Ready For Spring!

Well, our baby girl is now7 months old.... She has brought SO much joy & laughter to our family and it just keeps getting better!

(She LOVES her toes!)

The boy's love to entertain her & are very helpful.  She actually looks around for them if they're not around & gets super excited when she sees them.  And I'm afraid she's already becoming a "daddy's girl" because she just lights up whenever she sees him!

(ok, so she's not always entertained)

We recently went to the Cleveland Auto Show, took all three kids & didn't lose any!!!  It was a good time.  We had fun wishful thinking.

Dominic continues to make the Honor Roll at school & we are SO proud of him ..... we are very thankful that he does so well in school (with little effort I must add.... unlike me who is learning from HIM).

Gino is also still doing great in pre-school.  He is registered for Kindergarten now too.... I can't believe he's going off to school in the fall.  I am ok now, but probably not so much come August.  I'm sure he'll do great though.  He has really enjoyed all the activities & making friends at Panda.  Unfortunately the one friend he sat by & talked about all the time isn't coming to pre-school anymore, but hopefully they will reconnect in Kindergarten.

I have managed to take zillions of photos of Carmen in a short time.... I am out of control!!! But she is so stinkin' cute that I just can't help myself =)  I love her to pieces even though we are still not getting much sleep.     Between teething & her just being stubborn (must get that from Gino). But after having a pretty fussy start she has become a very happy baby!  She's not a big fan of sitting down to eat much yet (you wouldn't know that by looking at her of course! lol), though there are some foods she likes if she's in the mood. She is becoming more mobile everyday.... trying to reach for things & pull up on anything around her.  She also puts everything & anything in her mouth, specially magazines! She loves tearing them apart & making a mess.  The boys can really get her laughing & it makes my heart smile to watch them =)  She wants to crawl really bad but hasn't quite figured out how to coordinate her legs & arms.  I'm trying not to rush it, but in some ways I'm looking forward to it.  The boys will have fun chasing her around ....though I think she's gonna always be trying to keep up with whatever THEY are doing.

We had Carmen baptized on January 15.  She did great! And it was nice to be able to share it with our family.  She looked absolutely adorable in the dress my mom made for her! 

We've had such an unusual winter & spring!  But we've been making the most of it.  Unfortunately the boys didn't get to play in much snow.... but they've been making up for it by getting to ride their 4-wheelers a lot (which they LOVE to do), playing in their "mud"box & going to the park.

They aren't the only ones who love riding..... Carmen gets SO excited whenever she hears them starting up their engines.   I usually have to take her for a ride in the RZR too.  She sits on my lap & hangs onto the handlebar.  But you don't dare stop, or she gets awful mad =)  As you can see, Rocky also enjoys going for a ride.... you'll often find him in the passenger seat.

She turned 6 months on Valentine's Day, so I had fun taking MORE pictures (obviously I'm addicted to my camera).  She doesn't seem to mind too much though!

I did use a couple pictures & entered her in the Parent's Magazine.com "Most Adorable Kid" contest & she's in the running to win!  So PLEASE take a minute & vote for her!  Thanks!!!
http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/1220742

Andy had his spine/neck surgery on February 6.  All went well!  He was home for about 3 weeks than back to work full-time.  He's still needing to regain some strength & work out the muscles that were affected, but the pain in his arm is gone now, so that's a huge relief!  Let's just pray it doesn't happen again.

Well, I think that gets you caught up!  I will try to keep my updates sooner & shorter =)

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!!!