Cipolla Babies

Jubilee 4 Months

2011-08-30T14:21:00.000-07:00

I saw this on the internet and had to try it! Sooo cute!

Jubilee 3 Months

2011-07-30T14:23:00.000-07:00

The Cipollas come to visit

2011-04-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

Mama C, Papa C, Grandpa, Angelina, Amy, Amelia, and Anya came to see us in the hospital when Jubilee was born. It was so wonderful having family come, and since it was Angelina's birthday, they also had a little party for Ang in the courtyard outside our room.

This picture of Grandpa holding Jubilee is one of my favorites. He said he had never held a baby so new before. When all 6 of his sons were born, they wouldn't let him see them for like a week until they were ready to leave the hospital! I couldn't believe it. He said that even Grandma Cipolla didn't see them since she was knocked out to have them and then they went straight to the nursery! I'm glad times have changed.

Here's our mother's day present to Mama C- the "whatever" clock. If you went to Costa Rica to visit Jonathan when he lived there, you understand the joke.

Jubilee is here!

2011-04-28T13:18:00.000-07:00

Our little Jubilee Rose was born on April 28th, 2011. She weighed 7lbs 3ozs, and she was 20.5 inches long. Isn't she a little precious pumpkin? These were the first shots we got when she arrived. Yay!

We wanted Giovanni to be one of the first people to meet her- here he is, giving her his first little kiss! I just love these guys!
On the same day, Jonathan got a lens baby (which he had been waiting and waiting for). On the box, it said "Congratulations, it's a lens baby".

Maternity pics

2011-04-20T14:52:00.000-07:00

Jonathan shot some maternity pics of me with Vanni before Jubilee came. This one of Vanni I think is especially precious.

Spring Break

2011-04-14T14:42:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures from the fun we had over spring break! Jonathan and Giovanni made green french toast one morning. Here's Vanni getting to help!

Anya and Vanni went to the zoo one day. They're really starting to play well together and not just play separately next to each other like little kids do.
On Friday, we shot some portraits of some friends in Old Town. Giovanni went too, and we got some final pictures of Vanni with his mohawk before it was cut off.
Then we went out to Davidson Arabia to shoot a few family pictures before Jubilee came, so we would have a few pictures of me pregnant. We had a good time, setting up the camera and trying to run into the pictures!

Ice cream with daddy

2011-03-30T16:22:00.000-07:00

I came home at 9pm from my bookclub the other day to giggling. Giovanni's bedtime is 8, so I was quite surprised to see Daddy and Vanni still playing around in Vanni's room. Dad confessed they had decided to eat ice cream at 8:15, so they were still a little hyper. Oh well! At least they still had fun!

Grandma and Gramps Land

2011-03-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

We also got to go see their land near where their boat is docked. It was beautiful. Maybe someday we'll get to camp there with them!

On the boat with Grandma and Gramps

2011-03-30T16:07:00.001-07:00

We had a great time with Grandma and Gramps at the boat. It was Vanni's first time on a boat, and he thought it was awesome.

The funny things was that while we were outside the boat, he thought it was a boat, but while we were inside the boat, he kept saying he wanted to go to the boat.

The boat storage unit was funny to us. It's huge, so we put the mini next to it to make it look even bigger!

Mommies group goes to the fire station

2011-03-28T05:07:00.000-07:00

We went to the fire station with our mommies group this week. Vanni wasn't feeling so great, but he has been talking about getting to get on the fire truck for days afterwards.

An old one

2011-03-03T13:12:00.000-08:00

I found these old pics on the computer and had never posted them (or even looked at them!) Look at our little man on his (then new) swingset.

My other favorite things about these pictures is Jonathan's hair. It's in that long-ish stage. I laughed out loud when I saw these after months of short hair Jonathan.

Weekend with friends

2011-02-07T18:39:00.000-08:00

We spent the weekend with some of our friends in Pigeon Forge. It was a blast!

With all the snow, the kids...well, big kids decided and took the little kids with them. They all had so much fun sliding down the hill (again with mommy inside where it was warm).

Here's the whole crew.

Fun with Daddy

2011-02-07T18:33:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Vanni were just playing around, and I thought I'd take some pics of the fun.

Jonathan took these of Vanni playing in his tent and tunnel. He loves them!

