Vacation to Connecticut and Will's New Haircut!

We spent a wonderful week visiting Joe's family in Connecticut. While our travels were a bit harrowing (many delays!) the kiddos were great on the planes and had a super trip!

Will getting ready to get on the plane.

Goofing around with Grandpop.

"Auntie" Stef came from Boston to visit and meet Ella! It was wonderful!


Grandmom at the beach putting Will's feet in the ocean, which he kept calling "pool". Too funny!

With Aunt Jen.


My new favorite picture of Will...love that kid...

A trip to the zoo, checking out the tiger with Grandmom.

The Guarino's riding the alligator!

Ella looking cute in her outfit and hat from the Herickhoff's. So adorable!

Ella snoozing on the plane home. Sadly we couldn't sit together on the flights because you can't have two lap children in a row. Will had a grand old time on the way home because there was an empty seat.



In other news, Will got his first haircut today. While I was enamored with the curls, he was getting quite sweaty when he plays outside and Joe was insistent that he had a mullet. I feel like he's not a baby anymore now that he has a little boy haircut. Where did the time go?


Having a great time squirting everything and everyone in sight!

With Sherry, longtime dear family friend and stylist who has been cutting our hair since I was just a little older than Will!

Helping Sherry clean up!

The finished product! He looks like he's ready for kindergarten!

Some cute new pics...

Here are just a few quick pics of the kiddos... pics from our vacation to CT coming soon!
In Ella's Bumbo chair...

Getting ready to go to Nan's to swim. Will has his bathing suit in his backpack (backpack is one of his new favorite words!).

Ella rolling over!

Being cute...yep, she has blue eyes and we don't think they are changing!

Our co-sleeping nightmare... I know we shouldn't have pillows, blankets, etc. I promise, most nights she sleeps in her crib.

Will wouldn't eat his breakfast the other morning without wearing his hat from Anne and Tim... too funny.

Our first family of 4 pictures...

It was an adventure, but we got some pictures taken of the four of us. Will wasn't crazy about sitting still and Ella was scared to death by the camera. We were quite the circus :-) Here are a few of the shots...

Ella's Baptism

We had a wonderful weekend here at the Guarino homestead. Yesterday Ella was Christened and it was a perfect day. Her godparents, dear friends Anne and Tim Malyszko, arrived on Friday afternoon and didn't have to head back to St. Louis until this afternoon. We had such fun playing in the yard, celebrating at Mass and the Baptism ceremony, partying at home after, and just relaxing all together. We miss them already, but are so thankful for the time we had together. It was a wonderful day surrounded by family and friends. Thank you to all who were with us in body and spirit. We are so grateful. There are too many great pictures to post, but here are some of the joyful and blessed occasion.
Tim and Will building a tower, well, mostly Tim...

Anne and Ella strolling around the neighborhood.

Anne getting Ella dressed in my christening dress.



Ella exercising her lungs!


The big moment! She didn't even cry!


Party! There aren't many pictures of Ella at the party because she spent the first 3 hours screaming. Poor little thing was really fussed from all the activity. The rest of us had a nice time though.




Will spent the afternoon in the pool and "playing" Baggo. He went through a pair of swim trunks and two pairs of shorts... His lifeguard was Anne!




Ella and her Godfather totally beat after all the activity!


In other news, Ella had her 2 month check up and is doing really well. She is 11 lbs. 4 oz. (50th percentile) and 24 inches (95th percentile). She took her shots like a champ! She is rolling over from front to back, cooing like crazy, and smiling adorably although we've found it hard to capture on film. Here's one shot of the elusive Ella grin...

All's well!

I've been a bit of a delinquent blogger as of late, sorry! Finding a spare minute if both the munchkins are sleeping is difficult to say the least. And finding a minute when I don't need a shower, want to eat something, or do something around the house is even more difficult! We are all doing well though, and enjoying a bit of nicer weather.

Will had his 15 month check up last week and he's the picture of health! He's 24 pounds (50th percentile) and 33 1/2 inches tall (95th percentile).

We got a little baby pool for the two of them last weekend and Will enjoyed splashing around. It was a bit too cold for Ella yet, so she watched intently. Here are a few pics of the fun!

What is my brother doing?!?!

Woo hoo!!! Water!!

Distracted by an airplane...

So much fun!