Ain't no mountain high enough

Okay, so it's more of a hill than a mountain, but Gianna hasn't had much experience with different terrain, so she's just finally getting good at going up and down hills. This is facilitated by no longer being afraid or let's say wary to walk on grass. Despite the cold, she was loving her time outside today.

We had a great time with Nonna and Pop-pop this weekend. She loved playing with them and if she couldn't see them, she immediately asked where they were. "Nonna? Pop-pop?" She especially loved swinging (aka, "weeeee!") in the sheets that Nonna made into curtains for us. So here's a few pics of that. Plus a few more of her fun on the hill with Daddy today.

A day in the big city

On Monday we decided to leave the 'burbs and take a day trip to Manhattan to visit our dear friends Meghan and Riley. Riley is just a few weeks older than Gianna, so it was great for the girls to get together. Unfortunately, I didn't take too many pics, but here's one of the girls "reading" together. (The other picture is just a super cute, happy picture from this weekend.) Monday was a beautiful day in New York so we made the most of it and went to Riverside Park to swing on the swings and play on the slides. The girls had a great time...despite the aggressive squirrels. We hope to do it again soon!

Superbowl weekend

This post actually has nothing to do with the superbowl, but it is about what we did this weekend. On Friday night we went to my cousin's high school basketball game. Gianna thoroughly enjoyed herself. She loved all the clapping and wanted the boys to give her the ball. She was so excited; it was so cute. Unfortunately I fogot my camera! But here are a few pics from the rest of the weekend and a video of Gianna using a fork to eat her apples. She only likes to eat foods where she can practice using her spoon or fork.

Here she is video-chatting with Bella, Nick and Elizabeth, and Nonna at her new table. And wearing Daddy's belt, one of her favorite things to do.

Nonna and Pop-pop visit

We had a vist from Doug's parents (Nonna and Pop-pop) this weekend. Gianna LOVED having them around; they're awesome playmates! Here's a video of Nonna and Gianna playing the hilarious foot game.

On Saturday, Doug brought us all to see his very space-agey office, where Gianna clearly felt right at home. In fact, she refused to get out of the chair.

And we were so grateful to have free babysitters for a night out for Doug's office party, which was lots of fun. Thanks Nonna and Pop-pop!

Here are a few more pics from the last few days. She has learned how to say "cheese" and ham it up for the camera. (She doesn't normally go shirtless, but she had just spit water all over her shirt and we hadn't made it upstairs to change yet!)

Rocking chair and rockin' out

Here are a few videos from the last two days. The first is of Gianna in her rocking chair. She loves climbing in and out of it. If you manage to watch the whole thing, at the end she displays her "expertise" in colors :)

The second video is of GB watching a video of her cousin Isabella and Pop-pop. She loves to dance to it and flap her arms. I'm pretty sure she thinks Bella lives in the computer because she points to it and begs to see "Beya." So cute!

Our little entertainer

Gianna is, occassionally, quite a willing entertainer. Tonight was one of those times. Clearly, we are amused by her tricks. We are so in love with our funny little Toot. Apologies for the bad videography.

Christmas and New Home!

So much to say! We had a lovely Christmas in VA with both our parents. DeAngelo's on Christmas Eve with Coughlins there for dinner and at Coughlin's Christmas day with DeAngelos there for dinner. It was so nice that everyone could be together so much. Gianna was a lucky girl to be surrounded by grandparents for Christmas! And she was very excited about opening and distributing presents and she loved all the great toys she got. Below are some pics and a video of her enjoying her new "car" from Grandma and Grandpa. She has finally figured out how to get on and off of it and can even move it by herself!

The video was shot in our new house near Princeton, NJ!!! We closed on December 30 and moved in on January 2nd. So it's been a hectic holiday season! We spent all of last weekend trying to get as much done as we could because Doug started work on Monday. We only have a few more boxes to unpack, but I don't think we'll feel completely settled until we get some furniture, which we hope to do this weekend. So I'll wait a while to post pictures. Until then, you'll just have to get a feel for the place through pics and videos of Gianna. She seems to really like the new house. I think she likes having an upstairs and a downstairs to choose from, but she mostly likes roaming around the downstairs in circles. She's been talking like crazy. Today's favorite was "all done" and finally saying "Elmo" instead of just "Mo." All in all, we're doing quite well. We like our house, we're getting to know and like the area, and we're even close to some family (my cousin is literally less than 5 minutes away). Although, I think Gianna already misses all of her grandparents! She loves to hear their voices on the phone. We will miss being so close for sure!