GABRIELLA'S ROOM

Gabriella's Crib
Gabriella's Crib

Gabriella's room

Gabriella's Room

7 1/2 mths pregnant

Caroline and daddy feeding the ducks

Caroline at the Children's Museum

Gabriella's room is ready for her. It turned out beautiful. Kathy made the curtains and the upholstered border around the room and it is gorgeous. We now feel that it is time to give Caroline's room a makeover - maybe when she transfers to her big girl bed we can make some changes.

We had an ultra sound last week and Gabriella is doing great - she is about 4 pounds. My blood pressure and blood sugars are back to normal so hopefully it will be smooth sailing the next several weeks until she is born. My belly is growing daily so that it pretty uncomfortable but as long as we are both feeling well then it is worth it.

Attached are some pics of Gabriella's new room, a recent picture of my growing belly and a few cute new one's of Caroline.

I'll keep posting over the next several weeks and keep everyone up to date on the pending birth.

XOXO,

The Silverio's

GOOD DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT

We just got home from the doctor and much better appointment than last week. My blood pressure is back down and the doctor is very happy with that and my blood sugars. All is good! Gabriella is measuring right where she needs to be. We have an ultrasound next week so will get to see the little one.

Just wanted to pass along the good news. No bed rest for me at this time though I will continue to take it easy to avoid that in the near future.

Junior's mom gets here on Monday so she will be a big help.

CAROLINE AND PREGNANCY UPDATE

I have a funny Caroline story from the weekend. First of all the child is finally sleeping through the night and it is WONDERFUL. She sleeps until between 7 - 8 am and that makes everyone in the Silverio house very happy. Well, Sunday morning around 7:50am I hear her little "mommy" calls so I get up and head to her room. I open the door and pull open the curtains to let some light in and what do I find - a naked little Caroline. She had taken off her pj's and her wet diaper. It was such a shock. She has never done this before and believe me those pj's are not easy to get off. She kindly handed me her wet diaper and then lifted her arms to be picked up out of her crib. I took her to her dad just as I had found her so that he could see what she had done. It was very sweet and it was so cozy to pick up her warm little naked body and have her cuddled next to me. Thankfully I did not find her the same way this morning - I was a little worried that she has found a new game. Hopefully it won't happen often and hopefully I won't find a crib with pee or poo after her diaper has come off. Surprisingly she has not climed out of her crib yet - I am so surprised that she has not. I'm sure that day is coming.

I had a doctor's appointment last Thursday and the results were not so good. My blood pressure is high and the doctor believes I am in the early stages of preeclampsia. This is not good for me or for Gabriella. The only way to get rid of it is to deliver the baby. I'm in my 30th week this week and the doctor would like to get me to 36 weeks before delivering Gabriella. I'm not there yet but I may be looking at bed rest in the near future. I can't imagine this with a 21 month old running our house. We will make it work, I will do whatever I have to to keep me and Gabby healthy and safe until she is ready to come into this world. I have another appointment on Thursday and am checking my blood pressure daily - it has been better the last couple of days. I'm taking it easy and trying to rest as much as I can. Junior's mom was planning to come out on Feb 5th but is ready to come as soon as we need here. I think the date is changing to next Monday Jan 19th. It will be a huge help to have her here 24/7 and she will make sure that I am resting.

We are almost done with Gabriella's room. Dad and Kathy were here all weekend working on the curtains and other parts of the room. We hope to have it finished by next Wednesday and I will post pictures once it is all together. Her bedding is supposed to be in tomorrow. I'm so excited - I love her room.

Here is a cute pic of Caroline with her cousin Kylie this weekend. Caroline loves her new jeep. She has a huge smile on her face whenever she is in it and she loves to drive people around - she feels like such a big girl. The scary thing is that before I know it she will be 16 and this will be real!

MY GROWING BELLY

Well, my belly is getting bigger and bigger each day - it is amazing. I am starting to feel pretty uncomfortable and daily activites are getting harder and harder. My due date is March 24th but I expect that I will go a little early. I can't imagine getting any bigger than I am now but I'm sure I will in these last couple of months (scary).

Here are some pictures we took over the holidays. Caroline loves to rub lotion on my belly and give her baby sister kisses.

We start our "breathing and birthing" classes tonight and they will continue the next 2 Wednesdays. Before we know it the real thing will be happening.

Gabriella's room is almost done. Her bedding is expected to be in this week and my dad's girlfriend - Grandma Kathy is working on curtains and some other beautiful stuff for her room which should be done this weekend. Once it is all done I will take pictures and post them. Her room is going to be beautiful - I told Junior the other night that I want to move in. Both the girls have such pretty rooms.

I'll keep everyone update on the pending arrival of Gabriella.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE SILVERIO'S

Caroline and Santa
In Awh of Santa

She loved Santa

Caroline opening gifts

Caroline & her new Barbie Jeep from Grandpa

We will never get her out of this thing

Caroline & Kansas Christmas morning with her new baby and stroller

Well, it is Christmas day and we finally have the house cleaned up. We had 17 people over last night for dinner and gifts. It was a great time but pretty hectic. We are finally back in one piece.

