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Welcome - Come One, Come All

First we want to welcome Mia Carol Salvatore to the world (you are going to have some cool friends...like Elliana). Our good friends Katie & Jay welcomed their first child on March 16th. Mia was born at 6:07 AM, 6lbs. 9oz and 19 in. Now the count down is on for Nicole. Many of you have asked and she is doing great. Tim and her 2nd baby's expected due date is June 1st. Soon our”Vegas family" BBQ's will have 4 little tots playing around.

This weekend was great. Jason (Ryan's Brother) & Nicole (Jason's Finance) were in town with some friends. We were able to go out with them on Friday night and of course have some quality time with Elliana on Sunday. I didn't take my camera with me so no photos, sorry! Also visiting is one of Ryan's many cousins, Matt. We are going to try and grab dinner one of these nights because we weren't able to catch up with him during the holidays in Michigan. April 4th Grandma & Grandpa Morris along with Aunt Kelly & soon-to-be Uncle Blake will be arriving. Also during that week Aunt Judy, Uncle Dan & Cousin Kenleigh; Cousin Mackenzie & Jason; Uncle Randy & Aunt Cindy and Cousin Jeff; are coming to Vegas. Elliana is going to get plenty of attention that week and Ryan and I will have plenty of baby sitters!

Elliana's top two front teeth cut through last week. She seems to be having a hard time with these two more so then the bottom two. Lots of drooling, achiness, runny nose & rosy cheeks. Everyday she is becoming more mobile, curious and brave. Right now her favorite things to do are pull herself up on everything, crawl around chasing Mya and cry anytime mom & dad are out of sight.

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8 Months Old Today!

El continues to grow, develop and MOVE! She is crawling around lots and in the beginning stages of pulling herself up. As you see from the video below she is great at pulling herself up in the crib. She gets up on her knees then she reaches, grabs and holds onto anything putting all her might into pulling herself up. Sometimes she gets up other times she gives up in frustration…or distracted by Mya. This month was definitely a learning experience for us parents. She started off the month (February) with a temperature of a 103 and NO sleep. After, taking her to a children’s urgent care (since it was over the 3 day weekend and couldn't get to her normal doctor) she had an ear infection. While she was just getting over her infection I came down with a serve sinus & ear infection having to go to the doctor twice in 3 days getting two shots, put on a breathing treatment (due to my asthma) and getting put on 2 antibiotics, steroids, nasal sprays and inhalers. After a long 7 days I was back to my old self. Then El got sick again but with the Roto virus (sp). She was vomiting and not doing good on the other end either. After a few hours, Ryan paged the pediatrician got some advice and after 7 days our little girl is happy as a clam. Of course, due to her sickness she wasn’t allowed at daycare thankfully we were able to figure things out alternating time off (since we both have been very buys). Because of the sickness we need to get her fattened up again. She was refusing food and not holding much in. We learned all about pedilyte and soy formula to “stuff” her up. We are back to being a healthy family. I am thankful Ryan was here. He helped out a TON. From cleaning yucky messes to getting up with those frequent sick cries. The pediatrician should be thanking Ryan to…since he kept me sane and not calling every5 minutes. Just helping me be patient and letting the sickness take its course (since, we had already been to the office a few times). Work is busy for both of us right now but what a treat it is to come home to our happy active baby!

Lets hope month 8 is a little smoother.

Nap Time For Elliana

This is what happens when we try to put Elliana down for a nap.

Elliana In The Morning

Daddy and Elliana

Elliana was able to go to work with me, for a little while, on Saturday. We had our annual Bridal Showcase in our Ball Room and our good friends Derek and Rhiannon, who own Digs a studio of photography, were on hand to photograph the event. Ang was there, but was on here way to get her hair did, so she didn't want to be in the photo. One of these days we'll take an updated family portrait for everyone to see. Hope you all are doing good and enjoying our blog!