Annabella 7 months

I can't believe that 7 months has passed since little miss annabella was added to our family. It seems as though she was never missing. Recently she has been expressing much independence and really showing her personality. She sits up without much assitance, and squeals at the top of her lungs most of the day. She makes the sounds of n's, d's, and m's, and is such a joy every day! and as you can see in the pictures, she definatly tips the cute meter to about 1million.

Preparing for Pagents, Maybe?

I know that there have been a few post now of sofia in dress up gear, but this day she was cracking me up. I swear the girl thought she was in a pageant photo shoot. she would move hands and reposition her body every time i snapped a shot. I can only imagine her daddy's face if she told him that a pageant life was a life for her. Blood pressure medicine and a direct line to 911!

Can Somebody Say Upgrade!

Well we went from shoes and tiara in and earlier post to skirt, shoes, tiara, wings, and a wand. Didn't take long for her to decide dress up was her thing. Pat loves it when he comes home for lunch and is greeted in full princess attire. I had to add this first picture because she looks like an angry fairy princess ruling over her minions. And apparently the only way to cook is in full get up.

Learning Dress-Up!

Sofia got dress-up clothes for christmas and this particular day she decided to try them out, she is just starting to get the hang of it in these pictures. But I think i am in for some interesting days ahead.

Rid'em Cowboy!

As you can see the Horse is a big hit. Nolan wouldn't get off this thing. And everytime he started bouncing he would say, tiffy take my picture! Gotta love kids!

Best Coffee I Ever Had

Sofia, I know you can't read this yet, but someday you will be able to. Or maybe Mommy could read it to you in the meantime. I just got home from a late school board meeting in Lewisburg, and while I was driving home Mommy told me that you would not go to bed tonight until she let you make this cup of coffee for me, so that you could leave it with your kitchen for me to enjoy when I got home. Thank you - it was the best cup of coffee I ever had! I know I am not here all of the time when you go to bed, so I cant always read to you and put you in your crib, but I want you to know how much I miss you and your Sissy and your Mommy when I am gone. I love you all very much, and when I am gone I can't wait to get home to be with you all. And to drink my coffee that you made. Just know that while I am not always here with you, all of you are always with me. Wherever I am. I love you.

Love,
Daddy

Christmas Morning- Oh What FUN!

I have to say this was the most fun we have had at Christmas as parents so far. This was the first year we baked cookies with Sofia, we decorated the tree as you saw in an earlier post, and in true Christmas tradition, "Santa" built and brought the first big gift in our house. This year, Santa graced our house and snuck in with a kitchen for Sofia. Santa left the plans behind for this little contraption, and man, the sticker diagram itself was really intense, it's a good thing we left this one for the professional. As you browse through the pictures you will see that she is a big fan of this "unexpected" gift from the big guy. And, you may notice that she witnesses her mommy drinking a good bit of tea and talking on the phone throughout the day. Annabella may be little, but she was a riot Christmas morning. She wasn't that interested in what was inside her presents, but she is already a pro at opening them, and then eating the paper. She ate a lot of paper, and bows on Christmas morning. Hopefully, the pictures will capture just how much fun our morning was. The last few pictures you may notice Sofia is riding a horse. Her aunt bek, and uncle brett bought that for her and she is a big fan, and looks like quite a natural. I hope this translates into real horseback riding! Enjoy!

Christmas Eve

After putting annabella to bed, we took some quick pictures of sofia in her cute little outfit and petticoat that she wore to christmas eve service. i just love the girl in hats. i wish we could have gotten pictures of annabella but we were lucky she made it through church without a major meltdown.

Merry Christmas from the Fanelli's!

Merry Christmas to all from our family to yours. As you can see from the picture our darling little girls look sweet and innocent and cooperative, but oh believe me they were anything but that. Actually, annabella was wonderful, sofia on the other hand lost it after this picture of her was taken and cried the rest of the morning. thank goodness for patrick's craftiness with photoshop, or all would have been lost with this years christmas pictures. thankfully, he can make even a temper tantrum look angelic.