Big accomplishment

Gloria has done all of her "business" on the potty for the last two days except for during the night, so I bought her a package of pull-ups today! (mostly for my own convenience...not brave enough for panties yet but sick of on and off diapers all day) Yay, Gloria!

All Saints Day

And Happy Baptism Day, Allia!
We had a fun celebration yesterday evening. Here are the girls getting ready...






Austin's St. Benedict presentation...He did a great job!

Sneak Preview

for our All Saints party tomorrow...

E.T. or St. Benedict? Stay tuned to find out...

(Austin inherited this mask from Lolo. The girls got a kick out of him emerging from the closet like this, well, except for Gloria. She screamed, ran for me, and said, "Daddy scare me." Poor baby!

Fall Fun

We went on a "nature walk" yesterday morning and collected all sorts of fall goodies off the sidewalks. The girls made fall collages this morning and really enjoyed it!

Other weekend photos

I meant to post these right after I did the shower post, but then I came down with a stomach bug. :-p I am doing a little better now...

So we had some visitors in town for the shower including Aunt Karen (who Mariana was thrilled to see and play with!) and the Posvars, Allia's Goddaddy and Godmommy with their son, Stephen, who is our Godchild. The kids had a ball...well, and so did we grown-ups!

Stephen was attached to Allia's side the whole weekend. It was really cute!




I got a few other really good shots but I must have borrowed Mom's camera to take them. Oh, well, I will have to add them later...

Baby Boy Shower!

Some very sweet, dear friends threw a baby boy shower for us on Saturday. It was beautiful and lots of fun. What a blessing to us!

The awesome decor...




Me with the hostesses (missing one who ended up not being able to make it)




With Manah (who just returned from a 19 day trip to New Jersey on Monday including a side trip to Niagra falls! What a trooper! Anything for those grandbabies...)


With the Auntie


With the Tia


We received many wonderful gifts, especially lots of boy clothes, to welcome our new little man. We are so humbled by the generosity of our family and friends! We can hardly wait to meet this boy!

More soccer

What a beautiful day!