Snow Days

2011-02-07T18:26:00.000-08:00

We had a whole week off surprisingly because of snow. Giovanni had a lot of fun with Daddy in the snow (while mommy stayed inside where it's warm). It was a fun week of family time (and potty training).

He was excited to pick up snow until it stuck to his glove. Then he got a little upset!

A New Cipolla Baby

2010-12-11T07:30:00.001-08:00

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

Giovanni's Birthday Party

2010-11-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-28T07:13:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-27T06:58:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-07T11:16:00.000-08:00

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

2010-08-30T05:42:00.001-07:00

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

2010-08-30T05:37:00.001-07:00

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

2010-08-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-10T12:14:00.000-07:00

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!

Relaxing

2010-07-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

Giovanni having a snack- I love his relaxing pose.

Little Cow

2010-07-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

We haven't got around to posting for...the whole summer. But I'm posting at least one cute one- here's our little calf after an apparently exhausting lunch at Chicfila on Cow Appreciation Day.

4th of July

2010-07-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

Here's some from our 4th of July Party and Giovanni just eating and smiling.

The Zoo!

2010-05-25T16:35:00.001-07:00

Jonathan gave me a membership to the zoo for Mother's Day, and we've already gone 3 times! Yay for the Zoo!

Puppies!

2010-05-18T10:59:00.000-07:00

We had a mother's day breakfast on the Saturday before mothers day, and Kim brought the puppies for the kids to play with. Yay!

Arabia Davidson Mt. Preserve

2010-05-06T09:54:00.001-07:00

We went on a bike ride out at Arabia Davidson. We had to stop to take some pictures (and Mommy had to have a rest!)

First Haircut

2010-05-05T09:58:00.001-07:00

So Giovanni's hair finally got so long, we decided to give him his first haircut! Yay!

I was amazed at how well he sat there while Jonathan trimmed him up.

Look at how handsome our little man looks! And so grown up!

Like Father, Like Son

2010-05-03T16:54:00.001-07:00

Jonathan was painting a ladder, and while his back was turned someone got into the paint...

I thought it was funny that Jonathan got into the paint, and his mom grabbed the camera.

But I understand now, that what's done is done. And probably I wouldn't have thought to grab the camera if Mama C hadn't done it. And he was soooo cute!

And here's Jonathan giving Giovanni the eye. Actually we were all laughing.

Julia

2010-04-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

A lot of us were hanging out at Amelia's house a couple weekends ago. We went biking on the Silver Comet trail (the kids had a blast). Afterwards, Jonathan took some pics of Julia- see the cheese!

But really, Julia wanted to take pictures herself.

Amos didn't want to be in the pictures, so Giovanni (grumpily) sat in for a family picture.

Grandparents in Town

2010-04-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

My parents came in town for the Easter Weekend. Unfortunately, Giovanni got his second ear infection and was sick for half the weekend. He just wanted to sit on Mommy's lap :(

He did, however, love seeing the ducks at the monestary. There was some fun too.

My boys working on cars.

Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

Giovanni was a little sick so he didn't want to hunt eggs at first. Poor little sick pea.

After a nap, he was feeling a little better and looked for eggs for a little while. He thinks of them as balls still.

Luckily he's still too little to care about there being anything inside the eggs!

The Cherry Blossom Festival

2010-03-30T09:05:00.000-07:00

Giovanni got to sit on the firetruck and meet the firemen at the festival. He didn't like the hat much, though, so we gave it to another kid after they had run out of them.

He was pretty interested in the Puppet Show. Here's the Puppeteer with "Mr. Bones."

"Having a kid is like flushing money down a toilet"...or "Giovanni learns early the dirty secrets of laundering money"

2010-03-20T04:24:00.001-07:00

Another studio test

2010-02-25T13:07:00.001-08:00

I needed a model for our new background and posing stools. Luckily, Giovanni volunteered.

Snow!

2010-02-14T16:06:00.001-08:00

We had some crazy snow (at least for Georgia) this weekend. We didn't have a good snow coat for Giovanni, so he wore his lion costume. He liked the snow at first but soon got wet and grumpy.

These were from the evening before when it was still snowing pretty good. Giovanni is standing well now, and he can walk a few steps before falling down. I haven't been able to get it on video yet, but as soon as I do, it will be up!

