Last week my brother in law, Will, was in town from Hong Kong. A couple times a month now he flies the LAX flight and gets to spend a day or two here. We were able to come up and meet him for lunch with some of my family. It was so fun to see him! Davey got to meet him and his Great Grandma Nielsen for the first time. Here are a couple of pictures....
Great G'ma Nielsen with Davey
Uncle Will with Davey
Ellie has been counting down the weeks, then days, and then today, hours (since she woke up this morning) til her dance class started. She and a few of her friends are taking ballet, jazz, and tap. She had the greatest time and can't believe that she has to wait a whole week to go again!
This is Ellie before class
Ellie and her best friend Autumn
After class Ellie said she wants to wear her hair exactly like this every week. She looked so cute!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Great G'ma, Uncle Will, and Dance!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
What?!
I just told Nicolas to go upstairs and get dressed and this is how he came down......
This kid is always making me laugh!!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
"Survival Mode"
Newborn + Beginning of Summer + 2 other kids = Craziness!
Anyone thinking of having a baby at the beginning of the summer, think again. I have realized that these past few weeks I have been running in "survival mode." And I am barely surviving! Having a new baby around is the easy part. He has been such a great baby. It is entertaining a 5 1/2 and 3 1/2 year old all day long while having a new baby around that I am struggling with. The first two weeks weren't bad because I had a lot of help and the kids were in camp and then up in Newport. This week was our first week on our own and even though I thought we stayed pretty busy, there still was a lot of down time at home which led to a lot of chaos. Hopefully the next month and a half of summer will go better than the first couple of weeks! Here is a little highlight of our week......
We gave Davey his first bottle and each kid got a turn feeding him. He loved it!
We went up to Ashley's and played at the Ladera Ranch waterpark
We spent an evening at SeaWorld with cousins
Davey slept through most of it!
Davey went to his first Padres game!
We went with our friends Mike and Megan. It was a great game - $1 Hot Dogs and Drinks and the Padres pulled off a win!
This was the scene at 11:00pm - Ellie woke up when we got home and Matt let her hang out on the couch with him. She is such a daddy's girl!!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
4th of July in Newport
For the past 7 years we have been going to the Marriott Newport Villas with all of the Staffieri family for the 4th of July. This year I wasn't planning on going but since I had Davey so early I decided to go for a few days. The kids went up on Tuesday afternoon and I met them up there on Thursday morning. We had our biggest group yet with the addition of two of Matt's cousin's and their families. It was a lot of fun and all of the kids just had a blast. When I talked to Nicolas on the phone Wednesday night he said, "Mom, I'm having Super Fun!"
Nicolas with Andrew and Spencer (Matt's cousin's boys)
Matt took both kids boogie boarding
Michael and Nicolas
Our first family picture didn't turn out too great because Nicolas wouldn't do it unless we were in the plants! So there are a bunch of shadows and he is kind of hidden.
Nicolas, Ellie, Siena, and Helen
We had a couple of hours to kill while we were waiting for the fireworks to start so Matt's mom had some fun songs and dances for the kids to do. The kids all did a "performance" that they had been practicing all week. It was really cute!
The kids lounging by the pool
Nicolas, Matt, and Ellie at the pool
My cute little guy hanging at the pool
My darling boys!! Aren't I a lucky mom?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
A visit from Grandma and Grandpa Green
My parents came down for a visit today. My mom has been such a great help to me! She was here from Wednesday to Sunday last week and then came back Tuesday and today. I don't know what I would have done without her! My kids just adore them. We took them to the park for a while. My dad pitched some balls to Nicolas and he was hitting like a champ! He just kept saying how much he loves baseball. Here are some pictures from today......
Monday, June 23, 2008
More of our little Davey!
Here are a few more shots of our little guy. He is the sweetest thing and we can't get enough of him!
Nicolas just adores him!
Ellie loves to hold him and is my "right hand man"
Grandma Staffieri came for a visit
Sometimes I think I am looking at Nicolas as a baby! They look so much alike.
Lucky for me I had signed the kids up for a summer camp this week not knowing if I would have had the baby or not. They had "Pirate Day" today and got to go on a treasure hunt. They had a blast!
Friday, June 20, 2008
He's Here!!
David Matthew Staffieri was born Thursday June 19, 2008 at 4:40am. He was 11 days early, so he came as quite a surprise! I went to the hospital at 3:45pm on Wednesday and was told to walk the halls for a while. I didn't progress enough so they sent me home at 9:00pm saying that I was just in "early labor" and it could be anywhere from 24-48 hours at least until I had the baby. We get home at 9:30 and had some dinner and got into bed at 10:30. My contractions were every 3 minutes and really painful so I knew I wasn't going to sleep much. At 10:45pm I had a really strong contraction and all of a sudden I feel a gush of warm water! Anyways, to spare the details, I woke Matt up (who had already fallen asleep!) and told him we needed to get back to the hospital fast. It is about 25 minutes away and probably the longest drive I have ever had to endure! We got there and luckily for me the anesthesiologist was available right away. So I was able to get my epidural by midnight and had him a few hours later. Everything went well and we are back home already! My mom came down and was with Ellie and Nicolas while we were at the hospital. Ellie and Nicolas are really loving their new little brother. Nicolas can't get enough of him and just loves to kiss him! Here are a few pictures from the last couple of days. Hopefully I can get a few more up tomorrow. I realized that Matt and I are not in any of the pictures and we never got a family shot.
