April 12th 2006
Nonno's Easter Box
A box arrived a few days ago from Nonno. Mommy couldn't wait and picked the socks out for the girls to use now. With easter gifts coming from other family members too, we decided to space out the gift opening. Once Abby and Zoë picked their easter rabbits off the top of their bags, they didn't even want to open anything else. I picked out the pretty dresses and shorts outfits to show them, but they were all about their new rabbits. They even begged to sleep with them when it was time for bed.
Abby @ 2 years, 3 months, 28 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 3 months, 28 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 5 months, 12 days
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April 1st 2006
April's Fools
Abby and Zoë tricked me today. We were packaging the girls up for the car and I had both of them out on the deck by myself. Laura was inside readying her bag. I asked who I thought was Zoë, "who are you?" She said, "Zoë". I thought it was Zoë as she was ready to jump into my hands from the deck, something Abby used to be scared of doing. I thought I was pretty safe calling her Zoë, and since she confirmed to me that she was Zoë I proceded to load her into the car. Abby is very peculiar about which seat she sits in at dinner and in the car. Since she was tricking me, she told me to load her into Zoë's seat. I was completely fooled. Laura asked me when we got into the car, "why do you have Abby in Zoë's seat?" I said I didn't, that Zoë was sitting in her seat like usual, but I was wrong. Abby had fooled me. Not only did she tell me she was Zoë, she lept off the deck a la Zoë, then she told me to put her into Zoë's seat. I suspected nothing. What little tricksters I have. The whole time, Zoë didn't say a thing, just letting Abby pull this one over on me. That is how I know they were both in on it. Usually the real Zoë will taddle on Abby by saying, "Daddy, look at Abby, look what Abby doing". Not this time though, they both got me good. I am sure this is a sign of things to come, when they will use this likeness to their advantage to get whatever they want.
Abby @ 2 years, 3 months, 17 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 3 months, 17 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 5 months, 23 days Holidays posted by christopher at 12:13 PM | Comments ( 2 )
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And so it begins...
Ooh, good one girls. a sign of things to come.
March 17th 2006
Third St. Patrick's Day
Green, Green, Green, I made sure we were all wearing green today... and then didn't get a single photo, bad Mommy I know. Abby had on a green long sleeved shirt with jeans and green socks to match (thanks to Auntie Elizabeth). She had dark green bowties in her pig tails too. Zoë had on a white shirt with light green sparkle cordoroy pants and wore her green sweater that matches. She too had pig tails, hers had light green hairties. Mommy wore a green t-shirt that Nonno sent to Daddy a while ago from an Irish pub in Atlantic city with some saying about Irish and Italians... I'm not sure what it means, but it went with the holiday. At school all of the kids were dressed in some sort of green, and almost all of the girls had pig tails with green hairties. Hannah had the exact same outfit on as Zoë, even the sweater. Mommy finished the craft that I had made for the parents. They are gold painted cups with a rainbow coming off the side and some yellowish/gold cotton balls inside the cup and the kids' silver footprint on green paper is inside the cup. That's the treasure at the end of the rainbow. The project was time consuming and I didn't get to finish Abby and Zoë's rainbows, so I just brought their footprints home. Auntie Reanna came by a little while before it was time to go home and she was all dressed up. Green ribbons in her hair, a green shirt, shamrock stickers by her eyes, home made green "rope" belt... the works. Abby and Zoë were very excited to see her and show her their classroom. At home the girls got to put together their own salads and had french fries on top, Pennsylvania style (plus a couple of fish sticks for good measure). Zoë was tired and definitely in need of some snuggles and lego building... then off to bed.
Abby @ 2 years, 3 months, 3 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 3 months, 3 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 6 months, 6 days Holidays posted by Laura at 7:37 PM | Comments ( 1 )
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What a nice GREEN St. Patrick's Day you had. Happy St. Patrick's Day .
February 15th 2006
Valentine's from Nonna
On the way home I stopped at the post office with the ladies, who were very excited to be getting out of the car with Mommy for the post office run. We got a couple of big envelopes folded into our box, along with another special key for a package up front. We had a package from Nonna and were off to get home and open everything up. There were lots of little hearts on valentines, special stamps, and two beautiful dresses. Abby's first words were "hearts" when she opened her envelope, then she ran to the living room to try and get Zoë in on the action. After we opened the package she took one of the dresses into the living room saying "Look Zoë". Thanks Nonna!