Just some moments from our lives

2010-02-14T14:50:00.000-08:00

Giovanni chewing on a sock while watching the garbage truck across the street.

Our good friends' son playing in the cozy coupe.

Giovanni and Jonathan reading a bedtime story.

Giovanni's first sweet- a snickerdoodle (he liked it)!

2010-02-03T04:08:00.000-08:00

These pictures show two things that Giovanni does that I want to remember when he gets older. First, he always has that little cloth with him. It used to just be at bed time, but now he wants to have it all the time- when he's eating, when he's walking, when he's playing with something. If he needs both hands to hold something else, no problem! He just puts the cloth in him mouth to hold while he examines whatever is in his hands. I still don't have a good pictures of that, but hopefully I'll get it before he stops.

Second, he very frequently crosses his legs when he's sitting. In his high chair, you can usually look underneath and find his little legs crosses just like this. Here he's "helping" dad make an omelet.

Belated Snow Pictures

2010-01-26T08:02:00.000-08:00

I forgot to put these up a while back from our "snow day".

Publix

2010-01-25T06:41:00.000-08:00

Let me tell you about why I love Publix.

1. The employees are sooo nice. It's not like they are just polite- they seem happy to be working there. One time Giovanni and I were done shopping and about to go out into the rain with our purchases. A Publix employee ran out with an umbrella and said "Hey- let me walk you out! And then he held the umbrella over me while I put Giovanni into his car seat and the groceries into the trunk. Nice.

2. Space ships. They have carts for kids that are a space ship for kids to drive. Giovanni loves it.

3. Really good bread and produce. I guess that's pretty self explanatory.

4. Samples. They have really good samples on a regular basis. If you happen to be there around 5, they are always cooking up an example meal. They have all the ingredients for that meal gathered right there, so if you need to come up with something quick and healthy for dinner, you can just grab it all in one place and go. Which lead me to:

5. Recipe cards for dinner. They have good ideas for whole meals that you can collect and put in their own nifty recipe books. (I don't do this, but I've heard other people that do really appreciate their system).

6. Baby club. They have a free baby club where they send you a how to raise your baby book and coupons every month. Sometimes the coupons are useful, sometimes not, but it's free so it's worth it for the times you need it.

7. Also, they double coupons and take competitors' coupons, so although they are more expensive, you can make it reasonable. And if you're really smart and diligent (which I am not), it can be a cheap as anywhere.

8. Free balloons! They give free balloons to kids, which Giovanni REALLY loves. We brought one home and he wanted to hold it the whole time he was eating lunch. He accidentally let it go, and it flew to the ceiling. I thought he would get upset, but he thought it was funny. For the rest of the day, he wanted to let it go and then for me to lift it up so he could grab the string and pull it down again.

Look at all those teeth!

2010-01-22T11:08:00.001-08:00

This is the first picture I feel like you can really see those teeth well. Today we went to the mall to check out the animals at the pet store. I think we've entered a period of excited shrieking. Every new animal we saw was greeted with a shriek. It was so cute. Then, when we got to the play place in the center of the mall- more excited shrieking. I didn't know if he'd be able to do anything, seeing as how he can't even walk. But he loved it- crawling around and laughing and shrieking. I think I'm gonna like this stage.

Bath Time!

2010-01-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

Giovanni loves bath time. I've been meaning to take a picture for the bath time section of his baby book forever, so here it is! I was covered in water by the time this photo session was over...

Finally, Bike Rides!

2010-01-08T13:10:00.000-08:00

My parents gave Jonathan a bike for Christmas. He's been wanting a good mountain bike for ages- since we left California. I had seen this nifty baby bike seat on a friends blog months ago and thought it would be a good gift from me to go along with the bike. It's called an ibert, and it's supposed to be a safe alternative to the behind the rider seat. It doesn't mess up the rider's balance at all. Giovanni also loves it because he can see (well, at least I assume that's why he loves it, since he can't actually tell me). Jonathan says every time they get done with a ride and he lifts up the bar, Giovanni puts it right back down and doesn't want to get out. Now if it would just warm up we could go on family bike rides! Yay!

In LaGrange for New Years

2010-01-02T13:03:00.000-08:00

The babies (as usual) all had a great time with Mama C (and each other) over the holidays.

