Happy Easter

It is 7:30 am we are woken up to Eliana jumping on the bed and whispered "happy easter - did the easter bunny come to our house yet" We said that we didn't know since we were sleeping. After making sure everything was in place inside and outside, we said that she was able to check it out! Luckily we were able to get everything on video and if you pay attention - nothing gets passed this little one!!

All of her goodies from the Easter Bunny,

Me and Fadi, and my parents :)

5 brand new members of our family Steeler, Snowflake,

Bones, and 2 others that do not have names yet

That darn easter bunny was clever but

she had no problem with that egg!!

Very excited because she knows they are filled with $$MONEY$$

Dying Easter egg the night before :)

Happy Easter 2010

Where does she come from.....

I was painting Eliana's nails after dinner. She wanted her nails and toes to match her easter dress and new shoes. I am wearing my bathing suit cover-up because we had went swimming today and as I am hunched over painting her nails she says to me and serious as she can be ..."ang - you know that if people see your boobies then thats bad business " I almost fell off the chair!! I was laughing so hard!!

here a few more dialogues that have had us on the floor...

Background: Fadi and I were arguing about his scheduling conflicts and she could sense that I was pretty upset.
Fadi: I am sorry angela
Eliana: Baba - ang does not want to hear sorry, that does not make her feel any better. :)
How could I be upset anymore after that 1 liner!!!

Background: We were eating dinner at the mall a few months ago and Fadi and I were talking about wedding plans and we clearly had disagreed about something and we were both mad!!
Eliana puts her food down and says...
E - (talking with her hands like a true Italian) Baba - do you want to marry her or not because you are not being very nice!
F - where did you come from
E - I came from you!
Again, how could we of stayed mad after that :)

I will make more of an effort to post these little dialogues because I think they are worth treasuring!!

Date Night - Baba Style

I had a much need night out with a couple of my girlfriends and Fadi took this oppurtunity to spend some quality one on one time with Eliana. So he took her to International Mall and had her first experience at Build a Bear. Eliana received a gift card from some very dear friends of my parents for her birthday and she was so excited to make her very own special bear. So off to Build A Bear and then dinner. He thought for sure that she would chose pizza but she said to him "baba - I think we should have Chick-Fil-A instead because I know we will probably have pizza tomorrow when me and ang go to becca's house and I don't want to have pizza two days together" :) How my girl thinks ahead now!!! SO after dinner, Fadi took her to the movies and they saw "How to train a dragon". I think that is a pretty awesome date - if I do say so myself! I was able to see this famous bear when I got home and let me tell you that she HOOKED this bear up!! Well her name is officially Amber and she has a beating heart AND sings a few Jonas Brothers songs!!!

squeaky clean and singin' tunes

So it is no secret that Eliana talks to herself and likes to sing. I finally was able to catch the tail end of her shower where she was doing both! We are proud that she can entirely bathe herself. Yes there are times when I am brushing her hair that I find she has "forgot" to rinse the front half of her head but a little extra shampoo never hurt anyone right?! And besides, at least we know she is clean!

TWISTER

We bought Eliana the game Twister and let me tell you - she was more than excited to play!! This girl can twist her little body allllll around! Please excuse her little heiney :) Fadi played with her the first game - he cheated of course and then quit!! Eliana continued to have fun all on her own :)

Party Time

Eliana's birthday party was a success with a few setbacks! The weather did not cooperate at all but being around all of the kids that were still playing...in the rain!! It made me realize what really mattered - TO HAVE FUN regardless of the rain! We changed clothes a couple of times and I made sure to bring EVERY towel that we have in the house! The guys played basketball in the rain and the kids just ran everywhere. Even though there were a few people who made some rude comments I had decided that they didn't matter. Eliana really enjoyed herself and I feel we put together a pretty awesome party. Next year will almost definitely be indoors ;)

Here she is again with her "I'm 5 Now" pose

All the way from Pittsburgh, Eliana and Enzo

Most of the kids - and yes it is raining during all of this!

I love these two!!

Make a Wish

My Girl!

Birthday Lovin'

Tata finally likes to be in pictures!

I knew she would come around:)

Eliana snuck a bite of a cupcake before the guests arrived :)

Look at her sweet face!!

A few friends - soaking wet!

We cannot forget the food:)

Eliana's birthday presents!
She loved them all!

I also wanted to thank everyone for all of their help and of course for the presents. She is a very lucky girl who is loved by a lot of people!! God Bless!

moving on to LEVEL 1

Eliana has completed the Kindergym program and has officially moved onto Level 1 in gymnastics. This is a very exciting move for her since she will be challenged a bit more now. She is nervous about having a new teacher but I am sure she will be fine! A few of the videos are hard to see since I was outside of the gym but for the balance beam video, I snuck inside:) Take note on the tumbling one as she plants her face into the trampoline! I love this girl!

Balance beam

Tumbling

Balance Beam and Jumps