Abby @ 2 years, 2 months
Zoë @ 2 years, 2 months
Enzo expected in 2 years, 7 months, 9 days Holidays posted by Laura at 5:46 PM | Comment
February 14th 2006
Valentine's SWEEThearts
Sweets, sweets, and more sweets. Usually Chris and I really limit the sugar intake for Abby and Zoë, but today I loosened up a bit and let the girls eat what their friends were having for treats today. The valentine's bags that the girls decorated with their class the other day were all lined up this morning and filled up quickly. Two parents brought in munchkins for snack for the morning, so I let each kid have two holes (as plain as I could find) and then some pears. All of the kids kept talking about the party and were so excited. Most of the kids slept for a long time during nap but, while she did get a good nap, Abby didn't follow suit. She was the first one up, then their friend Emily woke up, and then Zoë woke up. It was just those three girls for a good while and we got some good play time in. After all of the kids were up and changed we got our party underway. Parents brought in so many tasty treats. There were home made cookies, storebought heart cookies, mini cupcakes, angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream, and zucchini carrot mini muffins. After everyone was done snack, "superman" came in. (A teacher of the older kids downstairs came in costume today) Everyone caught a glimpse of him before nap and were talking about him afterwards, but when he actually came in the room most of the kids ran the other way. We had lots of fun today, and lots of sugar... Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!
Abby @ 2 years, 1 month, 30 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 1 month, 30 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 7 months, 10 days Holidays posted by Laura at 4:28 PM | Comment
February 9th 2006
Nightgowns from Nonno
When we arrived home from dinner there were presents from Nonno and Martha on the counter. We took them upstairs for the girls to open as I got them ready for bed. They ripped into the paper to find their first pair of nightgowns! There was also a cute valentine's Clifford book, which both girls really liked. Zoë would hardly let me get her into bed as she was asking me "read clippord!". Thanks Nonno!
Abby @ 2 years, 1 month, 25 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 1 month, 25 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 7 months, 15 days Holidays posted by Laura at 6:40 PM | Comment
January 1st 2006
New Years Day
We had an exciting day today. Mommy was up early making the girls their breakfast. She even baked the cinnamon buns I left out to rise last night. It was a great treat. We had planned to just relax and enjoy the new year. Grampy Tom called to say he was going to stop by. So we had to clean off the car and the deck as it had snowed. Good thing he was coming over because our car would not start. He helped us jump the car. We let it run while we packaged up the girls for some "shopping". Lately they enjoy browsing the isles at stores. This trip was to Old Navy while I got a new battery for the car. Afterwards we went to Olive Garden for a nice New Years Day Dinner. Abby and Zoë used booster seats instead of using high chairs for the first time. They did really well. They really enjoy eating out. They are enjoying all the new and exciting foods. On the way home we took some pictures of the ice sculptures that were in Market Square for their celebration. Aunt Reanna and Uncle Corey also brought over their Christmas gifts for Abby and Zoë, quilts that Reanna made for their beds, complete with small throw pillows and matching standard size pillow cases. The girls loved them and had to use them immediately.
Abby @ 2 years, 17 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 17 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 8 months, 23 days Holidays posted by christopher at 5:46 PM | Comments ( 1 )
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I enjoyed the pictures of you eating out and sitting in your booster seats for the first time. The blankets that Auntie Reanna made you are beautiful and I am sure you will enjoy them for many years.
Extra Second
This is how Abby and Zoë spent their extra second. Laura took the camera upstairs right after the ball dropped to capture these photos.
Abby @ 2 years, 17 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 17 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 8 months, 23 days Holidays posted by christopher at 12:02 AM | Comments ( 1 )
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I use to take pictures of your mom and Auntie Reanna while they were sleeping. When you are a little older you will be able to see them in some funny sleeping pictures.
Happy New Year
Abby and Zoë were happy to get an extra second this year.
'Leap second' subject of long debate
Scientists disagree over how to account for the minute discrepancy between atomic and astronomical time.
BY GUY GUGLIOTTA
Washington Post
Time marches on, but Earth is falling behind. The solution again this year is to add a "leap second" as 2006 arrives, so Earth can catch up with the atomic clocks that have defined time since their unerring accuracy trumped the heavens three decades ago.
This will be the first leap second in seven years, and its arrival will be closely watched by physicists and astronomers enmeshed in a prolonged debate over the future of time in a world increasingly dominated by technology.
