goodbye

on september 10th my grandma passed away. she was mother to 14 children, grandma to 24 grandchildren and great grandma to 25 great grandchildren. as an adult i didn't get to spend much time with her, unfortunately. but i do have memories of her from when i was a kid. she was kind and so giving! when ted and i took the girls to see her last summer she gave ella the beads she was wearing- stuff like that. when my brother was born, my grandma came to help my mom and, in my 5 year old mind, grandma made THE BEST eggs! there are times when i am with my mom i see my grandma in her: the sweet way she fixes her coffee and drinks it happily, the way she stands in the kitchen and gives me a little smile. i love those moments. this picture of my grandma was taken years ago in my parents old house in south florida (my childhood home.) i think this is how i'll always remember her. goodbye grandma. thanks for being so kind, selfless and humble. for having so many kids- especially my mom!, for putting up with so much racket in your house: like kids running, dogs barking, family laughing, siblings bickering, brothers and sisters remeniscing about younger days, for making the best eggs, for having enough love to go around to all of us. i love you! i'll see you again on streets of gold...

a little treat

another outing we took as the 5 of us was to target (big surprise!) we all stopped in at the starbucks inside and got a treat. the girls were thrilled when ted ordered each of them a hot chocolate.

i'm not sure what they enjoyed more, the fact that they got cups like me and ted or that those cups had hot chocolate. but they were excited.

in true form, my little charmer, corinne, was making friends with the other patrons.

pick a seat, any seat

in between my mom's visit and my aunt's ted and the kids and i had a week alone. ted took the week off and we just took it easy. one evening we decided to go out to "el patio" on fourth street. while we were inside ordering corinne climbed into bohdan's stroller and sat in the basket. i guess she was too tired to walk?

this is livin'

this is how corinne wanted to ride home from san francisco after dropping my mom off at the airport. she cracks me up!

sweet boy

this little guy has been such a good baby. he eats like a champ, and sleeps like an angel. he pretty much only cries when he wants something. i guess he's making up for all the miserable months of morning sickness.

he really likes sleeping in the sling. i love this because i can go out with him and he'll just sleep soundly- i get my hands free and still get to hold him! bohdan is 6 months today! i can't believe it's been 6 weeks. this is my first week by myself with all three kids. so far no trips to the er, calls to poison control, or temper tantrums (by me or the girls).

bumpin' up and down in my little red wagon

for corinne's birthday she got a red wagon from my parents. so, ted and i took them for a walk on sunday. they were all excited to be off, tucked in with blankets and their juice boxes (they had to have something to put in their cup holders). as we headed out, corinne was singing "bumpin' up and down in my little red wagon" over and over again.

our little man

it's been 3 weeks since bohdan was born and i'm finally getting around to blogging about it. i have to admit of all 3 kids, besides the pregnancy, bohdan has given us the least amount of drama. i was admitted into the hospital at 10 am on wednesday, august 25. we started off in the larger of the 2 "closets". they started me on pitocin and shortly after i was given a regular labor and delivery room. things went pretty smoothly and bohdan was born at 9:38 pm.

this was after i got the epidural. feeling much better at this point.

i was so glad rami could watch the girls for us so my mom could be present for the birth. the next day my mom brought ella and corinne in to meet their new brother.

he's a pretty sweet little boy. he puts up with all kinds of yelling, screaming, kisses, love "pats"...

we can't help but love him.

after bohdan was born and the nurse brought me some dinner, ted was holding bohdan for the first time. they were "discussing" all kinds of things. it was really cute to see ted with his little boy for the first time.