The Morelli Mafia: January 2010

Wow what a difference a month can make! On December 10th, Mario and I had our second baby...you guessed it, another BOY! See I told you, the Morelli's don't produce little girls. It was perfect as I never had my hopes up. When they pulled him out and Mario said "It's another boy" I envisioned Nico and his little brother growing up fairly close in age and causing a LOT of trouble. Look out Hopkins...the Morelli boys are taking over!

Yep, quite large! Check in was 7:30am...

Since we didn't have time to stop on the way, I begged Deb our midwife for COFFEE!!!

Applying some make up quick before the epidural... laugh all you want :)

Baby Boy Morelli born at 3:34

Here we are leaving the hospital. One hour before we were discharged we decided on a name for the little dude. Joey GianCarlo Morelli...

Welcome hugs to the new one from Bella!

Nico's first glance at his new baby brother!

Such a big boy!

Kisses for Joey

Dad and his hockey team... um, I mean boys!

Born with a full head of hair... dang heart burn again!

Ok, so since we brought Joey home Nico has had some adjusting to do (obviously). I wouldn't think it has been anything out of the norm, but the following crack me up. He wants to do everything the baby does.

Sit in the baby swing

Sit in the Boppy

In the bassinet

In the car seat...

In the baby bath...

Ok so now for the Nico collection... this is what he has been up to for the past month! :)

Making sure he doesn't get dry skin in the winter months..

Helping Dad put up the Christmas tree

Eating Oatmeal..

Giving dirty looks..

Raiding the cabinets...

Brushing his teeth 10x a day..

Maxin' and relaxin'... This is why my Gramma calls me short pants!

First time on a sled... LOVED IT!

Eating snow..

Opening Christmas presents...

Playing with his new kitchen set..

Playing with the breast pump...

He knows exactly how to put it together for mommy! Such a great helper :)

As if we didn't have enough going on, we decided it would be great timing to rip the roof off of our house at the end of November and start a major remodel, two short weeks before Joey was born. FUN! NOT! Unfortunately and fortunately, this has been the hardest transition of all...living through this with 2 kids under 2. UGH! We keep telling ourselves to keep the end in sight... this is a short term problem for a long term solution. Also, we did it to ourselves so there is no one to blame but us :) Hopefully it will be done by June... ha ha ha!