Sunday, August 30, 2009
Catching up...and our 1st (mini) family vacation!
Well it's been a long time since I wrote, but not to much has been going on. July seemed to went by very quick. We celebrated Keith's 32nd birthday by going to NYC with a few friends, the week before, to see Paul McCartney (who-else of course!) and then him and I went out to dinner & see the new Harry Potter movie on his actual day. Alison's schedule also changed a bit, where it's more flexible and gives her more time with Aiden.
In August, Alison ventured single parenthood for a little under a week, while Keith went to band camp. All in all, it was a success. August turned into a crazy learning month for Aiden. He has learned to crawl, pull himself up on everything....and I mean everything (including the crib), walk around furniture, and eat big people food. Needless to say, we're realizing our life is changing quickly into babyproofing everything, but we're also realizing how precious time is and how quickly it goes by. Hard to believe, but our little boy is not so much a baby now, he turned 9 months old on August 20th. We had his check up on Thurs and he's a very healthy boy, developing right on track (well apparently right on track, except for when it comes to teeth....poor kid still has none!). He was 28 3/4 inches (which was 55%) and 20.5lbs (which was 45%. The doctor was very happy to see that his weight has caught up to his height and that he has done well gaining weight the last 2 check ups. Now he doesn't go back till November for his 1 yr check up- I still can't believe that :(
We also left Thursday for our first (mini) family vacation. We went down to Wildwood, NJ for 3 nights/4 days. Of course, like the last time we went to the shore it rained, but honestly we were very lucky. The forecast was very bleak on Thursday, but it turned out to be pretty good. It was gorgeous on Thursday and we took Aiden up on the boardwalk just to see all the lights and watch his reactions- those big blue eyes were just open wide taking in everything. Then Friday, which was the worse day of the trip, it rained a lot, but we did have a few hours of no rain and we rode over to Cape May and walked around for a while.
Saturday we took Aiden to the beach and he loved it. He got his hands and feet right in the sand and started playing (Now you know this is love because Keith nor I are big sand people). We then took him into the ocean and he just smiled and talked the whole time. In fact, when the waves retreated he wanted to walk further into the water. He wouldn't even look at the camera because he just wanted to be in the water. We then took him back to the pool and again love it. We were having him "swim" and jump up and down in the water. He didn't want to get out, but we had to drag him out because the pool kid was shivering and sooo cold. Then that night we took him back up to the boardwalk and put him on the Merry Go Round (the only ride he could be one). He kept giggling the whole time. Needless to say, he got a good nap and night's rest that day. Sunday we did a quick tour of Wildwood (stopping by the places Daddy use to hang at) and then headed home. Even though the weather wasn't the best, it was great time together as a family and wonderful memories!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy 4th of July!
We took Aiden to his first parade today. We met up with his cousins- Natalie & Marc, Uncle Marc & Aunt June, Nonni, Poppi, and Keith's cousin's family- Kyle, Kim, Josh & Noah, to see the Marple Newtown parade.
Aiden preferred to watch the traffic across the street then focus on the parade. He did like the bands/music and watching all the kids run to get candy. I can see he just wanted to run with them. He did very well and wasn't scared, even when the fire trucks came blaring by. We did decide to forego the fireworks this year.
We want to wish everyone a very happy, healthy, and safe 4th!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Happy "Dada Day" and 1st time at the shore
Keith just celebrated his first father's day and it was a nice time. We were all down the shore for the weekend. We stayed at the Villas, which is basically Wildwood's bay with Keith's close friend George, who is like a brother to us. Although the weather showed more rain then sun, we all had a good time.
Aiden slept in our room for the first time since he was 5 weeks old and it went well. We were surprised how well he did, as he slept in a pack n play (which he hasn't done in about 3-4 months) and was happy all weekend long. He was just awesome and we couldn't ask for anything more.
Unfortunately, Aiden didn't really see much of the beach and didn't get to the boardwalk. We did take him to the bay and he was loving the ocean, talking and all. Here are some pics.
We hope everyone had a great "Dada" day!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Next Generation
We also had a playdate with our friends the Perillo's recently. Dave, Tracy & Sam are close to our hearts for many reasons, and we've shared many of life's trials and celebrations together, but the coolest thing is Sam and Aiden mark the 3rd generation of the Perillo and Giosa friendship.
It all started with Keith's and Dave's parents, who have been friends for over 35 years....
Then Dave & Keith- They spent time together as kids, reconnected through a friend in their young 20's. Then Dave & Tracy got engaged one month before Keith & Alison, which brought on a new friendship between Alison & Tracy...
Alison and Tracy have become good friends over the years between sharing their wedding planning, their first few years of marriage, their pregnancy, and parenthood together....
And now, Aiden and Sam will hopefully become good friends. Tracy captured their first meeting and playdate, so here's some pics.
Sammie gets married
One family event we've attended is Alison's cousin Samantha recently getting married this past Saturday. It's was a great wedding and a beautiful day. Congrats Mr & Mrs Maffei.
Life's been crazy
It's been forever since the last post, but life has been very busy over the last month. We have attended a variety of family and friend parties, so we're exhausted. Alison started a new PERM job. It's 15mins from home in Exton doing medical staffing for the army & airforce and so far she loves it. Keith has wrapped up another school year and has taken on a new gig working as a Dueling Piano 1-2 days per week, this is in addition to his band gigs.
We had some major family milestones- Aiden turned 6 months old on May 20th and Keith and Alison celebrated their 5 yr wedding anniversary on May 22nd. Aiden continues to grow and get bigger each day. He's now 17.5 lbs and 26 3/4 inches long. He's sitting up on his own and for longer periods now and starting to scoot a little bit, so our lives will soon change with baby gates and child proofing. He's so much fun and has us laughing all the time, except when he decides sleeping is overrated. We're working on the cry it out method, hard, but effective.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Learning New Things..
Sorry it's been a while, but it's been hard to keep up with the blog between working & spending time with Aiden. It's hard to believe that our Baby Boy will be 6 months old in a couple weeks....and that we'll be married 5 yrs! Time really does fly.
We had a nice Easter and hope everyone else did too. I posted some pics of Aiden's 1st Easter.
These days Aiden is learning and doing new things everyday. He's so close to sitting on his own, he can do it for a few mins before falling to a side or on his stomach. He rolls over all the time, in fact he is never on his belly anymore because he rolls over as soon as we put him on it.
Recently he had some new first. We started veggie feedings this week. We've been mixing it in his cereal, so he doesn't even seem to notice yet. We also started giving him a sippy cup and he's doing pretty well. He loves water, but still can't completely master holding the cup up high enough to get the water out.
And most exciting....for Keith. Aiden has said his first word, Dada. Of course, he doesn't realize it means Keith, but he says it all the time, as well as a bunch of other babble, which is really cute, unless it's 6:45am on the weekend. We're just so amazed how much he's doing.
Aiden has finally adjusted to Mommy not being home during the day. The first week was rough and he still has off days, but has enjoyed his time with Daddy and Nonni.
Friday, April 10, 2009
More Pics...
And here's the truth about how the Easter Egg Dying went down. Sammie and I did the work, while Rob slept on his Daddy and Aiden hung out with his Grandpop.
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