Pappy is in Heaven

Christmas 2007

February 2008

My Mom called this morning to tell us that Pappy passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning. He will be missed more than I can even imagine, he had soo many friends throughout his life. He is surely in Heaven with Nonny and I am sure that if there is a golf course up there, he is allready playing a round!
Brett and I have the most special memories with Pappy, that we will truly cherish forever. He was THE BEST story teller and had the most amazing things to say, like when he first met Brett, he said "Brett needs be circum......spect!"

What a wonderful life and now we will always have the memories of Bruno Lawrence Salerno.

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Pics from Linden's birthday!

A winnie the pooh musical card from GAD!

Who knew, there is a "Little LuLu" cartoon?? Leave it to Aunt Dede to find it!

Her Cinderella doll that she picked out with dress from Grammy Jan!

Nana's outdoor princess tent! Linden loves running through the pink! It's really fun! Thanks Nana!

Thanks to everyone who sent Linden gifts- she was really excited every time the UPS man rang our doorbell! Linden's birthday was very special and 3 is going to be lots of FUN!

Linden turns 3 today!

Three has some BIG personality!

Could I have a better subject???

Thatcher

These tiny but LONG little toes are doing great! We have been having a good past couple of weeks, while trying to adjust to life with two kids. It's been good- knock on wood! He's a good sleeper and eats pretty regularly with the help of the Zantac which reliefs his reflux. All in all,we could not ask for more or feel luckier!
We feel so blessed to have Thatcher with us and we are enjoying every day!

He's changed so much in just 3 little weeks- he's very alert and loves to listen to music. He also likes sleeping on our chests and staying really close to us. He looks more and more like Linden when she was a newborn.....I have nick-named him "Peanut John" after Linden's nick-name "Peanut Jane". My two little peanuts!

Avery's birthday party

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Birthday Rewind!

Did someone say CAKE????

Linden waiting for the cake!

Avery opening our gifts

Happy Mommy!

Linden helping Avery and Ava open her gifts- it was a perfect practice run for Linden!


We went to Avery and Kendall's birthday party on Sat- it was too much fun! They had a bouncie house and all the girls had a lot of fun together. There was only one boy there- Girls RULE!
We love celebrating the birthdays for the girls- since they are only 4 days apart. The top pic is a review of the last 2 years- The Casey's are such great friends, we just LOVE them!

Linden gets a haircut

watching a haircut movie- this place was equipt~

"don't cut too much!"

The final result

We had a girls day on Sat- Linden and I went to go get her hair cut. It was so much fun- she loved it! It looks super cute too! She was a little nervous at first and she wanted to know what the lady that was cutting her hair was going to do with all the cut hair! She got a prize and a dumdum for being a good girl. I love the time we can still have together- just girls!

Thank you Johnson's!!

We opened up a package from the Johnsons today, linden was super duper excited!
Glitter princess pages are awesome, a BIG hit here! Thank you for the big sister gift!
















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Go Cubbies!

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My little "pop-up" fish

Linden is learning how to "pop up" and take a breath while swimming. She's such a great swimmer!! We just signed her up for level 2 classes through the fall. Olympics here we come...







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I can do this....I hope!

Brett is back to work and I am left to manage 2 kids!! Plural!! Wow, let's see how it goes....







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3 is right around the corner....

Saturday things.....

Swimming in the backyard

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Nudie swim

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Kelley's practice swim

Thatcher and I accomanied Kelley down to Rio del Mar this morning for her practice swim for a Triathalon in September. We napped on the beach together and had a fun morning! Kelley's an allstar!!










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sleeping like a.... baby