The Toothless Monster & Special Me Me Tribute

Well, I just wanted to show some pictures of Gianluca's mouth! Here is a self-taken picture that he's very proud of before he lost his teeth...

I know it's scary! He looks like a gremlin! Well a few days later (after Thanksgiving) his tooth was so wiggly that it was barely hanging on. He was afraid for me to pull it, but I finally convinced him (by saying I convinced him I mean that I wrestled him down and yanked it out!) and voila, there was a tiny tooth in my hand. He was so proud he ran around showing Los Abu's and Tio Christian. And anyone one he meets, gets to see his missing teeth and is also informed of his upcoming birthday. The big 6 years! Here are some after shots.




A few weeks later, he lost his second bottom tooth... yes wrestling me again, while trying to bite my arm. It's a new wrestling move of his. He's got talent, what can I say! Coincidentally, his favorite Christmas song this year is the Chipmunks rendition of "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth". Gotta love this kid!
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Farewell Me Me!

Well, it's happened. Allegra has finally given up her "me me". That is what she and Gianluca both called their binkies. Right before Christmas we went out on a date and she had lost it in her room. I said, "Maybe you can be a big girl now and not use one anymore. Do you really need it?" And Allegra said she didn't need it anymore. I was shocked! She did amazing without it. For a couple weeks she would say she wanted to go to the me me store and buy a new one, but we never did. Little does she know I still have it in my underwear drawer. Poor thing. She's had the same one ever since she was a baby and it is hanging on by a thread. There's no suction or anything to it. It was time!
P.S. Don't forget to push pause on my music on the left hand side so you can hear the tribute music! It's perfect.

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Crazy Holidays

Ok, so my life is like a whirlwind! And I am constantly amazed at people who update their blog religiously, yes that means you Lara and Laura! I always think, I need to tell about what Allegra said that was silly, or how Gianluca lost his first tooth... by the way, Gianluca lost his first tooth right after Thanksgiving, and I literally had to wrestle him down to pull it from his mouth. It was hanging by a thread, just dangling there, but he was afraid it would hurt. Then it just popped out and he was so proud. He has shown everyone his toothless grin. He lost his second bottom tooth, yet again wrestling me, but this time it was for fun. He loves getting money from the tooth fairy. I can tell braces will be in our future do to the fact that they are growing in crooked! He's still a handsome wild man!

Christmas was very laid back and a lot of fun. Joel got to stay home for a month because his rig got shut down. It was so nice just hanging out! I really enjoy him being around, although it seems my house is always messier with him there... crazy how that happens.Christmas Eve we went to my sister Darci's house and had fun with all of their guests. The kids were so excited to open presents and wait for Santa. We looked online to see where Santa was, and when we saw he was getting close to our house we maid a bee line home. Joel and I watched "A White Christmas" while wrapping presents. It's such a classic. Gotta love it... and of course "The Christmas Story". I love that show! The kids were so happy Christmas morning and I stayed in my pajamas until 5 that day. So relaxing and fun! We went up to Joel's cousins party and then to Idaho on Christmas night and had a lot of fun with my family hanging out and playing cards. New Years we spent with Joel's cousins Amy and Esteban and had a shrimp fry and other yummy treats. It was just a wonderful holiday season. Now we are back to the same old grind. So anywho, here are a few pics. Enjoy!

P.S. Yes I hijacked these pictures from Amy and Laura's blog since I never remember to bring my camera. And no I am not going to pay you guys royalties or anything else on them!!! But thanks for supplying the art work!

Uboldi Family Christmas Party

New Year's Eve

Fall 2009

Here's a video of this fall, but make sure to look at the blog entry below to see our new family pictures! Also pause the awesome music you are listening to now on the media player which is located on the right-hand side of the screen so you don't hear to songs at once. Thanks!

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Family Pictures in the freezing cold!

