Hand, foot, mouth virus

Somehow Gianni ended up with the horrible hand, foot, mouth virus. I had heard of it before but honestly didn't know what it entailed. Oh boy this thing is a nasty virus to say the least. It starts with a high fever 101-103 and then the poor kid reals out in a blistery rash all over his body, mainly on the feet, hands and inside the mouth as the name states.

Lucky for Gianni the rash in his mouth is mild in comparison to that of feet and body, the mouth rash is supposed to be terribly painful. But, anyone who knows Gianni knows he hates having anything abnormal on his skin, be it a spec of dirt, small scab, anything abnormal so he is really freaking out about these blisters. We try to keep socks on him so he doesn't spread the virus and so it's out of sight, out of mind. He tends to freak out less when he can't see them.

Be warned, the pictures below are kind of gross but I thought I would document so everyone could get an idea of what life is like for Gianni right now.

So at the moment I am praying like crazy that Siena doesn't catch this highly contagious virus and am doing everything in my power to wash hands, disinfect, and keep Gianni away from his sister, not an easy task.

On the plus side, that cute little girl down there is one month old today! I can't believe it. We love her so much and she is growing like a weed. We still can't figure out who exactly she looks like but we sure think she's a cutie :)

Our new life

I know, I know, where have all the newborn posts of Siena been? Well lets just say adjusting to life with two kids and having a husband that begrudgingly works 100 hrs + a week leaves me little time to blog. Also, at the moment I am trying with all my might to keep Gianni and Siena away from each other (which is super hard because all Gianni wants to do is smother Siena with kisses ALL...THE...TIME) because Gianni has somehow managed to get sick again, this time with the Hand, Foot, Mouth Virus which is highly contagious and would be super scary if Siena caught it so young. That being said, I can't believe our little Siena is going to be one month old tomorrow! Time flies when you are having fun, but it flies even faster when you are busy.

 Gianni has this rather recent obsession with his tie, he has to wear it with everything, church clothes, jammies, t-shirts you name it.

He also loves cleaning, a habit I am praying he keeps for the rest of his life

Loungin' with his feet crossed. Oh I love this boy.

At the park with Grandma (which for some reason he kept calling "bampa hone" instead of Grandma, We will work on that one.)

Climbing the tree, well trying

This pretty much sums up Gianni and Siena's relationship. Although it can get tricky at times, I sure love how much he adores his sister.

Cheetah Baby!

Bath time! Siena loves bath time, and Gianni always wants to help.

Soapy head

Just chillin

In the words of Gianni "toot baby!" (translations: Cute baby!)

My beautiful mom and Siena, matchy matchy :)

I was lucky enough to have my dad drop by while he was up here for business

It was kind of crazy, my dad flew back to Boise, got off his plane and then my mom boarded that same plane to get here.

 My other mom Sharon, can you believe she has known me since I was a little babe like Siena?

My big bro holding my little babies

So there you go, these pictures are from when my mom was here for 2 weeks. We really appreciated all her help with Gianni, he had so much fun with her, and we miss her like crazy.

Baby girl update

Warning: super long post!

A lot of you already know whats going on with me right now, but I just thought I would update about the pregnancy so far.

Three weeks ago I had a regular ob appointment. I was almost 30 weeks and feeling some cramping in my lower belly area. Kind of like period cramps. At first I just wrote the pain off as regular pregnancy pains, although I did think it was odd I hadn't experienced them when I was preggers with Gianni. But every pregnancy is different right? So I finally told my doc and he checked me.

Apparently my cervix was a bit open and thinning (sorry if that's tmi). Not what you want to hear when you are only 30 weeks pregnant. I was showing signs of preterm labor. My doctor told me I was only allowed to take care of Gianni and be on my feet 20 minutes at a time. That was really hard for me to hear, but at least I wasn't on bed rest!

So for the past 2-3 weeks I've had to really take it easy. I really like keeping myself busy doing things around the apartment (ie cleaning, cooking, crafting, etc) while Dom is at work with our one car (which these days is from about 7am-10pm these days, but that's a different story) so this has been a very difficult task for me. Ive been quite the busy body this pregnancy. I couldn't even take Gianni on a walk or to the park and that killed me. So I have been trying to schedule more play dates for him so he doesn't go crazy.

