NY Nanny

Nan has made it to NY.  She arrived on February 29th and is here to stay! We are all so excited to spend time with her! Thank goodness the summer is right around the corner, she's freezing!!!! Here are some pictures of her new place!  Welcome Home Nanny!

First Visit to the Dentist

Today was Everett's first visit to the dentist. We prepped all week by reading books and practicing saying AHHHHH.  When Everett got into the chair the doctor gave him sunglasses so the light wouldn't irritate his eyes. She also gave him a mirror so he could see what was going on. He did such an amazing job, we were so proud of him.

 

Ka Chow!

Everett's favorite movie is cars. He gets up and dances to the beggining everytime he watches it!

Love this boy!

Everett's Toes

Ev's Toes Now - You can really see it!

I was born with something called Polydactyly  (refers to extra digits - in the hand, extra fingers or thumbs) which is now just a bump on my pinky fingers. When I was pregnant we always said we just wanted Everett to be healthy and have 11 fingers and 10 toes! Well, it wasn't until Everett was about a month old that Ivan noticed he has 2 weird toes. When we took him for his next doctors visit he told us that it was webbed toes. When I looked it up online I discovered that is was referred to as Syndactyly (adjacent fingers or toes are joined by soft tissue).  After discussing this with my sister Jennifer she said she always noticed something weird with her toes too - turns out she has it also! It is cute that he carried on one of my traits.  

British Everett

Everett and I like to use a British accent sometimes, he is actually pretty good at it. Very impressive for a 3 year old!

Carsyn Albert Volpe

My little cousin Carsyn was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma last year. He has gone through chemo and most recently a stem cell transplant.  He is the strongest 2 year old I know. He will be 3 next week and he has everyone we know praying and thinking about him.  He will pull though this. We are all here to support him and his family.  We love you little man!

Baby Matri!

My cousin Jessica had her baby boy! Trey Parker was born on March 6, 2012 at 1:08pm and weighed 7lbs 8oz.  He is just precious and I can't wait to meet him and squish him. Congratulations Jess & Steve!