Adriana at Gymnastics

Adriana has been in gymnastics for a year now. She loves it. This is a parent and tot class. She is really good and we really enjoy watching her. Today was the last day of this session. Mama and daddy both went to class with her to take some pictures. Daddy is a really good coach. He will be taking Adriana next session because it would be too hard for mama to take her with a newborn. Check out her vidoes and how good daddy coaches her.

Daddy coaching Adriana.

Adriana does really well on the bar. She used to flip her hands once she started to flip but now she is doing it without fiipping those hands. It is amazing to see her improvement.

Adriana got really strong over the summer, once we came back from summer break she was able to do the rings with no problem. She is supposed to land on her feet which she can do but when she tries to go to fast it doesn't happen. She was going fast.

I'm really not sure what benefit this has on the body for gymnastics but Adriana loved it and had a blast being rolled. Yes she is a big amusement park girl.

34 Weeks and 6 Days

I hate pregnancy pictures of myself. I deleted the last picture I put up on this blog. I hoped Michael could take a better picture. I wouldn't say much better but a little. I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow. 5 weeks to go. Please pray for a safe natural birth. Thanks.

Michael also took this mother daughter pictures. Adriana loves to kiss mama's belly.

I will post pictures of the last 5 weeks of pregnancy. Hope you all enjoy.

Nor'easter

Getting stuck at work is never fun.

I went to bed last night knowing it was supposed to snow. I was definitely hoping it would not snow (unlike the schoold children praying for snow) for two reasons. One, I was at work and if my clients don't go to their jobs or programs that means I have to stay until someone comes in to relieve me. Secondly, and more importantly because I had plans to go to a talk on organization - if you could see my office you would know I need this. Plus, I am also really excited to get together with the families in the community. Well when I woke up this morning (5:45 am) one of my co-workers was already outside shoveling snow, we must have had 3-4 inches by then. Boy did the snow put a damper on my plans. During the last storm I drove home from work only going 30-35 miles/hour on a major highway. I hated that drive so today I decided that it would be best to stay at work (get a little overtime) a wait out the snow. Plus I had Michael check my e-mail and the talk was rescheduled. It worked!! Four hours after my shift ended a regular schedule of staff came in and I went home. Roads were great. I would say we got a total of 12 inches in Worcester. It was coming down pretty fast for while. What a year for snow we almost hit the record in Dec 26.9 inches.

A tired and pregnant mama got home just in time to nap with my daughter.

A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States. A nor'easter is so named because the winds in a nor'easter come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. More specifically, it describes a low pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast.

Happy Birthday, Michael!

Today is Michael's thirty-seveth birthday. We surprised him with a birthday cake at a friends house. It was a fun surprise there was lots of friends to sing to him. Some friends of ours gave him a wonder gift, Diary of Saint Faustina. Mama and Adriana got him four classical cd's, a internet secruity program for his new laptop, and a mountain bike. My favorite was the mountain bike but I don't know that daddy was really excited about it.

Opening his presents and riding his new bike.

Why Buy Toys??

Today I was reminded that my daughter would much rather use her imagination and play with random boxes than her toys. My daughter who as more toys than I have room for only needs the pops you get in the fragile boxes and large boxes. Why can't I remember this when I'm buying one more of those toys, I think she must have.

Birthday Dinner

Our family has a great birthday tradition. On or around our birthday we choose a favorite dinner. Michael's choose to have a Roasted Leg of Lamb. Thanks Rebecca for the recipe Michael and Adriana really enjoyed there dinner. He can't wait to eat leftovers. Mama on the other hand ate leftover sheppard's pie. I can't stomach lamb especially the smell while pregnant. But for the love of my husband and his birthday I made many offerings as I cooked his dinner.

Eion Cloweion McGloweion

Who's Eion Cleion McGleion?

Adriana has a friend named Eion (pronounced Owen). Eion was a sister name Clara, Adriana also plays with Clara. Over the summer Adriana began to call them Cleion, silly. Later she decided that only Eion was Cleion. Recently, she was all excited that she was going to see Cioci (pronounced chuchee)Anne, who is Eion and Clara's mom, and started to list everyone she was going to see along with Cioci: Uncle Peadar(pronounced pather), Clara, Baby Joseph, and Eion Cleion McGleion. Can you beleive she came up with a whole name for Eion. Yes, this made mama and daddy laugh alot.

Adriana sitting on Eion Cleion McGleion.

Phrase of the week

Adriana is great, as I'm sure many 3 year olds are, at coming up with funny phrases. This week she keeps saying:

"I know all my words."

I guess that means she is a big girls. So cute!!!!

Update on Dinner Schedule

I posted an updated January Dinner Schedule at the bottom of the blog. It is much better than the one that was posted in the blog. I'll be updating monthly with spontantous updates. Check it out!!!

There were three in the bed

Yes, we are a co-sleeping family. We are moving Adriana out of the bed slowly. She goes to sleep in her own bed but sometime through the night she ends up in our bed. I was hoping to have her totally in her own bed by the time the new baby comes but I am having my doubts.

The fun part about co-sleeping is the fun you have in the morning. This morning evn though I was up at 4:30 a.m. I layed back down in the bed when Michael and Adriana woke up. Adriana loves to snuggle. Then she attacked daddy, the tickle monster. Daddy got revenge, he turned into a lion and attacked mama and Adriana. Maybe mama was the reason Adriana was attacking daddy's feet. I love co-sleeping. It is great!!!!