http://youmeandthekids.com Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:16:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I haven't been keeping up with this blog as often as I would like. Things have been so hectic here. After Christmas my mother came to visit for my birthday. It was a great 2 week vacation for her and for me! We went to a few places, one ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2010/02/10/one-word-sorry/ I don't have much time to write but here is Xavier opening presents. Make sure you have your volume on, especially for the last couple presents Xavier opens...it's priceless... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/12/26/christmas-eve/ I couldn't think of a catchy title today...sorry. Well, Geno has left for Afghanistan. He left Early Wednesday morning andwas stuck in Northern Italy waiting for one thing or another to fly out.  They ended up leaving Friday and arrived at their destination later that evening.  He had to leave a lot earlier ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/12/06/6dec09/ Hello again from the beautiful country of Italy...it has been some time since I last posted but a lot of things have been going on here...as you will read. First, let me get to the main story...Miss Peyton is now 6 weeks old (as of this past Friday). I can't believe ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/11/16/a-long-time-cominglots-going-on/ She had her "2 week" check-up yesterday. All seems well. She is weighing in at 8lbs4oz - just 2oz shy of her birth weight. The pediatrician wanted her to be at her birth weight by 2 weeks and it looks like she will be. I go in on ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/10/14/a-quick-peyton-update/ This week has flown by! I can't believe that Peyton is a week old today.  She is a very calm baby.  She sleeps at night for 3-4 hours at a time, which is nice.  During the day she is starting to become more alert longer but for the most part ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/10/09/week-one/ Peyton Gabrielle Lolli October 2, 2009 3:59am 8lbs6oz 21in Birth story to be added to "Baby Chronicles" tab. http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/10/04/the-new-lolli-addition/ No, I honestly didn't forget.  I've just been super busy trying to keep everything else in order, I've let this slide just a bit.  So here's the latest... Derrick Derrick went to Croatia last week (Aug. 25-28th).  He says he had a great time, unfortunately no pictures were taken.  Which figures...now I ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/09/03/and-you-thought-i-forgot-about-this-blog/ So things have been hectic, hot and crazy here.  Geno's been working a lot but we expected that since he is getting ready to deploy soon.  We have had a lot of people ask us when but we don't know yet. I'm hoping to find out sometime this week. This week Geno's ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/08/09/august-9-2009/ I've decided that I really need to get a move on updating this website more often.  Time gets away from me, especially since Geno's been on leave.  He returns on Monday so we will be needing to get back on schedule. Hopefully, this will get my bottom in gear to ... http://youmeandthekids.com/2009/07/18/progress/