Angelina Graduates from Swim Lessons!

We are so excited that Angelina has finished her second year of Swim Lessons! She did great and we feel very confident with her in the pool.

Here are some pics of her last 2 lessons! She has become quite the little fish!

Breakfast with Elmo and fun summer days!

.....So, summertime is winding down(of course the 90 degree days remain;)
Anyway, we are excited for the fall and coming holiday months!

Angelina has been so funny lately, she repeats everything she hears, and I MEAN EVERYTHING:), she loves to sing and play dress up and she has 2 favorite stories to read at bedtime, the other day she was in her room and over the monitor I heard her reading the stories...(sorry to be one of those bragging mom's that usually annoy me but I am so proud of her!) She also says "bless you" if you sneeze and she reminds us to say prayers at dinner(she repeats what we say!)..

Swim lessons are almost finished and she actually enjoys it this year unlike last year- which was 5 weeks of crying every time we got there. Now she asks to go to swim, although maybe that's because she can get a lollipop?

We went to Sea World with our friends Ashley and Anthony a few weeks ago and had Breakfast with Elmo and friends..Angelina enjoyed the dancing and singing!

We have lots of fun planned for the next few months...lots of friends birthday parties, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom, Halloween(we are still thinking about costumes?), Dallas for Thanksgiving...

We hope you all are doing great! Keep in touch...

Breakfast with Elmo and friends..



Sea World Splash Pad


Hanging Out!



Angelina dresses herself(of course it doesn't match but she was so proud of herself!

Summer Time and My Birthday!

Chris and I


Me, Seraphina and Michelle

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Angelina, Chris and I at Magic Kingdom


Angelina having Fun!



Hello all,
Sorry I haven't updated in a while!
We have had a good summer but definitely excited for the Fall!

Angelina is doing great! She has become little miss independent these days, she now has to dress herself and put on her own shoes(not always on the right foot but thats ok!)
We got Sea World and Aquatica(a new water park) passes, which she absolutely loves!

She just started her Swimming refresher course, she is doing great so far!

She has become quite the dancer and singer- she loves to sing Happy Birthday, but she sings it" happy Birthday Too, Three(she thinks the too is the number 2). She loves saying her own name and when she wants something she will say "Lina, juice or petey lina(pretty lina)",etc...

Our Disney passes have resumed from summer break and we went to Magic Kingdom last Saturday with my brother and sister in law. We took Angelina on the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, that child has no fear! :)We had a great time!

Thank you for your birthday wishes, unfortunately I had a horrible cold and sore throat on my actual day but, we did go out to dinner with some friends the weekend before...And Chris made me a yummy german chocolate cake!!!

I am posting some random pictures! More soon...

Angelina's 2nd Birthday!

Well, Angelina turned 2 on June 22nd! She had a great party with friends and family! The swimming part got rained out, but the kids had a blast playing with her toys!
I have tons of pics, and my mom has a bunch more but I am going to post a few for now!

Angelina is doing great, she is growing so fast! She now knows her colors, counts to 15(the number of stairs in our house:), and tells me when she has gone potty in her diaper-thats a new thing. Her new favorite things to do are...playing dress up, her friends ane and uke (anthony and luke-we do play dates together), and the beach-she asks to go everyday!

We are doing good, enjoying the summer! Hope all is well!

Vacation and Summer Fun!

We had a great trip to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Angelina got to meet her new 2nd cousin Alexander and visit with lots of family!
We are enjoying summer, Angelina loves going in the pool! She LOVES to play dress up and
draw pictures for Daddy.

She turns 2 on June 22nd! We are excited for her Nemo and friends swimming party!

More soon!


Me and Angelina and Alexander


Me, Angelina, cousin Jim, and new cousin Alex


Angelina playing in Long Island





Angelina playing on the porch

Mother's Day Weekend!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I hope you all had a wonderful day!
We had a great weekend! Chris took me out Friday for my Mother's Day! Saturday night we spent with his mom and family, and Sunday night with my mom and family!

Here are some cute pics! We stopped by Toys R Us- to get some present ideas for Angelina's 2nd birthday, as you can see from the pics, she already picked it out:)

The latest in our lives!

Hi! Just thought I should write and give an update on our little family!

Angelina Maria is now 22 months, the "terrific" twos are quickly approaching... she is a bundle of energy and has a great sense of humor!! Talks non-stop, she loves to count, and loves animals, shoes, strawberries, her daddy, healthy chocolate, her play dates, Disney World, and being outside...

We have started to plan her 2nd birthday party and I am feverishly trying to finish her "1st 2 years scrapbook"! Its been alot of fun going through all my pictures and putting it together.

She will start her refresher swim lessons in June and I am going to put her in a fun Pre-Dance class in the winter!

Chris and I are doing good, Chris just started a new job with a new company and really likes it so far, he is training to do an amateur body-building show in the fall.

I am busy being a mom and building our Healthy Chocolate business which is doing great! I will be taking another dance class in the summer which I am excited about.

We will be heading to New York in 2 weeks for a mini-vacation!

Hope all is well with you! Drop us a line soon, I would love to hear what's going on with you! Love, Melissa

Family fun!

HERE ARE SOME FUN FAMILY PICTURES!

ME AND MY LITTLE(BIG?)BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
(Celestial, Michael, Adam, Me(am I the shortest?), Christopher, Star, and Richie


All us kids incuding Chris, Angelina, and Richie's wife Rose!


Sweet little Star Marie on her 8th birthday!


Aunt Celestial playing with Angelina!

SPRING BREAK AND FUN PICTURES...

WE'LL IT IS SPRING BREAK IN FLORIDA OF COURSE AND WE HAVE BEEN STAYING VERY BUSY! WE HEAD TO NY NEXT WEEK FOR VACATION, BUT HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OUR LATEST ADVENTURES!!!

Picking Strawberries at Local Strawberry Patch!



Fun at the Park!


Walking with Daddy at Animal Kingdom!


Giving Pluto a hug at Disney!

Our trip to Chicago and cousin Melinda's wedding!!

Hello! So, we had a great time in Chicago. We went for my cousin's wedding. Of course being in sunny warm Florida we were not fully prepared for how cold it was. Going from 80 degrees to 38 degrees was quite a challenge. However we had a great time spending time with our family and really how often will Angelina get to see snow? She really did not know what to make of it! Here are some pictures from our weekend! Scroll down to see lots of pictures!!!


Angelina loved her winter hat!! She looked so cute!!





Stay tuned in April for pictures of our trip to New York......

Our trip to Chicago and cousin Melinda's wedding continued!!!

Snowy day!

Parente cousins!!!...a few of us, anyway:)Chris, me, Angelina, Steff, Chris, Heidi and Chris...there are alot of Chris's in our family..!:)


Me and Heidi


Angelina loved carrying around the daisy!


Our little family

Our trip to Chicago, Cousin Melinda's wedding!

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!


MORE SNOW!!!

THE HAPPY COUPLE!!


Angelina gives the bride a hug!!




Us and our cousin Chris from Houston!