November 2008

Nov. 29, 2008 - Thanksgiving with Tony's family was today. Again another super yummy meal. LOTS to eat and good company! It was a nice visit and Grandma LaDota did a wonderful job!

Nov. 28, 2008 - We went on our annual christmas tree hunt today! "Uncle" Sam and "Aunt" Laurel joined us (it is our new tradition that we started last year). We went to the same tree farm that I grew up going to with my family. It is so fun to continue the tradition with Safina. We were so excited to pick out her first christmas tree! It was also great b/c they had over a foot of snow, so it made it so much fun! Along with the yummy apple bread and hot chocolate that Sam and Laurel brought it was an awesome day!

Nov. 27, 2008 - Happy Thanksgiving! Safina's First Thanksgiving! We hosted this year, and everything turned out wonderful! Thanks to yummy additions from my mom, brothers and their girlfriends everything was super yummy!

Nov. 20, 2008 - We have been tasting lots of things. She has tried sweet potatoes, peas, rice and oatmeal cereal. So far she is pretty open to all the foods, she just isn't a fan of the rice cereal.

Nov 16, 2008 - Today she met Rhiannon (from mommy's high school) and hung out with Amanda and Ava! We had a great visit and hope we can get together again soon!

Nov 14, 2008 - I am so excited, she is spontaneously laughing now! It is so cool. She will just start laughing out of nowhere! Man do I love this little girl! On a side note, I started my own business and I had a meeting to go to tonight and little miss Safina was to stay with daddy, but she cried basically the whole time so mommy had to come home early. We need to work on the "mommy's girl" thing!

Nov 13, 2008 - So we have been trying the cereal twice a day, but she doesn't seem to know what to do with it.... I don't think she is ready, so we are going to hold off a little longer.

Nov 11, 2008 - We are going to try cereal tonight... I can't wait!

Nov 10, 2008 - Doctor checkup this morning. My little girl is now 13lbs 2oz and 24 inches long. She is doing great and the doctor said she can start having a bit of cereal in the morning and at night. I can't believe she is going to start solids. I will have to go shopping tomorrow for cereal. After the doctors appointment we went out to East Aurora where Safina had a photo shoot for Fisher Price. She did great, and it was fun! Very fast, we were in and out in 15 minutes. She will be on a box for a bouncy chair that is orange/yellow in 4-6 months! She is wearing a white shirt and yellow pants! So exciting!

Nov 9, 2008 - Today was Jack's birthday party! It was a monkey themed shin-dig! So much fun! It was so great to watch him destroy his cake and open his presents! Such a big boy! So sweet! Happy Day! On a side note, Safina is officially 4 months old today!!! My baby is growing up!

Nov 8, 2008 - We drove down to Washington, PA to celebrate little Jack Man's first birthday! Safina was great! She slept most of the way and played with her toy the rest of the way! We had a nice visit during the afternoon, then we went to the new outlets that opened, but just for a quick bit. Then back to the hotel where we all passed out by 9pm.... so tired.

Nov 4, 2008 - Today Safina and I voted! She had trouble pulling the lever but she finally got it.

Nov 1, 2008 - Well it happened... I am now 29 years old. One more year till the big 3 0. YIKES!!! I had a great birthday. Mom (Grandma Clare) had a lunch birthday celebration for me (Andrew and Janet, Kyle and Sarah were also able to join us). She made a wonderful lunch and we all visited and hung out all afternoon. Then Tony, Safina and I went out to dinner at The Original Pancake House (I know, strange, but they have the BEST peacan pancakes!!). It was a very nice birthday and also was a remembrance of us finding out that we were expecting our little Safina!