ocean city (part 2)

All these pics are from the beach but I just can't resist how cute she is in her bathing suits!!!

love this pic

her fave place to be, right where the waves came in

playing with her cousin brandon

LOVE when she sits like this!

here she is crawling like a crazy woman and having a blast!

action shots!

and a fun video :)

ocean city family vacation! (part 1)

Every year we go to ocean city, nj with john's family for a week. last year we couldn't go because gia was born the day before! i was excited to bring gia because she loves the water and the 2 times I brought her to the beach she loved it!
The second we brought her down by the water she could not get enough! She would crawl directly INTO the ocean and love every second. She cracks me up. Here are some beach pics from the first few days...
John with Gia and Lisa with Eli

 Walking with daddy

 love these pics

 crawling!

 and loving every second of it!

 love this face!

 hanging with her cousin eli

 back shot

 Day 2...

 She loved when the ocean came up and would splash...

 taking off!

SO much fun! I have more to post but wanted to split them up :)

Gia's First Birthday Party!

On her actual birthday, July 9th, we had Gia's first birthday party at our house. It was so fun! We had close friends and family over and it was so crazy how many kids were there. A few years ago none of us had kids, now everyone has at least one, it is so fun that Gia will have so many friends growing up :)
The party was Minnie themed, of course, and we had cupcakes, balloons and yummy food.
Here is Gia waking up to our birthday gift, we thought she would love this car!

 she was all ready to ride lol

all dressed up for the party!

 impossible to get a pic when she is pushing her little walker everywhere.

here are the decorations...

 cupcakes, cupcakes and more cupcakes!

Gia's owb BIG cupcake :)

 poms!

 close-up of the fondant

 so cute!

 Her birthday sign!

 the deck all decorated.

gia is ready to party

playing with her cousin gabriella

 Michael Charles hanging out

 Mimi and Megan

 Jen and Tracie with Joseph, Gabriella and Mya

 Mya saying hi

 party in the living room

 Granda and GiGi

 playing with Aunt Karen

 My cutie cousin Gabriella

 Time for cake!

 she's like, what the heck is this

 um, ok i ate it

 get me out of here mom!

 back to walking with the walker :)

 this is her hugging her stuffed animal, she is tired, party over!

We had such a fun day and were so happy to celebrate with our friends and families, thanks so much everyone for coming :)