LITTLE BIG MAN

SO YESTERDAY GRIFFIN HAD HIS FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL AND HE DID GREAT! I WAS SO NERVOUS THAT HE WAS GOING TO CRY NONSTOP AND THEY WERE GOING TO SEND HIM HOME, BUT HE WAS A TROOPER. HE ARRIVED AT SCHOOL AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO PLAY. HE READ BOOKS, SANG SONGS, ATE LUNCH, PLAYED OUTSIDE, PLAYED WITH THE TOYS AND DID A BIBLE STORY. THEN WHEN I WENT TO PICK HIM UP HE RAN STRAIGHT TO MY ARMS AND GAVE ME A KISS. THEN I TOOK HIM TO GET CUPCAKES ( I PROMISED HIM IF HE WAS A GOOD BOY THAT AFTER SCHOOL WE WOULD GET CUPCAKES) . SO, I MAY HAVE TO GET HIM ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW. HE GOES TO PRESCHOOL FROM 8:30- 2:30 SO IT IS A BIG DAY FOR HIM. WISH US LUCK TOMORROW.

HERE'S SOME PICS OF MY LITTLE SISSY PIPSQUEAK- SHE LOOKS LIKE TINKERBELL :)

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DALLAS UPDATE

GRIFFIN IS ACTUALLY EATING
THE KIDDOS PLAYING
KIM IS SO EXCITED TO BE AT GATTI TOWN
ME AND SISSY AT PAPPASITOS
ME AND KIM AT SAMBUCA
DENISE AND STARA AT SAMBUCA

GRIFFIN AND PAPA AT THE POOL

SO NOTHING TOO EXCITING TO POST ABOUT, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST FILL YOU ALL IN ON WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MY LAST POST.

THE KIDS ARE GOOD. SISSY WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HAD HER 6 MONTH CHECKUP AND SHE IS PERFECT AND A TINY PEANUT. SHE WEIGHS IN AT 14 POUNDS AND IS IN THE 20TH PERCENTILE :) SHE IS BUSY ROLLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SHE IS SO ALERT TO EVERYTHING AROUND HER. SHE LOVES TO SMILE AND GIGGLE AT EVERYONE AROUND HER, ESPECIALLY GRIFFIN. WE HAVE JOINED A MOMS GROUP IN FRISCO AND I HAVE JOINED THE BOARD AS PLAYGROUP COORDINATOR FOR BABIES. THIS WAY WHEN GRIFFIN IS AT PRESCHOOL 2 DAYS A WEEK SISSY POOH CAN MAKE SOME FRIENDS OF HER OWN :)

GRIFFIN IS DOING WELL. HE STARTS PRESCHOOL NEXT WEEK AND I AM PRAYING THAT EVERYTHING GOES OKAY. HE IS SO CLINGY TO ME I AM HOPING HE WON'T CRY AND FUSS WHEN I LEAVE HIM- WE SHALL SEE, SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. GRIFFIN WILL ALSO BE TAKING CLASSES AT THE LOCAL TUMBLE GYM AS WELL ONCE A WEEK, SO MY GOAL IS FOR HIM TO GET REALLY TIRED ON THAT DAY AND TAKE A REALLY LONG NAP :) OH YEAH, AND WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING USING THE BIG BOY POTTY. WE DONT USE IT ALL THE TIME BUT MY HOPE IS THAT ONCE HE GOES TO PRESCHOOL THAT WILL HELP AS WELL. SO FAR HE HAS MADE POO POO 3 TIMES IN THE BIG BOY POTTY :) AND EVERY NIGHT BEFORE BATH HE GOES PEE PEE (WAY TO GO GRIFFIN).