We had a wonderful last two weeks with Joel's family visiting. Joel's parents and his brother Christian flew in the day before Thanksgiving, I picked them up and we headed straight for Wyoming to spend Thanksgiving with all of my family. We had a wonderful time and surprisingly the 8 hour drive went by super fast! Thank goodness that I had extra help entertaining the kids, otherwise I would never had made it. Poor Joel was on the rig. I really missed having him there with us. Thanksgiving is a big deal for my family. We ate and ate and I'm sure had our whole weeks worth of caloric intake in two days, but I loved being with my family. I was also very happy to see where my sister Kim and her husband Syd live. It was a really fun town. On the way home we took the wrong road and ended up in Montana instead of going south! So that added two hours to our drive home, but it went by fast and we saw some amazing sights in the Wind River area.

We got home with Joel anxiously waiting and had a lot of fun just hanging out and spending time with Joel's cousins. We also took some freezing cold family pictures here in Daybreak. Thanks to my friend Kjersten who sacrificed her time and body to the cold weather! It was like 25 degrees not including the wind chill. She did great! So the pictures were not shall we say perfect, but it's a memory and there were several good moments captured, like when we were joking that Norby (my father-in-law who is really named Norberto) looked like Michael Jackson because he was wearing white socks with his dark slacks. We also enjoyed the lights at Temple Square that same night. Overall, we've had a lot of fun and have gone non-stop! Needless to say, I'M EXHAUSTED!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Witchapalooza!

 

One of the benefits of living in Utah are all of the fun family activities that are around. In West Jordan there is a shopping center called Gardner Village. There are many quaint little shops that you don't ever want to take your kids into, especially the candy shop! But it is an absolute blast. We've gone a few times this month. They have a big Witch celebration. There are tons of adorable witch statues all over the area that are so funny. There is also a petting zoo, hay maze, and pony rides. Of course, Halloween being one of my favorite holidays, I have thoroughly enjoyed going. One of the times I went with some girlfriends for Witches Night Out. You would not believe the amount of women totally decked out in their witch gear. You could hardly make it in or out of any store you entered. My friends and I were super under dressed, but it was a blast! Happy Halloween!

One Crazy Summer!

Allegra's first day of preschool.



She goes to Precious Moments with her friends Allie, Ella, and Luke out of a woman's home and loves it.



Notice the backpack is half her size!!!



Sometimes they love each other!



Gianluca's first day at kindergarten. He's sad he can't ride the bus!



Isn't he handsome!

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My 30th B-Day. More updates about that later. The kids helped decorate the cake!



Joel's 32 b-day cake that the kids help make.


Joel's b-day present in bed. The kids couldn't wait to give him his present!
(I realize I don't have Allegra's b-day pictures in here, but I currently can't find the file!!!!)
Well, I feel like I did in high school where I wouldn't write in my journal for months and then have a 10 page entry to cover all I missed. But I will spare you the gory details of this summer. I'll let the pictures do the talking. To sum it up, we had Joel's, Allegra's and my b-day. We went to Florida, then the kids and I went to Texas as an early b-day present from Joel, and we also had my family reunion at the cabin in Idaho. After all of that we got back and had a visit from Abu Maggie, Allegra broke her leg and got potty trained all in two weeks! Gianluca started kindergarten which is basically glorified preschool, and Allegra began preschool. I know you all may think she is too young, but in Texas this is completely normal. People put their kids in when they are two!!! And pay twice the price if not more!!! She loves it. Gianluca quite Tae Kwon Doe and just started a hip hop dance class and Allegra started a ballet class. Other than that... It's been one crazy summer. Sorry I've been a loser and haven't posted nor looked at any other blogs. I'll be better!!!

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Flordia Trip May 2009 Part One

Well, I know I'm a huge slacker. I have about a trillion posts to update, and I don't really feel like explaining all of them. I'm just being honest! It's the summer!!! For now, I hope this tides you over until I get motivated! :)

By the way, the beach we were at is called Indian Rocks Beach. We stayed there in a beach house with Joel's parents and brother Christian. We had an amazing trip!!! These are the pictures off of Joel's mom's camera, so I'll probably add a few later. We love the Florida beach and visiting Joel's family!

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