Brody's First Christmas

Today we celebrated Brody's first Christmas Day. It all started last night with Christmas Mass where we saw many friends and family. Then we moved on to Christmas Eve dinner at the Costa's. This morning, Brody was very excited to see his Christmas presents under the tree. After opening our gifts, we enjoyed a delicious breakfast of pancakes and bacon. We moved on to see Grandma and Grandpa Melnicoff and the rest of the family. We enjoyed a great feast of steak and potatoes. Then it was off to see Grandma and Grandpa Thomas and Dad's side of the family. What a great Christmas!

Dinner at Pasquale's Pizza

Brody has been quite active in his crib lately. He wakes up in the middle of the night, sits up and looks around for a while, then he lays back down and goes back to bed. It used to be that we would put him to bed and he would fall asleep right away. Now he immediately rolls over, sits up and starts talking. Makes for an interesting bedtime routine.

Friday night we went to Pasquale and Sons for pizza and zeppoles with Natalie, Joey and Vinnie. We are big fans of Pasquale's. Here are a few pictures of Brody hanging out with his buddy Vinnie.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was a busy one for Brody. We started it off with a visit with John's Mom, Aunt Cam and the Costa Family. Next, we had the joy of getting the news that Brody is going to become a cousin thanks to Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Jack. Then, we spent Thanksgiving Day with The Melnicoffs in Port Saint Lucie. On Friday, Brody received a visit from Carly. To cap it all off, we traveled over to Clearwater on Saturday so that John could attend Kellen's Baptism as his Godfather. Here are some pictures from Brody's big weekend.

Brody in the Morning

This morning we woke up to find Brody sitting in his crib for the first time. He proceeded to grab the camera monitor that we use to keep tabs on him at night and play with it. Looks like it is finally time to lower Brody's crib.

Brody Playing Around

Here are some pictures and a video of Brody playing around on the floor with his toys.

Brody's First Halloween

Brody celebrated his first Halloween as Derek Jeter. He had a great time with his friends at Piper and Alivia's Halloween Party.





This is Brody's buddy Nicholas.



These are all of Laura's friends from her prenatal yoga class.

Brody's Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

Brody's first Halloween is coming up this weekend. He is very excited. Here are some pictures of Brody picking out his pumpkin.








Here are pictures of Brody and Laura at Mason's 1st birthday party.

Happy Birthday Uncle Jack

Trip to North Carolina

We visited the Moran Family in North Carolina this past weekend. We got to visit with Aunt Ellen and Uncle George who were also in town. This was Brody's first visit with his second cousins. We did all sorts of fun activities. We played golf, tennis, basketball and even had a ping pong tournament. Unfortunately, the Morans capitalized on their home table advantage and dominated. We also had a big night of watching college football on Saturday night along with a tasty cookout. We look forward to our next trip to NC. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Check out those teeth!!!





Brody at his favorite fast food joint, Chick-Fil-A.