MOMMY'S LITTLE HELPER

ANGELINA HAS BECOME QUITE THE LITTLE HELPER AROUND THE HOUSE...AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE FOLLOWING PICTURES...SHE HELPS WITH DISHES, LAUNDRY, AND PUTTING THINGS"AWAY" IN THE PANTRY! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!:)

ANGELINA'S FIRST "GRADUATION"

OUR LITTLE ANGELINA HAS GRADUATED FROM INFANT SURVIVAL LESSONS(AKA..FLOAT/ SWIM LESSONS!)

SHE HAD 5 WEEKS OF LESSONS THAT TAUGHT HER TO FLIP TO HER BACK AND FLOAT IF SHE WAS EVER TO FALL INTO A BODY OF WATER!

HER LAST TWO DAYS WERE TEST DAYS, SHE WAS IN THE WATER FULLY CLOTHED, THE 1ST DAY WITH SUMMER CLOTHES, THE 2ND WITH WINTER CLOTHES!

SHE DID AWESOME, CHECK OUT HER FLOATING! MOMMY AND DADDY ARE SO PROUD!

...AND MORE PARTY PICS...

HERE ARE THE PARTY PICS...KEEP SCROLLING DOWN TO VIEW ALL!

MORE PARTY PICS

PARTY PICTURES

OK SO I AM FINALLY GOING TO POST SOME PICTURESOF ANGELINA'S PARTY!
I WILL BE PUTTING UP ALOT MORE PICTURES SOON!

sea world birthday pics

here are some pics from seaworld (party pics coming soon!)

ANGELINA MARIA TURNS 1!!!

HELLO! CAN YOU BELIEVE THE SUMMER IS ALMOST HALF OVER...WE HOPE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN ENJOYING YOUR SUMMER AS MUCH AS WE HAVE!

THE MOST EXCITING THING TO HAPPEN IN OUR HOUSE IS ANGELINA'S 1ST BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 22ND! WE TOOK HER TO SEA WORLD TO SEE THE SESAME STREET SHOW, SHE WAS SO EXCITED SHE KEPT REACHING TO GO DOWN ON THE STAGE AND DANCE AND SING WITH ELMO!:)
THE NEXT DAY WE HAD A "PRINCESS POOL PARTY" WITH MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS! ALL THE GIRLS GOT TO WEAR TIARAS AND THE BOYS GOT TO WEAR CROWNS(COURTESY OF BURGER KING:)

WE HAD A BBQ AND A BIRTHDAY CAKE WHICH ANGELINA MANAGED TO GET TO WHILE I WAS IN THE STORE PICKING IT UP, SHE HAD A HER VERY OWN CAKE TO EAT, SHE HAD A FEW TASTES OF THE ICING AND WAS DONE.

I HAD HER PROFESSIONAL PICS DONE AT THE PICTURE PEOPLE AND MATTED ONE OF THEM FOR HER GUESTS TO WRITE A MESSAGE TO HER!

IT WAS A GREAT DAY! I WILL BE POSTING PICS SOON!
(THE PICS ABOVE ARE HER ON HER BLESSING DAY AT 7 WEEKS, AND HER IN HER NEW ELMO CHAIR AT 1 YEAR!)

summer,summer, summertime....

HELLO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO UPDATE, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY, BUSY!!:)

WE HAD A GREAT VACATION IN NEW YORK..WE VISITED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WENT SIGHT-SEEING, ANGELINA HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING IN THE GRASS IN CENTRAL PARK...WE HAD BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!

WELL, LITTLE ANGELINA WILL TURN 1 IN UNDER 3 WEEKS! WE ARE HAVING A "PRINCESS POOL PARTY" TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION!
... SHE HAS ALMOST 12 TEETH, IS CRUSING EVERYWHERE, SINGS AND DANCES TO ANY KIND OF MUSIC, IS HALF WAY THROUGH INFANT SWIMMING LESSONS, AND LOVES TO CLOSE DOORS(NOT MOMMY'S FAVORITE BUT SHE LIKES IT:)...

SHE IS GETTING HER EARS PIERCED THIS FRIDAY!

CHRIS AND I ARE DOING GOOD ALSO! HOPE YOU ALL ARE WELL AND ENJOYING THE SUMMER!

(I AM ATTACHING SOME PICS..ANGELINA EMPTYING THE BABY WIPES, SITTING IN THE PANTRY, AND HER SAYING "YEAH"...WITH ME)

Spring is here(or is it summer?)

Hello friends and family! We hope all is well with each of you! Life is busy as usual here...our little Angelina is 9 months old and all over the place...she is quite the little drama queen and so much fun! I can't believe she is already over 9 months, she is starting to pull into standing position and I know the fun will really begin then:)

We are doing well, our pool will be completed in about 4 weeks and just in time for the Florida heat!(Although it is already pretty warm outside!) Angelina will start swimming lessons in May!
Still doing home improvements around here and just enjoying life!

We are taking a vacation to New York the first week in May, cant wait for that!!
Hope to hear from you soon!

Attached are some new pictures of Angelina! Enjoy

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2007!! We hope everyone had a fun and happy holiday season! Ours was good!!

Lots to tell from over here, first off after months of planning and preparing we did not and are not moving! Long story actually but things always work out the way they are supposed to! We prayed for the right things to happen and they did! So, we are staying put in our beautiful home. So, since our plans changed we have made tons of changes around here, we moved Angelina to the big room and had so much fun painting and decorating her room. We got new curtains for all the windows, granite counter tops and the most exciting part...........we contracted on a pool! They started construction this week so there is a nice big dirt hole in our backyard:)! We are excited to have our pool up and running in time for the hot Florida summer!

