Spring Forward!

Hello everyone! We hope that daylight savings is treating you as well as it is treating us, Giovanni slept in until 8 am today! Here are some pictures from last month till today, enjoy!

Having fun in her dress from Aunt T! She loves it!

Who's hiding under there?

It's Alida!

Crusin' all over the place!

Having fun with Oma! We were so blessed to have Oma's help for 2 weeks in February!!! We love and miss you so much Oma!!!

Made a bed out of towels

Eating breakfast with Oma!

Still enjoying her dress!

Having fun in a giant roll of paper that came in a package!

Paper Princess Alida!

Getting big, and needing a haircut!

Big boy, only eats big people food now!

Fell asleep during lunch time!

This was as good a smile as I could get from her....

Alida fit as many toys as she could on this chair, I think she did a pretty good job!

They're having a party!

Giovanni loves watching Alida play outside!

This is Giovanni after taking a THREE HOUR nap in his playpen!!!! That NEVER happens! Typically he naps for 30 min at a time, maybe once a day. After checking on him several times to make sure he was still breathing, I was able to get some extra work done around the house and even clean Alida's slide outside!

Yes, that is a dinosaur stuck in Alida's hair, when this girl plays, she really plays!

For Lent we've started praying a decade of the rosary as a family before bedtime...still trying to figure out how this works with toddlers...they mostly like playing with the rosaries in our rosary jar, but hey, I figure, at least their minds are focused in the right place...sort of...

Look at that! Giovanni is sitting up on his own!!! It only took him 13 months, but this kid is finally able to transition from laying down to sitting up, and actually seems to enjoy playing in this position! Yay!!!

He also really likes books!

Our sunny girl in her thomas/dora jammies!

I found these boots at Wal-Mart for $3! They're 4 sizes too big...but hey, she'll grow into them, and seriously $3?! I couldn't even find them for that price at the consignment shops!!!

My little boy, enjoying the sounds of the wind chime and the great outdoors!

This is Alida all dressed and ready for work! It's hard to tell, but she is wearing one of Adam's ties, my jean shorts, and a head band around her neck. She also got a lunch pail all ready for the day!

Our little happy boy!

Adam is all set and ready to officially begin his master's program on April 1st! We're very excited to keep moving and eventually be done with school!!! Giovanni is really starting to talk! He says Dada, baba (for his bottle), baby, mama, buh-bye, Lida (for Alida), up, and most recently Sasha (my mom and dad's dog)! He is just changing before our eyes everyday! Alida has recently gotten into all things princess, and loves signing songs, making up stories, and playing outside (especially jumping in puddles). I am doing MUCH better as of recently. Having Gail over for a couple of weeks was so great, it really got the ball rolling with helping me to recoup and recover! I have recently started a new inhaled antibiotic, which started doing it's job right away, stopping my hemoptysis and seems to be working well still. Keep praying for us! 

We love and miss you all! Have a blessed and happy St. Patrick's day!

Love, The Librande Family