Lola's Little Tooth

Sunday, September 13th



Late last night I was feeling around in Lola's mouth (isn't that what all mom's do??) and discovered that sweet little Lola has her first tooth coming in! Bottom left! This is why poor baby has been drooling and a little fussy. Baby girl's got a tooth! Not sure I can get a pic of it just yet. It's barely there! Everything goes in her mouth these days! Even her toes!

Rocco's B-day Party

Saturday, Septmber 12

We celebrated Rocco's (Angelo's cousin) 2nd birthday today at their house. Angelo had a great time. He loves Rocco! When you ask him who his best friends are... his answer now is Rocco and Dominic! lol We played, ate, opened presents and then played some more! Here are a few pics of the night. I could have sworn I took more pics, but guess not!

Angelo in his cute party hat!

Rocco's cool new loader that Angelo LOVED!

The kids in their Italia shirts. Mattie's and Lola's faces are priceless!

Cool helicopter cake!

It's Raining Butterflies on Paradise Pond

Friday, September 11

We were supposed to have a play date today at the park with McKenna and Jace, but when we woke up this morning it was raining. Since we were already in Grapevine, we decided to go to Paradise Pond. It's an old sanctuary at the First Baptist Church of Grapevine. Angelo was amazed at all the trucks they had. He had a great time playing. The only slight problem was leaving. Angelo wanted to take this 'mixer' with us and when I wouldn't let him he had a full blown meltdown! Love those terrible twos! Next time I will go prepared with a stash of trucks in my purse to entice him out the door! These next two pics are with my iphone... excuse the poor quality! I had forgotten my camera! YIKES!

in amazement of all the trucks!
Intense concentration

This evening Lola, Angelo and I headed out to the Southlake Butterfly "Festival" (if that's what they call a festival??!... it's just a tent) to meet up with Dominic, Mattie and Mandy. Angelo enjoyed seeing the butterfly and catching them on his stick. Apparently they eat watermelon, so if you hook some watermelon on the stick they will stay there for a little bit. A new experience at least for us.

Angelo got a butterfly balloon after... not sure why, but he wanted a pink one! lol Too many pink things around here these days...or not enough daddy time??!. Well, his balloon lasted all of about 4 minutes. He kept putting it in the grass so it would pop. Pretty soon, nothing left!

After we decided to go to Mi Cocina to eat. Lola pretty much screamed the entire time. It was way too loud for her. She did enjoy a brief minute looking at herself in the mirror. Thank God for Mandy since she had to entertain Angelo and feed him since I was busy dealing with Lola the whole time. Ok, so we are at Mi Cocina and we take a look outside and it's POURING down rain. Hmmmm. How is this going to work I'm thinking in my head??? I have a baby, a stroller and a two year old that I have to somehow get in the car and get home before more meltdowns ensue. Well, thank God for Mandy once again. She didn't even hesitate to say, "GIVE ME YOUR KEYS! I'll go get your car!" I mean, really? How awesome is that? She ran out to my car and parked it right in front and put the stroller in for me??!! Then took Angelo and put him in while I took Lola. Poor Mandy was drenched to say the least! (too bad I don't have a picture of that!lol) I offered to take her to her car, but she just said, "Hey, I'm already wet!" LOL So, it was an experience to say the least!!! Next time we should probably check the forecast.

Lola's 4 month checkup

Lola had her 4 month checkup today. Here were her stats:

Weight: 13.14 lbs. (50%) Not as plump as we thought!
Height: 24 inches (50%) Not model height yet!

I looked back at Angelo's stats from his four month check up and he weighed 15 lbs (90%) and was 25 inches. Our little chunky monkey. So, even though Uncle Tony calls her tri-thigh, she didn't have the girth of her big bro!

She had to get one oral "shot" medication in her mouth and then one shot on her left thigh. She did really well. No crying. She was looking at me smiling and while being distracted by mom the nurse did her thing. I don't even think she realized that she got the shot. She still has to get one more that we will have to go back for another time. National shortage.

She does have eczema like her mama. She got some steriod cream for her neck (she had a rash) and in the creases of her elbows. Should be cleared up soon.

Lola is just the prettiest baby girl that I've ever seen. Her big blue eyes and her sweet little curled up eyelashes. She is just so precious. It's nice to get some alone time with her while Angelo is in school. This is our mommy/daugter bonding time. We just sit quietly at home or go out shopping.