Here, Giovanni tries to steal Anya's toy.

Julia says "No, Giovanni- that's Anya's toy."

Then, she gives him a talking to and explains that he can get his own toy, but he cannot steal other people's toys. What a hoot! She's gonna be the new "policeman of the world."

The Corn Hole Game

2010-01-01T12:58:00.000-08:00

For Christmas, both Nathan and Jonathan Laws gave Papa C a corn hole game. One of the sets was just painted white so that we could all put our hand prints on it. Then we went out and played for a little while in the freezing cold weather. Despite my nose freezing off, we had a blast.

Giovanni and Anya ended up putting their footprints on instead of their handprints. We were just afraid that paint on the hands of a baby might spell disaster.

Baby Anya seemed to enjoy the process.

Christmas Part 2

2009-12-25T12:51:00.000-08:00

And now for the joys of Christmas morning. This is actually not Giovanni's first Christmas, but it's the first Christmas he could really participate in. And he loved it!

This car has been one of his favorite things. All he wants to do now is get in and out of the car. He can't push it along with his feet yet, but it won't be long. Now if it could just get warm enough for us to go outside! (Grrr for the cold).

Christmas Part 1

2009-12-24T12:44:00.000-08:00

The first part of the break we got to stay with my sister and her family, which was so much fun. Her kids are such a hoot. They like to line up the chairs and play train- and they know that their mom makes the best conductor! It reminds me of a similar picture of Sam and I when we were kids playing train at Grandma's house with her chairs. Even Giovanni got to be in the train in his high chair!

Mom only ever wants a good family picture. So here we tried again on Christmas Eve. The babies aren't looking, but it's a good a picture as we ever get, and probably better, because we are dressed up for our home Christmas Eve party.

Baby Gio's First Birthday

2009-12-02T12:55:00.000-08:00

I'm quite behind on posting, so I'm sorry, but here goes a little back posting!

Here Gio's helping himself to Julia's dinner, but I don't think she minds. She wanted to sit by him and "help" him eat.

Julia with a bag on her head- what a nut!

And the cake- I made a healthy carrot/applesauce/ground raisin cake and then Giovanni didn't even eat a bite. He was already so tired of the party that he had to go to sleep and all the adults got stuck with the no sugar cake. Oh well, better luck next year.

Random pics

2009-11-20T17:29:00.000-08:00

Today Giovanni decided to dump out the dirt of one of Jonathan's flower pots. I can't remember if I reprimanded him, but I definitely got a picture. I just thought of the picture Jonathan's mom has of him in paint (which is, yes, way worse). I don't want to miss any funny moments!

Here's a cute one of Jonathan and Giovanni together at the park last Friday. We were about to take some senior pictures. But these too guys were so cute I had to take a picture.

Just one from our trip to Reno

2009-11-14T17:39:00.000-08:00

We have lots of great pictures from our trip to Reno, but this is my favorite of my two boys. How cute!

Giovanni and Nico

2009-11-14T13:03:00.000-08:00

Ball

2009-11-02T07:18:00.000-08:00

Giovanni has been saying "Ball" for about 3 or so weeks now, and I haven't gotten around to posting a video of it. Here is a video of him saying ball and throwing it. (He can say "dog" and "hat" now too- but not as on demand). I was trying out a lower quality video to see if it would load faster...but it doesn't look great so I may just do a higher quality one again next time!

Visit from a friend

2009-10-31T07:36:00.001-07:00

Our dear friend came to visit this last week and watched Giovanni while we shot engagement pictures. We forgot to bring pant for him, so she rigged this pair out of one of Jonathan's long sleeved t-shirts! What a hoot.

Pulling everything out

2009-10-23T19:31:00.001-07:00

Giovanni has started opening the cabinets and pulling out everything inside. Which is funny, except that any time I'm cleaning, he's working just as fast messing up.

He also says "ball" now. He's always saying "ball, ball, ball" and pointing, and sure enough I'll look around and there will be a ball: the giant red balls outside of target, baseball pinatas in hobby lobby, kids playing ball in the park. He can spot them from a mile away. What's funny is when he finds something that isn't quite a ball. I fed him eggs the other morning for breakfast, and when he had finished what he was eating, he pointed to the other egg and said "ball". This particular evening he decided that the potatoes under the kitchen cart were balls. I told him it was a stretch...although, he does know that a football is a ball, and it isn't round...

