Baby Laughs

We finally got Danny's giggles on video the other night. He has a cute little laugh. I need to work on recording him and Natalie together. She starts tickling him -- he starts laughing -- which makes her laugh -- which makes him laugh harder. It's a riot.

5 Months

Today Danny is 5 months old. 5 months? Really? I know I say it every month, but time seems like it's flying. On the other hand, I can't believe he's only been with us for 5 months. It just seems like he's been here forever. He babbles nonstop and is constantly putting his hands in his mouth and covered in drool. I've checked for signs of teeth, but see none. I'm sure they will just pop thru one day. He can now also roll over from tummy to back, and then back over to his tummy again. He's a great sleeper with an occasional waking during the night.

This one was taken just as he was getting ready to roll.

And here is Natalie at almost 5 years old. She LOVES her Barbie house. Santa did good this year. She continues to mother Danny and is constantly making him laugh. She loves to help with bathing, picking out clothes and getting diapers. She's an excellent big sister.

And some business to tend to -- in an effort to be fair, I would like to acknowledge that Pittsburgh did beat the Ravens in their last meeting. Unfortunately this wasn't enough and the Steelers have started their winter break early while the Ravens are in Week 2 of the playoffs. I was accused of being one sided by a certain Steeler fan's blog, so hopefully this should clear it up.

Progress

Well, it's been over two weeks since Wrigley joined our family and we're making progress. Daisy now tolerates him and they've even been caught laying side by side. Not spooning yet, but I don't think that is far off.

I caught them playing just a bit. Not quite the way that Buddy and Daisy used to wrestle all the time, but this was a big step.

I was amazed that I was able to get 2 kids AND 2 dogs ALL looking at the camera AT THE SAME TIME!

I wasn't able to get in the picture myself with the dogs, so I settled for just a picture of me with the kids.

p.s. GO RAVENS!

Merry Christmas!

I'm not sure which was the bigger surprise this Christmas ... the Barbie Dream House or the new dog. We got both this year. Meet Wrigley. He's a 10 month old Bull Mastiff and he's the newest addition to our family. We are still working out a few kinks, but he's been nick-named the gentle giant. He's definitely a softy and has been great with the kids.

This was the look on Natalie's face when she came downstairs Christmas morning and saw that Santa brought her the Barbie house. She didn't even want to open the rest of the gifts, she only wanted to play with her Barbies.

Danny didn't know exactly what was going on, but he loved looking at everything and everyone.

Just goofin' around:

The Longo side came up for football on Sunday and here are the kids in their gear.

The past couple of days were very busy and filled with gatherings, gifts, food and family. But we all had a great time and it was totally worth it. Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful presents!

Click here to see the entire album of pictures I took this weekend.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to your families from all of us!

Da Bears

Greg and I braved the elements and went to the Bears vs Ravens game yesterday. When we arrived at our seats, this is what we found:

Despite the cold, it was still a packed house.

We were totally bundled up and it didn't seem too bad.

The Ravens won, 31 to 7.

Snow Schmo!

Well, it finally stopped snowing. I think we are over 20 inches, but my antique measuring device doesn't count that high. Here are some pictures from about 11am. It got much worse after this, but I never went back out with the camera.

Natalie kept falling and couldn't get up. She loved every second of it though. Good thing I bought those snow boots last night.

4 months

Danny is 4 months old! He went for a check-up today and the doctor said he is a happy, healthy baby boy. He weighs just shy of 15 lbs and is now giggling and rolling over.



Here is a short video of him rolling over. Please excuse my voice. I sound so cheesy!