January 1, 2016! Meet my new baby niece Hope Costella!

So it's only been about 5 years.....and so much has happened ! Today, 01/01/16, baby Hope was born in Sacramento and I got to be in the operating room with my sister and Ryan. Such a special moment!

Just minutes old!! So sweet! Congratulations to my sister and Ryan! Happy New Year!

Family Photoshoot! May 2011. New baby Audrey!!

Hello everyone! Audrey Faith Gaynor was born on April 4th, 2011 at 3:29 AM. She weighed 6 lbs, 12 ounces and was 20.25 inches long! I know I'm way overdue on posting, but we have been a busy family. I will post some newborn pictures as soon as I get them transferred to a CD!! :)  Currently, Audrey is 5/12 months old, and Amelia is 26 1/2 months old. She had a great 2nd birthday at our house...and Elmo theme party!! (Ahh..more photos that I must put together soon!)

These photos below were taken by a friend of ours from church who has recently started up her own photography business. Audrey was about 6 weeks old in these photos (End of May, 2011). We took them at Mare Island in front of St. Peter's Chapel where we got married nearly 5 years ago!! How time has flown by!! I am so lucky to be a mom of two wonderful little girls and to be the wife of an amazing, supportive husband! Life is busy, but life is good! I thank God for his many blessings every day!!

Our Growing Family!!

 

Amelia running down the chapel ramp!

                                         

 Audrey sticking her tongue out...she's been doing that lately. Oh, and now that she is 5 1/2 months old, she just learned to sit up!!! She has grown so much since these photos!

 I LOVE this picture of David with his girls. Daddy and his sweet girls!

 Amelia and "Dodo", the purple monkey. He is her best friend, her confidant, her security! He goes everywhere with her and us....the bath, her bed. :) :) She lovesss him!!!

Our family.....keeps on growing, keeps on loving!

Our New Baby Girl-29 weeks

It has been about a year already since I've posted?? Wow! Well, I've been a busy working momma. Amelia is now 18 months and is very spunky. She goes to school (at my work) 1 day a week as a play pal in teacher Sabrina's class. She loves it! She goes to daycare 2x/week at Naomi's and then Grandmom and Papa come watch her the other 3 days. She had a super busy Christmas season...We celebrated Christmas Eve in San Jose at her Great Grandparents house with extended family. Christmas morning we celebrated together and she got to see what Santa brought her...Christmas afternoon we went to Concord to Grandmom and Papa's house with Auntie Melanie, Uncle Ryan and her cousins Weston and Maddie. Then, we headed to SoCal to Grandma and Grandpa Gaynor's house for New Year's and celebrated down there.
Whew! Just a quick update for our holidays.

Currently, I am 30 weeks pregnant and last weekend we had a 3D-4D ultrasound of our new little girl! We are still thinking of names...but she is sooo adorable and sweet, we love her already so much. Here are a few pics from the ultrasound!

Our due date is April 4, 2011.  My sister is also expecting her 2nd coming mid February 2011. We will have little babies so close in age!

Here's a few pics from Christmas/New Years down in SoCal. :)  We had a great year and are looking forward to our family growing from 3 to 4!! :)

 My sweet baby girl!!

 Above is Amelia's brand new baby cousin, Sarah. Just over 1 month old!

 My belly is growing!!

 Top left to right: David, Joseph, Grandma, Grandpa, Adam, Stephen

Me, Asheley, Amelia, Christina and baby Sarah.

Fun times!

Let's hope I make a post before next year! xoxo

Updating my blog finally after 6 months!

Let's go backwards.

Back to January 2010. Below are some photos from January 2010.  Amelia weighed in at 15 lbs and 3 oz (on Jan. 28th). She enjoys laughing a lot and loves when you are silly and dance for her. She loves old MacDonald squeezes, peek-a-boo and songs. She learned how to sit up by herself on January 6th! She began to eat solids....and LOVES to eat!  She ate butternut squash, peas, sweet potato, pumpkin, pears, applesauce, bananas and plums all this month. We celebrated my dad's birthday (Papa!). We celebrated New Years!

Playdate!

Amelia got together with her little friends on December 21st in Sac Town! We had so much fun!!
Olivia is 2 months old, little Andrew, the newest addition is only 1 week old...and Amelia is 5 months old. It's a great reminder of how fast babies grow! I am so blessed to have such close friends with babies....which translates into lots of future playdates, memories and mommy get togethers to share, laugh and maybe even cry. 

We can't forget Big Boy Isaiah who is 2 years...he's definitely the ring leader of the pack! :)

Ahhh...I can see the memories and bonds forming already! In several years, they will all be about the same size and will be able to easily play together...That's hard to believe since when they are just babies, they grow so fast from week to week. Wow! I love being a Mommy! :)

What's new since Halloween, Thanksgiving and almost Christmas???

What's new.......Amelia is 5 months old has 2 teeth now! (She got her first tooth at 4 months.,..yes, ouch!) Amelia laughs....rolls over....weighs in at almost 14 lbs.....Amelia attends school once a week (my baby group I teach at Cameron)....
She just started rice cereal about a week ago.  She was in her first wedding (my big sister got married on December 5th)....Amelia was the junior flowergirl...she got pulled down the aisle in a decorated wagon. Super cute...I'm waiting for the photos from the photographer!

 We went to the Christmas tree farm in Dixon after Thanksgiving and picked out our first tree together as a family! She met Santa and some reindeer too! See pics below :)

Also, Amelia got put in a giant pumpkin that we carved for Halloween. See below..haha! She wasn't too sure about the gook. She dressed up as a pink bunny on Halloween. She helped pick out her pumpkin too.

Her friend from Benicia as we carved the pumpkins!

Now she likes her pumpkin!

The pumpkin farm....sitting amongst many pumpkins!

I just realized that I'm posting pics from most recent to oldest...Oooppps... Below are some photos from her first Thanksgiving. We went to my parents house in Concord and enjoyed a feast! That was when Amelia had her first taste of solid food.....no, not turkey, not even mashed potatoes...but delicious organice brown rice cereal! We all had our cameras ready and the video camera turned on....as I started to put the first taste in her mouth....her lower lip started to tremble and she screamed and cried! Sooo sad! Probably the nervousness of everyone standing around her with our cameras in her face. Poor baby! Since then though, I have tried it again and she's been eating successfully for one week! Probably after Christmas I will try some fruits and veggies. That oughta taste more pleasant eh? She loves her food though!

Her Auntie Melanie and cousin Weston!!

Lastly....the practice for the wedding....before the wagon was finished. 

If I post at least one post per month...I'm doing good right? :) Thanks to all who look..I also changed the setting, I think...so now you can leave a comment! Would love to hear from  you..that way I know that people are actually seeing my blog. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas filled with peace, love and joy and a very extra special New Year!

My year this year was extra special with the birth of our first daughter Amelia!! Blessings!!