After all that hard work pulling everthing out, he had to take a rest on Daddy. Such a cute little sweet pea!

Swinging...superman style

2009-09-27T10:55:00.001-07:00

Okay, so it's just this one that he looks a little like he's superman flying. I really like that he's pointing since he's pointing at everything these days.

Sorry about the logo stamp. We just decided the other day that anything going on our photoblog needs to be stamped (and a lot of what we post here, we post there as well).

Overall, we had a really fun time at the park. He always loves to swing. He also always loves to go to the pool at another local park. I haven't been able to photograph him there, though, since it's usually just the two of us. I can't exactly shoot a pic of him in the pool!

Our little pepperoni's first ravioli

2009-09-20T17:29:00.001-07:00

And he liked it.

Octo and Anya

2009-09-18T17:11:00.001-07:00

This is my first toy to make for Giovanni. It's an octopus in case you can't tell. I think it was more fun for me to make than it is for G. He only seems interested in it when I spin it around over his head like a helicopter.

And here's some pics of his CUTE CUTE cousin. Note here (in case you know) the blanket is the same one baby Angelina slept with!

Pumpkin

2009-09-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

We were working on a fall promotion, so we used our friends/family to be our examples!

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

2009-09-11T19:14:00.000-07:00

Practicing HDR images. It was a bit of a headache, so although we have some more cute pics of baby G at the Monastery, I can't bring myself to continue tonight. He thought the grass was strange. He kept on pulling it up as though he was a human lawn mower. When he got down on his belly, he pushed himself up on his hands and knees. Maybe this is the way to teach him to crawl that way.

I think this picture may be a little dark, but it was also an attempt at layering pictures with HDR (high dynamic range). It looks better big.

Trip to Gatlinburg

2009-09-08T13:59:00.001-07:00

We went to Gatlinburg for the Labor Day to see some of my friends from college. It was some of their first times to meet the little guy. Here we have Christina (soon to have a little tyke of here own) with Giovanni in the Smoky Mountain National Park.

James teaching Giovanni to play video games...thanks James....

Making sauce for Calzones...yummy...

Some random pics

2009-09-04T06:07:00.000-07:00

Just some random pics. We got a new camera on Monday and so have been playing around with it. What a cutie pie.

Standing

2009-08-29T04:29:00.000-07:00

Giovanni standing by himself...well, with the help of the rocker. Yesterday, it's all he wanted to do. He's still not crawling on his hands and knees. He'll only crawl like and army man on his belly. I don't know how soon it'll be before he's starting to walk, but he's showing much more interest in that than he is in getting on his hands and knees.

Trip to the Aquarium

2009-08-26T18:40:00.001-07:00

For Jonathan's birthday, his parents took us to the Georgia Aquarium- the biggest aquarium in the world. It was cooler than we even expected! Giovanni loved it- especially having the fish swim over our heads in a ceiling tank.

During a presentation, Papa C made funny noises in Giovanni's ear. Giovanni thought it was quite funny and kept pressing his head against Papa C's face.

The granparents with Anya and Giovanni.

And here's the little girl smiling. What a cutie!

Eating hay

2009-07-30T07:27:00.000-07:00

We were shooting engagement photos at a barn out in the country. Jonathan was holding lights and I was shooting, so neither of us could hold Giovanni for a few minutes. I sat him down on a pile of hay and before I new it he was trying to eat it. Of course. Silly little country boy.

Joy

2009-07-27T10:42:00.001-07:00

Nothing makes me happier than seeing this little guy smile. We were just killing time today, so I thought I'd take some pics of Giovanni in his birthday suit.

Visiting Pablo

2009-07-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

Susanna, Giovanni, Jonathan and I went to visit our good friend Pablo in Nashville at the beginning of the week. It was good to see Jonathan's old roommate again. Nashville is closer than I realized, so hopefully it won't take us too long to make the trek next time.

Giovanni was very interested in touching the trees on our walk. Pablo gave him a stick and he shook it around with joy like it was the best present he'd ever gotten.

Vacation at Vero Beach

2009-07-24T10:12:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome time at the beach last week. Giovanni did pretty well on his 10 hour car ride both there and back. We went down on a Friday, which happened to be cow appreciation day at Chick-fil-a. So we got free meals for breakfast and dinner. Yum! We also got ice cream twice (really three times if you count the ice cream we got for the freezer). Double Yum.

