Hello there

Well hello my long lost personal/family/life blog! I have come to revive you from the dormant state you have been in for about 9 months...YIKES! I am so sorry! Prep yourself for a long post, it's been a while!

So, not too many exciting updates really. I did start a craft blog that I love dearly called make.a.do, if you haven't checked it out yet you should! I'm having a lot of fun sharing the things I make and it is a super good outlet for me.

Siena is, and has been crawling for about a month and a half. She just barely started crawling on all fours and has since left her army/belly crawl in the dust. She is very social and a bit of a chatterbox, in comparison to my quiet little Gianni that is. She also eats EVERYTHING. Which is good and bad, especially bad on the days I don't vacuum. Gross. She loves to play with anything Gianni is, which creates a conflict most times, but it's cute to see how much she adores him.

Gianni just turned 3! Can you believe it?? I sure can't! We tried out preschool and he LOVES it, but we are holding off until next year for financial reasons. His fetish right now is airplanes. Everything is an airplane. Blocks stacked up with one sticking out the side, airplane. a piece of paper folded in half, airplane. This kid is so creative it baffles me sometimes. He is so imaginative its really fun to watch! Gianni has a best friend who he loves playing with, Paul, who lives right next door luckily :). HUGE deal, Gianni hasn't been sick for a while. I really think that living in this new place has brought us good health. We have only been super sick once and it was pretty fast!

Domenic is still working at Ernst and Young doing Audit. He is in busy season right now for audit which means that most days he leaves before 7:30 and isn't home until 10, and if he gets home by 8 and is able to see the kids for a half hour before they go to bed we are thanking our lucky stars. Being a single mom for the majority of my time is difficult, and Domenic really wished it weren't that way. With the economy still in a slump, we TRY to remind ourselves of how lucky we are to even have a job. Even though the hours are terrible, and the pay is worse, we are hoping that sticking it out will have lasting benefits for our future.

I hope everyone reading this is doing well! Sorry for such a delay. I'm trying to be better about keeping everyone updated :)

Pictures to come, I have reached my threshold with Siena and she is yelling at me for attention. Check back :)

July 4th Horne Family Reunion

Hey all,

Okay I know it has been FOREVER since my last post and I apologize for neglecting my poor blog and those of you (if any) that still check it out every once in a while.That being said, I have some really adorable pictures to share.

This year we decided as a family that we should do a Horne family reunion because we won't all be together for Christmas like we normally would be this year, and also because seeing your family only once a year is just sad. 

We were really looking forward to seeing everybody, but we especially couldn't wait for Gianni to play with his cousins (which are all girls by the way). This is the first time that he has really played with them all. I think that the last time we were all together was Thanksgiving of last year and he was just barely cruising around on furniture (crazy how fast they grow). This get together involved a little bit more running, chasing, hugging, kissing, occasionally pushing, and much more fun.

Before I forget, I want to make sure that I thank my brother Ryan and his wife Jennie for having us all at their beautiful home. They were amazing hosts and made our trip so much fun and so relaxing, the sure sign of great hospitality. Thanks a ton you guys!!!

On to some adorable pictures and videos. I apologize for posting so may, believe me when I say I had a terrible time picking my favorites! I hope you enjoy them.

Pool Party!!!

She kept touching his head and saying "Hair"

This is probably the best candid shot ever, I just about died after I went back and looked at my pictures.

Cutie pie Emma

These are the sweetest shopping carts ever! They were adorable in it, I couldn't resist.

New outfit, He's looking for his phone

Munching at the baseball game

Checking out the swarm of bugs gathered around the stadium lights

Clapping with the music. 

Oh, and don't ask me why but Gianni renewed his love for his Binky on this trip.The best part is that he never puts it is straight, it is always off to the side and he mostly just bites it. Silly kid.

Feeding Emma...something...

Kissses

I love this picture, it makes me smile. Emma is in the background "sipping" on some soda, Gianni is biting a Binky he found in my purse while sitting on my purse, and My dad, trying to get Gianni interested in that baseball. Priceless.

I need a girl so that I can do cute things to her hair! I am sadly out of touch in that area.

I LOVE this girl.

Watching the fireworks

Gianni, Grandma Horne, and Gabi

Isaac, Keitra and cute little Madi

Ignore the black eyes please, It was a long day. Focus on that adorable little girl I'm holding :)

 grandpa and Gianni watching Ryan and Domenic light the fireworks

Candy dive! We were working on the whole concept of putting candy into the bag instead of sawdust.

again...

