Our Godbrother is Adorable

We got some cute pictures from Silas' first Christmas. Check out his adorable Christmas outfit - how dapper!

Here he is modeling the Dr. Seuss shirt we got for him:

Could you ask for a cuter Godbrother?!

Vivi's Baby Shower

Xia here. Vivi had her baby shower on Saturday 8/14/10. Just Mommy and I went and had a very nice time.

Here's a picture of the Diaper and More "Cake" - guess we couldn't eat this one:

And here's the cake we actually ate - how cool it that?

Silas came with his Mommy:

I had fun playing with him:

It was a BIG surprise to Vivi when she arrived:

Here she is FINALLY cutting the cake, YIPPEE!

One of the other kids had this great punching balloon and I was thrilled when they gave it to me to play with. How fun:



I was pretty pooped that night and fell asleep on Daddy while we watched a movie on the iPad:

Silas' Baptism

Mommy here. What a wonderful celebration we were able to enjoy on Sunday 8/1/10 - Silas' Baptism! There's nothing better than welcoming a new baby into Christ's family. What was really cool is Father John (a close friend of the Volpe's who they went to college with) came up from Maryland to do the baptism. He's actually played with Sound Doctrine in the past and we've played with youth at his church before, so it was good to see him.

Here's a picture of Silas with Father John:

Godmother and Godchild...

We're Godparents!

Proud Papa Jim with Silas:

The whole Volpe family with Father John:

The Volpe kids:

Xia and Gianna are in charge...

Xia's God Daddy Phil holds Silas:

One big happy God Family!

A Visit With Silas

It's Xia... on Thursday 7/15/10, Mommy and I went to visit my God-brother Silas. He sure is getting bigger and cuter by the day...

A Sunday Morning and Visit with the Volpes

Hey, Isa here. We had a busy day on Sunday 5/30/10. First, I really wanted Xia to get up and get going...

Then we got dressed to get off to church. It was a pretty warm day so I got to wear my nice summer dress:

Note the nice scratch from Herbie on my cheek? I was playing a little too rough...

And my walking is really getting much better...



After mass we went to visit the Volpes. So good to see everyone.

Here's Silas:



Xia had lots of fun in their backyard with Gianna:

Those Volpe Kids

We sure do love our good friends, the Volpes. Heather and Jim are Isa's Godparents, so they are a God family to all of us. Now, Mommy and Daddy are going to be Silas' Godparents, so it's just God family all around!

Here are some beautiful pics they sent to us on Friday 5/28/10:

Maryam and Silas:

Isaac and Silas:

Gianna and Silas:

Jim and Silas:

Well, you'd sleep too after all of that family love and attention!!

Silas Has Arrived!

We're so happy for our friends, the Volpes, who added their fourth child on Sunday 4/11/10. He came about a month early, but he's doing pretty well. Mommy got to meet him on Thursday 4/22/10. She also found out that she and Daddy have the great blessing and privilege of being his God parents!!

Here are some pics of the cute little guy. First, trying to roll him over for a pic, I don't think he was interested:

Ahhhh, that's better:

A bad shot of his cool Vulcan Ears:

Yeah, Daddy's home!

So glad you made it to the world Silas!! Love you!