Here's Julia learning to fly a kite. She loved it.

The whole group

Julia flying her kite again.

At the Pool!

2009-07-24T10:02:00.001-07:00

Giovanni and Julia loved the pool. We ended up swimming almost every morning even before breakfast and then a couple more times every day. It was really fun seeing how much the kids enjoyed the pool.

At the Beach!

2009-07-24T09:59:00.000-07:00

In spite of his apparent happiness in every one of these pictures, Giovanni did not like the beach. He didn't like the ocean and he didn't like the sand. So we ended up hanging out at the pool most of the time.

Getting Ready for a Hike (and some cute pics of Amos)

2009-07-09T06:15:00.001-07:00

Here is Jonathan and Giovanni getting ready to hike at our favorite place: Davidson-Arabia Park. It's huge, and they have fantastic walkways and woodsy paths.

And here's some more pics of cute little Amos sleeping. Julia came up to give him a hug for the camera, but he wasn't too happy about it. So I'm just posting the sleeping pictures!

Swimming in the Tub

2009-07-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

Hike

2009-07-02T18:22:00.001-07:00

We took a hike the other day and tried out our Kelty baby carrier. Giovanni loved it. It lets him see what's going on well.

It wasn't long, though, before he fell asleep. I think all the movement of Jonathan walking lulled him to sleep.
And here's us back at home. We don't get many pictures of the three of us together, so it didn't matter to me that it was one of those hold the camera away and point it at yourselves shots. I love it!

Baby Amos

2009-07-01T14:45:00.001-07:00

Our new nephew, Amos Nehring was born a little more than a week ago now, but I'm just getting around to posting that long ago! We got to go visit in the hospital. While we waited for him to get ready for visitors, we hang with the rest of the Nehring fam- Julia was hilarious. She just wanted to press all the bed buttons over and over.

Here's Julia checking out her little brother.

Even though Giovanni is getting a little too big, she still insists on holding him. Neither of them look too comfortable!
And now Baby Amos!

This is one C-U-T-E family

2009-06-30T17:48:00.001-07:00

I just can't get enough of these adorable kids.

Time with the cousins

2009-06-30T17:42:00.000-07:00

It was a lot of fun hanging out with my sister's family. I couldn't really decide on my favorite pics, but here are a few. This one of Giovanni and his cousin who is only two months younger is sooo cute.

Look who's sitting up!

2009-06-27T17:31:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how old this guy is getting. He just starting sitting up while we were in Arkansas. Here's a couple shots of his attempts at Aunt Cassandra's house.

Grandma Partin

2009-06-27T12:24:00.001-07:00

Here is Giovanni with Grandma Partin at one of our favorite places in Little Rock- The Star of India! Jonathan, Melanie, Grandma, Giovanni and I took a trip to the Star while we were at home. He's really a good baby for taking out with you. He didn't make a peep almost the entire time!

Here's Giovanni hugging Grandma. So sweet!

Partin Family Party

2009-06-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

We were at home recently and these (and the pictures below) are a few from the family barbecue we had at Grandma and Gramps Partin's house. Yea! Fun times!

Family Barbecue

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Presenting: Anya!

2009-06-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

We have a new niece! Anya Weldon was born on June 7th! Woohoo- what a cutie!

Giovanni's First Flight

2009-06-05T10:32:00.001-07:00

Here's G's first airplane ride- we were on our way to visit the Partin Grands in Arkansas. He also met his first famous person- we were sitting right behind Chris Allen and his wife, Katie.

Almost sitting up

2009-06-03T06:45:00.000-07:00

I think he could do it, if he would just be satisfied to sit and not lurch forward at any solid object that might go into his mouth.

Enjoying the outdoors

2009-05-23T05:40:00.000-07:00

Here's our little guy enjoying being outside. He loves to be in very little clothes and to be outdoors. I'm sure he's going to love summer!

Mother's Day

2009-05-22T10:32:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'm finally getting around to posting some pics from Mother's Day. We spent it with the Cipolla clan in LaGrange. Good times.

Takin a family walk.

Due at the same time.