MY MOM AND DAD CAME TO TOWN LAST WEEK TO HELP OUT SINCE JASON WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK. ACTUALLY, HIS COMPANY TOOK EVERYONE TO PUERTO RICO (I AM GUESSING THEY DIDN'T GET MUCH WORK DONE THERE). GRIFFIN AND SISSY LOVE IT WHEN MY MOM AND DAD COME TO VISIT B/C THEY GET SPOILED NONSTOP. MY DAD HAD TO CUT HIS TRIP SHORT THOUGH AND LEAVE ON SATURDAY DUE TO THE STORM FAYE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO GET THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA INSTEAD OF THE EAST WHERE MY MOM AND DAD LIVE. MY MOM IS STAYING UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING TO HELP ME OUT THIS WEEK SINCE WE DONT HAVE A BABYSITTER HERE YET AND I HAVE A DINNER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, PRESCHOOL NITE THURSDAY AND MEET THE TEACHER FRIDAY AM. SO IT IS A BIG BIG HELP TO HAVE HER HERE. I GUESS I NEED TO FIND A REGULAR BABYSITTER FOR THE KIDDOS :)

SO OTHER THAN THAT NOT MUCH TO REPORT. I LOVE BEING BACK IN TEXAS AND SEEING ALL OF MY FRIENDS- IT HAS BEEN GREAT! BUT WE DO MISS OUR PALS BACK IN BOSTON, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO MISS THE WINTER THIS YEAR :) WELL, THAT ABOUT WRAPS IT UP.......

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CIRCUS CIRCUS

GETTING READY FOR THE CIRCUS
"THE MAN"
GRIFFIN WITH ALL THE KIDS
ME AND SISSY
SISSY LAUGHING

THIS PAST SATURDAY WE TOOK THE KIDS TO THE CIRCUS AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. GRIFFINS FAVORITE PART WAS SEEING ALL THE DOGS DRESSED UP IN CLOTHES. SISSY LIKED BEING HELD THE WHOLE TIME. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND ENJOYED THE BOX SEATS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

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Dallas fun in the sun

PLAYING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL
WE LOVE THE POOL
SISSY AND AUNTIE KARA
SISSY AND AUNTIE ANGELA
SISSY POOH

THOSE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR FIRST WEEK HERE. SINCE I SENT OUT A BULLETIN E-MAIL I AM NOT GOING TO DO A LONG POST. I WILL TAKE MORE PICS THIS WEEKEND AND DO ANOTHER BLOG THIS WEEK. LOVE YOU ALL.

OH YEAH, ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOTE, DOES ANYONE ELSE WATCH TORI AND DEAN- HOME SWEET HOLLYWOOD??? I AM TOTALLY OBSESSED!!!! I LOVE TORI!

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FLORIDA FUN

ENJOYING THE BOAT
SISSY PLAYING
SMILING SISSY
GRIFFIN AT THE ZOO
MORE ZOO

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR A LITTLE OVER ONE WEEK AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH NONA AND PAPA. THE KIDS HAVE BEEN TO THE BEACH, THE POOL, BOAT, LOTS OF WALKING AND GOING OUT AND OF COURSE THE ZOO. THE KIDDOS LOVE COMING TO FLORIDA AND ARE HAVING A BLAST. THEY ARE GETTING SO BIG AND I LOVE TO WATCH THEM GROW. WE GO TO DALLAS IN ONE WEEK AND I AM SURE IT WILL TAKE GRIFFIN SOME TIME TO GET ADJUSTED BUT HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE FINE. EVERYDAY HE ASKS ABOUT HIS OLD NEIGHBORS, HE MISSES THEM SO MUCH. SO I PLAN ON GETTING HIM INVOLVED IN NEW ACTIVITES SO HE WILL MAKE NEW FRIENDS ASAP. WELL, I AM SURE I WILL UPDATE YOU WITH MORE LATER FROM FLORIDA. UNTIL NEXT TIME..........

GOOD BYE PARTY

ALLY AND PEYTEN
THE CREW
DINNER TIME
THE KIDS PLAYING
MORE PLAY TIME





SO OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS HAD A GOING AWAY PARTY FOR US TONITE AND IT WAS SO NICE. EVERYONE ON OUR STREET WAS THERE WITH ALL THEIR KIDS. GRIFFIN HAD A GOOD TIME WITH ALL HIS BUDDIES AND SO DID ME AND JASON. I AM TRULY GOING TO MISS EVERYONE ON OUR STREET, THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GREAT. ENJOY THE PICS.



