January 2011

Well the new year is here.. so much has changed in our lives and those who are close to us. To start my neice was born in May... yes it has been that long since I have blogged... she is a beautiful little girl named makenzie.. oh how I love her... Daves business is up and running and doing really well. I am excited to see him doing what he loves and doing a great job at it (and even making some money). We mangaged to make it to the river a few times over the summer with our friends Pam and Steve and that is always a blast. As for the kiddos.. Addison turns one tomorrow and is doing soo great. She is just always happy and brings some much joy to everyone. Amy started school and is doing so good. She loves to see her friends at school and loves to go to the zoo. She is getting so big and times seems to be going so fast. As for the last year it has been tough on my best friend as she lost her father in a motorcycle accident which brought alot of pain to a lot of people. At that time I started attending a bible study which really helped me to focus on positive things at a time when postitive things were really hard to find! It is defintaley still a work in progress. Well that is it in a nutshell I hope to keep up a little better but I will see.
Have a happy start to a new year.

February 2010

So here we are at the end of February... Alot has happened we are still in the process of moving back down to California and I can not be more excited. Amy absolutely loves Disneyland and having her grandparents around at all times. II have to admit that although it is not always easy I love having my parents around all the time too! So I guess we should start by saying Happy Belated Valentines Day to everyone.. This Valentines Day was a great one, my parents took the girls to the zoo and Dave and I went out to breakfast..Dave went back to Vegas and I did stuff for my sister in law Kristy baby shower...speaking of her baby shower.. things went well Thanks to Nicole and JAckie and my mom.... I can plan a party but I am such a procrastinator ( that is why for Nicoles 30th birthday party I have already done all of my responsibilities). Kristy is due in May and I CAN NOT wait for that little girl to come out!!!... I will not bore you with the I am gonna be an Auntie song....

So now back to the move... CAN NOT wait for Dave to get the show on the road.. today was his last day with the company and he was a little sad.. some drama at the end but hey things happen for a reason right?
Well for alll of our Cali people we will see ya soon!

Baby no name is here....

So after 8 very quick months of having this little girl with no name I am proud to announce that after 18 hours of labor Addison Marie Pontecorvo has arrived safe and sound! Addison was born on Januray 6 2010 at 5:48 p.m. 6 pounds 8 oz. 18 inches long.
She got to come home with us only to end up back in the hospital becuase she stopped breathing! All is well now and she is home and safe and best of all HEALTHY. She is a wonderful addition to our family, (all we have to do is convince her sister of this) and the best part of all is that she sleeps most of the night.. whooohooo!!!!

November/ December

So Thanksgiving was so cool! We had dinner at Daves parents and left the next day to Big Bear... Joined by the Honnold family we went tubing and down the alpine slides (at least they all did, I very pregnantly watched). On Saturday morning we awoke to lots of snow on the ground wich sent all the visitors into a frenzy of chain buying(including us). We bought chains and stuff to play in the snow and enjoyed just hanging out with family.. It was a cool Holiday.

Christmas was fun... we went to Daves parents for Christmas Eve and my parents on Christmas morning/day... Amy got to open her presents with the best present being a ride on motorcycle ( with a side car) generously given by Uncle Corey. After Christmas started baby countdown.... all were waiting very impatiently for baby no name to arrive...

October 2009

So Summer pretty much came and went we had some great times at the river, especially when the motor fell off but all in all it went well.We had Halloween at Daves sisters house and that was so fun Amy got to trick or treat with her cousins and even got to meet her Aunt Julie for the first time.

Sorry took so long!!!!

So August is upon us and so much has happened! Amy is growing up so fast and boy is she smart... sometimes her dad I look at each other and just shake our heads and laugh cause that is all we can do. She is always on the go and climbs on everything......my nephew Autsin said it perfect when he said... "Amy is like spider man"! Her dad and I have nick named her crazy baby..... Speaking of crazy... we are expecting another little angel in February but due to my body's unwillingness to cooperate during pregnancy we are expecting a begining of January baby!
After a lot of planning and decision making we have decided to move back to California, my parents offered us a deal that we could just NOT refuse.... So Amy, myself and baby in utero will move back sometime in September while Dave will move back sometime in Febrauary! We are really excited to move back and to be able to spend time with our friends...
So even after all the excitement of moving and sucessfull baby making we had plenty of time for our favorite place... THE RIVER..... we went almost every weekend in June and July ... we mostly went with our good friends the Shueys but we threw in a few weekends with Dave's and My family... we even managed to throw in two adult weekends (one resulting in our little miracle arriving in January). This month, although just starting, has brought heartache to my family.... as my little brother (Justin)and his wife (Kristy) lost a baby, it is very upsetting and although it is probably hard for them to hear ..I firmly believe that good things come out of tragedy ( Amy is proof) I just wish happiness for them both.
The rest of August should be a little bit of a slow down for us.. we do not have any river trips planned just packing up the house. So sorry it took so long to get this done but hey time flies when you are chasing spider man !!!!!!!!!!!!