Mommy had a little incident today while out shopping. I went and bought 2 new pairs of cute ballet flat shoes for the start of fall (no high heels in my future). Well, after my purchase, we are walking out the door and I hit my toe on Lola's stroller. My toenail immediately starts GUSHING blood. I bent the whole thing back and now it's just hanging on by some skin. It looks awful and hurts! It also is effecting the way I walk! I think I need some reconstructive plastic surgery done on my toenail. I'm just going to have to wrap it up so I don't hit it on anything and see what happens. If this is going to be a six month process, how am I going to go get pedicures??? Now I'm not sure if I should take my cute shoes back or what. It's going to hurt to wear closed toed shoes, but also going to be dangerous to wear only flip flops for fear of someone stepping on my toe or god forbid I get an infection. Jeez! At least summer is almost over so I can hide my ugly toe for the winter.

Happy Labor Day!

Monday, September 7

Started out as a lazy Labor day. I decided I would try to take advantage of this holiday today and not "work". Isn't that the point of Labor day? To take a day off of work?? Rudy didn't have to work today, so I shouldn't have to either!! Well, it seems this holiday does not apply to moms. I learned how to successfully make an omelet today. I have NEVER been able to make an omlet before. It always turns into scrambled eggs! But with a little coaching and flipping by Uncle Tony, I think I have them down! So excited! Now I can make these anytime. Next time we have a house guest, I know what we are having for breakfast. After breakfast we took a swim in the pool. This was a rare occassion that mamma actually got in her bathing suit and let someone take her picture! Definitely not bikini season over here!
Nanni came over and brought lunch today. Yummy hamburgers and hotdogs from Central Market. She also helped out with the laundry (AMAZING! thanks Carol!) (since I was on Labor day) and I actually got about a 5 minute nap in... seriously, 5 min. that was it!

Once Nanni went home, I thought that would be it for our visitors, but then all of a sudden we had a houseful. Which really isn't a bad thing. All the kiddos came over for dinner. Aunt Raquel and Uncle Oscar brought over dinner and cooked! Filets, nonetheless! (I could get used to this Labor Day thing!!) Mandy, Frankie, Dominic, Madison, and Rocco all came over too. The kiddos played in the playroom and had a great time! It is so nice that we all live so close together now! We get to see the cousins anytime we want! We have some lucky little kids!

Pool Time

Sunday, September 6
We had visitors today! No one can stay away too long from these sweet babies. Aunt Sheila, cousin Kristal, great grandma, Mimi, Paw paw, and our new live-in "manny", Uncle Tony, all came over today. Sheila, Kristal and great grandma all came by during swim time. Here are some cute shots of Lola in her bathing suit and shades... along with the "Flasher"!

I wonder what he just told her to give her this look of disgust??!

Cousin Kiki

Park with Pals

We headed over to Grapevine Botanical Gardens this morning with some friends to take advantage of the cooler temps. We met Katie, McKenna and Jace up for some some playtime. The kids loved running around (semi playing soccer), feeding the fish, and swinging.

Can't you just tell in this pic that Angelo wants to say, "OK mommy, enough with the pics! You are ruining my game!" LOL
He's wondering how he's going to steal that motor grader back!!

Katie busted out this amazing mat that I am going to have to buy. If you have an infant, it's perfect! So cute and can go anywhere. Check out the website http://www.softspotbywozzy.com/. Love it!

Trying to get that elusive roll over on camera!

Mommy just let me nap!

First Day of School

Tuesday, September 1

Angelo started "school" today at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Keller. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-2. He was really excited, not scared at all. He walked right on in with his backpack and started immediately on the craft that they had laid out for the kids. I gave him a big kiss and went on my way.

Just realized he didn't have his "popeye"

And away we go...

When I picked him up, I asked one of his teachers how he did and they said really great, no crying. Just a little issue with the pushing! Of course, always the pusher! Well, maybe his teachers can get through to him! He understands the rules I created for going to school and recites them to me daily... "no pushing, no hitting, no pinching"... only hugs and patting! Hope the kid doesn't get himself kicked out! lol He did tell me he wanted to "go scool morrow mommy". So, that's a good sign.

Lola and I actually did a little shopping by ourselves and then came home for some quiet time. I purposely did not turn on the tv the whole time he was gone. Total silence is NICE!!! I will definitely be looking forward to my Tuesday/Thursday mommy/daughter bonding time! Lola can roll over from tummy to back but can't ever seem to capture this on my camera!

Here are some pics from before bedtime. Getting cozy in Lola's crib! (Which never gets used!)
Got her in a choke hold.

Love this bamboo sleeper from Lime Blossom Naturals.