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Look who lost a tooth!

Steven spent the night at Nonna’s house last night and lost his first tooth in his sleep. Luckily Diana came to the rescue and found his tooth in his bed this morning. Tonight he is sleeping in his own bed and dreaming of the tooth fairy.

Our baby is growing up…. sniff….

Tonight we celebrated Mike’s birthday a little early, given that his birthday falls on Thanksgiving weekend. He’s still recovering from back surgery and sore. But doing well and we hope back to his old self soon. Happy, birthday, bro’!

Ok I don’t love this picture because my eyes are shut but this is me with my mom and Mike. Mom got good news at the doctor this week so she was celebrating too, as were all of us. Phew!

Just had to share….

After Steven went to bed last night John opened his “take home” folder from in his backpack, and found this note that Steven had written. Obviously, all by himself. He frequently writes little love notes and gives them to us, and we have many on our fridge. He often asks us how to spell certain words as he’s writing. (He’s 5, remember…) I love it most though when he writes unaided… we get priceless memories to share.

Thanks for looking!

This is Tegan, our 14-year-old tabby. I don’t know what it is about this cat, but she is extremely hard to photograph. Maybe because of her busy coat pattern I can’t get a good shot in low light without it being blurry? I don’t know. But I hate taking photos of cats with the flash because they get those scary eyes. So, tonight, I got lucky, for the first time, ever, really… and I just had to share. Ciao!

Today Steven and Diana were invited to explore Luray Caverns and Shenandoah National Park with Grandma and Grandpa. It was their first time experiencing the wondrous powers of water and Nature, and they returned very excited about all that they saw. Here are a few pictures from their most memorable day.


Inside the cavern you can see all sorts of amazing rock formations formed by the river over millions of years.



Diana looks deep in thought…



Steven had a blast.

It was a teacher workday so Diana and Steven got to spend the day at the National Zoo with Grandma. They visited the elephant house at bath time! Diana took lots of photos with her camera and so I’ve added some of them to our photo gallery. Check it out!