Yesterday I had another appt. (the doctor had me coming in every week so she could keep a close eye on my progress). Lucky for me I hadn't changed in measurement since the first time she checked me. Because of the lack of progress, she said that I can do more! I was so excited. I can go grocery shopping, take Gianni to the park, and make meals! I still have to take it easy and "listen to my body" but I feel so much better knowing I'm not going to have this baby tomorrow.

You always assume that you are going to have a normal healthy pregnancy but you never know when you have pushed your body too far. In my case cleaning my entire apartment and vacuuming 2 days in a row did it for me. Blame it on the nesting instinct I guess. Needless to say, I won't be doing any hard core cleaning in the near future.

But the baby is doing really well! I have been consistently measuring at least 1-2 weeks ahead of what I am which is good. I would say I can't wait for this baby to come, but the truth is, I'm really glad she is staying in my belly for the time being :)

Rawer

I thought I would share a few pictures that made me smile. Gianni got this tiger hat from his grandpa mark who had brought it home from a business trip.

The first time I saw Gianni wear it he growled at us and kept saying "rawer" over and over again to "scare" us. Of course we just thought it was adorable but pretended to be scared anyways.

One day Gianni decided he wanted to wear it around the house which is rare because he hates wearing hats, but not this day.

He loved it so much he even fell asleep with it on. He is so silly.

Playing dress up

I know that dress up is usually a girl thing, but let's be honest, Gianni has a lot of girl influence these days. Between me, his grandma Leila, aunt yaya, and play dates, the majority of his options are women. So, it was no surprise when Gianni begged to play with my jewelry box. What I didn't expect was for him to actually put things on, and in the right places. He ended up with a necklace, ring, bracelet (ok the "bracelet" is actually a late hoop earing but it fit his wrist perfectly), and rechargeable battery? What that was doing in my jewelry box I'm not sure... But one thing I do know:

Man I love this boy.

Target, Gianni style

The other week we went to target (our favorite store) which is a frequent occurance for us. Usually I am fighting Gianni to stay sitting in the shopping cart and bribing him with a small toy or treat so I can get through my shopping trip without meltdowns.

This particular day we had aunt Nicia with us (who Gianni lovingly calls "yaya") so he had a bit more freedom. So we enter the store and what do I expect? Gianni running rampant through target pulling everything off the shelf and loosing him. What he actually did surprised me.

How to shop Gianni style at target: (1) get a shopping basket (2) run over to the purse section and grab the brightest colored purse he can find. (3) place purse on shoulder (4) hit up the dollar spot, full his basket with toys, socks, etc.

As cute and hilarious as it was to see him copycat what he perceives as a normal shopping trip, I could not get his fingers off that basket or purse for the rest of the shopping trip, which prolonged the experience significantly, but man was it adorable.

Birthday pictures Part 2

We decided to throw Gianni a little birthday party with a few friends and family the day after his birthday because Saturdays just work better for most people. It was really fun! I made invites on Photoshop with a little train on them saying "choo-choo Gianni is two" and we threw him a little choo-choo train party. It went about how you would expect a two year old party to go, kids running wild around the house while the adults munched and chatted. Gianni had a blast and I couldn't have asked for anything else.

Unexpectedly we got some snow, which Gianni was very excited about. He spent most of the earlier part of that day gazing out the window saying "s-NO!"

 All bundled up

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Checking out the white stuff

 At the party

 Gianni's little cousin Brody, he loves to play with this kid!

 Party food

 Our friends Loren and Kyle's little cutie Cole, can you believe he is 7 months?!

 Brody's little sister "bella" (isabella), riding Thomas the train!

 Brody helping Gianni hold down the button that makes it go.

 Playing mini Foosball

The two little babes, so cute!

Present time! 

New "choo-choo" train :) Thanks aunt "Ya-Ya" (Nicia)

Yay! A talking Lightning McQueen! (Thanks Angelina and Ty!)

Brody was a very good helper when it came to unwrapping presents :)

His first tricycle! Thanks Uncle Justin

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Big boy truck from grandma and grandpa Sanelli! He loves this thing although it took about 4 grown men to put it together it was worth the wait :)

Mooostache!

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The things he learns...

...from the "responsible" adult figures around him. (don't worry, his wasn't actually punctured, so no helium was inhaled)