Nico's First Birthday-Sock Monkey Style-A little Late!

Well its hard to believe that our baby is one and is now 13 1/2 months. Yeah, time has gotten away from me.......but you will see over the next few days as I update my blog why I'm so behind. I wasn't going to go back this far but I have had many requests to see the party pictures....I had so much fun going back and looking at the pictures since it had been awhile I got a little crazy with uploading!

Welcome to the Busalacchi Jungle!

The Sock Monkey's-My mom and I with the help of Sally and Auntie Jeannette made them for each kid to take home.

Auntie Sharon and Uncle Warren got Nico his jungle gym for his birthday! Nico loves playing on it and its nice that the weather has gotten better so he can play on it more.







Auntie Sarah and Auntie Lisa-they were so sweet to come from so far.....

Nico with his Nonna who made his own focaccia for his birthday

Wait.....who is the birthday boy?

Nico getting some words of wisdom from Zio Paul.......

The Coldani's and Kerns's they were also so fun to come to the party

Gianna Bordessa with her monkey....she is so cute!

Nico with his cousins

Nico's friend Hannah with her Monkey

Nico opening his gifts....

Party on the Jungle Gym!

Nico with his God parents

Nico with his Nonna and Nonno- thanks for the awesome wagon!

Nico with his Auntie Karen-she was also so fun to come after work!

Nico with all of his gifts! Everyone was so generous and we are all so lucky!

Happy First Birthday Nico! (Mama with the help of Marc's God mother Checea made his birthday cake)

Like Mother Like Son.....

Alright for those of you that really know me....know that the Easter Bunny is very scary and that you will not find an Easter Bunny decoration in my home during this time of year! So my girlfriend Meghan and I met at the mall to run some errands and we decided that we should not deprive our children from meeting the Easter Bunny....so we would take a quick picture. Keep in mind that Hannah and Nico met Santa Claus together and Nico was fine with Santa and Hannah was very unsure. Well we stepped into the picture area and Nico took one look at the Easter Bunny and he completely lost it........he was terrified! In fact, I don't think I have ever seen him this terrified! Meanwhile, Hannah thought the Easter Bunny was pretty cool and even took an egg from the Bunny. So I calmed Nico down and we thought we would go in for the pic........well as you can see from the picture below neither one of them were a fan..........you could find Meghan and I in the corner laughing hysterically! I'm sure we weren't looking like the best mother's in the mall! We have decided that until our kids are 18 we have started a new tradition! Hope you all get as big of a laugh out of this as we did and that you have a Happy Easter.

Fun in March before Nico turns 1

Once again......March has flown by...........and I'm behind. So here goes........this all happened before Nico's first birthday.......in between all this I was planning Nico's party....hence my delayed post.


We moved Nico out of his infant car seat the beginning of March. It was a bittersweet move for us. My back was breaking and he was outgrowing the seat but he is such a BIG BOY now and it makes me feel like I have a toddler rather than a baby.
My mom and I spent a couple of weekends making the sock monkey's for Nico's party.
I had a fun time (this was my first sewing project and I could see how this could become addicting. )

Nico below with all the Sock Monkey's........Thanks Grandma for all your hard work I just love my Sock Monkey.

The second weekend we called in some help!!!!!! Thanks Gertie and Auntie JJ! It wouldn't have happened without you!

On our way home we stopped at the Renner Dairy so Nico could see his Auntie Sarah and the baby calves.

Thanks Auntie for the fun!






So this is Nico's favorite hiding spot! We had locks on this door but they broke and it didn't take long for Nico to find it.

We headed to Stockton for Marco's 3rd birthday circus party. Everything was decorated adorable and its hard to believe Marco is 3 already. Nico had so much fun with all the kids!

Oh boy there were a few kids!

Marco's cute elephant birthday cake!

We got Marco his own wheelbarrow full of gardening tools so he can help Mom and Dad in the garden. He was SO excited.

Another photo opp with the cousins!

My cousin Bryson comes to visit and I get a new pair of shoes.....

My parents brought my Nephew and Nico's cousin Bryson down for the weekend. Here are a few pictures of the boys together........Bryson is 5 months old.

They are so precious when they sleep..........
Getting ready to go watch Uncle Lucas play basketball with Grandpa.........

In the car and ready to go......WOW it takes so much to get two babies in the car!

We went to Tahoe to go skiing with Rob and Lexi......we had a blast and enjoyed a great day of fresh snow and fun! Here are a few pics of the day. I think I'm most excited to get Nico on the slopes! It won't be long!

So the next big news is...........Nico started walking a couple of weeks ago....so we got him a new pair of walking shoes but..........after we purchased the shoes he decided he prefers to crawl! I know its strange...........he was walking about 10 to 12 steps and preferred walking as his mode of transportation however we bought him new shoes and now he refuses to walk.........obviously I didn't put them on him anymore and he still prefers to crawl. Did this happen to anyone else? So strange.......so well see....he may be back to walking any day now!


Check out those cute shoes!