Some experts think the leap second should be abolished because the periodic, but random, adjustment of time imposes unreasonable and perhaps dangerous disruptions on precision software applications including cell phones, air traffic control and power grids.
Others, however, argue that it would be expensive to adjust satellites, telescopes and other astronomical systems that are hard-wired for the leap second, and besides, people want their watches to be in sync with the heavens.
Nobody knows how disruptive the leap second really is, but researchers hope to find out soon.
"We're going to look at what happens this year," said Naval Research Laboratory physicist Ronald Beard. "If there are no significant problems, the whole issue will go away, but I don't expect that to happen."
Leap seconds are an outgrowth of the post-World War II development of increasingly accurate clocks based on the regular vibration, or "resonance," of atoms as they pass through a magnetic field. In 1958 an atomic second was defined as the time it takes for an atom of cesium 133 to tick through 9,192,631,770 cycles.
At that point atomic time and astronomical time are approximately the same, with the traditional astronomical second defined as 1/86,400th of a "mean solar day," the average time between two consecutive noons.
The trouble is that the heavens behave more capriciously than cesium. Also, the length of Earth's day is increasing by about two milliseconds per century because of the tides, whereas today's atomic clocks, unaffected by cosmic events, tick away with an accuracy within one second for every 20 million years.
Because of this discrepancy, atomic time has been pulling ahead of astronomical time for the past 47 years. To fix this, the International Telecommunication Union in 1972 stipulated that "Coordinated Universal Time," an atomic time used as the world standard, could not diverge from astronomical time by more than 0.9 seconds.
A "DIFFICULT" COMPROMISE
The adjustment tool was the leap second, to be added or subtracted at the discretion of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, either at the end of June or the end of the year. Beginning in 1972, there have been 21 leap seconds, the last one in 1998.
"Astronomers wanted a time scale that represented the Earth's movement, and the clock community wanted a smooth scale," said physicist Judah Levine of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado, who favors eliminating leap seconds. "The compromise has become increasingly difficult to maintain."
The majority of scientists appear to agree that adding leap seconds, up to now an infrequent exercise, is likely to become a twice-a-year experience in about a century as Earth keeps slowing and the unvarying atomic clocks keep ticking away.
And unlike leap years or daylight saving time, software designers cannot plan ahead because leap seconds get added only when they are needed. The current seven-year hiatus is twice as long as any previous gap.
"At some point this will become so annoying that someone will want to change it," said astronomer Dennis McCarthy, retired director of the U.S. Naval Observatory's Directorate on Time and an advocate of abolishing the leap second. "I'm quite confident that people are not going to be happy with multiple leap seconds per year."
So why not get rid of them? Industry could enjoy the regularity of atomic clocks without risking technological collapse on New Year's Eve. And the divergence from solar time would not be more than one or two seconds per year, perhaps two minutes per century.
"The idea that it's going to be midnight in the middle of the afternoon is just nonsense," Levine said.
Others, however, suggest that the hardship caused by leap seconds may be overblown, if not illusory, as experts on both sides of the debate agree that there is little data beyond a few anecdotes to suggest that leap seconds have in the past created havoc in time-sensitive endeavors.
"The case hasn't been made," said University of Virginia astronomer Ken Seidelmann. "All there is is rumor that they're inconvenient, but we've had them for 30-plus years and there's no outcry. I see no reason to get rid of them."
Furthermore, Seidelmann added, astronomers and satellite operators deploy sensitive equipment on the ground and in space on the assumption that the Coordinated Universal Time signal will match up within a second of astronomical time, critical in decisions such as when and how to point solar panels or satellite imagers.
Still, cautioned McCarthy, "we need to make a decision" about the leap second because engineers are designing satellite systems today that "will be used 20 years from now. We need to do them a service so they're not stuck."
"A PHILOSOPHICAL FEELING"
In recent years, time mavens opened a discussion about what to do, and a "general consensus" emerged that "the advantage to astronomy was not worth the pain and suffering of leap seconds," Levine said. "It looked like a done deal."
But it wasn't. Earlier this year Britain's Royal Astronomical Society decried a U.S. proposal to abolish the leap second, suggesting that doing so would disrupt not only astronomers but "all who study environmental phenomena related to the rising and setting of the sun."
