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For at least six months we’ve been talking about the binky fairy – how when you’re ready, you can leave all your old binkies for her, and she will come and collect them to give to all the babies who … Continue reading →

We needed to be at work for meetings starting at 9:00 which amazingly enough, constitutes an “early” day for us. We are still adjusting to the big boy bed, and sleep has not been as consistent for any of us. … Continue reading →

Aside from the big boy bed, Brendan is now trusted to take a bath in our big tub without one of us in there with him. These means a lot more photo opportunities. He has also selected a new favorite … Continue reading →

I tend to worry about things before they happen. I’m not proud of this, it’s not a good idea and often wastes a lot of energy unnecessarily. But sometimes it works out in that I’m prepared for big emotions before … Continue reading →

Recently as I carve out time to catch up on recording the life of Captain B, I feel like a catholic school girl confessing my time since my last blog post. I have never actually been a catholic school girl, … Continue reading →

I started to write that I’m tired, and whine about all the reasons why. But we have been talking with Brendan about how whining is not the best way to communicate – and really, the thing I most want to … Continue reading →

I know it was only a couple of weeks (or three weekends) – but our little home improvement project really tuckered us out. We were happy to have a weekend with our house in tact, and just the regular list … Continue reading →

One of Brendan’s favorite things is when Mommy comes to pick him up, and together we walk to Daddy’s office. There are many great things about Daddy’s office. First, we get to run down ramps and walk down stairs that … Continue reading →

I’m happy to report that Brendan is an Equal Opportunity Super Hero. While we all know that he is really Superman, today he decided to be Superman pretending to be Spiderman. To understand the disease we have to understand about … Continue reading →

There was a special singing event for all the ‘upper classes’ at school and Charlie’s teacher sent these pictures over to Lisa with the message, “How stinking cute are they!? ” To be sure if you can safely use these … Continue reading →

It looks like the crib climbing was not a one time event. Last night we had a little visitor at 12:45. Daddy was working at the computer so Brendan climbed in bed with Mommy and flopped around all over the … Continue reading →

These next two weeks are big for the Gianino house: we’re getting a new floor downstairs. Aside from cream colored carpeting not being the best choice for dogs and boys, we let Brendan know that we wanted his cars to … Continue reading →

With school/work starting up again tomorrow, this holiday season is officially over for the Gianino family. It was a whirlwind, as usual, marked with some highs and some lows – and often the two were blurred together. I didn’t do … Continue reading →

I’m fighting off a cold, and so far behind on Christmas pictures and memories that I’m finding it hard to catch up. So I’m going to temporarily skip over Christmas in the hopes that I can at least pick up … Continue reading →

Oh this boy… I have at least 20 similar videos from last week alone. He has several songs that are his favorite to sing, but he’s building quite a repertoire. He also has a new haircut, and for the first … Continue reading →

A week ago today, we were still glowing/recovering from Grandma and Grandpa Casler’s annual Christmas carol party. While this party has changed in many ways over the years, the actual party has happened on the first Saturday of December since … Continue reading →

This evening as I was talking to Grandma and Grandpa, I was distracted. So when they asked what cute things their Grandson had said or done, I forgot to give them my two favorite gems. We’ve been talking about all … Continue reading →

Yep, we’ve started in full force. After Daddy and Brendan took one more tumble in the leaves…. And they did a little reporting on Thanksgiving at school: (‘Papi’ = puppy. Love that I can just hear his voice saying this) … Continue reading →

Here is the summary photo from the season: A little bubble of fun and happiness. We drove down to Grandma and Grandpa’s house Wednesday night with our Chelsea and the Lucasfilm Turkey in the backseat. All the way down, Brendan … Continue reading →

If cuddling were an Olympic event, Brendan and I would be gold medal contenders. We had to stop our middle of the night sessions, but since he usually wakes up around 6:00, there is an unwritten rule that if he … Continue reading →