november 9 - the big 0-5!

5 years ago today, we received the most precious of miracles...the gift of our son, anthony john.

he came (literally) flying into the world at 11:32 a.m. after 28 hours of labor (only 30 minutes of pushing - thank you) and our lives have been forever changed.

as we get ready to embark on this journey again with the arrival of anthony's little brother vincent, we will never forget our first miracle and how he's made us the parents we are today.

here are a few pictures from his birthday morning at home before school/work. more pictures (and i'm sure video) to come after his birthday party this weekend.

he's pretty alert for 6:30 in the morning...wish he's be this awake every morning and not just on his birthday!

showing off his iron man 2 arc light

yeah toy story 3! mama is happy to rewatch this again too!

awesome! the iron man 2 3-in-1 repulsor!

iron man tony!

wordless wednesday

happy birthday troy!

on sunday we spent the afternoon celebrating troy's 3rd birthday at a yo gabba gabba party!

the weather was beautiful and all the kids (and grown-ups)had a great time. shannon had the yard decorated so cute and had organized crafts and other activities like pin-the-tail on the donkey, a pinata & pumpkin painting. sooooo much fun!

shannon snapped and shared some cute pictures of tony from the day.

tony hamming it up for shannon
tony taking his turn at pounding the pinata

tony's masterpiece

the look of total concentration

following the party, tony and troy decided to cool off by using the leftover ice from the drinks to cool off.

soaked and still having fun!

tony's first homework assignment

tony could not have been more excited to get his first kindergarten homework assignment. he received it the afternoon that i was away for the show in nyc, but i received this text from john...

"tony got homework!! i told him we could work on it tonight. he said, 'that's o.k. i can do it tomorrow.' he's a real christy mohr!"

for those of you reading that knew me "back in the day" of school/homework, you know i was a huge procrastinator in this area. i'm already dreading the days of flashcards and studying now! i guess daddy will be in charge of homework time!

the abc's of tony's 1st day of kindergarten

Adorable Bright Cutie Dressed and Excited to Formally Greet

His Incredibly Joyful Kindergarten teacher.

Learning to Make New Open-minded choices

Perfecting his writing and asking Questions when Reading

Smiling at his Teacher and Understanding new Vocabulary Words

while eXplaining his Youthful Zest for life!!

heaven

although this little guy won't be visiting there anytime soon...i could imagine this is what it would look like for him. boys and their toys!

(mostly) wordless wednesday

boy do i miss my little mouseketeer!!

overload.

now that i've completely overloaded your google readers with my catch-up updates, you're probably wondering how the heck i had all this time on my hands the past two days to spend on the blog...that would be because this little guy isn't here...

up, up and away...

yep - you looked right. that would be tony strapped into his southwest airlines seat headed to sunny florida this past saturday 10.10.09 with his mimi and poppop by his side.

my dad has a "family-friendly" work conference this week in orlando, and tony got to hitch a ride for all the fun. he's attended two cocktail parties and has a dinner party tomorrow night. here he is at tonight's cocktail party...the hosts of the conference even arranged for crafts for the kids to keep them entertained through the evening.

cocktail party crafts

the conference is being held at universal studios. they arrived in orlando and headed off to their first cocktail party before heading back to their portofino bay hotel (on property) to enjoy the pool. tony loved it...maybe also because it had a jumbo screen wall tv showing scooby-doo cartoons poolside.

they spent today (and will spend tomorrow) at sea world before heading over to check-in to their disney hotel at all-star sports on tuesday for the rest of the week. they'll be in the disney parks wednesday and friday with a trip to visit the berger's just outside of cocoa beach on thursday...heading home saturday!

to say he's having a good time would be an understatement...to say we don't miss him would be lying. it is so weird after almost 4 years of scheduling your life around someone, to be left to your own devices to go about your day as you wish. john and i spent a portion of this evening just staring at each other with that blank look like "what do we do now?"...and he's only been gone a little over 24-hours.

we did get to skype with him last night and see him for a little, and they are going to continue to send texts/text pictures and check-in through skype when they're able. he was in his swimsuit headed for the pool and looked waaaay older than he did when he left yesterday a.m.

i have a lot to do (surprising him with a new room upon his return), but again, would be lying if i said i didn't think saturday could get here soon enough.

wordless wednesday

my little hippie

just a few quick pics of tony d showing off his homemade tie-dye t-shirt. he had some help by mama putting the rubberbands on, but the dye squirting, color choices and placement of the color was all him! not bad for his first time, eh?

i'm sure between more relays, summer playgrounds & church camps, etc. that we're in for over the next, oh 14-15 more years, we haven't seen the last of my little hippie's tie-dye creations!

saturday june 20, 2009 - special delivery

the shirt i ordered for tony from the mini social arrived this past weekend! i.love.it! but most importantly...so does tony!

tony "rockin" his new shirt and lovin' it!

my little model...such a "poser"

and two pics...just cuz he is so darn cute when he's cheezin'!

wednesday june 17, 2009 - wormy

tony and i finally visited our local community library this past week (wednesday 6.17 to be exact). i've been wanting to take him, but til we get home in the evenings, it's all we can do to have dinner, get a bath and get to bed. but after tony, who has been enjoying his favorite caillou episode where caillou goes to the library, watched that episode for the billionth time that morning, i finally decided we needed to get that kid a library card!

