Another tooth gone...

Last night Anthony pulled another tooth! I'm so proud of him for being brave enough to this! So far he has pulled 3 out of 4 of his teeth. The only one he didn't pull so far was one at school...he wanted the nurse to pull it so he could get a special necklace to put his tooth in! :) Silly boy!

Fall Festival 2011

Every year we head out to our church Fall Festival to play games, pocket lots of candy, and eat hotdogs and snowcones. Anthony was Captain Rex from Star Wars the Clone Wars and Isa was a cowgirl. I couldn't believe she loved wearing her hat! It was a fun night.

Painted Pumpkins 2011

Both kiddos were sick this weekend-one with ear infections-one with stomach bug...so not much fun for us this weekend. But since they both started feeling better this afternoon we decided to paint our pumpkins.
I love the picture of the two of them...look at Isa's foot kicked up behind her...she loves her brother so much! Anthony's pumpkin is an NFL Pumpkin with the Packers & Colts. What can I say he loves his sports!

Today was one of those days...

...where I just really missed Dario. I had to sit in a meeting and listen to things I really didn't understand and try to make sense of it all. As I sat there my eyes teared up thinking how if Dario was here he would have taken care of this for us. I would have sat next to him, asked a few questions and he would have assured me that we were doing the right thing for our future and the kids. Instead, I sat there overwhelmed and confused but also very thankful that my sweet sister was by my side. Thank goodness God gifted her in numbers and financial understandings because she has been my rock in all of this. Thank you Vikki!

Daddy's Birthday Celebration 2011

Today would have been Daddy's 40th Birthday. We honored his day by going to Jake's Hambugers, a place we had enjoyed as a family. We ate great food (not to mention...kids eat free on Tuesdays!) and played video games~something Daddy & Anthony loved to do together. When we left Anthony said "That was a good celebration for Daddy's Birthday!" Of course that made it a perfect evening!

Daddy~we love you with all our hearts, we miss you bunches but we know you are proud of how we are growing and moving forward each day. You would not want us to live in misery while you live in glory of Heaven-healed of cancer, pain free, head full of hair and running through the streets of gold. (There is a joke about the streets of gold that Dario always told...I'll have to think about it and share it sometime...unless one of you, friends, remembers it and want to post it...you'd probably tell it better than me!!)

We will continue hold on to the PROMISE of ETERNITY in Heaven...For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.~John 3:16 Therefore we know that for eternity we will be together. May God bless our friends and family as He continues to do for the three of us...

Happy 2nd Birthday, Isabella!

I cannot believe my precious little girl is already 2 years old! Wow, even though it has been a wild 2 years it really does not seem that long ago that we woke up on Labor Day with plans to relax and hang out around the house that we got the call to hurry to the hospital...Isa was on her way!

Isa is an amazing little girl! She is so very independent...insists on caring her own backpack to and from school, helps mommy a lot, even helps unload the dishwasher! Don't tell her she's too small...if her brother can do it...she is going to give it a try. She is even doing a great job with potty training already! I think she is very smart!! She is also super silly and loves to dance and sing! Isabella is a very loving little girl and I am so blessed to be her mommy.

Each birthday I am in awe of the couragous, selfless, & beautiful act of love for her birthmom to choose life and us as a family for Isabella. She will always hold very special place in my heart. So again I thank God for her and for His continued blessings each day!

Summer Baseball

Oh how we love summer baseball! Anthony had a great game tonight. First pitch of the game and he hit it to center field for a double. Then near the end of the game he was playing "pitcher" position (coach pitch league) when the ball was hit deep outfield and he ran up to cover second base (wow!) and made an awesome falling catch. No out, foot came off the base, but boy did it look good!