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IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!

SO, WHEN I STARTED THIS BLOG IT WAS MEANT TO BE ABOUT ME, THE KIDS, EVERYTHING, AND IT SEEMS I HAVE TURNED IN TO ONE OF "THOSE" MOMS. YEP EVERY POST SEEMS TO BE ABOUT MY KIDS. I LOVE MY KIDS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT IT SEEMS LATELY THEY A RE ALL I TALK ABOUT OR DO SO I DECIDED TO DO A POST ABOUT ME (SORRY MOM, I KNOW YOU LOVE BABY BLOGS). I FEEL AS THOUGH PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW ARIELE, GRIFFIN AND PEYTEN'S MOM. YES, I AM A MOM, BUT I AM ALSO A WIFE, A DAUGHTER AND SO MUCH MORE AND I THINK SOMETIMES I FORGET ABOUT ME. IN THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS I HAVE ONLY BEEN AWAY FROM MY KIDS 3 NIGHTS. YEP IN 2 1/2 YEARS I HAVE ONLY BEEN AWAY 3 NIGHTS, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN 3 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS. I AM IN MUCH NEED OF SOME ME TIME. SO HOPEFULLY ONCE WE GET TO D-TOWN, I WILL HAVE A SOCIAL LIVE AGAIN. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, COLLEGE FRIENDS AND FRIENDS FROM MY ADULT LIFE. I AM EVEN EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF JASON'S FRIENDS :) NOW, IF ONLY MY PARENTS LIVED THERE IT WOULD BE PERFECT. NOW I JUST NEED TO FIND A GREAT BABYSITTER CLOSE BY AND WE ARE ALL SET. SO EVERYBODY, START THINKING OF THINGS FOR US TO GET TOGETHER DO :)

WELL, GOTTA GET BACK TO PACKING SO HOPEFULLY I WILL GET ONE MORE BLOG DONE BEFORE WE MOVE. THIS WEEKEND, WE ARE GOING TO A GOODBYE PARTY ON OUR STREET AND THEM WE MOVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE STAYING IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND WEDNESDAY WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE DAY DOWNTOWN AND THEN THURSDAY WE LEAVE FOR FLORIDA. SO HOPEFULLY I WILL GET A BLOG DONE IN ALL THAT TIME. IF NOT I PROMISE TO POST FROM FLORIDA BEFORE DALLAS.

LOVE YOU ALL!

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BYE BYE BOSTON, HELLO DALLAS!

SO MY MOM HAS BEEN ASKING ME WHEN I AM GOING TO DO ANOTHER BLOG SO HERE IT IS, BUT I NEED TO MAKE IT QUICK B/C BOTH KIDS ARE NAPPING AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!! SO I NEED TO GET TO PACKING.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ARE YOU GOING TO MISS BOSTON AT ALL. WELL.....

OF COURSE I AM GOING TO MISS BOSTON. I WOULD BE CRAZY NOT TO MISS THIS PLACE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. NEW ENGLAND HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER. DOWNTOWN BOSTON IS GREAT, THE TOWN THAT WE LIVE IN IS GREAT, AND WE ARE SO CLOSE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. I AM GOING TO MISS THE GREAT FOOD. I AM NOW A LOBSTER LOVER FOR LIFE! I AM GOING TO MISS OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS- GRIFFIN LOVES THOSE KIDS AND THEY LOVE GRIFFIN. I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS OUR FRIENDS BRIAN AND STEPHANIE. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!! YOU MADE LIVING HERE SO MUCH BETTER. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR FRIENDSHIP! YOU GUYS ROCK!

THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.....BUT THAT IS JUST IT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY FRIENDS HERE AND WE HAVE 0 FAMILY. DALLAS HAS ALL OUR FRIENDS THERE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYBODY. AT THIS POINT IN OUR LIFE, I THINK IT IS GREAT TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DALLAS HAS THAT....AND...THEY HAVE GREAT MEXICAN FOOD AND BBQ!!!!!

