June 19, 2010

Introducing Gian!

IT'S A BOY for my brother and sister in law!!! He was born in April, but we didn't get to meet him until the end of May and he's just adorable. Cute little tiny boy who I can't wait to see grow. It'll be so fun to watch his soccer games and see him as he explores the world around him.

We had the great opportunity to be with him during one of his baths. He was actually really quite and comfy during the whole thing until he had to get out of the water and into his ducky towel...

To continue from the picture at the very top, we caught a glimpse of little Gian smiling and having a good ole time as he slept. Isn't that a nice content face? I bet he's dreaming of eating... Boys!

I'm truly proud of being an aunt to this fabulous little guy. He was born only a couple of days before my dad's birthday, so that was probably the best birthday gift my dad had ever received. He had been wanting a grandchild for years...

June 13, 2010

An Apple A Day

After our vacation, Chris and I found a house full of flowers. Our front yard had vibrant reds in the tulips, purples of a ground cover plant (unknown name), yellow of a different ground cover plan (another unknown name). But the one thing we were most excited about were our amazingly fragrant and pink and white flower-filled apple trees. Do you know why?
That means that depending on how much the bees were lurred to the sweet pollen off of our flowers, we'd get buckets full of apples in late Summer. I have so many ideas of what do to with all those apples - pies, cider, butter, chocolate/caramel/candy covered apples, and much more that I don't even know about. Makes me happy. Check'em out...



This last one is from our backyard. In total, we have 4 apple trees. Whoo-Hoo for apples!