Giardino Family

Friday, January 8, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Valentina!

My friend, Erin, reminded me yesterday about celebrating Valentina's one year with a cupcake even though her family party is tomorrow. So Papa Tomas went to the store this morning and bought some for us so we could sing "Happy Birthday" to our little "sweet pea", Valentina!

Princess Valentina turned one today! We love her so much and wish her a wonderful year!

She enjoyed her first cupcake!

Here she is below playing with a puzzle...so glad she likes them because she one yet to open from us!

Fun in the Snow for New Years!

Tomas and Gia had fun sledding with Grandpa. It was so pretty!

Icicles hanging from the roof!

I couldn't get over how much snow there was. We had a good time once we got there!

Gia outside the front door making her way down the shoveled walkway.

Grandpa G., Tomas, and Gia all had fun sledding together.

Tomas and his hat we bought in Russia...never thought he would actually wear it, but he does!!

Click on the arrow to view Gia and Tomas going down the hill!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Giavanna had so much fun making cookies with Tomas and I. She loved cracking the eggs into the batter and decorating the cookies. It was fun listening to Christmas music and Tomas drank his traditional egg nog. We are so excited for Christmas! Merry Christmas to you all!!

Can you see Valentina in the background?? Poor thing, she's been fighting off a real bad cold, but is still in the Christmas spirit. We love her so much and can't wait for her first Christmas in a couple of days.

Gia is enjoying one of her cookies! Yum! I'm so excited to put out her first cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve and we can't forget the carrot for Rudolph! I remember when we used to do this growing up, how fun its going to be to be able to do this with Gia.

Valentina

Just wanted to share some photos of Valentina! She is getting so big. Her first birthday is just around the corner so we are getting excited to celebrate the big day!

Monday, November 30, 2009

So Much to Be Thankful For!!

Valentina is stuffed! We had a wonderful dinner at my parents house. We have been so busy as usual the past couple of weeks, but are happy because the holidays are here and because we will be able to celebrate Valentina's first Christmas! Disneyland was a lot of fun. We all enjoyed the quick trip. We are so happy to be healthy right now and to be able to spend this special time with our family. We have a lot to be thankful for this year and especially because both Jennifer and Tierrah are expecting. We'll have two new little ones to add to the family very soon!

We took a walk at sunset on Thanksgiving Day to the park at my parents house.

Nap Time...These boys are stuffed!!!

Aunt Jenn with Valentina

My mom made a beautiful turkey!

Here are some Disney pictures!!! We had such a great time. Both girls were well behaved the first day at the park. Valentina did well the second day too, but little Gia was just too beat to enjoy another day like the one she had the day before. We all went on a lot of rides. We didn't have to wait in lines very long and Tomas and I were even able to go on Space Mountain the second night with the "rider switch" option. Tomas also went on a roller coaster at California Adventures. We were even able to enjoy two "date nights" because around 9 pm both girls were asleep in the strollers and didn't awake to any noises. Good little girls, letting Tomas and I catch up! The first night we went to a nice restaurant and had a deserving drink! The second night we went to a pizzeria and had pizza and beer! Good Times!