IT IS BITTERSWEET. I WILL MISS BOSTON, NO DOUBT, BUT I AM ALSO EAGER TO GET BACK TO DALLAS!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS

WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T ALREADY KNOW...................

WE ARE MOVING BACK TO DALLAS. THAT'S RIGHT!!!!! JASON HAS TAKEN A NEW JOB IN DALLAS AND STARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY SO WE WILL BE BACK ASAP! WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AGAIN! CAN'T WAIT! IT WILL BE TOUGH AT FIRST BUT ONCE WE SELL OUR HOUSE HERE, WE PLAN ON BUYING A HOUSE THERE. SO THOSE OF YOU IN DALLAS, ANY INFO ON GOOD LOCATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. GOOD THING I KEPT MY DALLAS CELL PHONE NUMBER!

SO NANA AND PAPA, LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL BE COMING TO THE BIG D NOW INSTEAD OF BOSTON.

WE WILL MISS THE FRIENDS THAT WE MADE HERE(STEPH AND BRIAN). WE HAD A GREAT 3 YEARS BUT NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO GET TO DALLAS AND RAISE OUR FAMILY!

LOVE YOU ALL!

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GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

BIRTHDAY LUNCH AT LOBSTER SHACK
BIRTHDAY BOY IN PAPA'S GLASSES
GRANDPA MUNDO AND SISSY GIRL
GRIFFIN GIVING SISSY A LIFT
THE BIRTHDAY BOY

WE HAD A FABULOUS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND THIS PAST WEEK. MY MOM AND DAD ARRIVED LAST THURSDAY AND WE ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY AND GOT THINGS READY FOR THE BIG WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY, GRIFFIN HAS SWIMMING AND A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO GO TO THEN THAT AFTERNOON GRANDPA MUNDO AND AUNTIE NINA CAME FOR A VISIT ALL THE WAY FROM CALIFORNIA. GRIFFIN WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE. ON SUNDAY, WE WENT INTO BOSTON WITH THE ENTIRE GANG AND DID THE TOURIST THING AND MONDAY WE HUNG AROUND THE AREA AND CELEBRATED GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY. ON TUESDAY WE ALL WENT TO NEWBURYPORT AND HAD LUNCH AND WALKED AROUND. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT MY FAMILY CAME TO SEE GRIFFIN AND SISSY, IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME. THEN EVERYONE LEFT ON WEDNESDAY EXCEPT MY MOM. SHE STAYED UNTIL THIS MORNING B/C WE HAD LOTS OF APPOINTMENTS THE PAST 2 DAYS. GRIFFIN ENJOYED HIS COMPANY SO MUCH HE KEEPS SAYING NINA EVERY DAY FOR MY AUNT AND TODAY HE KEEPS LOOKING FOR HIS NONA AND PAPA. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING FOR THEIR NEXT VISIT IN JULY. WE HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND FOR ALL OF YOU THAT SENT GIFTS AND BIRTHDAY WISHES- THANKS SO MUCH! WE MISS YOU ALL AND LOVE YOU!

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GRIFFIN REEL

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW PICS FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF GRIFFIN'S LIFE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS GOING TO BE 2 YEARS OLD ON MONDAY! I AM EXCITED BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY LITTLE BABY MEATLOAF IS TURNING INTO A TODDLER AND GROWING UP SO FAST. PRETTY SOON HE WILL BE GOING OFF TO SCHOOL, DATING AND SO ON. JUST TODAY THE COUGAR NEXT DOOR WHO IS 4 YEARS OLD ASKED ME IF GRIFFIN COULD COME OVER AND SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HER FOR A SLEEP OVER. IT'S HAPPENING ALREADY- THE GIRLS ARE HOT FOR MY LITTLE MAN!!! ANYWAY, I PROMISE TO POST NEW PICS AFTER THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE BEEN BAD ABOUT BLOGGING LATELY B/C I HAVE BEEN SO TIRED. I AM ACTUALLY WATCHING THE CELTICS GAME AS WE SPEAK AND THEN GOING TO GO TO BED, SINCE I WILL BE UP 3 TIMES TONIGHT WITH SISSY :)

