Sunday, April 29, 2007

Playground Excitement.

We had a little time on Sunday afternoon so we took a little jaunt to the playground. Natalia had to take Daddy up to show him the big slides.


Natalia went down the big one like a champ. Nick was too scared. Hee hee..


Look! Daddy is swinging just like me!


Mommy and Kira enjoyed being spectators. Kira still loves the Moby Wrap that Aunt Darlene bought her, as you can see.


And we're off!

Thursday, April 26, 2007

SWEET POTATOES!!!

What the HECK is this???

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Firsts.

Just yesterday, Kira decided that she is pretty darn good at sitting up by herself. Of course, she is given to sudden outbursts of arching her back and flinging herself on the ground, so we still put a pillow around her so the fall won't be so bad.


And since her sitting up is so improved the past few days, she had her first meal in the highchair. She won't eat cereal unless she gets to hold her own spoon.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Pretty Princess

I think this is the first time I have actually put Kira in a dress! She looks like such a pretty little girl. This dress appears courtesy of Grandma Riccio. Thanks Grandma! Oh...and don't mind the wet spots on the dress in the 2nd pic. Kira likes to chew on her clothes. I guess we don't feed her enough.



Big girl Natalia.

Nick and I took the girls to Busch Gardens today. Natalia was so excited to go on her very first "alone" ride. She loved going up and down in the airplane. She didn't know how to work the lever inside to make the plane fly, so we sat her behind a bigger girl that clearly knew what she was doing. Natalia kept yelling, "I'm flying!" She loved it. We would have taken more pics, but our camera died right after we took this one. Go Natalia!

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Easter Tidings!

The beautiful Riccio girls would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter and share some pics of their fun day! This year we went to Nana's house and had a big dinner and an Easter egg hunt.
Kira got her very first Easter basket from TooToo. I think she liked it! (Of course mommy got to eat all the candy.)

Here are the Easter eggs that Natalia decorated for your viewing enjoyment.

Natalia had a great time hunting Easter eggs. She was too lazy to hold her own basket once the eggs started piling in though.


Once she found the big prize egg, she proudly declared that TooToo needed to hunt the rest of the eggs because she was done. She was ready to go inside and open it.

I forgot to mention that poor little Kira was sick with her first bad cold on Easter Sunday, so here she is getting some smooch time with mommy. Those always help.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

A New Beginning.

Ladies and gentleman.......drumroll please.......the BLOG IS BACK. I'm going to try my best to keep this thing updated for all the family and friends who want to see our beautiful princesses, Natalia and Kira. I'm sorry for the lapse in bloggy goodness, and hopefully all these pics will make up for it.

These days, Natalia is a typical 26-month-old, until she starts talking. She talks about anything and everything and she talks nonstop. She knows her ABCs, numbers, colors, and shapes. She's a budding artist and has a huge imagination.

Here is Natalia in her land of Little People.


Kira is a sweet, shy little 6-month-old. She just started eating cereal and is doing great with it. She has one tooth, and she's working on sitting up by herself.



And my favorite pictures of all are the pictures of our two girls together. I don't get these pics very often because Natalia is not really fond of Kira yet, but we are getting there!