Bella can write!

So today I was testing Bella. I was asking her about shapes by drawing them on the paper and saying "what shape?". Anyways, she knows her hearts, circle, star, triangle (apparently her favorite shape), and the square (which she still has a little bit of a hard time with). So she took the pen from me, then drew a perfect circle and then looked at me and said, "what shape daddy?" (by the way, this is Tracy writing this entry). What a smart cookie... which is also a circle!
Since Bella has been so motor-focused for most of her life, we are finally getting her non-motor skills. She has this book (kind of like a Where's Waldo) but it's Nemo characters. She's pretty good at locating and matching the items. It's funny, because when you give her instructions, it doesn't seem like she undertands, then she goes and performs what is asked of her.

As for Ms. Brianna, she is growing, growing, growing! Definitely more independent than Bella. She sleeps alone (Bella stopped sleeping with us, but now is back with us) and she sucks her thumb (Bella uses a paci). She does sit ups now, trying to get up into a sitting position. Always smiling and laughing. She's not scared of her Ate Bella anymore, even though Ate Bella still doesn't know her own strength. In fact, Bria seems to enjoy when Ate Bella is near her now.

So that's our updates on the kids for now. Mark and I are just working, sleeping, playing with the kids. I personally had one of the toughest weeks at work this past week and glad it's finally over. Lots of thing to do on our schedule, lots of people to see, and lots of weddings coming up!

Our Future Home... maybe...

Ok, so Mark and I have been talking about renovating or tearing down our current home and building another one on this lot. We've been wanting to do this for awhile, but never sure when it's a good time. Although, we still are looking around at houses around the area, we found a builder that has these model homes, and one in particular that fits our exact lot that we LOVE!
So if we go with this builder, here are the pictures of what our new house could look like...
The house model is named Nichole Christine home, just in case you wondered why the album is named after her.

NEW HOUSE PICTURES!

Brianna's Baptism

I am so behind with my pictures. My annoying computers are getting to slow on me, my patience is running very very very thin. Anyways, Bria was baptized on May 4, 2008. We had a small family and godparents gathering. But of course, since Mark's family is HUGE, small means about 100 guests. Fr. Adam performed the ceremony and the following are Brianna's godparents: Ate Joy, Klodi, Alti, Tom, Jay, and Bernard. Bria was such a good baby and she didn't cry at all! Bella was her usual crazy self. She was wearing her Cinderella underwear and before the ceremony began, she pulls up her dress and points to her Cinderella underwear and say "Look it, Cind-ella! Look it!" I wish I had that moment on video, classic. The dinner was at Buca di Beppo.
So here are all 500 pictures. The pictures come from a bunch of different cameras that's why alot of the pictures look the same.

Baptism Pictures Part 1

Baptism Pictures Part 2

Enjoy!