2013, {so far}

17 days in. nothing from the new year yet. i guess it's time, huh?

i know this picture makes it seem like they are miserable, but they were both kinda feeling a little under the weather and they just wanted to hang out together on the couch.  i love that they are holding hands. 

this wasn't even taekwondo day...he just wanted to wear his uniform.  love this little sideways look...

we went on a nice crisp saturday morning bike ride.  roman really liked going fast on his new bike and gianna was thrilled to be at the wheel of her new purple tricycle!

this cracks me up...silly copycat

all those Christmas toys and she prefers to hang out in the cabinet.

he laughs at her and it just eggs her on.  this might not bode well for my future. 

gianna got a butterfly tunnel for her birthday from chase and gage and they had so much fun in it!

this is the first time they are both sitting at the table coloring together.  i hope to see this many more times. 

it was only fitting that she sported an elvis curl on his birthday.  look at those tired eyes!

hey!  what's down here?

little snitch was stealing my food.  i think this should be my new diet plan...

i hope she likes to actually cook as much as she loves to play in this kitchen.  she spends a LOT of time playing here. 

i knew when we got her school pictures that i had seen that pose before.  when i got out his picture to compare, i was floored!  the pose and chair are the same, but even with 5 months difference, i can see a lot of similarities in them.  it is hard to see it now with such an age difference, but this is cool to look at and compare. 

she's learning lots of new things every day

mady and her family came over last sunday and they played superheros

big girl can hold her own banana now!

and apparently this is the new banana flavored chapstick. 

I Can Share Now! - Colella/Miller Photos Nov 2012

josh, colleen, lilah and cj drove down on friday, november 8th to start the birthday celebration for gianna.  we had decided that we would all get our picture taken while they were here so that we could give them as gifts for Christmas to all the grandparents.  mom and wayne were driving down on the 9th, and that also happened to be the first school mass that roman was going to be attending, so we had to re-schedule our photo shoot from friday morning to thursday evening.  which meant that our weary travelers only had about 1 1/2 hours to get themselves ready for our pictures after their long drive.  i'm sharing all of the pictures because i think it shows that sometimes you get a few good pictures, but most of them leave a little to be desired!  ha ha

notice anyone missing?  roman was having a hard time dealing with the fact that his chapstick lid had fallen in the river and was floating away.  so, it was just the girls and cj for a few. 

and the bugs were awful out over the water.  awful.  

 this is my favorite picture of them.  lilah is doing the thing where she smiles and tilts her head to the side.  love that. 

 and he's back in the game.  

 lilah was obsessed with gianna's shoes

 sleepy time...but, they are both looking up.  

 love this picture of the boys.  so handsome. 

 how many chins do i have?