Finally, a little update!

After a long hiatus, a little update. ;) Baby #2 is getting closer and closer to arrival! Less than 3 months to go!! We had some 4-D ultrasounds pics this week and they were unbelievable!! Can't wait to meet out little girl to come! This pregnancy has definitely been rougher than my first, but well worth it! Giana knows a baby is in Mama's belly, but that's pretty much the extent of it for an 18 mos old I think! Giana is a talking machine! Literally new words every day! So flipping cute! She LOVES babies, animals, and going "side"( outside), which has been tough since we literally had a snow storm every week for 6 weeks. It has been a LONG winter! We are signed back up for swimming for her, which should be exciting! And we have lots of work to do before little Newbie arrives in May. Giana's room will move upstairs, so redoing floors, painting, decorating, new doors, etc. ;) And we're going to keep Newbie's name a secret this time too. a little surprise! A few pics below.. and finally a belly shot from about a week ago.

Finally playing outside!
A walk in her wagon

Recent Family shot

Belly pic ;)

New pics ;)

My teeny niece Zoey getting her cryface on. But still the cutest ever!
Giana loves her Zoeyoyoy. ( that is what Giana calls her)

Happy Daddy and Giana

Giana helping Mommy vaccumm

I'm sorry- but I have to say this is the cutest pic!! I have got to frame it.

Big News!!!

Well, Mike and I have big news- Giana is going to be a big sister!! ;) I'm 16 weeks along on Tuesday, due on May 17. We are very excited!!! Still very surreal sometimes!!! I'll have to scan in some of the ultrasounds. Everything is looking great and we'll find out the sex the end of December!!!
We've had a busy month! Giana and I flew home to St. Louis the beginning of Nov to meet my new niece Zoey. She is just so teeny tiny and perfect!!! And Giana absolutely adored her! Giving her kisses, hugs, rubbing her head, and was so gentle! Just the best!
And my parents just finished up a week long visit with us. We had Thanksgiving at our house this year. My Mom and I successfully made everything and it was pretty stress-free and 100% delicious!!! My parents were a huge help all week and Giana was sooo happy with them! And added Oma and Pops( their nicknames instead of Gma and Gpa) to her vocabulary! YAY! And my Mom and I got so much Christmas shopping done also! I'm about 95% done! This is the earliest I've ever done my shopping! Love it.
And in 2 weeks my sister Liv and bro-in-law Chez come to visit! And in 3 weeks we head to STJ to celebrate an early Christmas with everyone!!!
Giana update- talking up a storm!!!! Constantly chatting, repeating what we say, into EVERYTHING( who knew a 15 mos old could make such a big mess in a matter of a few minutes!) She is eating practically everything, except for pasta. The girl will not go near it. Crazy! She is now taking only 1 nap in the afternoon- but they usually last 3 + hours! She is still obsessed with "Lights"- seeing them, saying the word, turning them on and off. I know she is absolutely going to love Christmas! She just went for her 15 mos check-up- she now weighs 24 lbs ( 50% percentile) and is 32 1/2 inches tall( 90%). Tall and skinny girl!!
Posting pics in a few minutes!

More Halloween pics, etc

Here is our saw-carved pumpkin! ;) Not too shabby!
I gave Giana her 1 piece of Halloween candy. A Dum Dum lollipop. She was loving life!

Crazy Hair after her nap!!

We also went to the park on Halloween. Cute pic of Daddy and Giana.

My baby girl!

Happy Halloween!

Giana had a great 2nd Halloween! Carving pumpkins, trick or treating, going to a party. Mike has a genius pumpkin carving technique. No need for an hour of carving, scooping it out, etc. He using his small saw and carves it that way! And we are good to go in like 10 min! It was pretty chilly for trick or treating but we took Giana out on our street. She wasn't sure what to think. ;)

Our little pumpkin!

Activities with Giana ;)

So, Mike's sister Caren watches Giana along with her daughter Ariella. For many weeks now they have been doing color theme weeks, where they wear that color, eat a food of that color and do activities pertaining to it. I love it! I feel like she is in "school"! In the end she is making them a big color book with all their activities in it.
Here are a few pics. ;)
Yellow week- activity with popsicles
Happy Girl!!! Green week eating cucumber! She LOVES them!

Pink Week- Coloring!!

White week- eating apples- silly faces. ;)

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Months too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flowergirl at my sister Liv's wedding

Officially enough hair for pigtails!!

Ok, how horrible am I??????????? It was a crazy hectic summer and I have just gotten out of sync of doing the blog! I will get back on!!!! Here are just a few pics of Giana from the summer, etc. She is doing so well! Turned 1 on August 15th!! She is officially walking all over, talking lots!! And tries to repeat everything we say. Her favorite word is definitely "light". She says it a million times a day- whenever she sees a light, wants a light on, etc. ;) She's still such a love bug and we can't believe how big she is getting! I will get back in the habit of blogging and posting pics of a little girl!!