A New Cipolla Baby

Here are a few of the first pictures of our new baby girl!

Giovanni's Birthday Party

We had Giovanni's 2nd birthday party while we were at my parent's house for Thanksgiving. He got real excited when we sang Happy Birthday and he heard his name in it. He was like "!" This is all for me?!?

Day after Thanksgiving Cookout

The whole fam went out to Wooley Hallow State Park for a day after Thanksgiving cookout. It was cold, but everyone had a good time hiking and playing.

Thanksgiving at the Partin's

We spent the Thanksgiving holiday with my family in Arkansas. Giovanni had so much fun with Grandma and Gramps and all his cousins. Like always, it just didn't seem like enough time together. Here is Giovanni and Grandma making cook

ies (or maybe waffles?)

Giovanni feeding Ralph a fake roll.

Fun at Jumpzone with the cousins.

Christmas pictures

Here are some cute pictures we took of Giovanni to advertise our Christmas cards pictures. He's so skinny! We just used the last one I believe.

Party at the fire station

We shot a party at the fire station recently. The best part was that they told us to bring Giovanni and he LOVED it.

They all got to climb on the firetrucks too.

Especially he loved the puppet show put on by the firemen. All the kids just laughed and clapped with glee.

The Corner Market

We had gotten Starbucks and decided to go drink ours hanging out at the corner market. It's a new shopping center that doesn't have stores in it yet. So it's a large area to run around in and explore it's little crooks and crannies. It's a beautiful complex I've been hoping will fill up. It would be a nice place for a hip photo studio!

At Pine Log Park

Giovanni was a little bored with me running errands, so we decided to spend a little time at Pine Log Park as a break from driving around. There is so much kudzu there! There was only this small path to the picnic table through the kudzu.

At the Zoo with the Smiths

We had the special surprise to have the Smiths stop by on their way home from vacation on the coast. We took the opportunity to show them some of our favorite Atlanta spots: the zoo and the varsity. It was so great to get to see them, if only for a day!

Trip to the zoo

We went to the zoo this week with Joanna, Julia and Amos. Papa C and Mama C surprised us by showing up too! What a treat! The kids had such a good time, and the animals were on their best behavior. We even got to see the bears and the tiger right up by the viewing window. Julia thought the flamingos smelled. :)

This would have been the cutest picture, if Vanni didn't have his finger up his nose!

Sweet Amos.

I think this one of Vanni and Julia driving the bus is my favorite!