It's good to be home!

We were very glad to take a trip to California to visit family. We especially wanted to see Nona (G's grandma) before he leaves for bootcamp. We are not sure if she will still be around when he returns.

We got to see our siblings and some of our closest friends. There just wasn't enough time with everyone. We were so lucky to have enjoyed so much with so many. We got to take the kids to the La Habra Children's Museum, have a family movie night at Kandi's parents', have a delicious family dinner, spend a few hours at Disneyland, and we got to have dinner and a movie. The kids loved being able to wear their shorts and play at the park.

Thanks so much to Norma, Gloria, Giovanni, Kandi, the Conners, Neil and Kathy. You all helped things to be very pleasant and enjoyable.

*Kathy, was a real trooper. She was sick so she stayed away even though little kids are her greatest pleasure. I think she likes them better than her elliptical.*

In case we forgot to tell anyone...

Giampiero enlisted with the US Army. He has been assigned to be a "tanker", which means he will learn to operate, maintain and repair the army tanks (Abrams). He will be going into bootcamp in Fort Knox, Kentucky on February 24th. There will be 9 weeks of basic training and then he will stay for an additional 5 weeks of tank training. After that we hope he can take some vacation time to spend at home (and a trip to California) then off to his first assignment. Chances are he won't be home for the baby's birth, but we are okay. I have my mother and sister here with me and I will stay living with them until we are able to join Giampiero on base.

We are all very proud of Giampiero for serving our country, providing for our family, and fulfilling one of his dreams.

Silly me

I added more pictures to Flickr so go ahead and check out the slide show and you will see the new pics. I added them and accidentally set them as private so nobody else could see them. Hee hee!

Big brother in training

Piero is now seriously starting potty training. As a reward for going xixi (peepee) in the potty today, his Vovô Lee treated him to McDonald's, or as Piero calls it, BigDonald's. I think that really motivated him. Later today he sat all by himself (without prompting) on his little potty and made more xixi. Sara then helped him wipe, poored the xixi in the toilet, rinsed it and sprayed Lysol. I am proud of them both.

The newest news

There isn't a lot of change here. It's still colder than California. We are looking forward to more snow soon. :) Oh yeah, and we are expecting a new baby sometime in September. Yep! I (Noelle) am pregnant for the 3rd time. Woohoo. Piero doesn't really understand. Sara is REALLY excited though. She kisses my belly all the time. She is also the biggest informant. She tells anybody she talks to. She is so happy she said she doesn't even care if it is a boy or a girl (although a sister is prefered). She is looking forward to going with me to our cousins' house next month for the homebirth of their child. Sara is only dissappointed that she will not be able to be in the hospital for our baby's birth. Because I had a cesaerean I don't have the choice on home vs. hospital anyway. We are all happy and will let you know how things are going along the way. (Whether you like it or not. Ha ha ha.)

Love ya'll

Sara monkeying around

Unfortunately she really likes that Hannah Montana t-shirt. :)~

Piero shoveling snow

I hope he still likes this when he's older!