July 12th - Happy 1st Birthday Gabriela Maria!

Our little princess Gabriela turned 1 on July 12. We had two birthday cake celebrations that day with lots of family and friends around to help us celebrate. We have thoroughly enjoyed the many adventures we've shared as a family this past year and are so proud of our beautiful baby girl.

More birthday pics and video here!

Welcome Justina Martha!

Maria's 1st cousin, Diana gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl today (today is also Aunt Brigid's 9th birthday!)! Justina Martha is 8lbs. 13oz. (the same size as Gabriela when she was born) and 20in. tall. We can't wait to meet you and to see pictures of you! Welcome to the world, little one! Congratulations, Diana and Woody!

Happy 4th of July!

Gabriela celebrated her first 4th of July with a very fun, kid-friendly parade in the morning, then a nice long nap followed by the Heritage party and fireworks viewed from the rooftop terrace! Gabriela's due date was July 4th last year so Mommy was very happy to be holding her baby girl for this year's celebration!



along the parade route

on the roof with Daddy

watching the fireworks

Pretty rainbow... Pretty girl

Gabriela and Mommy saw a beautiful double rainbow in the evening when it was still drizzling outside and the sun was out too!

And here's a new video of some of Gabriela's new tricks. All of Mommy's italian relatives will recognize the first sign that Gabriela does when she's "all done."

Little Cruiser

At 11 1/2 months old Gabriela is a pro at crawling and almost walking too! This past weekend we attended our Kilner family reunion where we saw lots of family, many of whom Gabriela was meeting for the first time. She loved falling asleep in Uncle Chris' arms after a long and very exciting day. We celebrated daddy's 1st Father's Day with a relaxing morning at home and then yesterday mommy and daddy celebrated our 2nd anniversary with a night out, just the two of us. It's been a wonderful 2nd year of marriage... and now we're counting down the days 'til our little princess turns ONE!

Gabriela is 10 months old!

Our little princess is growing up so fast!
She's 19 lbs. and 29 inches tall!

We've had a busy schedule these past few weeks, but it's been fun! Uncle Joey was home on leave, Aunt Antoinette was home from Chicago, and cousin Shannon was visiting from MI so we got to see lots of family and friends. We also attended 2 weddings over the past month! The most popular comment was, "Is she always this good?" Yep! We are so lucky! She was a great little traveler, dance partner, sleeper, and entertainer. She loves to show off her new tricks which include: clapping, singing, waving, blowing kisses, and signing for "milk" a very important sign to know! Here are some recent pics of our happy little baby girl dining out, partying, traveling and just playin':

Papal Mass

This post is long overdue, but below are some pictures from the Papal Mass at Nationals Park. We were so lucky to get tickets ON THE FIELD for the Mass. It was a truly amazing experience. More photos from the Mass.