Only Grandpa can help!

a long story behind this picture. Ralph and I went out and Grandma and Grandpa were watching our little pea on a Monday night. He had such horrible stomach pain, he cried for the longest time and Grandpa helped him to feel better and finally he fell asleep. ok, maybe a short story, but we all remember it, rough night for our little boy....

Grandpa and Grandbaby

great family pic!

Our cousins~ The Given's~

Cousin Heather and Chris with Michael and Cameron!
(One day this will be us!)

St Patty's Day!

Michael just loved getting dressed up!

Aunti Kim, Michael and mommy

Our 3 little guys! Michael, Juliana and james...
(real soon they will be growing out of this chair)

I'm a very happy McCutie!

McCutie and mommy

Grandma, Mommy and Michael go to Montauk!

Last week we met my mom out at Gurney's in Montauk for a little R&R. Just a few days and we had a great time!

My new favorite pic!
Little sandy feet!

Mommy and Michael on the beach

Michael's first time to the Atlantic Ocean!

Absolutely loved playing in the sand!!!

A storm was blowing in and we got a double rainbow!

Beautiful sunrise

Cold morning, all bundled up

so excited to be on another vacation!

hugs for grandma with the Montauk lighthouse in the background

a little windy
what a great getaway ~Thanks grandma for having us out with you!

Isabella's 4th Birthday!!

We took a trip down to Toms River, NJ for our cousin's daughter's 4th Birthday.

Birthday girl, Isabella with Michael and cousin Chase

mommy, Michael and Sophie

I'm starting with this leg, then going to the next one...

the picture says it all!

cute family!

I'm a happy baby!

Michael, 5 1/2 months and cousin Aiden, 3 1/2 months

Handsome boys!

April pics!

We have fun everyday

loving the camera

hi doggy, how are you?

chubby cheeks looking like such a big boy

WHY? Why do I have ears on, why am I in a basket, why am I surrounded by candy?

I will not do this next year!

Love playing with my toes!
Can't get them to my mouth yet...working on it!

yummy food!!!

5 months old...

wow, time just keeps going by so fast. Michael is now 5 1/2 months old! He is growing like a little cute weed!
This past month has been really busy, as usual at the Michele house. We are just finishing the living room and dining room, all new walls, ceiling and floors. I am planning Michael's Christening, which is going to be May 22! We are having the big shin-dig at home following the church, so it is crunch time!

Michael was 5 months on 4/9. He weighed 15.2#, 26 1/2 in long. He is about 50% for both. These past few weeks he has had a lot of firsts!

The good stuff- he started eating cereal, oatmeal, prunes and sweet potatoes. He absolutely loves the prunes and sweet potatoes, not too fond of the oatmeal and cereal though.
He is sleeping better thru out the night, sleeping thru a few nights and only getting up once for some.
and he rolled over 4 times in the past 4 days....yeah!!!!

The bad stuff- our little guy had his first cold, a runny nose, sore throat and a double ear infection! He was on an antibiotic for 10 days and is now feeling much better. It was our first cold with him and we felt so bad.

Lots of pics to follow, not in any order and many more to come!

LP sleeping on our bed with my shirt over him, he loves it!

In the morning with Grandma, playing with the flower

Grandma and Michael

Reading books in the morning!

playing in his crib on a hot day

Easter Sunday, at church with my mom, dad and grandma and grandpa

loves the octopus!

also loves Sophie the Giraffe

Daddy and baby with a morning snooze!

More flowers to play with

Michael with mom, aunti Kim, grandma and great grandma

4 generations here!

almost sitting up, trying hard

practicing standing

spending time with great grandpa

loving bath time

Michael, Juliana and James- getting ready to go to the park!

Ralph and Courtney- date nights!!!

March was our month for date nights! We saw Chicago on Broadway earlier in the month, then we had the wonderful opportunity to ice skate at Rockefeller Center. My parents watched LP over night for 2 nights, so we were able to get good sleep!!! We also had our new bedroom furniture delivered...yeah!

It was such a great time!

me and my dad!

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