Dear Madi, you are a beautiful baby and I want to steal you, ask your parents k?

Haha, what is going on in this picture you ask? I have no idea, and I love it.

Happy birthday Ryan and Jennie! Jennie's b-day was the 3rd, and ry's was the 4th.

Licking off the icing from the candles, a girl after my own heart.

Gabi's cake

All I have to say is that it's a good think his shirt was the same color as the icing...

Just for kicks, a firework picture.

Gianni's First Halloween

Saturday the 30th our ward put on a trunk or treat which was super nice because as we all know, Halloween was on Sunday this year :( so no trick or treating around the neighborhood for use (although we probably wouldn't have gone to any houses other than people we know just b/c Gianni is still pretty young, and I feel kind of bad trick or treating for candy he can't eat).

I was really curious how he would do with all of the crazy costumes, but he loved it!! Actually, at one point our relief society president was holding him while he was sleeping so that we could eat, and she was dressed up as the shrek princess (name?), and I mean REALLY dressed up, like green face and the funky ears and everything. Gianni woke up in her arms and didn't even wince. This kid has zero stranger anxiety, even for green-faced strangers!

Halloween we turned on some spooky music to add to the outside decor for trick or treaters and even though we didn't go out, we though we should still hand out candy, I mean they were going to ring the doorbell anyways and make the dogs go crazy.

We dressed Gianni up again so that we could take some pictures and show him off to the trick or treaters. Now, for the pictures...

Scoping our his loot from the trunk or treat

 Reading the labels?

Our cute little tiger

Ignore me in the background, please. Focus on that cute little facee.

Crawling away

In caged

And he found the piano....

Happy 1st Halloween Gianni baby!

I am still alive, promise

In case you are wondering if I am still alive, I am!

Between moving, trips, and family my time has just.. i don't know... dissapeared? And I am so sad that I have been such a terrible up-dater, especially since so much has changed!

Here are a few updates to hold you over unil I find my camera battery charger (yes, along with many things we have recently misplaced...my brain being one of them... we have yet to find our camera battery charger so we can post some seriously adorable pictures of Gianni)

Gianni has 2 teeth! and yes, he bites.

He walks around with this little toy car that is baby sized and has a handle (did i mention it plays music and he likes to dance to it??), but is too chicken to stand on his own.

He is a teething maniac and will chew on anything and everything (have I ever told you my theory on how babies are just like puppies??)

He is a pro crawler and especially enjoys crawling everywhere he isn't supposed to be (like the stairs...yikes)

Domenic is officially into his Maters program at UW

We are living with the Sanelli Parents for the time being and are so grateful for their generosity

We miss all of our friends back at BYU-I (you know who you are)

I love being back in Seattle, but miss my family a lot

So, there you go... for now. We are still around, we have just been trying to get settled in and now that we are I really have no excuse (other than the fact that I should be spending my free time sleeping...If only babies were born sleeping through the night and never woke up at 1, 3 and, 5 a.m.-any suggestions?)

Kyle and Ashley's wedding

WARNING: This post is super late, but I had to post about my bros wedding! Kyle got married May 1st in the Seattle, WA temple to the lovely Ashley. They make such a great couple. Anywho, here are a few pictures from our trip up there.

When we got in, we stopped by Dom's Grandma and Grandpa Sanelli's house so 

they could meet Gianni.

Gianni snuggling his great g-pa Sanelli, it had been a long day of flying and driving.

Gianni with Grandpa Sanelli

Gianni with Gramma Sanelli

This is Gianni with my Gumpa (goompaw) Horne. My Gummi (goomee, thats what I used to call her when I was a little girlie) Horne is smiling sweetly in the background.

Coming out of the temple. It was such a beautiful sealing.

The happy couple

So in love

Pinning the flower

Our neice Gabi with her daddy. She is such a doll.

Sibbling love. You would never know that Keitra is preggers (almost 8 months actually!)

Ryan's Family (ry, Jennie, and Baby Emma)

 Cousins Emma and Gianni at the wedding luncheon. Emma really liked grabbing Gianni. It always starts out so innocently...

then she finds the overalls...

I love Emma and Gianni's faces here. Emma looks so curious as if shes thinking"what's in there?" and Gianni is shocked at how strong she is. I love that they are close in age, I look forward to when they can really play. So much fun.