We had a special appearance from Santa last night and Caroline loved him. Not enough to sit with him but she blew him a ton of kisses and couldn't take her eyes off of him. When he was leaving she kept waving and saying "bye" until he was all the way out the door. She was sad when he left.

Caroline got a Barbie jeep from her grandpa and it was a big hit. The problem is she opened that last around 8pm which is bedtime so getting her back inside away from it was brutal. She screamed and screamed. She calls all cars "go, go's" so she kept going back to the garage door crying "go, go". Her daddy took her out in it today for a little spin but it is cold and rainy so that didn't last long. I have a feeling we will be finding her in the garage sitting in her Jeep!

Though times are tough for so many including us right now we are so thankful for our growing family and the love we have. I was admitted into the hospital last Sunday night for 24 hours but we are back on track. I have been having pretty high blood sugars so they wanted to monitor me and the baby overnight and make sure all was okay. The baby is doing fine and I have made some adjustments to my insulin and since checking out of the hospital on Monday my blood sugars have been great again. Needless to say I didn't get to enjoy all the wonderful holidays goodies but it is well worth the sacrafice.

Junior hopes that with the holidays soon over and the new year approaching that he will have luck in finding a new job that is steady. We continue to pray for that but know that there are so many other people looking too. The right thing will come along.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Love,

The Silverio's

3 WEEK UPDATE

I can't figure out how to rotate this but I love this picture
She loves the Christmas tree- she is very gentle with it

She loved the carousel

Riding the carousel with Grandpa at Zoo Lights

Sleeping Beauty

Sorry I haven't posted since the wedding. We've been busy getting ready for the holidays so here is a catch up on the last several weeks.

We are all doing great - Junior is job hunting and that is pretty stressful but hopefully after the holidays he will find something. We keep our faith and know that it will happen.

Caroline is growing and becoming funnier every day. She is saying more and more words and is great at copying anything that we are doing.

The baby is growing and we are both healthy. I'm into my 6th month now which is amazing - it has gone so fast. It's hard to imagine that in 3 months we will have another little girl. Junior has been working on the nursery, painted, put together furniture, hung a chandlier and will soon be putting up crown molding. The bedding for Gabriella's crib is on order. Once the room is all put together I will post pictures.

We love married life and are thankful for eachother and our families this time of year. Though times are tough we are very blessed.

Love and kisses to all and Happy Holidays.

I'll post after Christmas - I'm sure Caroline will get into it this year. She has plenty of presents under the tree and more coming from Santa since she is such a good girl.

MR. & MRS. SILVERIO

Gretchen and her new family (Junior's mom, 2 sisters, and 5 nieces)
Wedding and Reception site - Hotel Phillips

Mosiac Lounge - after party

Signing the marriage license - it's official

Caroline enjoying her fruit snacks at the reception

Caroline & Nana

Caroline & Mommy

Sweet Caroline

My new mother in law (Junior's mom Carmen)

Bride & Mother of the Bride

Best Man and Maid of Honor toast

My bouquet

The sistes and their husbands (this makes my mom so happy - all her girls are married)

Introducing The Silverio's

Junior and his best man Carl

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

Ceremony

My dad walking me down the aisle

Best Man and Mother of the Bride

The 2 combined families (love this pic)

Junior getting a little help from my dad before the big event

Junior with his mom and sisters Ingrid and Grace

Practice makes perfect

The soon to be Silverio's at the rehersal dinner

Caroline & Aunt Amy

Brian and the sisters

Well, I am a happily married woman. WOW, I can't believe I am saying that. I didn't think it would feel any different considering our history but it does and I love it. I feel very proud to be Mrs. Silverio. I have a wonderful husband and our family is rapidly growing - dreams do come true!

The wedding week was wonderful. We were in KC all week getting things done and spending a lot of time with Junior's family. His birthday fell on Wednesday the 12th so we were able to celebrate that with family and friends that were there for the wedding and ready to celebrate.

The wedding itself is a blur - I think every bride says that but I know that it was perfect. The hotel was lovely and everyone had a great time. Caroline was funny during the ceremony. Grandpa missed most of the ceremony because he was chasing her around and took her out of the room. She managed to squeeze the doors open and peek her little head and and kept yelling "mommy". At one point when Junior and I were holding hands she ran up and pushed our hands apart and said "no, no" which she says to everything. It was funny, sounded like she was objecting but we know that is not the case - she loves her daddy. Then once the pastor announced us as Mr & Mrs Silverio she busted through the doors and ran up to both of us - it was perfect!

After the ceremony we had a 2 hour cocktail / appetizer reception at the hotel - everyone had fun. We then changed clothes and loaded up on a party bus and headed to Mosiac Lounge downtown in the Power & Light District. Junior's good friend is the GM there so had tables reserved for us - it was so much fun.

Here are some pics from the weekend, more to come. I'm waiting on more pics from family and friends. Though I'm a little bigger than normal thanks to the pregnancy I will still say that I was a VERY happy bride. The day is one that I will cherish forever.

Thank you to all for taking part and being there to celebrate. We will be celebrating with many of our Phoenix friends this coming weekend as Amy and Brian are hosting a reception party for us on Saturday night.

Love,

Junior, Gretchen, Caroline & Gabriella Silverio

P.S. It will be special to let both of our daughters know one day that they were there for our wedding.