Family Week

This week we spent a lot of time with family.

My moms sister Ran and husband Budwere visiting Giada for the first time. They are also moving here in the future and did some house hunting. We went on walks, had lots of family meals and visits. Mom and Ran babysat on Friday night so we could go to the wine stroll. It was fun to get out. But I felt bad because Giada had a hard time feeding, they couldnt get her to eat, which is no fun for Giada or her babysitters! My dad has a new name from that night "Grumpy Grandpa" :) He isnt so used to her crying like we are!

This week she finally likes using her Ocean Activity Mat.

Chayse and Josh came over for dinner while Chayse was visiting on her Spring Break, nice to visit and catch up! Chayse is better than all of us on the Wii! And Nicole you'll have to check out her Dog drawing skills, they rival yours! :)

We also spent time at Nonna and Nonni's this week setting up for Lisa Tetz baby shower, and during the baby shower. Nonna has the rain forest swing and she LOVES it. Loves the moving birds and talks to them the whole time!

The weather this past week has been so weird in Lodi....

Cold...

And now HOT 90's....

Softball has started on Monday nights, we have quite a large fan club of babies and babysitters! Nicole found camo onesies for the kids to match our outfits. (My shirt hasnt come in yet, for those of you who will comment on why Im not wearing one) We had to put a bow in Giada's hair so she was not mistaken for a boy!

Last but not least....Red Bear!! This was a gift from Reeeeddd and she loves it!

Happy Easter and Bumbo Chair

From Giada.....

Happy Easter! Hope everyone had nice celebrations with family and friends. Ours was split this year Coldani side Saturday and Fuhrman side Sunday, so that was nice not to have 2 big meals in one day. I'm growing by the minute - certainly mom is not concerned that I'm not eating enough I have the double chin to prove it!

This week mom tried the Bumbo chair.....I'm not so sure about it just yet.

Then mom thought since I was in my cute Easter outfit she would have me play with the eggs, as you can see I'd rather just eat them! I mean drool on them.

Mom then tried to have me look cute with these eggs on the Bumbo tray. I played a funny game with mom but I don't think she liked it. Every time she put the eggs on the tray I hit the tray and all the eggs fell off...it was fun for me!

With my first Easter basket.

I got some cool new shades from the Easter Bunny!

Family photo with mom and dad, I didn't smile too well for this one.....my bad.


Photo with Auntie Gina. It was great to see her again - she was up visiting from San Diego for Easter

All day while I was in my Easter outfit mom was talking photos. She can never catch me when I'm smiling. She got a couple half smiles here....but she left my bib on! Bummer! Guess I wouldn't have to wear them if I'd stop drooling!

Summers Bday and a Trip to LA

This week and weekend were rather eventful.
Sum's bday is on the 4th, but we had girls dinner earlier in the week to celebrate the big 2-9. We went to Mikuni in Elk Grove. Their sushi is always a hit.

All the girls (plus our new baby additions) Evie- sorry we took the photo after you snuck out.

Sum spinning the famous wheel.

Then Friday we were off on our first plane flight to LA. I was a bit nervous and unsure of how it would go with Giada. The photo is not the best but she certainly was. I fed her on the way up and she slept the entire flight both to and from!. It couldn't have gone any better!


I went to LA to attend Adj's baby shower before her little girl arrives in May. I was able to spend some great quality time with the girls and shower Adj with lots of goodies! It was a great time and I was so glad to be there! Jen and Hager have beautiful cameras and were taking photos of Giada all weekend - I cant wait to see their great work!! Ill post when I receive some.

Mama to be with Giada...looks like a natural!

Auntie Gelbart

Auntie Hager

Beautiful photos...thanks to Thrive Photography!

Giada is still sleeping better each night which is great! I'm finally getting used to more sleep and loving it. We had to officially pack up the newborn clothes. It was sad she is growing so fast, but fun to have a new wardrobe to choose from. :)

2 months old, E Bunny, Graeagle, & one more thing on boobs!

