Fortuna Shower

My girlfriends gave me a baby shower in Fortuna a few weeks back. Everything was so nice and I had the best time. It was closest thing to my wedding day.....I just didn't want it to end. I had so much fun spending time with everyone and it was such a beautiful day.



Here is a belly shot I'm 30 weeks and Meghan is 26 weeks.

Here are the pregos at the shower Meghan is due April 24th and Rocky is due June 4th. This summer is going to be so much fun with all the new babies! Can't wait!

The wonderful Hostesses: Auntie Shelly, Auntie Lindsey, Auntie Rocky and Auntie Sarah! Baby B is the luckiest boy to have such wonderful Aunties in his life! He can't wait to meet all of you. Thanks again for the beautiful shower we had so much fun!

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My life long girlfriends........Sarah, Michele and Lindsey! I love you girls!

My Aunt Jeanette, cousin Alyssa, and Maycee made me the most adorable diaper cake. You wouldn't believe all the goodies!

The beautiful centerpieces

Meghan and I's bellies! Meghan is due four weeks after me. Meghan and I have been friends are whole life and can't wait for our kids to grow up together!

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We were given such adorable gifts.

The Hostesses: Francesca DeMello (Marc's cousin and God Mother) Marilyn Avansino (Busalacchi Family Friend) Mickie Busalacchi (Our Sister in-law) Carla Sanguinetti (Marc's sister) Anna Solari (Marc's aunt) Lil Muzio (Marc's Aunt) Luanne Miller (Marc's Cousin). Thanks Ladies for the beautiful shower!

Baby B's Zia's

Baby B's Nonna and Grandma

Stockton Shower

Well, I know it is about time I update my blog! We have had a very fun and busy January with getting ready for Baby B and attending a couple of showers. Below are pictures of the beautiful shower in Stockton. It was so much fun and everyone was so generous! My mom, Aunt Sharon and Grandma headed to Stockton for the day. We enjoyed great food, drinks and company! It was great to see family and friends that we don't get to see to often.


The darling centerpieces that were each handmade

Marc's God Mother and cousin made this adorable cake!

My aunt Sharon, Grandma and Mom enjoying all the fun festivities!

My Girlfriend Katrina and I......Maybe one day I will be attending her baby shower:)

More pictures to come I guess it didn't download them!

November and Beginning of December Update....

I know I have been very bad with my updates.......I have had requests for belly shots, people wanting to know what we have been up to.....so here it is! The longest update in Blog History! Aside from trying to update my blog four different times and failing due to technical difficulty errrr we have been out of town traveling to Stockton 3 times and Fortuna in the past month. We went to Stockton first for Charlie's (Marc's Dad) birthday. Marc and I made dinner and had our nieces and nephews as well as Paul and Mickie and Rita and Charlie for dinner. It was fun seeing the family and it is always the cutest when the kids sing Happy Birthday and we have to blow out the candles over and over again!
Too funny not to post........Paul's idea of cleaning up the table......we had served rice and the kids had rice everywhere (I guess I will find out soon enough the things you will do to clean something up quickly!) Yes he is vacuuming the table!

We spent Thanksgiving in Stockton this year with Marc's family. Thanksgiving was loaded with lots of food, parties and family. We were in Stockton for almost a week so we were able to spend quality time with our adorable niece and nephews. Below is a picture of our nephews Stevie and Marco playing the piano on Thanksgiving. I just loved their baret's.

Marc, his Zia Anna, cousin David and Mom Rita busy in the kitchen. I was in charge of cooking the turkey this year as well as the stuffing and gravy. Marc had volunteered my turkey recipe because he thought it was so good last year........the pressure was on as I know how important food is to the Busalacchi's and they are all such wonderful cooks. Well, my turkey was a hit......Charlie claims it is the best turkey he has ever eaten. So for those of you who need to impress your in-laws next year with your Turkey cooking skills-I've got the recipe!

We attended Marc's 10 year class reunion the day after Thanksgiving. Marc was in charge of decorations so we spent the next day preparing for the reunion. The reunion was a blast and Marc really enjoyed catching up with old friends and reminiscing about the good ole days! (I don't have pictures due to technical difficulty). Saturday after Thanksgiving was an annual bagna calda feast.............off to another party!

It was time for relaxation. My aunt Sharon, my pilates instructor Rosie and I decided a few months back that we should go get pedicures, have dinner and go Christmas shopping. Was this ever needed after the craziness of the past few weeks! We had a wonderful relaxing time at the spa and enjoyed a delicious dinner. We have decided that this needs to be an annual event as this time of year is always busy and stressful and good friends and relaxation hits the spot! Look forward to next year girls!

Marc and I have a tradition to always go and get our tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving. So this year like every Christmas before Marc, my brother Rob, and I went out to find our tree. This year however, I found the tree I liked right away----typically Rob and Marc spend hours pulling out the Christmas trees until I find the perfect one! Boy were they glad to find it right away too! Sunday afternoon we spent decorating our tree. I just love this time of year! Above is our Christmas tree and my almost 25 week belly-Baby Busalacchi is growing by the day!

Here is a picture of the outside of our house all decorated. Thanks to Rob, Marc and Auntie Sharon it is looking beautiful!




This past weekend I headed to Fortuna to watch my cousin Lucas play in a basketball tournament. It was fun being back at my high school gym and suporting Lucas. Yes-Lucas's basketball team (Cardinal Newman) played Fortuna in the championship game. It was very exciting and Lucas had an incredible game scoring 22 points and was named the MVP of the tournament. One of Marc and I's favorite thing to do is watch Lucas play basketball. We absolutely love basketball and we love watching Lucas play. We are looking forward to the season getting underway and its hard to believe next year we will be toting our almost one year old to the game to watch Lucas play! Scary! Below is a picture of the whole family after the championship game. Way to go Lucas!

Marc headed to Stockton for the annual salami and sausage making at his ranch. He was bummed to miss Lucas's game but I kept him updated via text every few minutes! I don' t have pictures of the sausage and salami making yet-but I'm told there is a darling picture of Marc with his nephew making salami-will have to update next time.

So my goal for these coming weeks and from now on is too not get so far behind with my blogging. I will be better I promise. Off to Stockton in the morning for another party-so will have a post this week. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!

Two weekend update.......

Weekend before last Marc and I headed over to Sacramento to go baby shopping with Marc's parents and have dinner with our dear friends Matt and Lisa. Baby shopping was fun and overwhelming-the choices are unbelievable. Thank goodness for our friend Nicole giving us the manual on all the items we will need before the baby comes-it helped make it a little easier to digest. That evening we had a great dinner and really enjoyed visiting with Matt and Lisa-we wish we lived closer so we could get together more often. Above is a picture of Lisa and I after dinner.

There is a bun in the oven! Marc and I went to a surprise 30th birthday/costume party for our friend Joe over the weekend. We had a great time celebrating his birthday and found these costumes to be most appropriate.

Joe, Rocky their sweet daughter McKenzie, my brother Rob, Marc and I having a great time at the party! Joe and Rocky announced that they will be expecting their second baby June 8th. We are so excited for them and are really glad that our children will be close in age!

Other milestones in the past two weeks-baby Busalacchi is very active in my tummy and Marc has even felt him move!