Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Winter Wonderland & Christmas 2013




We did a bunch of fun and festive holiday activities this year - Botanical Garden train show with Laurel, Christmas Eve with Nonnie and Natalia, Christmas Day with Grandma & Grandpa Busso and cousins, and playing in the snow.  Here are some highlights from our winter fun!

Botanical Gardens:

Nico and Lo Lo loved seeing Thomas at the Botanical Garden!

Christmas Eve:























Decorating Christmas Cookies


Picture perfect night before Christmas!
Christmas morning!

If you couldn't guess - Nicholas got underpants for Christmas!



Fun in the Snow!






Snow Angels!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Nicholas is Going to Be a Big Brother!

Nicholas has an announcement to make: He will soon be a big brother . . . to TWIN baby sisters! That's right - we are expecting twin girls in June 2014! The fact that they are twins took us totally by surprise - we had no reason (genetic or otherwise) to suspect such a phenomenon and we were overwhelmed and thrilled all at once. I like to explain the sensation like going bankrupt and winning the lottery at exactly the same time. The doctors think the girls are fraternal twins - each with their own separate amniotic sac and may look alike or not at all. Assuming all goes well, we hope to welcome their arrival somewhere around June 7th, 2014 (at 38 weeks). Nicholas is excited . . .  so far. He brags that he will have not one baby sister, but TWO! Although we'll see if his tune changes once they are actually here and sucking up mommy and daddy's attention.



























Here they are at 11 weeks - clear as day!

Close-up of the twin girls.