The Haase Family: 5/1/09

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO!

Marty and Dominique invited us on a weekend trip to San Francisco! What a BLAST we had!! It was Dominique's and Marty's first time in San Francisco. Freddy and I LOVE San Fran and had a great time showing our good friends the city! It was a quick trip, but we were able to do sooo much! We ate great food, drank delicious drinks, laughed so much together, and danced both nights away! We found a club that played 80's music on one side and hip-hop on the other! Dominique and I were in heaven!! Saturday we hopped on a boat that took us under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz. We were even able to take some wine along our little boat ride! It was great! We had such an amazing time and hope to do it again! Thank you, Marty and Dominique for inviting us! We love you guys and can't wait for our next trip together!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Analisa's 11th Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Analisa's 11th birthday. I can't believe she is 11 years old already. It seems as if she was just a little girl....and now, she is a "pre-teen." I am a little nervous for the teenage years that will be here before I know it, but excited to see what the future holds for Analisa. She is a good girl, straight A student, and pretty responsible. I love that she still likes to stay home with us and many times turns down invitations to other events so that she can hang at home with her family. I know this may not last forever, but I will take it for now! :)

We had a pool party for her and her friends at Paula's house - another great party! The party did not end there . . . I have 5 pre-teen girls running around our house at this moment. We are having our first slumber party - the first of many, I'm sure, with three daughters. The twins will stay with Nani tonight so that Analisa and her friends can have full reign of the house! Wish me luck! Analisa seems so happy right now . . .I hope she has a great time celebrating her birthday!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Mother's Day, 2009

What a great mother's day weekend I had! I got to party the night away with some of my very best friends on Friday night while Freddy stayed home with the girls. What a blast we all had! Perfect girls night out! Started the night out at Postino's and then headed out dancing for the rest of the night! Definitely a night to remember. All of us mommies got to have some time to ourselves and definitely appreciated every minute of it!

The rest of the weekend was spent with our families - Saturday with my mom and family and Sunday with Freddy's family. It was nice to spend time with my daugthers to appreciate how wonderful they all truly are and what a great family I have. Analisa was such a good girl to me all weekend long - she made me a "coupon book" with the best coupons ever (head rubs, foot massages, babysitting the girls)! I can't wait to start cashing in those coupons! The twins, of course, are too little yet to really understand what was going on. But hearing the words "Happy Mother's Day" from their little mouths was the cutest thing ever and made my heart melt.

I wish I had taken more pictures of me and the girls yesterday....I need to work on that! I posted a few pics of the kids enjoying their day too - ice cream and swimming all day long! Lucky kids! Luca is such a good baby and I got to hold him for a long time yesterday. I got a great pic of Analisa holding her new cousin too.......

My friend Jaysen (thank you Jaysen!!!) sent me the coolest video to say "Happy Mother's Day." I've never seen anything like it before and just love it! I think I will look at this video every time I start to feel overwhelmed by the many jobs us mommies have. I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! Here is the link to the video......
http://news.cnnbcvideo.com/?nid=STW_kH6Cg7NgHGL.5iim4DUzNTMxNg--&referred_by=15860235-URXc46x&p=moveon

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Our weekend with Dominick!

We had Dominick over this past weekend and had so much fun! Saturday was a big day - we took the twins and Dominick to see "Sesame Street Live" at the Dodge theatre. We were stopped several times by people admiring the "triplets"! The kids had a great time - they ate cotton candy, tons of popcorn, snacks and danced throughout the show!

We took the kids out to lunch afterwards. They weren't too interested in eating, but decided they were hungry enough to have some ice cream. After lunch, we walked around Town and Country and took the kids to the different fountains. The kids threw pennies and made wishes. We even ran into some ducks! I don't know what it is with us and ducks lately! LOL! After lunch we came home and the kids played in the water. Here are some pics of our fun day together

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Baby Luca has arrived!

We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new nephew! He arrived Friday, May 1st and is just as precious as can be. We were able to see the new baby and Jenny and DJ a few hours after the baby was born. Jenny looks amazing - definitely has the new mommy glow! Here are a couple pics of Luca Frederick.

We are taking care of Dominick for the weekend and having tons of fun spending time with him. Can't wait to spend more time with the new baby as well.

Liliana had a little accident.......

Well, I would have never guessed it, but Liliana is the first out of the three cousins to have a cast put on. I thought for sure it would have been Dominick!!! LOL! She had a little accident after the big Cardinals game on Sunday. Freddy took her to urgent care and they thought her wrist had been fractured. They put a splint on her and a little sling . . .she kept calling it her "purse for her arm." :) I had to follow up with the pediatric orthapedic doctor. We were really hoping that we were overreacting, but no such luck. Lily has a fractured elbow and has to have a cast on for a few weeks. The doctors were so impressed by how well behaved Lily was during the entire visit. Lily didn't make a peep and was so extremely cooperative. Now, if it had been Layla, we would have probably have needed to sedate her to put a cast on! Lily is still as active as ever and is adjusting very well to her new little cast. Layla is taking very good care of her sister and kisses her little cast throughout the day. Layla has been sleeping with Lily lately......so cute. :)

THE HAASE'S CHRISTMAS, 2009

Well, Christmas has come and gone . . .but what a fun time it was!!! Analisa got almost everything she asked for . . .webkinz, Imagine DS games, Sing it for the Wii. Funny thing is she seems to be having most fun with her new sketch pad and colored pencils! :) The twins still didn't quite understand what was going on, but it was so much fun watching them open their gifts. Their favorite gifts were their new baby dolls, a karaoke machine and musical instruments!!! We spent Christmas Eve at Paula's house and were able to enjoy Christmas morning with Paula, Jenny, DJ and Dominick. Dominick got so many cool cars! It was tons of fun hanging out with all the kids Christmas morning. Freddy and I had such a great Christmas with our family this year and look forward to many more memories.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009!!! Our family is very excited for this new year. We hope to do a little more traveling with the kids, celebrate a few birthday's (Analisa will turn 11 in May and the twins will be 3 in June!!), Freddy and I will celebrate our 4th anniversary in November (hopefully in San Francisco again!!) continue working hard and enjoy our family and friends to the fullest. We will also welcome a new nephew in late April/early May! One more cousin that the girls get to play with!! We STILL need to potty train the twins and hopefully they will begin preschool in August. I know this year will be very, very, busy but it will also be a year full of adventures and good times. We celebrated the New Year with Johnny and Del and the kids . . .what a great time we had!!! Of course I "fell asleep" before midnight, but I was woken up in time to ring in the new year. Here are a few pics from our New Year celebration!! We hope to celebrate again next year with the Carnelia's!!