Yesterday's cool weather made me realize that fall is finally here!!! I was able to get home early from work and made a big pot of chili for dinner . . .yummm!! Freddy made it home a bit earlier than usual as well and we had time to carve our pumpkins and get them ready for the Halloween weekend!
Analisa loved carving her pumpkin . . .although it didn't turn out exactly how she imagined. :) Layla dug right into her pumpkin and she got nice and dirty trying to clean it out! Liliana.....oh, my Lily . . .she was digusted when she tried to clean out her pumpkin and just kept staring at her hands and making this funny noise! She does not like to get too dirty and kind of freaks out, especially when her hands are dirty!! Then, Freddy asked the twins what kind of jack-o-lantern they wanted. Layla said she wanted a "happy" jack-o-lantern" with triangle eyes. . . .so, that is what she got! Lily said she wanted a scary jack-o-lantern with a scary smile and square eyes. Lily's pumpkin did have square eyes, but Lily was NOT happy. In fact, she screamed and cried at the top of her lungs because her jack-o-lantern was not scary enough! She was sooo upset, but I had to take a picture - this will be great to show her later on!!
With all the mess and screaming and some crying, we still had a nice family evening.....seems like these occasions are rare during the week with our hectic work schedules and Analisa's boxing schedule!! It was a fun night with my family....enjoy the pics!
My sister and I have been fans of "Grease" as long as we can remember!!!! We absolutely love that movie!!!! I still watch it as often as I can! LOL! A group of my co-workers got together to see the play this past weekend and my sister also came along. We both wanted to get up and sing and dance along with the actors, but we soon realized we were NOT at a concert, but at a play! Marissa's "Pink Lady" jacket was a definite hit!!! The show was very cute and we had a great time. Afterwards, Taylor Hicks was signing autographs and taking pictures!! We stayed and took a picture with him! Kinda cheesy, I know, but I like Taylor Hicks!! :) It was a good time and a memorable night!
Analisa continues to do very well with her boxing training!!! Her trainer, Chris, recently sent me this video clip of her training. I have to say, I was quite impressed!!!! I'm so very proud of her dedication and committment to this sport. She has found something she really loves!
When Analisa saw me watching this clip, she specified that this was about a month ago and that she is much better now. :) Copy the link below into your browser and check her out!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SAQ9OO_Lac
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. :)
MLK Day
Dominique, Moone, Nikki and I got together to celebrate our day off! We had a fun play date with the kids. They were all so good and had a great time together. It was fun watching all the kids interact with one another........there were 9 kids and only four mommies! LOL!! So cute . . . check out the pics!
FIRST ANNUAL JAYHAASE PARTY!
Jaysen and I had our first annual Holiday Party!! I think it was a huge success!! We were able to gain new friendships as well as celebrate with some of our very best friends. Check out the pics below!!!!
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!!
FAMILY PICTURES
We FINALLY took some family pictures!! Analisa was not thrilled, but cooperated. Layla screamed "no smile" the entire time!! Liliana was as happy as could be and had a great time! It was fun and we were very happy with the pictures!!! There are a few random pics of the girls that you will see also . . .Enjoy!
SAN FRANCISCO
We celebrated our 3rd Anniversary this month! We went to San Francisco - one of our very favorite places!!! We have a favorite Irish Pub that we LOVE to go to . . .it is also a piano bar - we love it! They didn't play Bon Jovi for me, but it was still a BLAST! Everything was great about our trip. Freddy and I got to spend lots of time together which we really needed. And yes, Freddy turned off his phone the whole trip!!!! :)
Halloween, 2008
Here are a few pics from Halloween, 2008! The twins were Minnie Mouse . . .sooo cute! Freddy and I went to Hector's annual Halloween party . . .hopefully the tradition will continue next year! I was 80's Madonna and Freddy was supposed to be Weird Al Yankovich. Don't know if he pulled it off . . . who do you think he looks like?! At the end of the night, he was Howard Stern! Good times!
