12 weeks and growing!

For those of you who like to read my blog, I apologize for not putting posts up more frequently...I am going to try harder to remember to post pics each week! Here is an update of Richie since the holidays. Richie was 12 weeks this past Monday....boy does time fly! He is growing so fast and is such a happy little boy. He is so much fun to be around. He smiles all the time now at anyone who wants to talk to him. He likes to "talk" back to others by cooing. He also is fascinated with his hands and is really exploring his environment with them. He loves to take baths and loves being naked, haha....he will really enjoy summer time when he can walk around the house in a onesie and not have 2 layers of clothes on him. Richie loves to kick his arms and legs all over on his playmat and loves being walked around in the stroller. He loves to look and smile at himself in the mirror although I don't think he realizes that he's looking at himself. He is starting to reach for toys when put out in front of him and I have heard a random little laugh every now and then. He rolls over from his belly to his back a few times a week. He loves to eat and lets you know what he thinks of you when you pull the bottle out of his mouth for burps. He likes to be strolled around our house during the day for his naps (thank goodness we have hardwood floors and can move around the house in a stroller since it's just too cold to go outside). He likes to sleep in his swing at night and just this week slept through the night 3 times. Unfortunately, Richie is getting too big to sleep in his swing and we are working on transitioning him into his crib....last night was our first night doing this and although he did get up twice, we were impressed that he slept for 5 1/2 hours in his crib before waking as before he used to wake within 5 minutes. Richie lost a lot of his hair around 5-6 weeks and his hair is now really growing in. We are surprised to see that his hair is a dirty blonde/light brown color as both Rich and I were blondes as babies. His hair makes him look like such a little boy now! Richie is also already growing out of a lot of his 3 month clothes....it looks like he might be really long...built just like his daddy! He weighs about 12-12 1/2 lbs now and eats about 5-6 times a day....soon he will probably be eating just like his daddy which will have mommy running to the grocery store every day! :) Richie has lived through at least 5 snowstorms already which has kept us in the house quite a bit. Needless to say, we are ready for Spring in the Davoli house. We have already booked our family vacation and will be taking Richie to Ocean City, New Jersey this summer...we can't wait!!! Below are some pictures just to catch you up since Christmas. Hope you enjoy!

Great Grandmom Gigi with RichieSleeping soundly on Gigi

Big Smiles!!

"Will someone please pick me up?!"

Daddy making Richie smile

2 months old

2 months old with teddy given by the neighbors

Richie sleeping soundly on Pop

Aha! I have found my hands!!!

Taking one of my little catnaps

Daddy making me smile - 10 weeks

Our family

He loves to be naked...you'll thank me for this picture one day Richie

"Whoa Momma! I have hair now!"

Having fun during our photo shoot!

11 weeks!

Happy Holidays!

Liz and Braiden were kind enough to come visit us from FL right before Christmas. It was so good to see them as we really miss spending time with them! Christmas Eve

Christmas Day!

Our first Christmas as a family of 3 :)
Richie and his friends

Pops, Richie and Theresa

The cousins

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here at our house. We sure had a lot to be thankful for!

Richie and the turkey

Steph came to see Richie from Denver!


Our family of 3
The Donahues and Davolis

Mimi and the Davolis

Home Sweet Home!

We arrived home from the hospital on Friday, November 19th to tons of flower arrangements, cards, and gifts all for Baby Richie. It was such a wonderful surprise and truly thank all of you for your generosity.

We also had tons of visitors who came from near and far who enjoyed coming to meet Richie! Thanks for stopping by everyone! :)

Rich, Aunt Grace, Amy, Richie

Shannon and Richie

Sara and Richie

Madeline and Richie

Aunt Kelly and Richie

Uncle Hugh and Richie

Elaine with Richie

Erin and Richie

Hospital Visitors

A huge thank you to all of you who were kind enough to stop by the hospital during our long stay. We loved that you were so excited to come and meet Richie and he loved being held by all of you!

Aunt Andrea and Uncle Ray

Great Grandmom "Gigi" with Rich and Richie

Gigi, Uncle Clifford, Rich, Pops, and myself
Aunt Donna and Richie

Steve, Heather and Richie

Jerry and Richie

Welcome and Happy Birthday Richie!

Rich and I joyfully welcomed our beautiful son Richard Joseph Davoli, "Richie", on November 15, 2010 at 11:41 pm. Richie weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. Below are some pictures from our hospital stay that I know many of you have been waiting for me to post. Sorry for the delay in the post...life sure has become hectic but wonderful!! :) More to come in another post!

Richie just minutes after he was born...wide awake! Our first picture of our family of three

6 lbs. 10 oz.

Proud Daddy and a very tired Mommy with Richie
Proud Papa

A tired Mommy and Richie

Mommy and Richie cuddling

Granny Franny with Richie

Pop and Richie

Mimi and Richie

Pops and Richie

Auntie Amy