The Big MB

2009-05-14T11:25:00.001-07:00

In college, I had some friends that referred to anything bad as "the big MB". When I asked them what MB stood for they told me it was "monkey buttocks". Well, here's our own little monkey buttocks.

One of those two friends was Andrei Constantinescu, who gave Giovanni this little monkey that ooh ooh ahhs. The other was Nguyen Nguyen who is about to have a little monkey of his own.

My two cute boys

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Un-bear-ably cute...that's right, I said it

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We got this cute hat from Jeremy and Trista, and I realized that I didn't have any pictures of him in it and it's already too small. So I stuck it on his head anyway and shot a few. It's still sooo cute.

Open Mouth...Insert Foot

2009-04-23T12:41:00.000-07:00

I snuck up on Giovanni when he was trying to get his foot in his mouth. His two favorite things most recently are sticking his foot in his mouth and turning over. He turns over, cries for me to turn him back over, and when he gets back onto his back IMMEDIATELY turns over again. What a monkey!

Little Cowboy

2009-04-23T12:02:00.000-07:00

This is an outfit Jonathan had when he was just a tot.

Gramps

2009-04-12T09:27:00.000-07:00

My parents came over from Arkansas for the Easter weekend. It's funny- last time they came I only got pictures of my mom with Giovanni and somehow this time I only got pictures of my dad with him. We had a good time- very relaxing, and we got to go down to see my great Aunt Lily.

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb is a fantastic book. I highly recommend it for little ones. It has a good rhythm that I think they like, and it's not too long for a baby's attention span.

Yea! I love my dad and my baby!

The Nehrings visit and Giovanni transforms once again into Yoda

2009-04-08T19:46:00.000-07:00

The Nehrings came up to visit since we're all on Spring Break. Julia is such a nut. She put on these crazy stockings that went to a chicken outfit, but wouldn't put on any other part of the costume. Here Jonathan was pretending to be asleep, she snuck up to tickle him and he made a loud laughing sound that she thought was hilarious.

We were trying to show Joanna and Nick Giovanni's new costume. It's funny- I think Giovanni got as much a kick out of it as Jonathan did. He kept of laughing.
I mean really, have you ever seen a cuter little jedi? Click on the image to see it larger- he's sooo cute!

A Little Patch of Earth

2009-04-06T19:30:00.000-07:00

So we finally started our garden. Or, as you can see Jonathan started it while Carm took care of our baby and I took pictures and generally avoided work. I didn't want it to be too big, since I am still not convinced that I have the commitment necessary to take care of a large garden. But we picked a couple of things (onions, zucchini, squash, pumpkin and sugar peas) and put them in the ground. I actually am quite excited.
Giovanni didn't seem quite as excited as he was nearing nap time.

I'm most excited about the Giant Pumpkin. Jonathan keeps telling me not to get my hopes up, but I'm holding out for a pumpkin the size of the one on the seed package. I want a pumpkin so big I can make 20 pies out of it and use the leftover rind to make a wagon for my kid (jk).

Just out for a stroll

2009-04-03T20:35:00.001-07:00

He doesn't look like he's having fun, but he really likes riding in the stroller.
Honestly...I'm not lying!

Four Months Old!

2009-04-02T10:10:00.001-07:00

Giovanni is 4 months old today! The good news is he's growing like a weed- 25" and 12lb 9.5oz.
The bad news is he got his 4 month shots today, so he's in a bit of a bad mood.
But I did manage to get a couple pics of him in his crib before he took his nap (that lasted all of 35 minutes...) to commemorate his turning 4 months.

Isn't he sweet. I don't know how two knuckle heads like Jonathan and I got such a sweet boy!

Rolling Over

2009-03-17T11:12:00.001-07:00

We were practicing shooting on a white background, and Jonathan was taking pics of Giovanni's newest trick: rolling over!
He can now go from his back to his stomach!
I took the camera away, because I thought it would be cuter to shoot Gio with his sheep.
Which he obviously found less entertaining.

More Practice

2009-03-17T11:08:00.000-07:00

Baby in a basket

2009-03-13T18:22:00.000-07:00

We got a new background for school pictures. We've had some trouble shooting babies in the past- we just couldn't figure out a good way to prop up the little ones, so we're experimenting on our own baby! Thanks Giovanni. I thought these were pretty adorable.