Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Visiting the Grands

After the Baptism of Tripp's cousin, Faith, we (Tripp & I ) decided to journey home to Long Island with the Grands Capano and Uncle Brian. This is one of several trips to NY as Bob & I fulfill our bartering agreement with my folks......Oh, they complain that it is taking us a long time to paint their house.....but they love every second of it!

On this particular day....I was in the process of changing Tripp's diaper when an impromptu game of Nudie Bootie, I'm gonna get'cha between Grandpa & Tripp broke out!




Tripp visited Grandpa at work.




He loved the dogie door...it's only a matter of time before he gets brave enough to go through it!




He loves ramps, hills, dips, gravity...he just loves running down hill! My parents have a huge hill of a driveway, it was great fun!



Grands Capano also taught Tripp how to hold his belly and laugh - too cute!



More hills!



On my birthday we went down to the waterfront in Northport....



...looked at the boats...



...and of course, checked out the playground!






....but his favorite of all the playground toys is always...the dirt, sand, gravel, pebbles, rubber mulch. You name it! He loves to throw it, dig in it, touch it....he loves it!


Bob surprised me with Mets-VS-Yankee tickets for my birthday. This was extra special because Shea Stadium is closing this summer. :-( There was also an extra surprise....Bob got us tickets in the same box as our good friend Jessi!!!!
Back on Long Island....we left Tripp to spend some quality time and he chose to dedicate that time to Uncle Brian! He was glued to Uncle Brian. He wanted Uncle Brian to take him outside, answer his "Whaz tha?!" questions, cuddle with, etc...


Quality Time


Vids of Tripp Belly Laughing and running down the driveway.





Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Faith's Baptism

On June 22, 2008 we gathered to witness the Baptism of my niece,

Faith Marie Capano.



Chillaxin' with Uncle Steve the morning of the Baptism.



The Bennett - Capano Family


Waiting for the big event to begin





Cousins


It was a Mass baptism - 8 babies!

Sign of the Cross


An interpreter for Brian






Baptism



Tripp started to get antsy, so we started the routine of how to make your infant happy when your in a place where it would be inappropriate to make a bunch of noise.

He was cranky and tired so we tried the baby carrier....worked for a cat nap....




With his second wind, Tripp discovers the fun of standing over an air vent!







Godparents

My Brother - Brian Capano

Sherri's Sister - Sheleen Bennett


Grandparents


3 Mamas & babes
(Marisa, Sherri & Terri - Sherri's sister)Faith and her cousins


(Tripp, Faith & Ethan - Terri's son)
Me & my bro with babe


Grandma's first granddaughter



Photo-Ops with Grandpa


Dad is great...give us some chocolate cake!
Playing with cousin Faith

Playing with Grandpa
Grands cheesing with their grandbabes


Uncle Brian
Present time!

The pretty yellow dress we gave Faith.


She will look so cute in it! We can't wait to see her wearing it on the beautiful beaches of Mexico this summer!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Plum Good

Tripp surprised me the other day. We were in the food store and he started reaching for the plums. I gave him one figuring it would keep him busy for the rest of our supermarket excursion and there was no way he would be able to break through the skin....I was wrong! Not only did he get that first bite, he ate the whole thing! I had to take the plum away from him before he got too close to the pit. It's amazing what he can do with only 6 teeth!
Tripp likes plums.



Little Jack Horner sat in a corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
And said "What a good boy am I!"