God Bless Stella and Lucia

Today we celebrated such an amazing day!  Stella and Lucia were officially baptized by our pastor, Fr. John Trout.  We were so thankful to have our wonderful family and friends share this special day with us.  

Both Talia and Giana were able to wear the same baptismal gown that I wore when I was baptized, but I bought the twins new gowns from Macy's.  How could I just pick one of them to wear it?  Their gowns were big and poofy and beautiful!  The twins did great all day!  I was so proud of them!

Our wonderful friends from Romona, Ann and Bill, are Lulu's Godparent's.

Our wonderful friends from Bradley, Aunt Stacey and Uncle Tony, are Stella's Godparents.

I love my family!!!  How cute are we???

The Mollo Family

The Engstrom Family

I was so happy that my Romona (work) family could be with us too!

I love Pasqualina (my Dad's cousin) and am so glad that she was able to join us!

With my brothers--missing Angelo here--but he and his family were on vacation.

The cakes from Deerfield's Bakery

I LOVE their bloomers!

Happy girls!

Here's some cute shots of Stella

Here's some cute shots of Lulu

Tired babies at the end of the night--always touching!  So sweet!

Thank you to everyone who drove great distances (and those who just drove down the street) to make this such a special day for our family.  I am so blessed and lucky to live this life.  

Daddy/Daughter Dance at St. Joseph's

Talia and Kenny had a wonderful "date night" for the 1st annual Daddy/Daughter Dance at St. Joe's.  Talia was very excited to have some alone time with her daddy.  

                                                    He bought her a beautiful corsage!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope that your Valentine's Day was filled with as much love as ours...

Giana snuggles with Lulu

I try so hard to get them both smiling at the same time, but it just hasn't happened...YET!

Everybody Loves Me!

I just love these adorable onesies that say "Everybody Loves Me".  Don't we though???

Stella and Lulu 

Stella and Lucia are 3 months old!

I can't believe how fast the days are going.  My sweet little baby girls are 3 months old and are doing great.  They are both starting to smile so much, and will look right at you when you are talking to them.  They are getting very strong at holding up their heads and they are both turning their heads to follow me or Kenny or their big sisters.  So cute!

Stella and Lucia

At our 3 month check up, Stella weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces, and Lulu was 8 pounds, 2 ounces!  They are getting close to doubling their birth weight!  WOW!  Although they are still very small for being 3 months old, I am relishing having them so small.  There's just something about a sweet baby--and I'm so lucky that I have two!!!

Stella

Lulu

They are still wearing newborn clothing, which looks like it is starting to get snug, esp. on Stella, but the 0-3 month size is still too long and wide on them.  They are wearing newborn diapers, which fit great.  They are sleeping on and off all day, but definitely awake for longer stretches of time.  Most nights, they do pretty good--sleeping from about 11 to 4.  Solid sleep for us helps so much!  They are very attached to their pacifiers, although they have both found their thumb, so sometimes they like that too.

Stella's birthmark on her forehead has been getting bigger, and the doctors suspect that there may also be one growing under her left eye lid, so we are treating it with an oral medication.  Hopefully, it will all clear up soon.

I am so thankful that I am able to be home with them.  It is amazing to watch my sweet babies grow and thrive each day!

Giana is 4

Another year older for my sweet Giana...so hard to believe.  Where does the time go?

Giana is such a beautiful, sweet, funny, happy, stubborn, and kind little girl.  I love how easy going she is, how honest she is, and how funny she is.  She is willing to do anything for you, and is such a helper.    It is hard to be in a bad mood around her, or to get angry at her.

She loves going to school.  She loves to look at books, write her name, color, and pretend to do homework.  She loves math, and definitely has more of a math brain.  She can identify numbers to 20 and loves to add.  She wants to learn to read as Talia reads to the babies all the time, so she wants to as well.  And even though she has so many books memorized, she is trying to match letters and sounds to read.  So cute!  She loves anything princess-especially Tiana.  She loves Dora.  She loves animals, and these days keeps asking for a hamster just like her friend Avery's.

She loves to sleep, and still naps most days.  She loves to snuggle up with a blanket and watch TV or The Muppets on the I Pad.  She does not like to be alone.  She is such a little cuddler.  

She weighs 36 pounds, and is just over 40 inches tall.  Around the 50th percentile for each.  She loves to eat, well, mostly, she loves to snack, but she is not afraid to try new foods.

I am so lucky to be her mommy!