Sitting Up & Practicing Standing!

Dylan is working on sitting up all by himself and loves to stand for short periods of time. First thing in the morning when Alex and I bring him into our bed and lay him on a pillow he pulls to sit right up - he's like "Ma I've been laying all night - I want up!" AJ was playing in her sandbox and Dylan was watching away so I brought him over and let him sit for a bit - he had a great time and seemed so happy (as usual)! Love this kid - he is the best!

Baby Lola!

Today we had a really fun play date at Juna's and got to meet baby Lola, Fiona's new little sister! Introducing the 5th member of the gang -

Dylan Sutton Matrale - Baptism - 4/10/10

Godmother - Noelle Hart

Godfather - Peter Matrale

St. Philomena's Church - Livingston, NJ

Il Vicolo - Livingston, NJ

It was a such a blessing to have our family there to share with us a important day in our son's life. Dylan was happy and smiled through most of church - the priest even laughed out loud during a prayer because there Dylan was smiling him in the face! The party after was great - the food was great and so was the company! What a nice day we had!

Easter

Easter was a really nice day this year. We started off with AJ waking up early to see what the Easer bunny left for her in her basket. Next we had a nice family breakfast and then it was off to church. It was really nice - we picked up my brother Eddie and happened to run into Will & The Jones-Ferrells and so we all go to sit together! After church it was time to go to our huge family dinner at Pals - we had a private room and everything was spectacular!

Dying Eggs & Peas!

Today Dylan had his 4 1/2 month check up at the doctor. He is 18 lbs and in the 80% for weight, 75% for height and 90% for head size - my kid had a big nogen! I told the doctor I started him on rice cereal about two weeks prior and he gave me the go ahead to feed him whatever - he said "look at this kids - feed him - he want's to eat"! I was excited and couldn't wait to start with the food! We chose peas to start with and he loved them - kept opening his mouth for more and more!

Also today we dyed our Easter eggs - AJ was super excited and she did a really great job! GO AJ!

Blessed

When things go wrong as they sometimes do, all I have to do is take a look at these 2 and I imediately realize how blessed I truly am! I have 2 amazingly beautiful children with beautiful eyes and beautiful smiles! It can't get much better...

Oh Mr. Sun!

The weather has been super yuck-o recently. FINALLY today we had a nice sunny day and a perfect opportunity to visit the TBZ! AJ, Chris & Julia has a blast running all around, going on pony rides, the merry go round, having lunch and seeing the animals! Dylan & Cara were perfect angles and us moms were SO lucky to have Taylor - our 4th set of eyes watching the kids - she is great to have around!