Saturday, December 29, 2012

Snow!

The same snow that shrunk our Baptism guest list left us with quite a bit of snow at my Parents' house. They are by the water, so it is unusual to get so much accumulation. The snow in Zürich rarely accumulates too much (only up at higher altitudes), so this was the first time Noah had really touched/sat in snow. 

Noah was so excited he built this snowball.

Noah's Baptism

On the Saturday before we left, we had Noah baptized. It was a very small affair, but sadly it was made even smaller by an inopportune snowstorm. All the out of state family couldn't come, which was a bummer, but understandable. It actually turned out to be quite an eventful day, as Matt's back went out that morning. He was in so much pain we were wondering how he was going to even make it through the Baptism. Luckily, my father had this crazy Rasta style walking stick from Jamaica (HILARIOUS)... it pretty much saved Matt during the ceremony.
 To add insult to injury, as we are leaving the restaurant and it is snowing pretty hard, we put Noah in the car, shut the door, and realized that all the doors locked. The key AND my cell phone inside. This was our first baby emergency. Thankfully there was another key at my parent's house, but Noah was screaming and I was freaking out. As my parents rushed home to get the key, Matt suggested I try the back window... luckily it was open and I literally threw flew through the window to rescue poor Noah. It was scary :(



Dom & Sara, the Godparents






















Beautiful cake courtesy of my mother

Friday, December 28, 2012

Dom & Julie

Next stop on the tour... Darien, CT to have dinner with Dom & Julie. Our visit was short but sweet and the food was super yummy.







Visiting the Tia's

We spent the day today up in the Hartford area visiting my Mom's aunts. Noah was loving the attention. The second stop of the day was at a nursing home where another of my mother's aunts lives. While we were there, my mom's cousin Anna was bouncing Noah and he was literally falling asleep in her arms. He slept soundly the whole way home! Coincidence or are they pumping something through the air? hmmm....

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Vernaglia/Santos Christmas

Noa & Titi Sara

Tia Laurie, Titi Sara & Noah





Noah's new Brady jersey
Noise protection earphones that mane Noah eerily quiet
Opening presents is hard work
Jason, Laurie & Reggie


Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas!!

We had a photo session with a local photographer, who took some great shots of Noah and us as a family. 




Christmas & Christmas Eve with the Leis'

Quiet time with Poppy
Snuggling with Grammy

I love this picture!
Donato & Boston
Donato & 'Baby Noah'
Trying the Socker Boppers on for size... still a little big. Interestingly Noah DID NOT like it when people bopped each other with these. Clearly he is anti-violence ;o)
Ryan & his new toy

Vincent & Noah