In November, a working group of the International Telecommunication Union meeting in Geneva decided to postpone discussions of the U.S. proposal, which would have abandoned leap seconds in 2007 and let Coordinated Universal Time and astronomical time diverge for several hundred years before inserting a "leap hour." The group said more time was needed to form a consensus, and suggested that this year's leap second offered a welcome opportunity to determine whether change is necessary. (hide article)
They took the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. What did you do for your extra second?
'Leap second' subject of long debate
Scientists disagree over how to account for the minute discrepancy between atomic and astronomical time.
BY GUY GUGLIOTTA
Washington Post
Time marches on, but Earth is falling behind. The solution again this year is to add a "leap second" as 2006 arrives, so Earth can catch up with the atomic clocks that have defined time since their unerring accuracy trumped the heavens three decades ago.
This will be the first leap second in seven years, and its arrival will be closely watched by physicists and astronomers enmeshed in a prolonged debate over the future of time in a world increasingly dominated by technology.
Some experts think the leap second should be abolished because the periodic, but random, adjustment of time imposes unreasonable and perhaps dangerous disruptions on precision software applications including cell phones, air traffic control and power grids.
Others, however, argue that it would be expensive to adjust satellites, telescopes and other astronomical systems that are hard-wired for the leap second, and besides, people want their watches to be in sync with the heavens.
Nobody knows how disruptive the leap second really is, but researchers hope to find out soon.
"We're going to look at what happens this year," said Naval Research Laboratory physicist Ronald Beard. "If there are no significant problems, the whole issue will go away, but I don't expect that to happen."
Leap seconds are an outgrowth of the post-World War II development of increasingly accurate clocks based on the regular vibration, or "resonance," of atoms as they pass through a magnetic field. In 1958 an atomic second was defined as the time it takes for an atom of cesium 133 to tick through 9,192,631,770 cycles.
At that point atomic time and astronomical time are approximately the same, with the traditional astronomical second defined as 1/86,400th of a "mean solar day," the average time between two consecutive noons.
The trouble is that the heavens behave more capriciously than cesium. Also, the length of Earth's day is increasing by about two milliseconds per century because of the tides, whereas today's atomic clocks, unaffected by cosmic events, tick away with an accuracy within one second for every 20 million years.
Because of this discrepancy, atomic time has been pulling ahead of astronomical time for the past 47 years. To fix this, the International Telecommunication Union in 1972 stipulated that "Coordinated Universal Time," an atomic time used as the world standard, could not diverge from astronomical time by more than 0.9 seconds.
A "DIFFICULT" COMPROMISE
The adjustment tool was the leap second, to be added or subtracted at the discretion of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, either at the end of June or the end of the year. Beginning in 1972, there have been 21 leap seconds, the last one in 1998.
"Astronomers wanted a time scale that represented the Earth's movement, and the clock community wanted a smooth scale," said physicist Judah Levine of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado, who favors eliminating leap seconds. "The compromise has become increasingly difficult to maintain."
The majority of scientists appear to agree that adding leap seconds, up to now an infrequent exercise, is likely to become a twice-a-year experience in about a century as Earth keeps slowing and the unvarying atomic clocks keep ticking away.
And unlike leap years or daylight saving time, software designers cannot plan ahead because leap seconds get added only when they are needed. The current seven-year hiatus is twice as long as any previous gap.
"At some point this will become so annoying that someone will want to change it," said astronomer Dennis McCarthy, retired director of the U.S. Naval Observatory's Directorate on Time and an advocate of abolishing the leap second. "I'm quite confident that people are not going to be happy with multiple leap seconds per year."
So why not get rid of them? Industry could enjoy the regularity of atomic clocks without risking technological collapse on New Year's Eve. And the divergence from solar time would not be more than one or two seconds per year, perhaps two minutes per century.
"The idea that it's going to be midnight in the middle of the afternoon is just nonsense," Levine said.
Others, however, suggest that the hardship caused by leap seconds may be overblown, if not illusory, as experts on both sides of the debate agree that there is little data beyond a few anecdotes to suggest that leap seconds have in the past created havoc in time-sensitive endeavors.
"The case hasn't been made," said University of Virginia astronomer Ken Seidelmann. "All there is is rumor that they're inconvenient, but we've had them for 30-plus years and there's no outcry. I see no reason to get rid of them."
Furthermore, Seidelmann added, astronomers and satellite operators deploy sensitive equipment on the ground and in space on the assumption that the Coordinated Universal Time signal will match up within a second of astronomical time, critical in decisions such as when and how to point solar panels or satellite imagers.
