Meet My Family!

I've had so much fun meeting my family and getting to know them all better! What a wonderful family I was born into

On Easter I had fun with Nana and Grandpa (sorry Grandpa, we didn't get you in a pic). Aunt Bonnie, Uncle Jay, Aunt Leen, Uncle Bobby and BriAnn were there too! The Easter Bunnies were good to me. Thank you Easter Bunnies!

Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Jay are holding me! Here are Aunt Leen, Uncle Bobby and Bri!

Love my Bunny!
Hangin with Nana. Grandpa Jack says he can see a little of Nana in me...what do you think?

What a wonderful big cousin I have in Bri!

Here are some pix from when the Katsafanas Family came to visit!







Below are my cousins Lucy, Molly, Libby, and Sara. Grandma Jill is holding me and my Great Aunt Cyn is joining the fun.

I have a new pal, Sara! She was so cute in her AC/DC shirt Uncle Nick and Aunt April gave her!


It's going to be so much fun having Libby only 5 1/2 weeks behind me! Look at all her hair!!! One day maybe I'll catch up!

Just posting some pix!

I'm doing so well sitting up on my own...even though my head is heavy. Shoot! With mommy and daddy's heads, I didn't have a chance. At least I'm proportioned ok!
Love my Bumbo, Aunt Cyn!
I've got my daddy's blue eyes!

We're getting ready for Opening Day. I love my cap! Wow! My hair looks red in the sun. Again...just like when daddy was young!
Thanks, John, for my first personalized "jersey". LOVE IT!

4 Months Old Today!! Wow!

Time sure does fly. Alivia is 4 months old today. She's growing up so quickly and doing fun new things every day.

Where do I begin? :)

Yesterday we went to Dr. Steele because Alivia has had several bad evenings in a row and was pulling on her ear alot. Well, all is ok as far as her ear goes. Dr. Steele is attributing her "fussiness" to her acid issues. Her prevacid works during the day, but at night...not so much. We're going to put her on two doses now; one in the morning and one at night. Hopefully this will help. As far as the rest of the appointment, Alivia is doing great!

Here are her stats:

weight - 15.1 and in the 80% (went down from 97%)

height - 24 3/4 inch and in the 70% (went down from 90%)

head - 17 and still in the 93%!

The doctor said she's very strong and doing well! What good news!



As far as the fun stuff at home goes:

Alivia rolled over for the first time on her own on March 19th. We practiced a couple times with her and then she did it all on her own! For my family, I personally think that Grandma Ruth and Grandpa John gave her a little push.

She also ate cereal with a spoon (ok, I used the spoon, not her) for the first time today, March 21st! She looked at me like I was crazy at first and then seemed to do ok. I couldn't get it in fast enough at one point.

Well, she can't do it on her own yet, but Alivia is playing in her Jumparoo! She just laughs and laughs! What fun. Her exersaucer is next, but she's still a little too wobbly for that. It's that head she has to support...it's heavy! :)

The weekend of the 8th, she got to meet her Great Aunt Cynthia and Aunt Missy and her cousins, Tommy and Sara. We do have some pictures, and I will post them soon, but right now our computer is being repaired. Sorry! Keep checking the blog to see them. She loved playing with Jack, Lucy, Molly, Tommy, Sara, and hanging out with Libby. They look so cute together! It's going to be so much fun watching all of them grow up together.

Alivia is starting to belly laugh now a little more. It's so cute! I wish I could get it on video, but she is mesmerized by the camera when it's out and stops her laughing! Maybe she'll be in Pictures one day (or take them)!

Alivia's 3 month pictures turned out great. Some of you should be receiving them in the mail soon. I'll get them out this weekend. The picture attached is one of them!

We'll be spending her first Easter with Craig's family. It will be great to see everyone again! Maybe Jada will come too and she and Alivia can get to know one another a little better! ;)

We are having our precious angel baptized on April 13th. We are so honored that Father Jim Buerster (the priest who married us) is coming in from Germantown to perform the baptism! We're going to the Old Cathedral downtown and then we'll celebrate afterwards. We're so blessed. We really, really are.

Hope this finds everyone well. Craig and I are adjusting to parenting and absolutely loving it!! It's more rewarding than we could've ever imagined. We're just so proud of our little Alivia and are just amazed at her discovering the world. We thank everyone for all the advice, love and support!

Happy Easter and God Bless