Well, there has been a lot to love in the first month and a half of 2009. Mic went to Germany for work and arrived safely back home. He hasn't been traveling a lot which has been great for us. He's been able to work from home working on all the end of the year paperwork.
We've had lots of family time together. Hikes in the desert, dancing and games at home and lots of crafts and movies too. The most enjoyable part of our life is watching our children grow. Carrick is three months old now and starting to turn 360's on the floor. He cracks up at the antics of his big sister and as Grandmama says, his "only job is to make [her] smile." While Giulia needs to be held more than usual, we smile and praise her for being such a big sister. She is wonderful with Carrick and still keeps us all panting just trying to keep up with her.
We couldn't ask for more blessings in our life. We hope you enjoy our photos as much as we enjoyed making these memories.
God Bless,
the De Min's
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Ready for the new year...
Well, it's 2009. Another year has started and we already have so much to share. We've taken photos of most of it and if you read the captions you'll know where we are and what we're doing. They are pretty well narrated so you could probably skip everything below. :D
Mic was home faithfully for two weeks after Carrick arrived. We had a wonderful time being together as a family and just getting to know our little man and of course, resting. I broke my pubic bone during delivery and that is proving to be the slowest thing to heal. It still pains me and I am very slowly getting back to normal activites. Hiking is still out of the question.
Ok, I've decided that I spent a lot of work putting captions on the pics, so read them. That's the main reason people come to the site anyway.
The rest of Novemeber....
December...
January, so far...
Mic was home faithfully for two weeks after Carrick arrived. We had a wonderful time being together as a family and just getting to know our little man and of course, resting. I broke my pubic bone during delivery and that is proving to be the slowest thing to heal. It still pains me and I am very slowly getting back to normal activites. Hiking is still out of the question.
Ok, I've decided that I spent a lot of work putting captions on the pics, so read them. That's the main reason people come to the site anyway.
The rest of Novemeber....
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December...
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January, so far...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Carrick is here...
Ah, finally we can announce the arrival of Carrick Giovanni Luca De Min. Born on November 13, 2008 at 4:12 am. Weighing 8 lbs, 5 oz and measuring 21" long.
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His strawberry blond hair threw us all for a loop, but makes him very Irish, which comes from my side of the family. Ray, he has your chin. He's a wonderful baby and Giulia is taking great care of him. Mic is home and taking great care of all of us. This time as a family is so precious and we promise to call more and write more once we settle in, but for now we're laying low.
Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes. We truly feel blessed by this latest gift and are simply amazed at what God does in our lives.
God Bless,
Summer
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| Carrick |
click on the picture to see the entire album...
His strawberry blond hair threw us all for a loop, but makes him very Irish, which comes from my side of the family. Ray, he has your chin. He's a wonderful baby and Giulia is taking great care of him. Mic is home and taking great care of all of us. This time as a family is so precious and we promise to call more and write more once we settle in, but for now we're laying low.
Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes. We truly feel blessed by this latest gift and are simply amazed at what God does in our lives.
God Bless,
Summer
Monday, November 10, 2008
Still no baby, but we have Halloween photos....
Hello all of our beloved family and friends. For those who are not on the daily "know" list, we have not had baby #2 yet. Due date was yesterday but nothing is happening. There is a full moon on the 12th, so maybe Heather will have to share her bday with this little rug rat. I could be one of those crazy ladies delivering and howling at the moon, what do you think?
Mic is getting anxious as his traveling has been put on hold and he feels like he's not really working unless he's able to travel too. Poor guy. I'm feeling better than I was a few weeks ago, so I'm willing to wait it out. My Dr. would be more than happy to induce, but I want to avoid that. I'd really like to finish this one all natural too. Giulia and I gave it a worthy try, not getting the epidural until hour 27, but I want to feel the pushing this time. I guess we can already start to compare the personalities of these two kids since things have been so different. We'll see...
So, you can enjoy pics of our October in the mean time.
We had a lot of fun with lots of good family time. Take care and may your fall be wonderful!
Summer
Mic is getting anxious as his traveling has been put on hold and he feels like he's not really working unless he's able to travel too. Poor guy. I'm feeling better than I was a few weeks ago, so I'm willing to wait it out. My Dr. would be more than happy to induce, but I want to avoid that. I'd really like to finish this one all natural too. Giulia and I gave it a worthy try, not getting the epidural until hour 27, but I want to feel the pushing this time. I guess we can already start to compare the personalities of these two kids since things have been so different. We'll see...
So, you can enjoy pics of our October in the mean time.
We had a lot of fun with lots of good family time. Take care and may your fall be wonderful!
Summer
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I really should wait for Halloween.....
October is almost over and I haven't even posted pics of my birthday in Sept. How sad, and the baby isn't even here yet, so I can't blame it on that.
