Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Happy 1st Birthday Richie!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to you Richie Davoli!  You are the most adorable, sweet, fun-loving, energetic little boy we know.  Daddy and I are so honored to be your parents!!!  We love watching you as you achieve all of your milestones and couldn't be more proud.  You bring so much happiness into our lives as well as the lives of others.  We are so happy to celebrate this special day with you and are anxious to spend many more joyful birthdays with you in the years ahead!  Enjoy your 1st birthday my sweet baby boy!  Mommy and Daddy love you!!! 
Richie making his debut on 11/15/10
 A very happy 1 year old! 

Sunday, October 30, 2011

A Sneak Peek

Next weekend, we are going out to Glenmoore to have Richie's 1 year picture as well as a family picture taken.  I found this cute little outfit for Richie to wear for the pictures but unfortunately, Richie was really sick this past week.  He had his 1st ear infection and then had a bad reaction to the medicine.  Anyways, this was the first chance I had to put Richie's outfit on to see how it fit while he was in good spirits.  He was a real trooper while Mommy snapped 50 pictures!  Here are a few of my favorites.  My absolute favorite one is not on here as I am trying to send it to NBC news to get our little star on TV for Baby's 1st Birthdays :) 




 Laughing with Daddy!

 "Let me out of here!!!"
 This picture reminds me a lot of Rich when he was a baby.
 He loves to look at his reflection in the glass on the fireplace.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

October Fun

Richie's buddy Braedon came over for a playdate last week.  Richie had so much fun and was laughing so hard the entire night!  Thanks for coming over Braedon!  Can't wait to see you again soon!

 Koehler's Farm part 2....I wanted to get a corn stalk for the front of our house so we went back to the farm.  I, of course, had to take some more pictures.  Richie really enjoyed going for a wagon ride around the farm.
 He picked the perfect pumpkin!
 Another picture with the scarecrow.
 "What the heck happened to your head?"
 "Stand back, Pop!  He doesn't have a head!  I'll take care of this!"

 So happy to get near the breakables (Mommy not so happy about this!)
 "Which one should I toss first?!"
 "Mommy, let me outside!"

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Varalli!

On October 15th, we had the best time celebrating Steve and Heather's wedding at Meadowlands Country Club.  Steve was Rich's best man in our wedding and Rich was very excited and honored to be the best man in their wedding.  Heather looked gorgeous and the day went on without a hitch!  Rich's best man speech was really funny and got a lot of laughs and compliments.  We spent the entire night laughing and dancing - it is just so much fun when everyone is together catching up!  Congratulations Steve and Heather!  Wishing you many years of love and happiness!  
Steve and Rich
 Heather and her Grandpop





 Kerri and Rich
 Jim, Mark, Steve, Jerry, Dan, and Rich
 Christine, Me, and Dara
 The Newlyweds! 

Here is a link to Rich's best man speech....I thought it was too funny not to post.  Rich really did a great job with it.  Sorry the quality isn't the best....I took it on my Iphone and it can be a little hard to hear so turn your volume all the way up :) 

11 Months

11 Months!!!!  I cannot believe it.  Time is flying but every day with Richie is more and more fun.  Richie is turning into quite an independent little boy.  He is crawling everywhere and getting into everything.  He loves to explore and has very little fear.  He truly watches and learns.  He loves to throw the ball, play peek a boo, listen to music, browse through the freezer, look out the windows, crawl around in the grass and cruise around the furniture.  He is now WALKING - yes, I said walking, with his walker (he needs a little help with turns!) and he is so proud of himself.  It is only a matter of time before he is walking on his own.  Richie loves going to his "Little Gym" class and being around the other kids.  He is constantly on the go and does not stop until bedtime!  He is eating mostly table food now as he refuses to be fed any baby food anymore.  He babbles quite a bit throughout the day and says mama, dada, baba, nana among other sounds.  He is very good at getting his point across to us - he will certainly let you know if he likes something or not!  He has quite the personality and we always receive comments on how social he is :)  Here are some pictures of Mr. Independent at 11 months with Mr. Bear!  



Fall Fun

Fall is here and we have been keeping busy!  Here are some pictures of the things we've been doing.


Richie and Daddy both wearing their Eagles gear at a local farm

 Richie and Mommy

 Richie has gotten very good at getting into everything he shouldn't be getting into.  He especially likes our freezer.  Here I caught him in the action.  Step 1....take a look around to see if anyone is watching.


 Step 2....Help myself to some ice cream.
 Richie's buddy, Isaac, turned 1 on October 1st and here's Richie all ready to go to the party.  He looks like such a big boy in his vest and sneakers!
 How big is Richie????  Soooooo big!!!!
 My good friend, Joan, is due to have her baby in December and here we are at her surprise baby shower :) 
 Richie, Sara, Rich, and Madeline getting ready to watch the Phillies playoff game....unfortunately, the Phils had quite an upset that night and were knocked out of the playoffs :(
 We went to Koehler's Farm a couple weeks ago and Richie had lots of fun.  It was unusually warm that day so pardon Richie's summer attire :) 

 Richie measuring up with the pumpkin.
 My sweet baby having fun in the huge pumkins :) 

 Daddy and Richie having fun on the tractor. 
 Richie has developed a real attachment to his blankie....here he wrapped the blanket around himself while watching his nursery rhymes....I thought it was too cute not to take a picture :) 
 Richie LOVES mac n cheese.  And he also loves to feed himself....Mr. Independent!  This ended up being quite a mess!  It was all over his face and hair as you can see :)