Other Santa pictures

Vince and Ellis Damico were there to meet Santa on the same day. Millie and Vince only caused a bit of havoc in the store. For the most part, they were very patient waiting their turn. To see the extra pictures of Millie & Milo & Vince, click here.































































Since I didn't get any pictures of Ellis in her beautiful dress, here she is with Santa.












And here is the amazing photo that Alice captured for the Damico Christmas card.

Santa Pictures

We made our annual trip to see Santa at B Braithwaite. This is the 3rd year we have visited the man in red. To see the pictures, click here. I can't take credit for these amazing pictures. I give credit to a friend of mine, Alice Park. This is such a nice, enjoyable way to meet Santa. It is actually a quite lengthy process to see him at one of the malls. Websites crash, mothers go ballistic trying to get appointments, family barter & trade for an appointment slot, and the pictures frankly stink. You know I love photos and Alice does a great job capturing the children. We look forward to it every year.

Millie enjoyed showing him her painted fingernails and telling him what she wanted for Christmas. This year was a great success compared to last year's utter fail. A retrospect of pictures to come!

A Little Housekeeping

Here is Millie and her Bailey. We are still not clear on what was going on but Bailey was losing feeling in her legs, arms and fingers. BUT Millie is very happy her buddy Bailey is back in the classroom and able to walk with a walker. According to the director and her teachers, the two are inseparable again. Bailey's walking is improving daily!

And this is Millie's "Holiday Board" describing how Millie spends the holidays.

Ice Skating Videos (2 videos)

Ice Skating

I am still chuckling just thinking about Millie on those ice skates! She was clearly the youngest on the ice. The skates were huge (size 8 and she is a size 6 at best). I can only imagine what she was thinking when I stuck those things on her feet. I still can't stop laughing about it! We watched the other skaters for a long time and she seemed pretty stoked about it. We got the skates on and I kept explaining how she wasn't going to be able to walk like normal.



We got up and on the ice and it took her awhile to stop slipping around. I was laughing so hard, I seriously thought I was going to pee my pants! She was sliding all around and I was holding her arms, trying not to fall myself. She kept yelling "It's slippery!!" Anyway, she get her footing and we set off for a loop around.

Thank goodness Jess knew how to skate because she was a great help. Millie would get tired and I would sit her on the edge. After a quick break she said she wanted to do it again. She wanted me to hold her for a small part of it which was very dangerous since I don't know how to skate. But she made it all the way around and by the end, she was done and she told me she wanted to go home. She did way better than I thought and hopefully next year she will be a little Dorthy Hamill.

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Morning time (1 video)

School Photos Millie

And Millie's classroom. Click here to see the pictures.

School Photos Milo

On Friday the kids had a little ornament craft for the parents at school. I took this opportunity to introduce you to some of Milo's class. Here are just some of the kids in his class. There are actually several kids who I didn't get a chance to take pictures of.






































Claire is the girl in the first picture with her mom/dad.

Bradley is drinking from the sippy. He is one of the walkers in the class. Always trying to escape when someone comes in the door.


The next one is of Davis. He is a little older than Milo.

The next picture is of Milan. Another walker in the class.

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Sittin up (2 videos)

Hanukkah 3

This picture of Millie has to be my best picture to date. Click here for the rest of the pictures.


If you fast forward through the pictures really fast, it almost looks like a movie! Enjoy!

Shake Shake Shake (1 video)

Hanukkah 2

I wanted to try something new with the kids this Hanukkah season. I wanted to take pictures using only the candlelight. Let me just tell you, it's not easy! I typically wouldn't share these since they aren't great but I wanted you all to see my improvement (isn't it always about me?!?! jk!).

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Millie really enjoyed picking out the candles each night. We were quite impressed with the colors and patterns she would use when picking the candles.

What's new with the kids?

I am a little behind on displaying these sheets from Millie's teachers. Here are two in a row. This is what Millie has been up to since mid-November.

Click here to see Nov 15 till Nov 22
Click here to see Nov 29 till Dec 6

Email me if you have any problems viewing these. In fact, email me if you ever have any problems viewing anything I post!

What is Milo up to?
He is rolling from back to front pretty well. But we haven't seen him roll the opposite.

Milo is holding his bottles.

Sitting up without assistance. He still needs to be watched because he can fall over hard like a tree.

He is blabbering and still drooling. We have no sign of any teeth just yet.

He is still such a happy happy baby. It is unbelievable how pleasant this little guy is.

He loves when friendly faces sing or dance. He starts to laugh which is hilarious. He does this sucking in noise when he laughs which is soooo funny. I have it on video so stay tuned.



He is technically sleeping through the night. Right now he is falling asleep right about 8pm along with his sister. He hasn't been waking up till around 6am and I nurse him at that time. Sometimes it's 4:30am (too early for Mommy). Sometimes 5am. Sometimes 6am. That is a long stretch so I don't feel comfortable dropping that feed just yet.

He is starting to get angry when Millie takes his toys away. But is quickly comforted by her doing some sort of dance in front of him. We are working on "sharing toys with your brother".

He is sleeping in his crib along side of his sister which is working out great.

He has had his first taste of formula the first week of December. He actually seems to be doing well. We started doing half/half in his bottles for daycare and he didn't seem to mind at all.

That's all I can think of right now but more to come!

Kazooo & Milo (2 videos)

Birthday GTG

Mat was very sweet to throw me a little birthday get-together. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Click here for the rest of the pictures. I didn't get many picture of the adults because the kids are just too cute!

Hanukkah 1

We had a great time with Hanukkah this year. On day one we Skyped with the Tainow grandparents. Mat picked out all the gifts for each kid on each day. He did a great job!

Not sure Millie understood the "reason for the season" but she really enjoyed lighting the candles each night. And of course, demanding that Daddy go upstairs and get her a gift. Click here for picture from day one.

Thank you all for your Hanukkah gifts!

In the car (2 videos)