Stay-cation

Why has there been a gap in posts? Not because of school, or the baby, or crazy summer schedules......No...we have been on a STAY-CATION!! What is a stay-cation, well it is a vacation were you stay home!! And has it been a blast. What might you ask prompted our stay-cation. Well Sam's Noni and Robob decided it would be fun to take him to Salt Lake for a vacation. Serafina was sad that she was not going so we told her we would have a stay-cation what none of us knew was just how much fun it would be.

It started last Thursday we played at the beach in Avila and then spent one night in a hotel out there and played in the pool all day Friday. Then on Saturday we headed out Ravin Waterpark in Paso. The kids had a blast. Here are a few pictures from the waterpark:

AJ sporting his glasses from the eye doctors (that's for another post)



My two month old in his 0-3month swimsuit, yes my child is still wearing newborn.


AJ spent most of his day napping in the shade!

On Sunday, after Church even on a stay-cation you have to go to church, we headed out to the concert in the park. We had a great time basking in the sun/fog and enjoying bluegrass music.

Serafina catching a ball!! HA

There was a bounce house!

Dancing!

Our cowboy!

Well there are the photos from our stay-cation. Hopefully Noni took pictures of there fun times in Salt Lake and I can post them later. We have video of the water park but I haven't figured out how to post them to my blog, if your really want to see it head over to Matt's facebook page he has them up there!

Cowboy's

You may not know but deep down inside the Regusci Family are cowboys (cowgirls if you ask Serafina) at heart. On any given weekend you will find all 6 of us (yes AJ has boots too) tromping around in our cowboy boots and hats (Matteo calls them "cow" hats). You can often find the kids biking, scootering, and any other outdoor activity in their boots.


One of the Regusci kids favorite weekend chore is to go down the hill to tend to the goats. Down with the goats they enjoy running through the field/ tall grass on a hill, and sharpening their roping skills by trying to lasso the goats (yes we have a real lasso rope).


But what they are mostly excited about is that fact that mom recently found a horseback riding school within 5 minutes of the house. Serafina just completed her first daddy and me class and is eagerly awaiting her next one. Sam is eagerly (asking me daily when it will start) awaiting his horseback riding camp, 5 straight days of nothing but horses, which is middle of July!!

Of course my had our resident photographer head out to a couple of the class to get pictures. Of the most exciting events of her last class was that while practicing different positions of riding Serafina's horse bucked her right off. The poor thing flew to the ground and landed face first in the dirt. But like any good Cowgirl she brushed off the dirt and climbed back on, smiling the whole time. So with out further ado pictures:

This picture was taken after she was thrown from the horse


As was this one.

Trick riding

Brother loved to watch.



They made them take care of their horse!


And even took a trail ride!





After a long day of riding a cowgirl needs her rest:

End of the Year

The kids end of the year programs (if you click on the little pictures it will make them big and 3 of them are small videos!

Another free scrapbooking design by Smilebox

To be coming...

In the last 5 days we have had:

Three separated end-of-the-year performances.

Celebrated the last day of school

Went to a Wedding in Modesto

and

Had AJ dedicated at Church this morning.

It has been a crazy few days but oh so much fun!! I cant wait to share all the photos and stories so stay tuned. Also I still haven't blogged about horse back riding lessons, so much fun.

Did I mention Uncle Jon was up for AJ's dedication?! He was, he is back for the Summer, staying in Santa Barbra =( but at least he is closer then Dartmoth. We are all ready planning a train and zoo trip his way and I am sure he will come up for a few more weekends of fun!! YEAH

And now it is summer...Yippee.....we are off to the pool tomorrow!!

Turning the Corner

Six weeks.



The magic six-weeks.



There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel.

The Two Little Boys

Share a quite Saturday morning in mommies bed watching cartoons:

This picture cracked me up. Aj is all ready mimicking his brother.

Who said....

adding the second baby is hard but after that it's easy?! Obviously that person never had a fourth!! HAHA

This is Antonio James:

Week One: Went to the doctors for normal check up - found out that he is tongue tied, not bad, since he is nursing fine, so we do nothing and just watch it. (Basically there is a chance it could lead to speech problems but we will wait and see. When you google search it it freaks you out could lead to teeth issue..etc, that is why they tell you not to google things)

Week Two: Went to the doctors to get him circumcised. Yes we circumcise. I am learning that AJ is not an easy baby, lets just say he is sensitive.

Week Three: Went to the doctors (do you see a pattern) for a bad rash. It is yeast. Also went to a nutritionist who has helped many a mama solve lactation problems because the kid spits up his entire meal every time he eats and eats every 1.5hr, 2hr if your lucky (yes this is at night too)

Week Four: Yup you guessed it, went to the doctors bad rash still there. Still believes it is yeast but we added neosporin to our regiment, this helps a lot. Oh and did I mention there was a thought in week one that he might be club foot (google search that one!! AGH) but we started foot exercises and the doc said he all ready looks better and ligament is not tight at all, therefore no club foot.

Week Five: Oh yes that is right, went to the doctors he has a hernia. Yes a hernia, but again it is a waiting game. The type of hernia he has is called an Umbilical Hernia, the most common hernia in infants. The treatment is to let it close itself over time. And get this...it could take up to a year!! If it isn't healed by 2 then you look into surgery.


Oh and did I mention there are 3 other kids at home?!? I almost forgot, on top of the baby who loves to visit the doctor, is still nursing every 2hrs (not throwing up as much now, we are thankful for little blessing), and is only happy if I am holding him, feeding him, or he is moby wrapped, there are 3 other children to take care of. Whom I must say are handling the new baby great. They are nothing but dolls to him. Matteo is a little more quick to cry which makes evenings difficult but they all love there brother.

What amaze me the most is the fact that I am operating on little to no sleep. I am so surprised at the fact that I haven't crashed and burned yet. In the last few weeks I have been known to clean the kitchen at 4am in the morning, fold laundry, and even make lunches, mainly because I figured if I am all ready up with a moby wrapped baby to my chest trying to clam him down might as make good use of the time. However I do have a wonderfully support family both on my side and Matt's side that help me constantly, anytime I ask. And my mom bought us that hammock thing in the picture above that has been a God send, he will sleep in there for a couple hours which rocks.

So that is where we are...if I owe you an email...forgive me...if you have face booked me....forgive me....if you have called me....forgive me....I have not had much time to return messages.