Good Ole' Texas!

The Calagnas' headed to Texas last Thursday with Grammy and Papa to visit Aunt Diane!! We had a GREAT time relaxing, eating LOTS, relaxing some more, shopping and of course letting Isabella ride "her" horse...Buck Hansen. She is our little Cowgirl and did lots of riding in our 5 days in Texas. She has no fear of the horses and absolutely LOVES to ride them! I was able to get Christmas Ornaments at Hobby Lobby (It is my little tradition...I have bought the most beautiful ornaments on previous trips around Christmastime)! We also went to a High School Football game (my cousin's Daughter is in the band), shopped and rode the train at the Stockyards and went to Boo at the Zoo. We hadn't taken Isabella to the Pumpkin Patch yet this year, so Boo at the Zoo was perfect for us...it was the Fort Worth Zoo at night with lots of Halloween activities for the kids. It is always sad to leave and say goodbye, but Aunt Deeds said she will visit in November or December! YEA! Hopefully it will coincide with meeting our Lil' guy! And traveling at 34 weeks was fine, but that will be my last trip until Brother is born...we hope he is as good a traveler as Isabella has been.

Leelou Launch Party!

I absolutely love Leelou! She designed my Rebecca Calagna Events blog and I have used her premade templates several times! Julie has added a new business partner and has been having a launch party with lots of fun giveaways this past week :) Check the blog out for beautiful premade blog templates for every season.

Baby Shower Pictures

Here they are! Pictures of the most beautiful Boy Baby Shower! I am so thankful for all of the hard work and running around that went into planning the shower! The colors were blue and brown...Diaper cakes were the centerpieces....Everyone got Box Lunches filled with my favorite things, Brownie Mix favors, and of course CHOCOLATE desserts....We had such cute games and everyone made scrapbook pages for me from Polaroids we took. Wonderful memories to share with Vincent when he gets bigger. We got so many great presents and brother is SO LUCKY to have the love and support of our family and friends. Thank you everyone! Can't wait for you all to meet him!

Brother's Name!

Our baby shower for Brother was on Sunday. It was so awesome and beautiful!!! I feel so lucky that our child has so much love and support before he is even born. I am still gathering pictures from the shower, but I wanted to share with the people that couldn't make it what Brother's name will be...

Vincent Guy Calagna

...He is named after his Great-Grandpa Piraino (my mom's dad) and his Grandpa Hansen (my dad). And if I was a boy, my mom said she wanted to name me Guy Vincent. We can call him Vince, Vinny, Vin, and even lil' Guy. I am sure in our house we will mostly call him Brother!!

Cousin Jakey turns 5!

Saturday we went to Cousin Jake's 5th Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's! Isabella had such a great time playing with Papa. Her favorite thing was to dance infront of the camera and be shown on the Big Screen. The grown-ups got pizza and cake too! :) So much fun - Thanks Hansen family for having us!

Still Goin' Strong with Ballet!

Isabella is still having a great time in Ballet/Tap! The kids have one Ballet routine and one Tap routine to learn for the recital. The teacher told the kids to remember to practice at home (RIGHT!...they are 3 and 4). Caitlin and I decided we need to learn the routines ourselves. I think I better take the video camera next week...

Bella, The Good Witch!

After a night or two on the Internet, Isabella picked this beautiful Witch costume above everything else Mommy showed her! She is so excited about it and it looks adorable on her! She also picked out some fancy sparkly shoes from Target. We call her, "Bella, the Good Witch". Although, when Daddy asked her if she was going to paint her face green, she was super thrilled about it! Hopefully she won't remember that...Ha/Ha! She is also very excited to go Trick-or-Treating this year...maybe all her friends can join!?

Bella's "Big Girl" Room

Recently in our organization, we switched Isabella over to a "Big Girl" bed. When she first saw it, she said, "WOW!! Now I have a bed like you, Mother!". I was lucky enough to find a comforter that matched the original one my Mom used to make Isabella's baby bedding! So, I hung the quilt on the wall since it is something very special from her Grammy.

We went from This...

To THIS three years later...

But even in a BIG bed, she will always be my...