Angelina is doing great, she is just so much fun and has become my shopping buddy..lol! She now has 8 teeth (yes 8, alot for a 7 month old baby)with more on the way. She sits up all by herself, and has began to crawl(or creep) along on her belly..we expect her up and going any day!! She loves to give wet, open mouth kisses and play peek a boo.

Chris and I are also doing good. Doing lots of home improvement and Chris is busy and continues to do great at work, he now has 2 teams that work under him. I am still taking my dance classes on Monday and Wednesday nights, and hoping to get back to Jui Jitzu classes within the next few months!

So thats an update from us, we wish all of you a wonderful 2007 and Keep in Touch!

PS::I included some pics 2 of Angelina playing and one of Chris and Angelina watching the Super Bowl!:)

Happy Holidays

We hope the holiday season is going well for all of you! It has been a whirlwind for us so far...we spent Thanksgiving in Dallas again, Chris went to the Cowboys game with our friend Mark from Charlotte, and Angelina and I hung out at my Aunt and Uncle's house with the fam. Then we had our Parente family reunion on Friday, we surprised Grandpa Frank for his 80th Birthday! It was great to see all our extended family!

Well, our move was postponed till December 20th(yes people that is 4 days before Christmas!) due to the closing on our house...so we will be (hopefully) moved in and somewhat settled by Christmas?! Crazy days!

Angelina is doing great she almost has 6 teeth and is just about sitting up by herself, she is all personality these days(I wonder where she gets that???;)

Attached is one of her Christmas pics!

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love, Melissa, Chris and Angelina

The many adventures of Angelina

Sorry it has taken me so long to update! Things are crazy...we are moving in a week and then will be off to Dallas for Thanksgiving! Angelina is doing great...she now has two teeth and after the past few days I think there are a few more on there way:)

She is rolling from one side of the room to the other, almost sitting up by herself(she still holds my hand while she practices) and the other night she got up on all fours(pre-crawling!)
She really wants to get up and go..yikes!!

I am attaching some pics of her in her bumbo seat and rolling around...Enjoy!

Hope all is well as the holiday season approaches!!

Rolling and Teething

Hey all! Well, we have had a busy couple of weeks!

Angelina especially has been a busy girl... at just three months ....she is rolling over from her back to her stomach, sleeping between 10 and 12 hours per night(sometimes straight through but not always!;), and she is getting her first tooth!!!

Our new house is quickly coming along...we should be in sometime in early November!

Since I never write about Chris and I, I thought I would give an update on us! Chris is very busy at work these days, doing great as usual...he is going to Boston on the company trip in a week and a half(I dont get to go, since we cant bring the baby). He went to the firsr=t Cowboys game in Jacksonville a few weeks ago and is excited that football season has once again arrived! He also seems to think that Angelina likes to watch football with him (and to be honest I think she does...haha!)

I am busy, busy being a full time mom, I just started packing for the move this past week! I have also returned to dance! I am taking 2 dance classes, an advanced Jazz class on Mondays and a Hip Hop class on Wednesdays, I miss dancing...It has been fun getting back into it and a great workout!!!

We are excited for Angelina's first holiday season, she is going to be Tinkerbell for Halloween! I will definetly post pictures!

Love to all! Keep in touch!

Officially just a mom

well...here i am officially just a mom...the salon is sold and new owners are trained...it has been a bit surreal over the past few days, this is the first time i havent had a job/job since i was like 15 years old...

anyway, angelina ballerina is doing great...thursday she will be 12 weeks and next week officially 3 months...we have almost made it out of the "newborn" stage!
here are some recent pics...

hope all is well!

The latest.....

Hey everyone! Well, I have been a big slacker with this but since my life will be calming down a bit in the next few weeks hopefully I can get back into it!

To begin, Angelina is 2 months old! She is getting really smiley and making the cutest sounds! I am looking forward to the coming months as she will be getting more interactive!We are already thinking about Halloween costumes!;)

What else is new....well our tanning salon will be sold as of next Wednesday! Its a bittersweet feeling but I am looking forward to being a stay at home mom for a while...Angelina has been coming to work with me for the past month and we are ready to not have to work:)

Our new house will be finished at the end of October, so we will be getting packed up and ready to move as soon as I am done working....lots coming up!

I will post more pics soon!

Hope all is well!

ANGELINA MARIA

HELLO EVERYONE! I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE BUT WE HAVE BEEN BUSY! AS MOST OF YOU KNOW ANGELINA MARIA WAS BORN ON JUNE 22, 2006 AT 12:42PM, I WAS INDUCED AT 6:30PM THE NIGHT BEFORE.

SHE WEIGHED 7 POUNDS 5 OUNCES, WHICH WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WEIGHED WHEN I WAS BORN! SHE WAS 20 INCHES LONG.

SHE WILL ALREADY BE A MONTH OLD AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, SHE IS A REALLY GOOD BABY, AND AS I WRITE THIS AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING, SHE DOES NOT SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT JUST YET BUT, WE MANAGE TO GET 2 TO 3 HOUR INCRIMENTS:)

I AM ATTACHING A FEW CUTE PICTURES OF HER FROM WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL...

..MORE SOON!