Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Fourth of July Weekend update

Wow...just returned from a great trip to SC to see Daryl, Heidi, Elisa and Jullian. Was great to spend some time with them without any distractions....no agendas or plans for the weekend, just some food, drink and hanging out for a few days. Jullian is so cute, wish we had taken some pictures, but never even bothered to get the camera out. Alan made his first offical forward crawl while in SC, so that was very cool....he's not proficient yet, but he's starting to figure it out. Danielle and Ashley had a wonderful time playing with Elisa and can't wait to see her agin in a few weeks for the annual reunion.

here are some pics from the last couple of weeks of the kids.....



Alan taking his first bath that's not in the kitchen sink. He loved the water and made quite a mess splashing around.













Cheesy picture, but Danielle and Ashley hamming for the camera after their first day of Ocean Explorers school. Ashley loved the ability to finally go to school and they both had a great time.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Memorial Day Photo Update




Ashley riding a horse at the Bob Evans Farms.

Danielle riding at Bob Evans

Alan having a great time...you can almost see his two new bottom teeth.

Fishing at the pond at Bob Evans with the girls...no fish biting, but we drowned a couple of worms.

Overall a great weekend...the girls had tons of fun and the weather was bearable. Enjoy.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Quick update

Morning all....

Found out why Alan has been such a crank the past few days....minor ear infections in both ears. He's on meds now and seems to be a bit better last night and today. Hopefully he'll be back to normal by the end of the week.

The girls are doing great...helping pack up the house and all. Danielle was a huge help to me yesterday while packing up the videos and CDs from the basement and getting them in boxes. Hopefully get started on the books and such over the next couple of days.

We think we've found a house....Johnstown area, Northridge schools, 2600 sq feet, 4 bedrooms...about 2 acres in a very open development (only 12 houses, all with around 2 acres). Only concern is that the house is built on a crawl instead of a basement....we're looking into putting an addition on the house with a basement to rectify the storage problem. Won't know for sure for about 2 weeks, as the house is tied up in bankruptcy court right now.

For now, just trying to get the house ready to sell....painting, rearranging furniture, de-cluttering, replacing windows (ugh...7 windows need fixing...there goes $700). But hopefully we'll get the listing realtors out to the house next week to get it on the market.

ttfn.

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Thursday, January 05, 2006

New Years Weekend Photos






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Monday, December 19, 2005

Wow...time sure flies

Sorry for the lack of updates on the family post. Everything is going well, Alan lost a few ounces over his first week, but was back about 10 lbs at his check-up last week and seems to be adjusting to life in the world very well. He's showing some strong neck muscles already, as he loves to hold his head up and look around at everyone. Only cries when he's hungry or having some gas bubbles, otherwise he's very quiet and peaceful.

Up until last night, I would have said he was sleeping pretty well through the night (about 5 hours from midnight to 5am between feedings), but Jen said he was up every 1-2 hours last night, so it was a rough one. I have to send huge thank you's to Jen, as she pretty much takes care of Alan through the night and let's me sleep...since she's breast feeding, there really isn't much I could do to feed him at this point. I'm sure my time will come as he gets older.

Had a great weekend with the Miko clan in town for the annual cookie walk. Danielle was treated to trip to the Nutcracker Ballet with Aunt Mary and had a great time. She was so excited when she got home...was fun to see that kind of excitement in her eyes and hear her talk about the dancers and musicians that she saw. Thank you Mary for taking her.

Danielle had her Christmas program at school last Wednesday...very cute program with all the little kids singing and such. Danielle did much better this year and actually sang the words to the songs, rather than the 'Stage Fright' she said she had last year.

Danielle and Ashley both passed on to the next class level at gymnastics...Danielle will move to intermediate 5-6 yr olds, and Ashley will be in 3-4 yr old w/ no parents when they both start up after the first of the year. Both of them are excited and doing very well at class.

Not much planned for the week....last minute baking and gift buying/wrapping in store for all of us this week. Happy Holidays everyone.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Announcing - Alan Michael Villa



Alan Michael Villa arrived at 7:56am this morning, 10 pounds even 21 /4 inches long and in perfect health. Mom and baby are doing fine.

Just finished a nap at home and then I'm taking the girls and grandparents to the hospital to see Jen and Alan.

Alan has been very good about everything so far, but has shown that he has a good set of lungs on him when needed.

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Monday, November 21, 2005

Weekend review

pretty quiet weekend around the Villa house this past weekend. had some friends over for the OSU game on Sat. made some calzones for the game, and OSU won, so that was all good. Girls were wonderful all weekend, outside of some tired fits on Sat night as a reault of no naps on Sat. Spent some time cleaning the playroom and fingerpainting and such.

Ash was up at 2am with a stomach issue....seemed fine this morning, so not sure what got into her last night.

Jen is still playing the waiting game with Alan....more to follow after the doctor's visit tomorrow.

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