oh baby!

we welcomed baby sal to our family last week...i now know what it's like to actually go into labor without being induced...i also know that labor progresses pretty quickly when it's your third time around and i was almost the idiot who didn't make it to the hospital on time with her third baby because she wasn't sure at first it was labor! i was sure by the time we left the house and ralph couln't drive fast enough! so...long story short: we got the hosptial around 7:00 am and sal robert was born at 8:02 am...

sal is wonderful...he weighed 9 pounds 11 ounces and has only put on weight since then...he reminds us sometimes of elli as a newborn, but more often of ralphy...it will be interesting to see how his looks change and how his personality develops...elli and ralphy love their new little buddy...elli holds him and sings to him all the time and ralphy uses a sweet little voice and asks to pet his hair and touch his hands...

life is beautiful and we are so thankful to be blessed with another sweet baby...

spring

since the last post, ralph had spring break, we got ralphy's "big boy" room finished, the kids' new furniture arrived and we had a special weekend with ralph's uncle larry, cousin chrissy and cousin jen and her two girls, madeline and hannah...elli and ralphy loved spending time with their cousins...madeline even got to sleepover one night! we all had a great time and we were sad to see them go at the end of the weekend...the kids also took part in a couple of easter egg hunts, but we didn't get any still pictures of them (only video)...we've been busy getting things ready for the new baby (who will hopefully arrive anytime!) this may be the last post before number 3 arrives!