September 7th was Grandparents day. Giulia painted some beautiful pics for each of her grandparents, but we had a special surprise for Mic's parents. I made a baby book of Giulia's first year and I coaxed Cricket into making one for Riley too. They were done and ready to be delivered. In a year or two I guess we'll have to make books for the babies we're both carrying now. :D More work, but it can wait!
Ah,my birthday. I am now 31 years old and still loving life. I had a nice family bday with dinner at my mom's house where Giulia helped make a delicious cake for me and the next night was our family night. Just me, Mic and Giulia making dinner together and Mic made the apple crisp. That is all I really need anymore is simple family time. It's so precious.
The circus came to town in Sept and we took G. She was most interested in the animals. The acrobats and clowns bored her. The spot lights changing seemed to thrill her more than the other acts. the best part was riding the Elephant. Yup, that's me 8 mos preg on an elephant. :D I'm living life now!
We are getting things ready for the baby and now awaiting Halloween which is the day Giulia thinks the baby will come. We'll see, I'm certainly not opposed to it. Mic is sticking close to home from here on out, so bring on baby #2!
Hope all of you are doing well and I hope to post Halloween pics soon. Have a safe holiday!
Summer
September 7th was Grandparents day. Giulia painted some beautiful pics for each of her grandparents, but we had a special surprise for Mic's parents. I made a baby book of Giulia's first year and I coaxed Cricket into making one for Riley too. They were done and ready to be delivered. In a year or two I guess we'll have to make books for the babies we're both carrying now. :D More work, but it can wait!
Ah,my birthday. I am now 31 years old and still loving life. I had a nice family bday with dinner at my mom's house where Giulia helped make a delicious cake for me and the next night was our family night. Just me, Mic and Giulia making dinner together and Mic made the apple crisp. That is all I really need anymore is simple family time. It's so precious.
The circus came to town in Sept and we took G. She was most interested in the animals. The acrobats and clowns bored her. The spot lights changing seemed to thrill her more than the other acts. the best part was riding the Elephant. Yup, that's me 8 mos preg on an elephant. :D I'm living life now!
We are getting things ready for the baby and now awaiting Halloween which is the day Giulia thinks the baby will come. We'll see, I'm certainly not opposed to it. Mic is sticking close to home from here on out, so bring on baby #2!
Hope all of you are doing well and I hope to post Halloween pics soon. Have a safe holiday!
Summer
Friday, September 5, 2008
August ended with a great road trip!
What a long and wonderful month it was. It was probably the longest month of my pregnancy, because at the end of it I realized I was further along than I thought. I think I was feeling stuck somewhere between the 5th and 6th month. Well, now we only have two months to go until this baby is here and that isn't going to take that long. :D
We took a wonderful roadtrip to Colorado at the end of the month. We went out for my friend Amanda's wedding but we took our time and made a nice vacation out of it. We drove down through Arizona staying with friends and doing some Bionicon business. Prescott, Az is a very beautiful spot. Those are the pictures of the sunflowers and G using her little potty on the side of the road. We stayed with our friends the Hoskins over night and then headed out the next day for Durango. It was so nice to be back in Co on our favorite Hwy. If you've ever driven Hwy 285, you know it's the prettiest streatch of road there is.
Giulia, fortunatly, is a great road triper, so we got to enjoy the scenery. I actually really enjoyed making frequent stops at parks and such to play and let her run out some energy. It's nice to stop and smell the flowers sometimes. Before children, our roadtrips were usually just 'get there as fast as we can,' now we have to stop or go crazy. Those stops were some of our best memories. Of course, we couldn't have made it without Donald Duck. I brought DVD's for G and the only one she watched, over and over again, was a DD one that had her cracking up!
We hadn't been to Durango since our honeymoon, but Mic had to meet a man from a bike magazine to give him a demo bike. Good reason to go see a lovely town. We had a very nice picnic at a park before heading back on the road for more beautiful mountains. Giulia did look out her window often enough to notice the "big Mountains" and ask her Daddy to help her climb them.
We spent the first real night of our vacation in Salida, Co, one of our favorite vacation spots. We stayed at the same lodge we always do and had some fun in the river. Friday we arrived in Denver with enough time to drop G off at Christy's, take a shower and then head back up the road to Morrison for the wedding. Very beautiful and the rain waited to fall until the ceremony was over. We got to see some more friends and just relax with some good food and chat. Best of luck to you, Amanda and Nick.
We spent the weekend seeing friends, having dinnner, walking the Louisville bike paths, and just enjoying being in Co. Giulia was game for anything and really made us proud of our little girl.
