Pics from Izzy's 1st Day of School! 9/14/2010

First steps! Sort of!

Dante took 1 1/2 steps today!!!! Of course when he saw me he laughed & dropped to the floor & hasn't done it again! I've been following him around all day trying to catch him w/ the video on my BB!!
I don't think I'll be rambling on & on today...This weather is kicking my ass! LOL! My hips hurt (especially the right one) & I can't stay in 1 position for too long. PLUS tomorrow morning is Izzy's Meet & Greet @ school! She already knows the teachers & most of the kids but she hasn't realized it's not the same classroom or teachers from last year. So off to school we go. Wednesday will be her official first day. She already has her outfit picked out!
Well off to bed I go!

I'm BACK!

I can't believe I forgot my password for this blog! Am I to add memory loss to my issues! LOL! Don't worry - I changed my password to something I will NEVER forget!
I can't believe "summer" is over! Jonathan started school on the 2nd - 8th grade! On the 22nd he will turn 13 years old! A teenager! Isabella starts school on the 13th & then it will be just Dante & I. After the holidays I hope to start a Mommy & Me class w/ Dante. BTW my baby will be turning 1 on the 24th! Where did the time go? Where did my little baby that fit in the crock of my arm go? He's crawling all over the place & walking by holding on to things. He climbs on & off my bed & the 3 steps in & out of my kitchen. Today, after we (yes - Dante too!) ate pizza Dante wanted to kiss me...wet, sloppy, pizza breath BUT it was the best kisses ever! I love my husband w/ all my heart but his kisses are NOTHING compared to the kisses from my kids! I can be down in the dumps depressed or miserable in pain & 1 of them will come & plant a kiss on me & it's like heaven on earth! Who needs Prozac! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them!

So this summer has been pretty great. Lots of trips to Wawayanda, Bear Mountain, The Bronx Zoo, Jersey...local parks & MANY friends' BBQs & pool parties. Dante got his 1st taste of pool & ocean water & LOVED it. He's like a little fish just splashing away! He got a little taste of some sand which he didn't care for so much cause he never did again. Mulch on the other hand...must be the fiber in there! He's a little dare devil - not afraid of anything. He loves the swings & going down the slides @ the park, being tossed in the air by his Dad & swung around by his Uncle Carlos. He's a huge foodie. Sweet potatoe fries & regular french fries are some of his favs. He'll have a bowl of mashed potatoes, likes to eat corn on the cob, chicken, spaghetti, baked ziti, grape tomatoes, bananas & maduros. He apparently either likes or doesn't mind spicey foods as he's accidentally had buffalo wings or extra spicey General Tso chicken & smiled instead of cringing. He's so amazing! All my kids are amazing to me. But since he is my last baby I have been paying extra close attention to him, his querks & every little thing that is baby like about him. I am happy to see my kids grow but I am really going to miss them as babies!
Now that fall is around the corner I am looking foward to all that fall will bring. This does NOT mean that I'm looking foward to the cold weather - summer will always be my favorite - but I am looking foward to pumpkin picking, apple picking, dressing the little ones for Halloween, Disney, the fall dance, basketball & the cute boots & sweaters I'll get to wear. Most of all I'm looking foward to all the family time we'll get to spend together - especially around the fire pit!
I'll be back!! <3