Mary Pat's 1st Flight!

We returned home on Monday from a wonderful two weeks in South Carolina where Mary Pat got to experience many firsts! She had her first airplane ride, first Christmas, first time down South, first time in the Bumbo seat, first time in the exersaucer (or "ADD chair") and many other exciting events. She also got to meet the rest of Mommy's family as well as spend some quality time with her Nana, aunts, uncle and Big Cousin Victoria!

Mommy and Daddy took over 500 pictures which are slowly being uploaded so expect various posts over the next few days. For now here are some pictures from Mary Pat's 1st airplane ride from JFK to Charlotte.

She loved looking around the terminal at JFK!

She did great and slept almost the entire way!

We were greeted at the airport in Charlotte by Nana, Victoria and Leenie.

New Cousins

We are so excited - Mary Pat has two new cousins!! Emily Colleen and Patrice Erin Casciola arrived yesterday, December 9th. Both girls weighed over 5lbs and are doing wonderfully! Their parents, Amy (Chuck's sister) and Johnny are also doing well and are very excited to finally have the girls here. We can't wait to meet Mary Pat's new cousins very soon. All six of Big Poppa's granddaughters are going to have a fabulous time growing up together!

Computer Time with Daddy

Mary Pat loves to sit on laps and watch everything going on around her. This includes sitting on Daddy's lap while he checks his email. As you can see from these pictures she enjoys this!

It was hard to get Daddy and Mary Pat to smile at the same time!
Mary Pat loves when her Daddy gets home from work!

Christmas Party

On Saturday, Mary Pat attended her first Christmas party at our house. Although she was not the happiest girl during the day while Mommy and Daddy were trying to get things ready, she was the star of the show once guests started arriving. All of Mommy and Daddy's friends were excited to meet Mary Pat and she decided to show off for everyone by smiling and "talking" until it was time for bed. She even got to have her first slumber party in Mommy and Daddy's room with Dave and Celia's little girl, Claire! It was a great night filled with friends, food and fun. Here are some pictures.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Mommy and Daddy have many things to be thankful for this year, most importantly our very own little turkey Mary Pat. We are also thankful for all of the love and support we have received from all of our family and friends over the past year. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

After beginning the day watching some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on TV, we enjoyed a wonderful day with Daddy's side of the family.

Mary Pat had a great time at Aunt Charlene and Uncle Bob's house and especially loved all of the many new things to look at! Here are some pictures from the day.

A Night of Many Firsts

On Saturday night, Mary Pat experienced her first trip to the Boogie Down Bronx, her first trip to Daddy's alma mater, and her first live sporting event, watching the Fordham Rams battle Manhattan at the old Rose Hill Gym. Unfortunately the game did not turn out the way we would have wanted it to but a good time was had by all and Mary Pat got to meet the newly jacked Ram mascot up close!

An Early Visit with Santa

On Tuesday, Mommy decided to take Mary Pat to sit on Santa's lap. Although it's early, Mommy really wanted to beat the crowds at the mall since the line usually has a 1-2 hour wait every day after Thanksgiving! After about 30 tries, this was the best picture with Santa. Of course Mary Pat decided to smile as soon as the pictures stopped, but mostly just looked confused and was in awe of all the action going on around her at the mall. At least she is looking at the camera in this shot and looks cute in one of her Christmas outfits!