Mothers day

So it is here again...a holiday that I once used to hate...now it is still not my favorite but I had a blast today... Amy and I took a nap together and when we woke up She finger painted for the first time and it was so fun! I now have framed art... such a happy mom.!!!! I also took some time to reflect on the past and what we lost and it is stilll sad and still stings but every year it gets better! Amy sure does help take the sting out... she is sure a happy baby and Iam so proud to be her momma. So i posted some pictures of my daughters masterpiece... enjoy!!!!

Amy's Birthday

So here it is One year later and it is Crazy. Amy's birthday parties were a sucess...minor porblems but we managed to get through them! Amy's first party held and Grandma Gerritses house was really fun! It was an advneturous day filled with pony rides, a petting zoo, a jumper, cotton candy, bubbles and faces full of delicious cake ( made by Auntie Nicole). Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves as did the birthday girl and her parents. On Amy's actual birthdaywe spent the day at he park with Grandma Gerritse and at night we celebrated by inviting some family and friends over for some good food and cake.. no petting zoo's or pony rides just a relaxing night with all the people, minus a few who could not make it, that we love and care about.

NOW the parties are over and I am left with this crazy little person that I love so much and I realize that she is growing up.... so I ask myself How the hell did this happen? She was so samll and now she is so big and independent. I knew this was going to happen! but nothing prepared me for the feeling of my baby growing up... so I did what every good mother would do....I went to her crib where she was sleeping and I took her out and rocked her in my arms. Whoa do I feel better now....she still loves me and boy does she still love her daddy....maybe she is not that grown up yet?

Daddy and Amy with the pony At the park with Grandma

On her birthday eating cake and playing in the rocks

Walking and screaming at the top of my lungs

So Amy has started walking " we call her little frankenstein" and she only walks on her terms. If she does not want to then she won't...(Strange how she has her mommies personality). Along with learning to walk she has also learned to scream at the top of her lungs. I think that she really enjoys hearing her very loud voice.. especially when we are in the store or any place where inside voices are preferred.

My Daughter "Houdini"

After tightening and making sure that the high chair table was securely fastened to the high chair I continue on my quest to clean the living room while Amy eats... then a crash.... the table thing falls to the ground and Amy is smiling, rice is all over the ground and there it is the bib right in the middle of the rice pile....I think she is finished! However my question is? how the hell does she get the table thing off? Half the time the adults can not get it off!

The day food became the most important thing in her life

My Daughter has done it... She has finally shown her Pontecorvo pride! Food is now more important than anything in her life. She loves to watch her dad cook and she especially loves to eat it.....the down side....taking the food away!!!!!

Solid Foods

Now that Amy is nine Months and I am not scared of her choking ( as much) I have decided to start feeding her people food! This was very scary to me just because I am so afraid of her choking, but with pressure from almost everyone I decided to start. So she is now eating people food. so here are afew pics of the immense mess she makes while feeding herself!

The Wonderful Holidays!!!!

Holidays...everyone loves them...hehehe!

So First off Halloween..we, for some crazy reason, wanted to spend Halloween with the family so we packed up and headed to Dave's sister Gina's house where we celebrated Halloween...Besides the absolute craziness it was fun and all went as well as it could have. THANKSGIVING... becasue we still remembered how crazy Halloween was we decided to say in Vegas for Thanksgiving. My mom, dad and brother Corey came up to celebrate and we bulldozed our backyard to make a pretty place , now it kind of looks like a park, but it is beautiful. On December 17 we had a snow day, we got six inches, which was pretty cool...but the Cajon pass was closed so I had to take Amy down to California on the 18th and on the 19th I drove back to Nevada. CHRISTMAS.. now Christmas was pretty fun. I picked Justin and Kristy up from the airport on December 22 and we just hung out at the house until Dave got off of work on the 24. Justin, Kristy and I loaded the car up and when Dave got home we were off to Cali. We spent Christmas eve with my family, Christmas morning with Dave's sister Jennifer and Christmas night with Daves family at Daves mom's house. On the Friday after Christmas we headed to the Shuey house and played there for a few hours and then headed back to Nevada. Daves parents followed us up to Vegas so they could visit their house, the rent a house in Vegas, we spent the weekend having fun. The next Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday were cool. We rented a trailer and packed it full of goodies and headed to Dumont Dunes for New Years. Amy did not join us on this trip she spent those days being spoiled rotten by my parents. We met the Shueys and some of their friends and now our new friends in Dumont. We had a blast. We ate good food and played on Quads. Good times! Now we are back to our normal routine...However I just looked at my calendar and these next few months are filled with weddings, baptisms and birthdays!

How the Pontecorvos got started!!!!

Since this is the first Blog maybe I will give a little background on us.... Dave and I met in October 2oo2, moved to Las Vegas in June 2004 and got married in November of 2004. We bought our first house in November 2004 and in December 2005 we experienced the most heartache that any one person can endure, we had a little stillborn baby named Allyson. Now some of you might be sad about that as am I but many things and opportunities have some from this..not that those take her place cause that could never happen! But some great things have come... one being Amy. Our precious little daughter born April 2, 2008. She is amazing and a little bit crazy but we love her so much and life is so great with her around. So here it is our life in a nutshell!