Still, cautioned McCarthy, "we need to make a decision" about the leap second because engineers are designing satellite systems today that "will be used 20 years from now. We need to do them a service so they're not stuck."
"A PHILOSOPHICAL FEELING"
In recent years, time mavens opened a discussion about what to do, and a "general consensus" emerged that "the advantage to astronomy was not worth the pain and suffering of leap seconds," Levine said. "It looked like a done deal."
But it wasn't. Earlier this year Britain's Royal Astronomical Society decried a U.S. proposal to abolish the leap second, suggesting that doing so would disrupt not only astronomers but "all who study environmental phenomena related to the rising and setting of the sun."
In November, a working group of the International Telecommunication Union meeting in Geneva decided to postpone discussions of the U.S. proposal, which would have abandoned leap seconds in 2007 and let Coordinated Universal Time and astronomical time diverge for several hundred years before inserting a "leap hour." The group said more time was needed to form a consensus, and suggested that this year's leap second offered a welcome opportunity to determine whether change is necessary. (hide article)
They took the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. What did you do for your extra second?
Abby @ 2 years, 17 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 17 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 8 months, 23 days Holidays posted by christopher at 12:00 AM | Comments ( 2 )
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Happy New Year!!! Abby ! love you!
Happy New Year!!! Zoe ! Love you!
I followed the girls example and really slept in...it was after 9am before I got out of bed.
Happy New Year Abby and Zoe. We love you. I don't know what I did with my extra second, it went by too quickly.
December 25th 2005
Christmas Day - Second Half
After Abby and Zoë woke up from their nap and had a little snack, we headed over to Auntie Reanna and Uncle Corey's house. Grampy and Uncle Tommy were there when we arrived. Abby warmed right up to Grampy, and even took to Uncle Tommy, whom she hasn't seen in a while. Zoë and Abby were playing chase up and down the hall with Uncle Tommy, Abby taking breaks to shovel home made guacamole on pretzels into her mouth. When the dinner call came both girls ran to the table and sat so nicely in the chairs, unfortunately there weren't enough big chairs and they had to sit in their strollers, which they weren't pleased about. Zoë, yet again didn't have much of an apetite. She tried a couple of bites of spinach filled ravioli, but mostly just some of our pull apart rolls. Abby ate the ravioli up and even had a few mouthfuls of peas and tomatoes. At one point both gilrs wanted their paci's so the lay down the futon mattress together with their lovies to be able to have them. When it was time for presents Abby was the little helper bringing people their gifts. We had to wrap things up early and get Zoë and Abby in their pj's to get home for bed. Even though she slept in, Zoë started to try laying with me and snuggling with Grampy. After I had Zoë all set and was starting with Abby I heard Zoë in the back with "they boys" and she was getting the hang of the treadmill. Abby did great getting ready for bed at Auntie Reanna's, and even went pee on the toilet before her night time diaper. She of course had to try the tread mill and then Daddy needed a turn as well. After hugs and good-bye's we were off to get our gift-o-holics to bed.
Abby @ 2 years, 11 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 11 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 8 months, 29 days Holidays posted by Laura at 9:06 PM | Comment
Christmas Day - First Half
Christmas started out with Mommy being the only one up until almost 8:00 this morning. Zoë had woken a few times during the night and then early in the morning she was awake with temperature taking, medicine dosing, and requests for water and, the cutest "I nee(d) tissue pease". At 5:30 I lay in bed awake and Zoë was still off and on so I thought of bringing her downstairs to snuggle with me. As soon as I got up and went downstairs she was back to sleep. Abby seemed to sleep through the ordeals of the evening, but must have been slightly wakened because her and Zoë both slept WAY in. I went upstairs to try and get a sleeping Christmas morning photo, but both girls were up chatting with each other. We headed over to wake Daddy and then it was downstairs for some much needed breakfast. After this I helped the girls with their last few presents that were under the tree; Winter hats and a leapfrog fridge phonics from Grandma Cindy and Papa Norm. Also some footsie pj's Nonno had bought for them during his visit that I stashed away into gift bags. Once we were done there we went up to get showers and pretty dresses on. We had a fairly quiet morning playing with their legos and looking at photos with Daddy.
Abby @ 2 years, 10 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 10 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 8 months, 30 days Holidays posted by Laura at 12:20 PM | Comments ( 1 )
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Merry Christmas, Abby!!
Merry Christmas, Zoe!