Monday Mic took his little girl to the Denver Zoo by himself because I was exhausted. They spent over four hours there and had a wonderful time. Giulia got to spend her money from Granny on an Elephant with blue eyes that she calls Daddy elephant. Very fitting since he took her. See the pictures and comments for my favorite quote from G....it's on the gorilla picture. :D
By the end of the week, it was really starting to feel like a vacation. It was hard to come back, but we headed out Saturday and once again took our time. We stopped in Fruita, Co at the dino museum and then again in Utah and bought a kite for some windy fun.
Back home, G was glad to get back in the swing of things with dance class and more Rc parks. We'll be back someday Colorado, but for now we're home in California.
God bless to you all, Summer and family
We took a wonderful roadtrip to Colorado at the end of the month. We went out for my friend Amanda's wedding but we took our time and made a nice vacation out of it. We drove down through Arizona staying with friends and doing some Bionicon business. Prescott, Az is a very beautiful spot. Those are the pictures of the sunflowers and G using her little potty on the side of the road. We stayed with our friends the Hoskins over night and then headed out the next day for Durango. It was so nice to be back in Co on our favorite Hwy. If you've ever driven Hwy 285, you know it's the prettiest streatch of road there is.
Giulia, fortunatly, is a great road triper, so we got to enjoy the scenery. I actually really enjoyed making frequent stops at parks and such to play and let her run out some energy. It's nice to stop and smell the flowers sometimes. Before children, our roadtrips were usually just 'get there as fast as we can,' now we have to stop or go crazy. Those stops were some of our best memories. Of course, we couldn't have made it without Donald Duck. I brought DVD's for G and the only one she watched, over and over again, was a DD one that had her cracking up!
We hadn't been to Durango since our honeymoon, but Mic had to meet a man from a bike magazine to give him a demo bike. Good reason to go see a lovely town. We had a very nice picnic at a park before heading back on the road for more beautiful mountains. Giulia did look out her window often enough to notice the "big Mountains" and ask her Daddy to help her climb them.
We spent the first real night of our vacation in Salida, Co, one of our favorite vacation spots. We stayed at the same lodge we always do and had some fun in the river. Friday we arrived in Denver with enough time to drop G off at Christy's, take a shower and then head back up the road to Morrison for the wedding. Very beautiful and the rain waited to fall until the ceremony was over. We got to see some more friends and just relax with some good food and chat. Best of luck to you, Amanda and Nick.
We spent the weekend seeing friends, having dinnner, walking the Louisville bike paths, and just enjoying being in Co. Giulia was game for anything and really made us proud of our little girl.
Monday Mic took his little girl to the Denver Zoo by himself because I was exhausted. They spent over four hours there and had a wonderful time. Giulia got to spend her money from Granny on an Elephant with blue eyes that she calls Daddy elephant. Very fitting since he took her. See the pictures and comments for my favorite quote from G....it's on the gorilla picture. :D
By the end of the week, it was really starting to feel like a vacation. It was hard to come back, but we headed out Saturday and once again took our time. We stopped in Fruita, Co at the dino museum and then again in Utah and bought a kite for some windy fun.
Back home, G was glad to get back in the swing of things with dance class and more Rc parks. We'll be back someday Colorado, but for now we're home in California.
God bless to you all, Summer and family
Monday, August 4, 2008
July and Mic's birthday
Well, if I can remember way back to July, I could recount for you what we did. I know we spent the 4th at Cate's house and then the girls went out in the desert and watched the fireworks. Great show! Especially for RC. Giulia really enjoyed it and I was glad we weren't at the fairgrounds because G thought the fireworks were loud enough out where we were. The stupid part was the idiot boys near us who thought it was smart to light off fireworks in the middle of the tumbleweeds. We didn't hang around to see what trouble they got into. Once the show was done, we headed out.
The hard part of the night was coming home, everyone was gone and all the lights were out. Beth and Mike had already given notice that they were moving out of their apartment 16 steps away, and while I was (and still am) very happy for them, that was the first night that it hit me how lonely it would feel coming home to this complex without Beth right across the way. We have three empty apartments now, so just pray that we get some great neighbors in the complex. I get to choose one of my new neighbors at least. :D
Let's see, we had some good rain this month. Cricket laughs because even though our two storms flooded Ridgecrest, it was still under 2 inches of rain. The kids had fun playing in it and I just loved the smell. We're paying the price now though, with the increase in flies and mosquito's. Yuck! It reminds me of all the good things about the desert. With humidity and water comes more bugs.
The highlight of the month was the purchase of Giulia's new trike. She loves it and can pedal very well. It has a handy handle on it so that I can steer too, which comes in handy when we walk/trike to swim class. It means she can't steer into the street. :D I'm still in control, yeah. Rachel liked it so much that Beth had to go out and get her one too. She's learning to pedal, but feels like such a big girl on her trike.