after school i picked him up and we headed around the corner to the exeter community library. we each received a library card...tony's is waaaay cooler than mine as it has a dinosaur on it - i *heart* dinosaurs. we perused the awesome kids section and tony selected 4 books - when daddy's truck picks me up, knuffle bunny, excuse me (tony's favorite), and the saggy, baggy elephant - to check out. he was sooooo excited!

tony outside of the new library

my little book wormy!

sunday june 14, 2009 - early holiday

with my mom and dad out of town over the upcoming father's day weekend, my sister and i decided to celebrate the special day a week early with my dad. following church, we gathered at my mom and dad's house where the boys swam for a while and rode in the battery-powered jeep. following a yummy friend turkey, clams and delicious grilled veggies, the boys decided in mid-change from their swimsuits to their clothes, to run around the yard in their "panties"...or "diapees" if you're harry b. they got a kick out of it, and the two monkeys were dancing all over the yard.

for fear of being accused of posting "kiddie porn" or something, i won't post them all. but i couldn't resist this cute one of the two of them "in their skivvies". harry is in a "monkey-see-monkey-do" phase and however tony sits/stands/sings/dances...harry does - hence their identical poses here.

i know i can speak for my sister when i say we couldn't love these two boys anymore than we already do!!

a day at the park

while i realize it's monday and i should be posting my not me! monday post about the things i certainly did not do over the last week... my creativity is just plain shot right now. at least since this past saturday and for the next few days...so bare with me while i take a creative mental break.

i was the wedding planner for a co-worker/friend's wedding this past saturday and i am just spent! it was a beautiful day and i have pictures to post of the decorations/invites/bulletins/floral arrangements i selected/made and had done, but you'll just have to be a little patient as i want to do a nice post...a post that the bride would be proud of and i just can't do it right now.

to hold you over, i have just a few pictures of my adorable tony d at the park the other day (okay, a week ago...i said i've been busy!). john, tony and myself enjoyed a relaxing day at home...just the three of us. we all took a nap together and then walked to the park by our house. tony rode his bike the entire way while john and i strolled behind him holding hands. mushy right? but so needed by all three of us after the past few weeks. i can't wait to do it again!

my little fireman.

he would love to ride a real dolphin someday!

flyin' high on the swings!

he couldn't get off the metal slide fast enough...that thing was h.o.t.

more to come soon. i promise. i really do. there are pictures in my camera from this past weekend just screaming to come out and be shared!

are you feelin' social?

i came across this really cute site during my blog hopping the other day...it's an invitation only site that provides access to the most hip and modern designer clothing and accessories for mom (and dad's too), baby and child at...are you ready for this??? up to 60% off!!! to keep it simple, they only host two to three designer socials each week.

anyone that knows me knows of my love for celebrities and their kids...well, imagine my excitement when i checked out the new mini social sale today to see items from the kingsley line of clothing on their site!

kingsley has received notoriety from the press and celebs over the past several years. the people magazine cover with the first photos of brad & angelina's baby, shiloh, wearing the now famous kinglsey "pots & pans band" tee gained world wide recognition, and became the first infant ever given a wax figure at madame tussauds wax museum wearing the same kingsley tee.

the past few sales have been primarily geared toward girl clothing and accessories (bobbi and luci you have to check out the bathing suits and dresses for the girlies)...but not today...when i got notice the kingsley sale had started...i knew today would be the day i would make my first mini social purchase! introducing...

the mod rock tee.

i think tony will look adorable playing his drum set and air guitar with his black-flamed vans and this sweet tee on, don't you?! i think this video would have been even better had he been wearing this rockin' shirt (and i had provided better lighting)!!

tony's rock 'n roll band from Christy D'Angelo on Vimeo.

as i said, it's an invite-only site, so if you want, let me know and i'll email you an invitation...you'll just need to mention my name and email (dcodydog @ comcast . net) to sign-up. i thank you in advance as it will then give me a referral credit (after you've made your first purchase) to use towards my next purchase. but don't fret...you too can earn referral credits after you join, by simply sending your nearest and dearest invites and encouraging them to shop away!!

memorial day 2009

we spent the long memorial day weekend at oak creek campground with my sister, dave and harry b. we had our own site across from corinne and dave's permanent site and had a great time. camping is easy with tony and harry...as long as they're together and entertaining each other. it's a non-stop laughing party when these boys get together. it's monkey-see-monkey-do and oh so funny!

tony showing his usa pride

this picture has us both looking a little sad, but for some reason i really like it

i love seeing my sister and harry smiling!

look at that face...and the "b" slobber under his lips/on his chin!

here is an adorable video of the boys waving their flags to "proud to be an american"...

tony and harry - proud to be american's from Christy D'Angelo on Vimeo.

i love the faces tony makes during this short video...he's so trying not to laugh at corinne and i...that would be because my sister and i were dancing around to our "choreographed" routine we've always danced and sang anytime we've heard that song play...it's very dramatic. it's either that or he's already thinking, "mom, i can't believe you're making me do this".

and an album of pictures from the rest of our awesome weekend!! hope your holiday was just as nice!