December 24th 2005
Christmas Eve 2005
Chris' mom flew into boston a couple of days ago and today she drove up with Uncle Matt, Auntie Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's boyfriend Gordon. They got here just as Zoë and Abby were finishing up their lunch and getting ready for a nap. They got in some snuggles and then it was off to bed. There was obviously too much excitement because the girls only slept for 1.5 hours. As I was getting Zoë out of bed she said "see Nonna". Unfortunately Zoë is still battling this virus and her fever was putting a bit of a damper on her mood. Auntie Elizabeth and Gordon fixed us a delicious lunch of shrimp fettucini with a cream sauce and garlic bread... mmmm! We had tried to do some presents when the girls first woke up from their nap, but it was too soon. We tried again after lunch and Abby was into it, but Zoë just wanted to sit with Elizabeth. Abby and Zoë opened their lego bin from Uncle Matt first, so that could have had something to do with it. It was a great addition to the lego table, and the girls were pretty focused on that for a while. Abby sat and built things with Gordon for a long time. Mommy was trying to get a chance to try some of the adorable clothing items from Nonna and Elizabeth on the girls, but they weren't nearly as excited about them as I was. Abby did really like the super fuzzy socks though, and didn't want to take them off later when it was time to get her new Christmas Eve pj's on. As usual, we all had a really nice time spending the day with the family, especially with our two beauties at "center stage".
Abby @ 2 years, 10 days
Zoë @ 2 years, 10 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 8 months, 30 days Holidays posted by Laura at 7:57 PM | Comments ( 1 )
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What a wonderful time we all had, even though Zoe was n't feeling well. Dinner was made by Elizabeth with help from Gordon. It was delicious and enjoyed by all of us. We so enjoyed our visit with the "Sweeties". Merry Christmas to All!!! Love and Kisses to All! xxoo
December 14th 2005
Twin Two Dollars for Birthday
Abby and Zoë received their first two dollar bills for their 2nd birthday. It was a great gift to receive in the mail. Aunt Edie and Uncle Punt sent them each a card with a two dollar bill inside. We rarely see two dollar bills so we are keeping them in a safe place. They were even minted [born] in 2003, so they are as old as Abby and Zoë. Happy birthday Abby and Zoë and two dollar bills.
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 30 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 30 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 10 days Holidays posted by christopher at 1:54 PM | Comment
December 8th 2005
Christmas Trees - Day 8
Zoë and Abby have both really enjoyed their trees. They look forward to it every evening after dinner, and in the mornings after breakfast on the weekend. Tonight, after they devoured the yummy pizzas Daddy made us, we headed into the living room to find the eighth ornament. Zoë put hers on backwards initially, but was happy that she could see the number. Abby kept asking to do hers, but then wouldn't let us pick her up to do so. Chris let Zoë do Abby's, and then Abby was ready for Daddy to pick her up. He let her fix Zoë's ornament and press the star for a jingle. We now have a gingerbread man, a yellow bell, a pink and green bulb, a jack in the box, a penguin snow angel, a rocking horse, a choo choo train, and a yellow bulb.
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 25 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 25 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 15 days Holidays posted by Laura at 9:10 PM | Comment
December 5th 2005
Christmas Holiday Card 2005
We finalized our 2005 Christmas card. Check your mailbox, they are on the way!
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 21 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 21 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 19 days Holidays posted by christopher at 1:57 PM | Comment
December 3rd 2005
Portsmouth Christmas Parade
Once we got home from the crazy afternoon in the vomit rocket [car]. With the girls freshly showered and their car seats and clothes in the wash, we bundled up the girls for the Christmas parade. We were 20 minutes late "fast" walking into town. Luckily the parade was late as well. We were in place for the start of the parade. We stayed for the first 30 minutes or so and then walked back home. We did not get to see the end of the parade were the Santa float was, maybe next year. It was really cold out and we didn't want the girls to get even sicker, so we hurried them home. I am hoping the fresh air will help their colds. They were in bed and sleeping by 7:30.
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 19 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 19 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 21 days Holidays posted by christopher at 6:20 PM | Comment
December 2nd 2005
Countdown Trees - Day 2
This evening after burritos we told the girls they could do their christmas tree ornaments. Zoë must have been trying to rush through her dinner to get to the tree fun, because she ended up getting sick. Not much, but Mommy decided she was done with her burrito after that anyhow. We got her cleaned up and let her do her tree, meanwhile Abby was still gobbling down bite after bite of her dinner. Finally she settled with being all done and got to put her gingerbread ornament on and press the star for a little jingle bells dance. After that I let each of the girls press a snowman for some more tunes. I tried getting them to warm up to the Santa, whom we now refer to as "Nick", but neither of them would go near it. We'll keep trying Nick, we'll keep trying.
