Major milestones
There have been a few age changes in the house of late. Tony had his birthday on the 8th. (No comment on the age.) Corinne turned 5 on the 10th. She decided to have a sleepover the weekend before and cake with family for the actual day.
Ethan also turned six months at the end of January. He is getting around the house with ease doing the army crawl and is starting to get the hang of real crawling. He is as cute as ever. We finally had to give him his first haircut. It was scary but looks way better than the long, wispy look he had going.
Mason is starting to understand birthdays and answers with the correct age and date when you ask him about it.
As always, there are more frequent updates on Greta’s website. Feel free to check it out!
Tony update
For those of you who are devoted fans of this website and want to keep up on Tony, he is doing much better after his surgery. His hand is very swollen but seems to be getting better since it doesn’t fit into his splint the same anymore. He has another appointment on Monday to have it re-evaluated.
Thanksgiving was spent with both sides of the family. The kids love seeing cousins and all the extra attention. We are planning on staying home for Christmas so it was nice to check in with everyone. We are inviting any- and everyone to Columbus, though!
Check gisforgreta.com in the next few days for updated Ethan pictures. He turned four months old today!
My apologies
We are sssssoooooooo behind on updating this website. Part of the problem is that I (Greta) started my own website instead of just taking this one over. I guess I thought Tony would continue to post here and add his links to stuff he likes so I had better have my own site. Anyway, Ethan is now almost 4 months old, Halloween is over, and Thanksgiving is around the corner. Weird. The family is doing well; except for Tony. He broke the bone that goes between his pinky and wrist on his right hand. It’s a bummer for both of us. He will have surgery next week. There’s snow in the air this morning which has the kids thinking they will make a snowman this afternoon and asking if it’s Christmas. Time is flying by!
Summer 2006 Update
It’s been quite a while since we’ve had an update, so here’s our Summer 2006 update:
We are having a great summer! The kids are doing lots of fun things: taking care of the garden, playing in the sprinkler, and having a good time with friends/family. The highlight would have to be our trips to the Ohio State Fair. Corinne really loved the rides this year. Mason mostly threw sawdust at the animals, but he made sure to get his share of the milkshake from the dairy barn! The kids have had special trips to both grandparents’ homes without Mom or Dad. Everyone had a good time (despite the early wake up calls by the kids). We also went to Geauga Lake with Papa Bill and Grandma Ann. Abuelita and Papa Tom came later to see the kids play in the water. It was a good time for all!
Here are some pictures of our good times. Click on the picture and it will take you to Flickr to show the whole set of pictures.
Geauga Lake
Ohio State Fair
If anyone was wondering what Tony’s favorite thing from the State fair, it would easily be “Chicken-on-a-stick”!
Beautiful people
Not that we needed anyone (like some stuffy scientists) to tell us this, but it turns out that Greta and I are beautiful people. At least that’s what science says. From an article in the Times:
According to research, attractive parents are 26% more likely to have a daughter than a son as their first child.
I’m certainly not one to argue with science!
