ReIntroducing Emma!

Waiting outside the courthouse...

Our judge finalized the adoption!

Our family is now complete.

Thanks to our favorite lawyer who stood by us with Kelli and Emma's adoptions!

A Universal Thing!

While waiting for our court appointment we thought we would give the kids their Christmas present early..... Passes to Universal! This was hard for me since I am a Disney gal, but I gave in to my roller coasters kiddos!

Universal is home of Nickelodeon, Men in Black, Jaws, and my brothers favorite The Simpsons. So the kids had to stop in the Kwik E Mart to get TJ a Christmas surprise!

Christmas Children!

Christmastime with friends is always fun! Thanks Erin, Jen, Stephanie and the staff of Stevie B's for making our Christmas Party so much fun!

X is for...

Xylophone!
Vinny and his class preformed Jingle Bells on the xylophone for us.

Your a Gem!

The girls wanted to share their holiday cheer with their GEMS leader.

Merry Christmas Cards

This year we made our own Christmas Cards, if you are lucky you might get one in the mail!

Party Hearty!

Happy 7th Birthday Salvatore!

Go Giants! Sal wanted a new NY Giants Jersey to match Daddy's.

Sal is really into skateboards, 10 Tech Decks plus carrying case was a big hit!

Drops of Jupiter

The Jupiter Holiday Parade was HOT! Nothing says Merry Christmas like 85 degrees in December. Nana, Pop-Pop, Uncle TJ, Uncle Jason and Aunt Ty-Ty joined us for our last parade of 2009.

Birthday Carnival

A big birthday crew celebrated our friend Canyon's 5th birthday with a day filled with fun and games.


Some bobbed for apples....

Some tried the pool with mixed results...hot or cold?

Some ate pie..... while some ate cake....

But everyone had a great time!

O Christmas Tree II

The Fab Five was so excited with their decorated tree! No lights or ornaments at the bottom this year since Jacomo ate them, maybe Santa will bring us a better behaved cat this year?

O Christmas Tree

The kids stand proudly with their choice tree, now where are those lights....

Birthday Buddies

Sal celebrated with his 7th birthday with buddies AJ and Ethan!

A lego race car and cookies at the park with AJ.

Then Sal and Ethan swapped presents during Canyon's 5th birthday party.

The Votes are In.....

The winning school picture for Nicholas!