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 19 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 19 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 21 days Holidays posted by Laura at 8:23 PM | Comments ( 1 )
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Wish I could be there to help with the countdown fun.I can't wait to see you Abby and Zoe.Love Grandma Cindy
December 1st 2005
Holiday Box From Nonna
When the girls and I got home from school, there was a box waiting from Nonna. Zoë opened it up, then closed it before pulling anything out, and let Abby have a turn opening. I pulled out the goodies while they were sitting in the high chairs for dinner. There were two adorable outfits, three cute wall hangings, another hallmark holiday singing snowman to add to our collection, (this one plays the piano while he sings!) and even winter stamps. What a wonderful surprise to arrive home to!
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 17 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 17 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 23 days Holidays posted by Laura at 5:20 PM | Comments ( 1 )
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Happy to hear all enjoyed the package.
November 25th 2005
After Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Dinner
We went over to Corey and Reanna's house this afternoon for an after thanksgiving get together. I made some herbed pull apart rolls, and brought along Zoë and Abby's new thanksgiving placemats. The girls got some running around in before helping Auntie with some dinner preparations. Abby did so awesome going on the toilet at Auntie's house. I forgot to bring the toilet topper but she went three times and kept her diaper dry even without it. Dinnertime came and the girls each got to sit in a seat at the table, with Chris and I on both sides of them. They did very well sitting and eating off of their plates with regular forks. They were, of course, finished before the rest of us and took turns sitting with us around the table. First me, then Daddy, then Auntie Reanna, then Grampy, and then Uncle Corey. After dinner they took turns running up and down the hallway to Corey and going back and forth to grampy and around the kitchen before getting pj's on and heading home for bed.
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 11 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 11 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 28 days Holidays posted by Laura at 7:50 PM | Comment
November 24th 2005
Thanksgiving Day
Matt came up today around noon. Since we're having thanksgiving dinner a day late at Reanna's tomorrow, we decided to all go out for chinese food. Matt and I ordered some soup to start, which Abby and Zoë loved eating the tofu out of. Both girls also enjoyed some crab rangoon, fried rice, white rice, veggies, a taste of spring roll, and fortune cookie for dessert. Our fortunes were as follows:
Uncle Matt: With time comes great wisdom.
Chris: You will be fortunate in everything you put your hands to.
Laura: Stop searching forever, happiness is just next to you.
Abby: A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth.
Zoë: A pleasant surprise is in store for you.
After lunch Zoë and Abby went down for a nice nap and then played lots of fun games with Uncle Matt until dinner time. Chris whipped up what he coined as "Thanksgiving in a mouthful". Stuffing, corn, carrots, and cranberry sauce all mixed up together. Last night both girls ate these things separately pretty well, but tonight not so well. Abby took a few good spoonfuls, but Zoë didn't want to eat it so much. I finished them each off with a waffle before getting ready for bed time.
Uncle Matt: With time comes great wisdom.
Chris: You will be fortunate in everything you put your hands to.
Laura: Stop searching forever, happiness is just next to you.
Abby: A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth.
Zoë: A pleasant surprise is in store for you.
After lunch Zoë and Abby went down for a nice nap and then played lots of fun games with Uncle Matt until dinner time. Chris whipped up what he coined as "Thanksgiving in a mouthful". Stuffing, corn, carrots, and cranberry sauce all mixed up together. Last night both girls ate these things separately pretty well, but tonight not so well. Abby took a few good spoonfuls, but Zoë didn't want to eat it so much. I finished them each off with a waffle before getting ready for bed time.
Abby @ 1 year, 11 months, 10 days
Zoë @ 1 year, 11 months, 10 days
Enzo expected in 2 years, 9 months, 29 days Holidays posted by Laura at 7:55 PM | Comments ( 2 )
Comments:
Happy Thanksgiving. We love you and miss you. Love PaPa Norm & Grandma Cindy
WoW!! what fortunes you all had!!!
A different Thanksgiving treat but enjoyed by all.
Happy Thanksgiving to all and all my love..mum xxoo
