First Steps!

Caroline took her first steps today! She's been cruising the house with her push toys but today she finally took a couple truly unassisted steps to her Dada and to me. It was very thrilling and I'm so glad I didn't miss it - Loretta and I leave to visit the Blakes tomorrow morning. Not sure who is more excited ;o)

That's all for now, gotta pack!

Loretta's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Loretta!

We had a gorgeous day for Loretta's party and so many friends were able to join us. There was a pinata, water balloon toss, sprinkler time, impromptu water slide, water duck duck goose and dinosaur cake!

Blowing out the candles is serious business - you should always have your game face on!

Loretta had such a wonderful day and wanted to send a thank you to all of her friends and family:



We had a beautiful Memorial day too, complete with parade, picnic and pool time. I put together Loretta's new picnic table from Grandma and Grandpa and John put together our new child bike seat for Caroline and I took both girls for a bike ride, Caroline in her new seat (helmet over her eyes, but still loving it) and Loretta in the bike trailer.


That's all for now!

Holliston 5k

We had a gorgeous day for our annual Holliston 5k road race benefiting Children's Hospital of Boston. It’s a great event for a great cause created by Barry Kriegsman, a former patient of Children’s Hospital Boston. This particular event is special in our hearts b/c it always falls near the date that Meaghan’s niece Brianna past away in 2005 and it’s a way of honoring her memory. I sent our registration info out early (in hopes of getting a t-shirt). Well, John and I ended up being number 1 and 2! We didn't feel up to the task! People kept asking us what we had done to get those numbers, ummm, just anxious to pay I guess!

John pushed Loretta and did really well, finishing fifth in his division in just 24:37! My time, on the other hand, was nothing to be proud of, but I ran the entire race without stopping so I'll take it. Plus, I'm requesting there be a division added for Mom's who have had a baby within the last 12 months and is pushing said child the entire race...As far as I could tell, John and I were the only runners pushing children so it was truly a family affair.

This year they added a 1 mile kid’s race and Loretta participated! She was the youngest (by quite a bit) but she hung tough and finished strong! We're very proud of her.

First Haircut!

Caroline got her first haircut! Just a trim to keep the fly aways out of her eyes. Her hair is really starting to curl in the back just like Loretta's did. The girls had such a great time with their grandma, grandpa and uncle paul while John and I were in Florida. John and I had a great time (he worked while I checked out shopping and the pool ;o) but we had great dinners together and one whole afternoon when we walked the city and found the beach. We saw a horse shoe crab and a stingray.

On Friday we got our long awaited tattoos! Such a great experience, but OUCH!!! I had forgotten how painful they are. John was a champ though and he had to sit for 3 1/2 hours! Mine was more like 2 hours. So worth it though, John's crest is AWESOME and I'm very happy with my piece as well. We've decided they are our Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts to one another.

I already miss my family, I didn't get to spend enough time with them b/c they had to leave yesterday. But, I'll be home in July and I know how 2 months can fly by. I'll get to catch up with Chris, Trish and Jordan then.

That's all for now!

Tricks!

Loretta is all about her new bike. She absolutely loves it. She also loves the boy who lives next door. He rides up and down our street doing tricks and she just sits and stares, so infatuated. So we weren't all that surprised when she started doing tricks on her red trike, but were quite impressed when she was doing them on her two wheeler after having it for 1/2 a day ;o)

Just a couple more weeks until Mom and Dad get here and we head to Florida! WooHoo!!!

Hey, I'm not a little smartie pants!

I'm a BIG smartie pants!

YES YOU ARE ;o)

Things are well here. Caroline is crawling and pulling up, but still seems a bit away from walking. She does say "hi" and "Dada" and "Mama". Loretta continues to grow like an amazon child. She's 41 inches tall now!

We all have spring fever in the Tarnuzzer house, but today is BEAUTIFUL, 80 degrees and sunny. All weekend should be nice. We picked up a new wagon thanks to a Christmas gift from Aunt Trish, Uncle Chris and Jordan. Here's a special thank you:

And a call out to Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Paul:

Love to all!

Officially a Peanut

Caroline had her 9 month checkup yesterday and she is officially a peanut. She's in the 60th % for height and the 10th % for weight! Doc said not to worry about her weight, she's doing great and she just recently started crawling like a speed demon so it's natural to have the weight gain slow slightly for a short time.

Poor girl was a basket case after her shots, but took the blood draw finger prick like a champ. She's really doing well and she's so smiley and happy, but much like her sister she let's you know when she's not pleased with conviction.

She did the sign for eat the other day at daycare. Our baby is growing up!

More later and much love!