Mother's Day and Lyla's Ear Tube Surgery

 Mother's Day 2012!


     I had a wonderful Mother's Day this past Sunday! I went on a shopping spree (courtesy of my hubby) and then a got to hang with my sister and the girls. In the evening we went out to dinner with Eddie's side of the family. We had a delicious dinner and I enjoyed spending the day with the three loves of my life......Eddie, Emma and Lyla! Here are a few pics from Mother's Day! I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!!!!!!!

Eddie gets me a corsage every mother's day from the girls as a small gift and I wear it proudly!
Emma helped him pick it out!

This was by far the best gift I received! This is a painting from my sweet Emma Grace! It is a sea shell!
She made it for me at her art class! You have to see the paintings she makes in her classes!
 I have them all over my house. This one is in my foyer!

Here we are getting ready to meet everyone for dinner! As you can see Lyla didn't
 want to pose for pics!She wanted to hold the keys instead! LOL This was the best pic Eddie
 was able to get of the three of us!


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Lyla's Ear Tube Surgery!
We headed to Dupont Children's Hospital in Delaware for Lyla's second 
set of ear tubes.The right tube fell out and she was getting fluid build up in her ear. 
This can lead to hearing loss ifnot taken care of. So we headed to her specialists on
Tuesday, May 15th for pre-op surgical procedures. 
Eddie always makes traveling fun for us! He never wants Emma to think this is
 a boring trip. He stocks up on snacks and buys Emma things to keep her occupied 
while talking to the doctors. After all the pre-surgical stuff we booked a room at the
 Marriott and went out to dinner with the girls. Next we got some ice cream sundaes
 at Lucy's. Lastly, we got our bathing suits on and enjoyed the indoor pool! Emma
 loves to go swimming! Lyla's surgery wasn't until 11:40am the following day
 and I was worried she would be starving! Luckily I could give her Jello and 
Apple Juice up until 2 hours before her surgery and thats what I did! She was pretty 
happy before the surgery! Her surgery went well and we headed back to Long 
Island soon after.  Lyla was cranky in the car ride home! We made it safe and sound 
and hopefully these tubes will last a little longer than the first pair! Here are a
 few pics from Lyla's surgery!

Lyla in the waiting room

Big Sister Emma doing a great job entertaining Lyla

Lyla walking in the waiting room! As you can see she is happy before her surgery!

Lyla looking scared! This is right before they carried her into the operating room.

Emma's Birthday Weekend!!!!

Emma turns 5!


     Emma turned five years old on May 6th! I can't believe my first born will be going to KINDERGARTEN!!!! She had her kindergarten screening and had a weekend full of fun! It started on  Friday. Emma had her birthday celebrated at school with her classmates! I was up the night before making goody bags, getting ice cream and all kinds of snacks and paper goods for her school celebration!! Then on Saturday night, Eddie took the entire family out to Tai Show North (Emma's favorite Hibachi restaurant). This has been a tradition we started for Emma. Emma gets to have a birthday dinner with her family each year and she really looks forward to it! On Sunday she had her birthday party celebrated with 25 friends at a cool place called Fun For All! Our beautiful daughter is so AMAZING and we love celebrating such a beautiful girl on such a special day! Here are some pics from her weekend extravaganza!

Emma and Lyla

Emma and her cousin Katie

Me and my love

Emma and her cousins Brooke and Jake

The whole gang

Look how happy Emma is!

Emma using chopsticks!

The four of us

Lyla trying out her chopsticks!

Lyla liked them better in her mouth!

Time to sing Happy Birthday!

Look at how excited Emma is!

Making her birthday wish!

Me and my beautiful, sweet, fun, awesome daughter Emma......you are one of a kind and you make everyday fun!

The whole family.....Aunt Christine, Uncle Michael, Cousin Mikey, Aunt Weezer, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Michelle, Uncle Bruce, Aunt Tracy, Uncle Gary, Grandma and Grandpa, Me, Lyla, Eddie, Emma, Cousins Katie, Brooke and Jake

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Party at FUN FOR ALL

So excited to see her friends!

Emma and Lyla posing

Sisters forever!

Lyla climbing!

Emma and Lyla

My fabulous friend Lisa and Lyla's babysitter!.....aka her second mommy!!!

Emma with her bestie....Ava

Grandpa and Grandma and Grandma (My parents came for the weekend of course! Eddie and I went out each night! Three date nights for us! LOL)

Lyla loving the merry-go-round!

There's the Birthday girl!

Lyla in the toddler bounce house! She crawled around in it!

Momy and Daddy helping to supervise

This was a cool room....."The Moon Room"

Pizza and Hot Dogs for the kids
Adults had pizza, greek salad, and garlic knots!
Emma had the large party room for all her guests!

25 kids attended her party!!!

Our princess with her birthday crown!

Singing happy Birthday!

Look at how happy my Emma is!

Celebrating with our sweetheart!

Posing for a quick Birthday Pic!

Lyla enjoying some ice cream cake!

Kids enjoying their ice cream!

Everyone says Emma is one spoiled girl! Eddie and I say she is one LOVED  girl!!!!
We needed two trucks to get all the presents home! She loved every minute of all her birthday celebrations!

Mommy's Birthday!!!!


     My birthday is the day after Emma's. Eddie and I celebrated the weekend of April 28th because Emma had a full weekend of celebrating!! LOL We were going to go into the city like we do every year for my bday but we had so many Communions going on the last few weeks, that there was no weekend we could make plans to go into the city. Eddie and I went out for dinner and then ended up at one of our favorite places afterward for some drinks. I got tons of gifts from my hubby and the girls as usual. I had a wonderful birthday but like I always say........everyday is my birthday having this wonderful family!

My hubby and I the night we celebrated my birthday!!!!

My actual Birthday (May 7) Here are a couple of my favorite gifts!!!