Family!

There is nothing better than having your entire family together in one place!! In early April, my parents, brother & sister came out to celebrate Easter with us. It was a holiday I looked forward to and talked to Massimo about for months ("Nana Juju is coming in 3 weeks!").

The 5 days we spent together were full of lots of fun outdoors, tons of snuggling, and LOVE.LOVE.LOVE!

Massi loved having everyone here... he entertained us all with his funny personality, energetic spirit and loving demeanor! He is just so full of affection! Every morning during my family's visit, he would wake up,head to the closet, grab his shoes and coat and stand at the door until I was ready to go. Cuddling with Juju & Chelsea in their hotel room

was a morning highlight!

We woke on Easter Sunday, to find baskets for ALL (even Bella!) and enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt for Massi! With everyone gussied all up, we made our way to church, where Massi begged and begged daddy to bring him to the front row so he could see all the instruments and dance to the music...he is going to be one little musician!

Our afternoon was full of excitement as the Van Houten's experienced their very first EARTHQUAKE!! At around 2 p.m., just as we were all relaxing around the house, the aftershock of a 7.6 quake in Baja Mexico, jolted the city of Los Angeles. As a 4 year SoCal veteran, I'd like to say I'm somewhat "used" to these quakes occurring, but to see my family experience one was just classic! I think they were ready to go home after that...

My family leaving was nothing short of "SEE YOU SOON", as the Leone's will be making their way back to NJ in April & June! We cannot wait to see everyone...

Enjoy the rest of our Easter Photos here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsayvh/VanHoutenLeoneEaster#

P.S. Nick talked me into keeping this blog going until Isabella is born! He was sad to see it part earlier than it had too :)