to walk to our next gate and it was time to board! In Cincinnati we had to have the whole plane de-iced! The flight went pretty good till the last half hour when Victoria had had enough. We couldn't believe it when the pilot told us it was only 40 degrees in Fort Myers!! WHAT?!?!?!

We were home by 12:30 and by 1:30 everyone was napping! The dogs were so happy to see us and it took them awhile to calm down. Now we just had to get everyone back on schedule!

After I unpacked our bags Danny packed his and said he was going to Grampy's!!

Victoria had a rough first night home, I think it was payback for vacation! She was up crying from 12 till 2!
I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years!
ps - it is still cold here, in the 50's!!

Our visit to Maine and SNOW!!

Victoria meeting her brother DJ for the first time!
We drove up to Maine to spend two days with Dan's son DJ and his family. It was cold, but toasty warm in their house. Saturday night was DJ's wife's family Christmas party and we had a great time. Their were lots of kids, lots of pets and lots of good food and drink :) :0


Danny "playing" guitar while Adam played a guitar game on WII. Danny had all the moves down pat!


Victoria playing with all the santa bears and snowmen at DJ's house in Maine. She loved to roll around on the floor with them. Looks like carnage :)


Dan and his son DJ relaxing with Victoria watching football.


Danny sporting one of his presents! Spiderman rules :)


Danny sledding at his cousin's house. They went up and the down the hill for over an hour :)



Danny "helping" Grampy shovel in the snow!! He put all his layers on ran outside, turned around and yelled "mom - I LOVE the snow!" and all this at 6:30 am :)

Hope everyone has a happy and healthy new year!! :) :)
XOXOXO

Freezing our a**es off :)

We arrived in Massachusetts on Thursday. Our flight was delayed coming in because of bad weather and visibility. We left mid 70's and arrived into mid 30's!!
Danny is so excited about seeing his cousins and playing in the snow :)
We are staying at my dad's and he had to promise to actually have the heat on at his house :) :0


Feeding Feral kitties with Grammy.


With Grampy visiting the ladies at Grampy's work :)


Danny sledding on Andrade hill with his cousins! He loved it!!!


My beautiful niece Nicole trying to play catch with Victoria, but Victoria kept scooting around to sit inside Nicole's legs :) Nicole played with Victoria the whole time we were hanging there.


My niece and nephews keeping Victoria in "baby jail"

Merry Christmas!!

The kids' first view of the tree! They were both up at 6:30 and Danny was raring to go!


This is Victoria's big present - (took me almost 2 hours to put together!)
She and Danny have played with it constantly!! :o


This was Danny's big present besides his VSmile game console and games. Danny has played with both since opening them :) Santa did good :) :)


We had a wonderful dinner with our friends Sue and Ray. They have a huge yard so Danny could run all he wanted :) We have been getting together for Christmas for years now. It started as a bunch of us with no family down here spending the holiday together and has continued every year since :) this year we had turkey though Sue usually slow cooks a pig. By February she will have a couple of baby goats and we will be back to visit again :)

We stayed there for a couple of hours and then headed to our friends Collin and Yuliya's. I used to work with Collin and Yuliya is his Ukrainian wife. They are a wonderful couple and we enjoy their company. We met Collin just before our trip to Ukriane two years ago and he was so helpful to us. God truly put him in our path and they will always be our friends.


Just can't keep my eyes open one more second :)


Danny playing with his transformer in the car


The kids playing in Sasha's room! Victoria loved this christmas box. You push a button and it lights and moves and plays music. We had a wonderful desert once again, made by Ms. Yuliya. My stomach hurt so bad I thought I was going to explode :( We got home at 8:45 and by 9:00 both kids were sound asleep and by 9:30 we were both asleep too!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful day full of love, laughter, hugs and kisses!!

Saturday fun!

Dan's daughter Tracy and her husband Dan are down in Marco for Christmas. They come down every year to get out of the cold for the holiday. We usually see them a couple of times while they are here. Saturday was our first visit and we hung around the condo and then headed out to the Tiki bar for a wonderful lunch! (and by the way - it was 80 degrees :) )


Victoria signing "please"! She uses it all the time now. We are working on more and thank you now :)


I took a shower while Victoria was playing in the other room. While getting dressed I heard her Elmo car coming around the corner and thought "here she comes". The next thing I knew she climbed into the WET shower in her pj's and started playing in the water :) Dan went in to get her out and she just laughed and kept slipping away from him. So she ended up taking a shower with Dan :) :0 :)


Once the kids opened their gift bags at the condo, the clothes were discarded and the bags were fun toys. Danny kept running around with the gift bags over his head and the tissue paper wrapped around him - goof ball! :)


Danny and Victoria played forever with these pillow on the floor! Who needs toys??


Victoria playing at the condo - with a dog bone in each hand! Great teethers!


Yup - the guys ate raw oysters! bleccchhhh :)


Victoria, Tracy and Danny looking at the boats