Aug Pics

Budda Baby -

Like my shiner? Emily has a black eye!

You talkin to me?

And shes OUT! This is how Emily often looks when she naps in the car

"heheheheee Yea, I got my thumb... its all good!"

We have TEETH

Well, August has come and gone already. Who knew that having kids made time fly?? I started working back at the Children's Place this month. It has meant a lot of babysitting sharing with another friend of mine. It has been an adjustment but at just 2 days a week, we seem to be doing well with it so far. Abby is growing like a weed. She solidly fits in 6-9 mo now. She can grab at things and switch hands. On her belly she can roll to get what she wants and on her back she does this "arch the back and push with the heels" move that seems to get her around pretty good. She seems to constantly laugh at Emily and ALREADY tries to do what she does. And if you didnt guess by the title--we have teeth. Abby cut 2 teeth at the same time and I found them on Friday 8/17 (the first night of the Tomato festival). She is a hoot to watch. She giggles at just about anything and already does this "shy" smile. Her hair is still red. And I find it real funny how both sides of our family claim responsibility for it hehehe. Speaking of the Tomato Festival (a bazaare in Pittston PA where they actually have an even where people throw tomatoes at each other).... as I said, we went... and Emily just HAD to play the goldfish game (you know the ping-pong ball into a small tank game...where you win a little fish you know what live through the night?)....But luckily for us, shes not a good aim... so she lost.... not lucky for us that she is cute.... The owner of the game gave her a fish anyways because shes "just so cute". So we now have a fish that Emily insists we keep. I convince her that its going to go live with Angela's fish (a friend just got a small tank for her 2 girls). Neither Canio or I could really flush it. So it ended up in a disposible sippy cup and survived the night. Canio and Emily drove the fish to Angela's. Angela adopted "Bruno" (the shark from Nemo). However, sadly, Bruno passed on shortly after going to live there. And he took the rest of Angela's fish with him. Ooops! Emily is doing good. She is loving to play store. She sorts out things you can buy from her toys. She has a cup of "coinies" that she or you pay with. She knows all her diff. coins. She will tell you if it is used, or haggle you down in price. Its funny... and then she will say...thanks, come again. Canio started broadcasting HS football for Dunmore HIgh this past Friday. You can listen to the games at http://www.audiosportsonline.com/ then go to Football...then Dunmore High School Bucks. If you do tune in...he starts at 6:45pm on Fridays.... please let us know you are going to listen and he will send a hello. And....drum roll.... I GOT A VERY NICE DOUBLE STROLLER! And I love it! I even braved taking both the girls to the mall ..by myself... and we stayed PAST bedtime on Friday night because they were both so good in the stroller. A lady who works with me told me its like a "Freagin Hummer". It is big but so easy to access. Congrads to my friend AMY in NC who gave birth to a very CUTE little boy. I hope she believes me that the first 2 months are really hard but it just keeps getting easier. But as you can see from the video... Abby is just hanging out laughing....Emily comes by...Abby starts to cry. I guess Abby figures its just a matter of time. =) By the way...its grainy because its from our digital camera which is only 3 yrs old but is a dinosaur now.