Santa and silliness

Not much new around here. I just wanted to post 2 things I already posted on Facebook. Here's Gianna with Santa. She loved him from far away, but even with keys for pacification, Santa's lap was far too close.

And here is a video of Geebs playing under the bathroom sink. So cute!

News, haricut, and Thanksgiving

It's been a busy couple of weeks for us! The weekend before Thanksgiving we went house hunting in NJ. Gianna was remarkably well behaved despite the serious disruption in her schedule and being dragged in and out of the car dozens of times. Luckily, we were able to give her some joy by staying with my cousin and her family who provided Gianna with a lot of entertainment. We are so grateful to them for their generosity! And to top it all off, we found a house and got it! We were supposed to close on January 2, but due to loan/moving issues of the current owners that date has been pushed to January 16. It's annoying, but we'll get by. And, Mom and Dad, if you're reading this before I tell you...we're moving in! :) Here's the link if you're interested: http://www.weichert.com/search/realestate/PropertyListing.aspx?P=21810912&cityid=43639&minpr=250&maxpr=290&minbr=3&minba=2

Moving on...Last week, I finally got tired of Gianna's refusal to let me put something in her hair. Resulting in hair in her eyes and ridiculousness like this:

I was afraid the haircut was a little mullet-ish at first, but have decided that it's cute! (This is right after the haircut, which, by the way she did NOT enjoy!)

Thanksgiving was quite the DeAngelo family affair. We went to Doug's aunt and uncle's home in NC where we met up with Doug's parents, sister, brother, sister-in-law, and our niece. Between all of us, our hosts, and their 6 children, we were quite a crowd! We all had a great time. We were so happy to see everyone, but especially to see Gianna's cousin Isabella. The girls are getting so big and don't really seem like babies anymore. It seems their 2 month age difference has shrunk to nothing since they can do basically the same things. Though, Isabella is a much more accomplished dancer, marcher, and mover in general! So cute! We miss you already! Here are some pictures of our visit.

As you can see Gianna really enjoyed herself. She LOVED her Uncle Nick. It was so funny that she was always asking to be held by him and giving him kisses. Maybe she thought she had two daddys. Too cute!

Gianna also took the opportunity to show us how much she can talk during the Thanksgiving weekend. She's said a few things here and there in the past, but not enough for me to be sure that she was saying certain words. But she was trying out all kinds of new words this weekend. It seems her favorites are "go," "mall," (I swear we don't go that much!), and "Pop-pop" (Doug's dad). I'll try to get these on video. In the meantime, here are her animal noises. They're a little hard to hear/understand, but she does get them all right except for cow.