This is what my Mother said to me today on the phone:
“Ariella has such a sincerely happy personality. She is always so upbeat, even when she hurts herself. If anyone ever changes that about her, and I find out who it is,  I will stand up on a chair and kick them in the face.”
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This is an honest to God testimony of what has just been my evening.
It all started with a baby-style late-after dinner poop. I smelled it when she was playing next to me before bath time. (Cursed Mama nose!) No big deal, these things happen. Since it was almost bath time anyway, I took her upstairs [...]

October was full of so many emotions my head is exhausted.  We went from super excited to worry and nervousness to extreme disappointment to happiness and thankful all in the span of 5 days.
The day of our good friend Suzy’s Wedding, I found out I was pregnant again.  We went to Suzy and Rob’s Wedding [...]

So Ariella just turned 13 months old, and I swear she is getting smarter by the minute! Here are some things that she is doing now. Actually, most of it she has been doing for about 2 months now but that is beside the point!
She calls our cat by his name – Isis. Ok, so [...]

One year ago today I went into labor around 2:15pm. Over 24 hours later, after 4 hours of pushing, Ariella couldn’t turn to be birthed naturally, so had to be delivered by c-section.  She was born at 4:42pm after a successful surgery, and Mama heard her crying right away.
Since then, we have recovered from surgery, [...]

Today was my Uncle Tom’s $%th birthday and it was so different this year that it really made me think.  My Aunt has been in the hospital now for three weeks, going in with a stroke and now finding an aortic aneurysm.  My Dad was working in Hornell and Derek was at a CTRC meeting.  [...]

Day 5
Saturday we were all at the Grandparent’s Punaro for birthday celebrations, so we did not get home much before 9pm.  I had brought her nightie to their house so we changed her there, knowing she would fall fast asleep in the car.  It made it a bit easier getting her ready for bed once [...]

So last night we were out a bit later after going out to the Old Orchard with my parents for dinner.  This was Ariella’s first “real” dining out experience and we actually had comments from other diners that she “did so well” during the time we were there.  Anyway, we got home probably @ 8:30 [...]

Day 2
Ariella got her cereal, bath and her Momma Milk before being put down around 8:00ish.  She fussed a little bit at first but then went right to sleep, with Momma pretty much right behind her.  She woke up a few times during the night, but was able to get herself back to sleep pretty [...]

Ariella is going to turn 7 months next week and is still waking up at least 2 or 3 times a night.  While some nights don’t seem that bad, we have both gone through the flu and colds now and those nights are very tough indeed.  Since we are all feeling better, Derek and I [...]