Pasta Night & Happy Thanksgiving!

Last Sunday was pasta making day at the Martini's!  Grandpa Martini, who is 90 years old, is here visiting and so that means we get homemade pasta!  It takes a lot of muscle to make the spaghetti and gnocchi, so everyone pitches in to help.  We also wanted to take notes and learn as much as we could so in years to come, we can carry on the pasta making tradition with our kids and grand kids. Grandpa likes making pasta here in Colorado because it drys so quickly.  In Michigan, with the humidity, it might take a couple of days to dry.  Once again, we had a very tasty meal the next day with homemade sauce too!!  Thank you Grandpa Martini!!

Just starting to roll the dough

3 Generations of Martini's

Ron taking his turn

Jill learning the secret to rolling

Dried spaghetti waiting to be cooked.

Dried gnocchi waiting to be cooked!

Grandpa holding Gianna....his great-granddaughter

Yesterday was Thanksgiving....again at the Martini house!  We had a wonderful dinner with family and new friends.  We are so thankful for a loving family, great friends, good health and beautiful, healthy daughters.  We are also very thankful for having food to fill our stomachs and a roof over our heads keeping us safe and warm each night.  We hope you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Our best attempt at a family photo.

Heads Up

Gianna is 3 months old today and today I also captured her lifting her head up while on her tummy!  That is a huge deal ya know!  She is getting stronger each day.  I can't believe that in the near future, she will be crawling, then walking....and then we will look back and think....where did our little baby go?  It doesn't seem real, sometimes, that Isabella is an almost 2 1/2 year old.  I still look at her like she is a baby sometimes. That is until she opens her mouth to talk. :)

Look at me!!

I have also attached a little video of Isabella singing a little song she learned in music class.  I'll give you the words first, so you can tell what she is trying to sing.  Some of it is a little hard to understand.

"I had a little frog, his name was Tiny Tim.  I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim.  He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap, and then he burped last night from a bubble in his throat."  (hiccup, excuse me)  (hiccup, excuse me)

Picnic Lunch

Sometimes to get Isabella to eat a good meal, we have to stray away from the kitchen table. So, one day at lunch Anthony told Isabella that they could have a picnic lunch. If I remember right, she ate most of her lunch that day. Oh, and Monkey got to join them.

Isabella and Monkey waiting to eat.

Having fun at their picnic!





Trick or Treat

Last week was a busy one with Halloween parties and we also had Gianna's 2 month check up and Isabella's weight check.  Their appointments went well, they are both healthy.  Gianna weighed in at 9 pounds 13 ounces, 22 3/4 inches long.  That puts her in the 25th percentile.  Isabella is now weighing 18 pounds 11 ounces.  She gained about 1 pound in 3 months.  Of course, that morning, she chose not to eat very much for breakfast....which might have helped her a tiny bit.  :)  The doctor is done worrying about Isabella and her weight.  He knows that we are trying to feed her anything and everything....she is just a picky little eater.   Gianna is growing like a weed and will soon be catching up to Isabella. 

We also had a few Halloween parties for Isabella and Gianna.  So, they got to dress up a few times.  Isabella loved it!  This year, Isabella really enjoyed going trick or treating. She went to a few houses on our street and cousin Jackson went with her.  Now everyday she asks to go again.  She doesn't understand it is a 1 time of year thing.  You'll notice in a couple of pictures that Isabella has a piece of candy up to her nose.  For some reason she had to smell her candy after she got it.  We found it pretty funny.  She has yet to ask to eat any of it.  She just takes it in and out of her pumpkin.  Strange kid, I know.  :) 

Isabella & Jackson at the playgroup party.

Playgroup party....Isabella & friends.







Getting ready to go trick or treating.




Our attempt at getting a group kid picture.  Obviously Isabella had had enough and just wanted to smell her candy. :)



Smelling the candy!

Again....smelling the candy.

Gianna the black cat.