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PEYTEN'S BAPTISM

NONA AND PAPA WITH SISSY

THE WHOLE FAMILY

ME AND SISSY
ME AND JASON WITH SISSY
THE GOD PARENTS


SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD SISSY'S BAPTISM THIS PAST WEEKEND. MY MOM AND DAD CAME IN FOR THE EVENT AS WELL AS PEYTEN'S GODPARENTS, KIM AND MATT. IT WAS A QUICK WEEKEND BUT LOTS OF FUN. EVERYONE ARRIVED SATURDAY SO WE HUNG OUT THAT AFTERNOON WITH THE KIDDOS THEN MOM AND DAD BABYSAT THAT NIGHT WHILE WE WENT TO DINNER AND HAVE SOME DRINKS. THEN GRIFFIN GOT A LITTLE SICK SO WE HAD TO COME HOME. THEN THE BIG DAY WAS SUNDAY SO WE WENT TO THE BAPTISM, AND SISSY WAS PERFECT. SHE LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE ANGEL! GRIFFIN WAS GOOD TOO. MY DAD WATCHED HIM IN THE CHURCH B/C HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT STILL. AT ONE POINT HE RAN UP TO THE ALTER- WHAT A CUTIE! THEN WE CAME HOME AND CHILLED AND PLAYED OUTSIDE AND JUST RELAXED. SO ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND. GRIFFIN AND PEYTEN WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE THEIR NONA AND PAPA, AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY COME BACK FOR GRIFFIN'S 2ND BIRTHDAY! GRIFFIN ALSO REALLY LIKED MATT ALOT TOO! BOTH KIDS WERE GOOD WITH KIM AND MATT,SO MAYBE WE WILL DROP THEM OFF IN DALLAS SOMETIME AND THEY CAN BABYSIT FOR US- JUST KIDDING!!!

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THE SWING SET IS FINALLY DONE!!!!

GETTING READY TO SLIDE
GOING TO DO IT AGAIN
BACK VIEW

HGHER DAD, HIGHER


SO AS MY FRIEND "M" STATED IN ONE OF HER POSTS IT TOOK THEM 2 DAYS WITH 3 PEOPLE TO GET THIS PUT TOGETHER. THAT WAS NO EXAGGERATION. FOR OUR SWING SET FIRST WE HAD TO HIRE EXCAVATORS TO COME LEVEL OUT THE AREA SINCE THERE IS A SLOPE IN OUR BACKYARD. THEN WE HAD TO REARRANGE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, THAT MY DAD AND JASON PUT IN, YEP MY DAD AND JASON PUT IN A SPRINKLER SYSTEM BY HAND. THEN WE HAD TO BRING IN DIRT TO LEVEL IT OFF AGAIN. THEN THEY HAD TO PUT THE THING TOGETHER. THAT TOOK 3 DAYS WITH 2 GUYS WORKING ON IT. THAT'S NOT ALL. THEN THEY HAD TO BRING IN THE SAND FOR THE PLAY AREA AND RAKE IT OUT, THEN THEY HAD TO FILL THE HOLES IN THE GRASS WITH DIRT AND GRASS SEED SINCE THEY DROVE THEIR HUGE TRACTORS THROUGH OUT FRONT YARD. I BET MY DAD WILL HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THAT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOO WORTH IT. THEY FINISHED UP YESTERDAY AROUND 5:30, AND GRIFFIN WAS OUT THERE UNTIL 8PM. TOO BAD IT IS RAINING TODAY, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAYDATE SET UP FOR FRIDAY OVER HERE IF IT DOESN'T RAIN. SO MOM AND DAD, THANKS FOR THE GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR GRIFFIN!!!! HE LOVES IT, AND SISSY CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY ON IT TOO!

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