Super Bowl Fun!

We had our first ever Super Bowl get-together on Sunday. We were upset our team didn't win, but we still LOVE Kurt Warner and we had a wonderful time with our family...who could ask for anything more?!

Wednesdays = Park Play Day!

Along with regular Wednesday park day, the last Wednesday of the month the Moms club celebrates birthdays for that month.... Of course my Bella Rose was SOOO excited about cupcakes today!! She also had a great time playing in the sand with her friends.

Can't leave this Lil' Guy out! Happy as usual!

Best Wedding Planner in Orange County! PLEASE VOTE!

Hi Everyone! The voting for the 2009 edition of FoxLA's Hotlist is underway. Last year we got 5th place, but I would love to take home 1st place this year...even 2nd-4th will do! HAHA. Of course I can't do it without YOUR votes!!!!

Just click the button or link below (or copy and paste it into your browser) and follow the directions on the site....Please spread the word to your friends/family/coworkers!!!! If you are a past or present client, feel free to add a comment! Thank you so much!!!

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A Fun Day!

We had a really fun day today! Sara and the kids came over this morning for a walk. Well, we wanted to walk at 10am, but it was raining....so, the kids played and watched a movie for a while and Sara and I visited. Then when it stopped raining we went on a nice walk. Later this evening Gram and Popi came over. Pop bought Isabella a horse on a stick and of course she was in heaven riding it!

The kids getting so big! This was while they were watching a movie.

Isabella and Brother later in the afternoon.

They love each other!

Bella riding her horse from Popi and Gram. She even put on her cowgirl hat for us. She says, "Whooaaa" when she wants the horse to stop. And "c'mon girl" when she wants the horse to go. She even sets up obstacle courses for herself to jump over. We truly have a cowgirl on our hands!

Vincent's Baptism

On January 10th, our son was welcomed into God's family at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. The weekend he was Baptized the church was celebrating the "Baptism of the Lord" in the scriptures. So, they decided to do something very special and baptize one child per Mass. We were lucky enough to be one of those families! The day started out so great when our Priest, Father Michael, came to visit us at home. Our church is so big that it really made the day and experience more special that Father would want to come and meet our family and explain what was going to be happening at Mass. From the beginning of Mass until the end, they really focused on Vincent and our family. We had the whole parish praying for and blessing us and they even sang Vincent Happy Birthday!! It was such a wonderful day. Chris and I are just so thrilled! Thank you to David and Julie for being the boys Godparents and for all of our family and friends who made it! Vince is truly blessed and we know God will keep watch over him and use him for wonderful things throughout his lifetime....

Vince is 6 weeks old!

I haven't been blogging much because our laptop crashed. Perfect time to cross something off my 101 list, right? But I need that one fixed because it has all my pictures on it!! I really hope they can recover them. Anyhow, here are some recent pictures of our little Vinnie-boy! He is already six weeks old! Can you believe it? On his six week "birthday" he decided to roll over! I was pretty shocked. He was on the flat part of Moms couch and all of a sudden he was on his tummy.

He really is our little happy boy! He loves to smile and laugh when Mommy talks to him.

And here are a couple pictures of an outing we took last week. I was bathing/dressing Vince and I came out of his room to show Daddy that he was ready to go in his very first Ball Cap! Daddy loved it, so I took a couple pictures when we arrived at the mall to shop!

His cheeks really aren't this chubby..he was wiggling around while I took the picture. Isn't it so cute though!

In other exciting Household news...We got our double stroller!!! Woo Hoo! At first I picked out a Sit and Stand and Grammy bought it as one of Vincent's Christmas presents, but I wasn't "sold" on it. So, while we were at Babies R' Us the other day we finally found one I liked after Bella and I tried them all out. With the help of some gift cards (thanks!) we upgraded to this really awesome Graco double stroller that is 20% smaller (that is why I didn't like the double strollers in the first place - so huge!). Isabella likes to sit like this with Vince on the front, but they can also sit Vice Versa. WE LOVE IT! I still use my other stroller when I just have the boy. But I used this one to walk with some of the Moms from my group and to the park to meet Caitlin and the kids! Hopefully this thing will see lots of miles and help me loose lots of lbs!

That's Isabella eating her breakfast in the back :)

The kids at the park. Beauy is working hard to push Bella!

Mommy and Bella-girl.

Visitors

Yesterday my Auntie Donna, Aunt Liz and Unkie Mark came to my Mom's for a visit and to meet Vincent for the first time. My poor Uncle had neck surgery the same day Vincent was born, so they haven't been able to come down to meet him. We kept teasing him because when he was holding the baby he could barely look down to see him (you can see in the picture)! Anyhow, we had such a great time and we wish we lived closed so we could see them more often. They brought the most thoughtful and awesome present for me (well, for Vincent). They gave us a framed picture of my Grandpa Vince playing baseball in his Letterman sweater from St. Theresa's High School for the baby's room. How cool is that? I cried, of course!!! They also brought Isabella the perfect present too. A never ending bag of paper, stamps, stickers, scissors, glue, rulers, stapler, etc...all things to do her "work", which we know she loves! Thank you all and we love you so much! See you soon!

101 things to do in 1001 days!

Ringing in the New Year always makes time for reflection on the past year and questions about what 2009 will have in store for us. It also makes you think about New Years Resolutions and the things we would like to accomplish in the coming year. I recalled last year I came across a photographer friend of mine starting the 101 things to do in 1001 days challenge. This is where you write down 101 goals that you would like to accomplish in 1001 days and it is by definition "a unique meme that challenges and inspires us to set and complete realistic goals in life." I started my list at that time, but I never did come up with 101 things. I found my list in a drawer and at the time I came up with 27 things. The number 1 thing on the list: Calagna baby #2. Well, I accomplished that and surprisingly without knowing it a few other things: potty train Bella Rose, take Isabella to ride Aunt Diane's horses, find a Mommy Group, and organize photos in cabinet to boxes. Since I have no choice but to sit here on New Years Eve (I'm sick!) I decided that tonight I would try to come up with 101 things and I will post them on the blog when I finish in the next few days. Here is the website if anyone is interested in looking into it further...

Who would like to join me?!

http://triplux.com/dayzero/

Christmas Day 2008

We also had a wonderful Christmas day. Christmas morning we slept until 9am!! Then we went downstairs to see if Santa left any presents. Of course he did!!! Isabella was so excited to see S'mores the horse and the Princess Baby that she asked for. She said, "He really did it!! Santa really brought me this. Just what I asked for!"...It is so much fun to see the wonder on children's faces. After the morning, both our families came over for Christmas dinner and we opened more presents from the Calagnas!! We had such a wonderful day. Isabella is still playing with all of her toys. She said they have to stay downstairs and Mommy can't take them upstairs...So they are still taking over our living room! Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Eve 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve at my Mom and Dad's house! Well first the kids and I started out the day by taking a visit to Pop at work! Vincent got to meet Julie (who we work with) and Bella drew on Papa's big white board. Then we went to be "big helpers" to Grammy and get ready for the evening festivities. It is always such a wonderful time when we get together with our family...we gather around the kitchen and laugh and visit, we eat a ton, we read the story of Christmas and sing Happy Birthday to baby Jesus, then we open presents! The kids got SO SO much stuff this year. I got to open Vincent's presents since he couldn't do it himself. Chris and I also asked Uncle David and Aunt Julie to be Vincent's Godparents! They gladly excepted and we are so thrilled...we couldn't think of two better people, Christians and parents to guide our son! Christmas photos to follow :) xoxo