Gabriella the Scuba Diver!

Last night when Erik was giving Gabriella a bath she HAD to wear her goggles. Too funny not to post!

Santa came early!

This got delivered to me at work yesterday! Santa must have read my letter that said I wanted a bigger monitor. I LOVE IT!!!!

Happy 60th Birthday Steve!

Saturday was my Father-in-Law's 60th Birthday. I think we had close to 100 people at the house that night! There was a DJ, karaoke and lots of drinking, lol. It was a really fun night!

Who's that cute kid?

Nana, Gabriella & Papa

My sister's/BFF's lol

Everyone getting down on the dance floor!

Happy Birthday Steve!

Blessed!

I finally uploaded all my pictures from Thanksgiving weekend. I hope everyone had a great weekend! Thursday we went to my Auntie M's and had the "traditional" Thanksgiving meal. Turkey, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, rolls, and pie. It was all so yummy!! I'm so thankful for my family and friends. I count my blessings everyday!


Gabriella loved eating sweet potatoes! She ate them until she turned orange!


My Aunt and cousins did a GREAT job cooking!


My mom tried to take a nice picture with Ryan but he had to be silly as usual!

Wait! There's one!


The rents!




Gabriella had so much fun playing the piano with her Great Grandma & Grandpa!

The twins!


We also went to my Dad's and Gabriella got to play with her cousin, Brendan!



Gabriella got her first Christmas tree! So cute!!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! xoxo

Hangin Tough!

Last night I was sitting in my bedroom watching the American Music Awards and New Kids on the Block perform. I was suddenly 10 years old again minus my side pony tail, over sized Joey McIntyre button and jean jacket with NKOB patches. I still remember my dad buying Ryan and I tickets for our birthday and Ryan being extremely disappointed. He listened to his walkman the whole time we were at the concert. Last night I was a little girl again jumping up and down singing "Please don't go girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl" LMAO! Good times!

Blessed

This weekend during breakfast, I was reading an article in the paper about a little Haitian boy that was so malnutritioned you could literally see his bones. The article was about the treatment these children get and how most of the time they end up dying because there isn't very much that can be done for them. Later on that day, one of my goals for the weekend was to clean out Gabriella's dresser and organize her clothes. Since Christmas is around the corner I wanted to make room for all of the new things she is going to get. Her dresser is next to her crib so I started throwing all the clothes that don't fit into her crib. Before I new it her crib was full! After reading the article in the paper and sorting through piles of clothes, I couldn't help but feel extremely blessed. We are so lucky in so many ways. We take so many things for granted and don't realize how fortunate we are. It really made me want to help in some way, even if it's just in my community. While adopting a child from another country might not be possible at this time (although Erik said he would defiantly consider it), I hope I can find a way to touch someones life that is less fortunate than I am.

Silly Girl!!

Last night before giving Gabriella a bath, I got her undressed and went into the bathroom to turn the water on. When I came back into her room, this is what I found, lmao! Apparently she likes to ride bare back! :)