baby godzilla

i make animals, baby godzilla's to be exact!!!

these are my kids, the top picture is madeline at 9 months old and the bottom one is christopher at 9 months old!!

coincidence, i think not!

i wouldn't trade them for the world, i am just stating the facts!

2 years to the day

what a difference 2 years makes!

alot like christmas

last night we had matt's work kid's christmas party! it was so much fun, sam dressed up like santa, all the kids got a gift, we had pizza, decorated cookies, watched a christmas movie with popcorn and then headed outside for the big light show downtown. it was a perfect night, here are the highlights...

• neither of my kids screamed when they sat on santa's lap
• madeline asked santa for a butterfly barbie
  
• christopher was in love with him, and everyone was in love with christopher
• madeline made a new best friend in evangeline
• my kids were perfect angels!

what did u do last night??

we made our tree and told the kids the story of baby jesus!

2 things

1. i am soooooo madly in love!
2. this song is going to get old very very very fast!!!

black is yucky

madeline - mommy i want to paint a guitar for daddy

me - ok

madeline - how come you didn't open the black

me - because black is yucky

madeline - mommy isaac always colors black and then the teacher says isaac how come you always color with black, and then isaac says because that is my favorite color. isaac always uses black mommy!

me - oh ok

happy thanksgiving

madeline and i had a thanksgiving conversation over breakfast this morning, it went a little something like this...

me - madeline today is thanksgiving

madeline - that means that when today is over we can put up our christmas tree

me - well yeah, but it also means we need to recognize what we are thankful for

madeline - oh

me - what are you thankful for?

madeline - my bed

me - oh ok, well i am thankful for jesus, daddy, you, christopher, nana, papa, grandy and poppy

madeline - a ha ha ha ha

me - are you thankful for anything else?

madeline - well, i am thankful for my fork, my eggies, and my jammies

me - really madeline, nothing else???

madeline - oh you know what else i am thankful for?

me - what?

madeline - i'm thankful for you mommy and that daddy runs

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

these are 2 of my favorite littles!! they can drive me absoutely nuts sometimes, but other times i could eat them up!

case in point, at this moment we were in the magic kingdom and who knows who did what, but all lori and i saw were these 2 little people hashing out their problem. usually when they hash out their problems it involves someone crying and running to one of us, however at this moment, all i heard was isaac say "but why are you mad maddy" and all she did was give this look.

lori and i were dying, we couldn't stand it, and 2 minutes later they were playing hide and seek with each other behind the rocks and poles.

they are so in love with each other, and i couldn't be happier that madeline's best friends are her cousins!!

keep moving forward

we just got back from florida, 11 days in sunny florida, we did the beach, more beach, magic kingdom for my little princesses birthday, and lots of relaxing! here are some pictures to recap the amazing trip!

our first night at this cute place called european village, amazing pizza!

our first day at hammock dunes beach, soo much fun, madeline loved everything about the beach and christopher was such a trooper! madeline wanted to be buried in the sand like a mermaid with "boobies" i have no idea where she gets this stuff!

monday we went to cocoa beach to see the space shuttle launch. it was amazing, the beach was great and the launch was just awesome. also, poppy finally got maddy and isaac in the ocean.

we headed to orlando for 2 days, the first day we did millenia mall, tons of outlet shopping and downtown disney. madeline got her first birthday gift, her first legos, she was a little tired but she loooooves them.

the next day we headed to magic kingdom for madelines birthday, it was AMAZING to say the least. the kids had such a riot and so did the adults, it is soo magical there! my favorite part of the day was when maddy finally met minnie mouse, she hugged her twice and as i took a pic of her with minnie i noticed she was rubbing her face, she loves minnie so much!

i have more pics to post about our trip home, but i am to tired to search for the camera so the rest will come later!

guest blogger: diane

my next blogger is my aunt diane, one of my nearest and dearest, she lives 3 minutes from me, so you know who i call at midnight when i am taking one kid to the dr. and leaving the other sleeping!

guest blog….hmmmm…just WHAT did i get myself into, agreeing to guest blog on the blog queen’s page? ok well here it goes:

i only feel stress at two times: day and night! here are 3 quick stress-reducers:

YOU’RE wrong!

recently an issue at beTrue was causing all kinds of stress. we could have spent the morning hashing over who was at fault & who didn’t follow proper protocol, thus making those who were NOT out of line look and feel great. “doesn’t really matter who is right or wrong, we have an issue…let’s deal with it”, i said. and you know what? INSTANTLY fuses were put out and we all began to work together towards resolve.

i am a girgenti. we LOVE to get to the bottom of things. you know what?!... i have learned that it usually doesn’t really matter to me anymore who is at fault. it’s a waste of precious time and energy that could be better utilized.

don’t TAKE offense!

how many times have we heard the phrase take offense? i take offense to that statement. no offense taken. please don’t take offense but….

it’s so easy for us to focus on SOMETHING that SOMEONE said and MAKE something out of it. ever notice that you have to TAKE offense?

some time ago, i simply decided that i was not going to TAKE offense so readily. since then, i tell you i am a much happier person (and i like those around me much more too)!

let it go already!

are you spending time finding & remembering faults of others? are you holding on to offenses? YOU are the one that is being bound and limited by these actions. having a difficult time knowing how? one of the most valuable habits i’ve incorporated was given to me by a very dear friend of my mother: tell yourself…MAKE yourself believe that “they did NOT mean it”! yup, even if you KNOW they did. wow… wouldn’t the world be an easier place to reside if we all gave & received the benefit of the doubt? let’s try it!

k, that’s my bit of wisdom for the day. is this how one blogs?