Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Check, Check

This was everything I had to get down the stairs in the morning, plus an infant and a toddler

Danilo's first morning of daycare

Dario's last week of summer camp before he heads to the Pre-school 2 room

Yesterday morning was crazy and full of check lists. I was heading back to work for the first time since May, and luckily I will transition into work as the students don't come back for another week. Danilo also had his first day of daycare, and Dario had his last week of summer camp. I had the task of getting myself, Danilo, and Dario out the door by 7am and the two boys to two separate daycares. I had the following check list before I headed out the door:
My backpack for work and laptop, check
My lunch bag, check
My pump bag, check
Danilo's diaper bag(this had it's own checklist as well), check
Danilo's cooler with five large bottles, check
Dario's lunch box, check
Dario's new clean sheets and blanket for nap time, check
It was rough getting out the door but we did it, and everyone was pleasant!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Growing so Fast


Dario asked if Danilo could watch Curious George with him today. So, the two boys say in our bed watching an episode. Danilo is changing every day and getting so big, and has such great expressions.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Baking



We have not baked in a while but today we decided to make a homemade chocolate cake, http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/fabulous-fudge-chocolate-cake/detail.aspx We really enjoyed baking again but of course the best part was eating the batter!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Hike in the Woods





As summer draws to an end soon and I head back to work on Monday I asked Dario what he wanted to do this last week of summer. Dario said, "Walk in the woods." So, this morning the weather was perfect and we headed out for a hike. We went for a great hike and had some great conversations, and lucky for us the rain held out till we got to the car.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Port Discovery Children's Museum

Trying to catch butterflies with the net
Climbing all around with Daddy
Investigating the water
Danilo hanging out
At a funny restaurant in Inner Harbor
We headed to Baltimore for a Children's Museum and had a ton of fun playing and discovering lots of things. Then we headed out to eat at Dick's Last Resort. It was a very funny place to eat where they made fun of everyone in the restaurant. We were enjoying some shrimp and beers when the floor started to shake, Earthquake happened. We never got to eat because we were all told to leave the building. It was an experience trying to get home, but we finally made it all safe and sound.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Italian Wine Cookies




The boys and I are in North Carolina visiting Monica, Curtis, Katy, and Paul for a few days. A few weeks ago Monica visited us and brought us a tin of homemade Italian Wine cookies, and Dario liked them. When we arrived at Monica's house he saw the same tin and started yelling cookies (not realizing there were none in there). So Dario helped Monica and Gina make Italian Wine cookies. They turned out great!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Off the Charts

We headed to Danilo's two month appointment today. We learned he is off the charts for his height and weight. He is 14lbs 11oz, and 25 1/2 inches long!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Feeling Much Better






Dario and Danilo had a cold the past few days and it was not fun. Today they are both feeling a lot better and are all smiles!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Danilo's First Cold


Danilo got his first cold two days ago and it is hard for him to breath ,making it difficult to feed. Thankfully ,Danilo spent most of his day sleeping like the pictures above and passing feedings without complaining. He is feeling much better today.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Race Day

I have been working hard for the past 6 1/2 weeks trying to get back into shape. Five weeks ago I started running again and it was hard to run even 1/2 a mile. It has been a tough road so far, a ton of hard work, but I have seen the results. This morning I got some alone time from the boys and ran a 10K race in Leesburg, VA. It was a beautiful morning, it was cloudy, and I had no expectations for the race, except to finish. I went into the race nice and relaxed, with a great friend by my side, and was glad to be back into running races, it was a lot of fun! I crossed the finished line 100% exhausted, and 100% proud of myself that I just completed a 10K just 9 1/2 weeks after having Danilo. I am looking forward to races to come!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Bumble Bee





As most of you know Dario is obsessed with Transformers and one character is Bumble Bee that transforms into a VW car. I shared this car with my brother and sister when I was in high school and it is at my parents house. Every time we head to New York Dario gets excited to see the Bumble Bee car. This visit Vince and I took Dario for a ride in it back and forth on my parents drive way. When we were driving Dario kept telling us not to stop. He had so much fun!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Baby Boy is Growing

I am amazed at how much our little boy has grown. He wore his 3 months clothes for entire 2 weeks before out growing them. I spent a large part of yesterday reorganizing all his clothes and pulling out all the 6 months clothes for our quickly growing boy. He amazes me everyday by how much he has changed. Time is going by way too fast!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Fort Fiddlehead







Big thanks to Uncle Jason for building this fort for the 5 boys! Charlie and Dario had a blast climbing the wall, climbing the ladder, flying down the slide, and playing with the doors. There will be many hours of adventures in this fort to come!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Big Boys, Charlie and Dario






Having a ton of fun at Nanny and PaPa's house!

The babies

Danilo having fun with his cousin Thomas, 8 months old to his left and cousin Sam, 15 weeks old to his right
I think Sam and Danilo are tired of me taking pictures