Photographer I am not!
I tried to take some photos using the block idea I stole from Nicole and it didn't work out so well. She was kicking the blocks around - it just didn't work. But I'll keep trying or maybe keep it to the professionals for the monthly photos. One great thing she has done this week is sleep longer! Sunday night we got a 5 hr stretch and last night 7 hrs. I couldn't believe it, I kept waking up and checking on her to make sure she was still breathing. I couldn't sleep longer than 4, guess I'm not used to sleeping that long anymore...and I hope its not a fluke!



This week we went with Nana to the Arden Mall, Giada was awake and Easter Bunny was there so we took a photo. It was pretty funny actually - I felt real momish!! And with Santa at least you can decide how creepy he looks- because you can see his face, with the bunny you can't see who is in there and the person didn't speak! But we got a cute photo none the less.

This past weekend we went to Graeagle with the Kernals. It was beautiful up there and very relaxing. We didn't really do much but eat, relax, eat some more and get a round of miniature golf in. I'd say Nicole and I did pretty well with kids strapped to our chest. I needed Moby lessons from Nicole, but Giada seemed to like it which is great. I like it much better than the Bjorn.



There was some snow up there so we staged some photos and she got to wear her snow outfit she got from Nonna before she grew out of it!



This Friday Giada and I are taking our first plane flight to LA for Adj's baby shower...wish me luck, hope it goes well. I'll be posting a full report next week of course. I figure worse case senario she cries for the whole hour we are on the plane...right?

Last but not least....on the boob comments from last post, I forgot to mention one thing. Stretch Marks!! Not that the lotion probably worked anyway, I'm sure it's all just hereditary, BUT...never did I think I'd get them on my boobs. You are worried about butt, stomach, legs, back. Didn't know I needed to be concerned about the boobs. AND...if they are both the same size now, and were before ...why does only one have ALL the marks! I know it could be much worse, but just thought I'd add this about the marks. I guess that is one thing you wouldn't get from a boob job! ;)

She thinks mom is SO funny when we do a diaper change...most of the time.

2 months old! Busy week and Boob comments!

Wow, hard to believe that my baby is 2 months old already.
She had her 2 month check up and shots yesterday. Very hard to see her so upset from the shots, but today she seems to be back to her old self. She is 12lbs 3 oz - 23 inches already...big girl!(Dylan watch out, she may pass you up!) She is cooing now and making noises which is fun. You feel like she is talking back to you and the interaction is great, the smiles are more often which is awesome. She has discovered her feet and is constantly kicking them around.

Last week the bathroom remodel continued so we are out and about all week. We spent some time at the Kerns, both grandparents, Mike's office and running lots of errands. Cant wait to have our house back!

Rainforest Swing at Nonna's


Gina and Scott were in town this weekend so we had a family dinner to celebrate Steves birthday early.(Mikes Dad) It was great to see everyone.

Aunt Gina

Uncle Scott


Great Aunt Patsy


We finally got a photo of the whole fam!

Sarah and Conner came to visit us on Sarah's spring break, it was great to see them. Conner is a Case mini-me. Thanks for making the trip Jane!


There has been LOTS of basketball on this week. A few of us always make brackets and bet against the boys...mine is so so this year...it's not looking good for the girls, but it is March Madness, anything can happen! We had a softball practice for our slow pitch team which is starting in a few weeks. It will be fun to get together with everyone but we look like the bad news bears! I also went to that self serve dog wash place to wash Sydney and it was pretty good, I highly recommend it. By the way, Sydney is in heat if there is a male golden retreiver out there, we need one to breed with her and arent having any luck!

Last but not least the boobs! This might be too much info, but oh well. As anyone who knows me could easily tell I've always had small boobs. Every small boobed girl wonders what it would be like to have big boobs or a boob job. I will have to say before anyone has a boob job they should see how the nursing thing goes. Maybe Im just not used to them yet, but I'm NOT a fan. When you exercise, they bounce ALL around and it is very uncomfortable.(I really feel for Nat and Nicole now!) And during the entire day they are poking out under your armpits and bumping your arms. It just turns out I don't like them and would never get a boob job. Although they are good for one thing...they do help offset the muffin top that I have going on at the waistline. Maybe I'll rethink that one day when they sag after nursing...but for now, I think they are no good!!

This week I wore my first pair of shoes! (wanted her to wear them before she grew out of them)


Happy St Patricks Day! (we did some napping that day and lunch with Nicole and her mom!)