August started out with Mic's birthday. We headed up to Mammoth to deliver some bikes but also hoping that Mic could get in a good bike ride. We spent the night in Big Pine at a hotel and were woken up early on Mic's birthday by the air raid sirens that apparently the local volunteer fire department uses all the time. Not a very pleasant way to wake up. Giulia woke up by the third blast not looking very happy and asking what the noise was. I told her it was happy birthday horns for Daddy and that brought a smile to her face. She had been waiting for days for her Daddy's birthday, so she hopped out of bed and ran over to her Daddy to tell him Happy birthday too. Then she insisted we get him his present then and there. As any two year old, she had already told him that she had gotten him a present and, of course, what it was. It was very cute. They broke out the blocks and played with them right there in the hotel room. We enjoyed strawberry waffles at the local diner and then headed the rest of the way up to Mammoth. Mic never got his bike ride in, choosing instead to just hang out with us. Who can blame him, we're cute! Lots of playing outside and just good ol' family time. Perfect! We headed home, stopping in Lone Pine for a milk shake and park time. On the way into town, Mom and Dad invited us to stop for dinner. Thanks for the BBQ chicken.
Church on Sunday and then over to spend the day with Donna and Angelo. They took us to the new Sushi place in town, Miso sushi, which was a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed trying new things and I checked the menu out for when I'm not pregnant and can enjoy my favorite spider rolls again. :D I had to settle for chicken which was still good, but not the same. The best part of the evening was the laughter that was shared by all. Giulia had the most contagious joy (she has this hiccup-y giggle when she is REALLY enjoying herself that just captures our hearts), I hope you can see it in the pictures, especially the "pass the chopstick" game. We finished the night at home with a jello cup and candle for Daddy. Giulia finally got to sing him happy birthday. 32 years and Mic is a very happy, dedicated family man and I don't think he could be happier. We'll see about next year, when he has two rug rats running around.
We love you all, God Bless!
Sum
The hard part of the night was coming home, everyone was gone and all the lights were out. Beth and Mike had already given notice that they were moving out of their apartment 16 steps away, and while I was (and still am) very happy for them, that was the first night that it hit me how lonely it would feel coming home to this complex without Beth right across the way. We have three empty apartments now, so just pray that we get some great neighbors in the complex. I get to choose one of my new neighbors at least. :D
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Let's see, we had some good rain this month. Cricket laughs because even though our two storms flooded Ridgecrest, it was still under 2 inches of rain. The kids had fun playing in it and I just loved the smell. We're paying the price now though, with the increase in flies and mosquito's. Yuck! It reminds me of all the good things about the desert. With humidity and water comes more bugs.
The highlight of the month was the purchase of Giulia's new trike. She loves it and can pedal very well. It has a handy handle on it so that I can steer too, which comes in handy when we walk/trike to swim class. It means she can't steer into the street. :D I'm still in control, yeah. Rachel liked it so much that Beth had to go out and get her one too. She's learning to pedal, but feels like such a big girl on her trike.
August started out with Mic's birthday. We headed up to Mammoth to deliver some bikes but also hoping that Mic could get in a good bike ride. We spent the night in Big Pine at a hotel and were woken up early on Mic's birthday by the air raid sirens that apparently the local volunteer fire department uses all the time. Not a very pleasant way to wake up. Giulia woke up by the third blast not looking very happy and asking what the noise was. I told her it was happy birthday horns for Daddy and that brought a smile to her face. She had been waiting for days for her Daddy's birthday, so she hopped out of bed and ran over to her Daddy to tell him Happy birthday too. Then she insisted we get him his present then and there. As any two year old, she had already told him that she had gotten him a present and, of course, what it was. It was very cute. They broke out the blocks and played with them right there in the hotel room. We enjoyed strawberry waffles at the local diner and then headed the rest of the way up to Mammoth. Mic never got his bike ride in, choosing instead to just hang out with us. Who can blame him, we're cute! Lots of playing outside and just good ol' family time. Perfect! We headed home, stopping in Lone Pine for a milk shake and park time. On the way into town, Mom and Dad invited us to stop for dinner. Thanks for the BBQ chicken.
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Church on Sunday and then over to spend the day with Donna and Angelo. They took us to the new Sushi place in town, Miso sushi, which was a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed trying new things and I checked the menu out for when I'm not pregnant and can enjoy my favorite spider rolls again. :D I had to settle for chicken which was still good, but not the same. The best part of the evening was the laughter that was shared by all. Giulia had the most contagious joy (she has this hiccup-y giggle when she is REALLY enjoying herself that just captures our hearts), I hope you can see it in the pictures, especially the "pass the chopstick" game. We finished the night at home with a jello cup and candle for Daddy. Giulia finally got to sing him happy birthday. 32 years and Mic is a very happy, dedicated family man and I don't think he could be happier. We'll see about next year, when he has two rug rats running around.
We love you all, God Bless!
Sum
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