Isabelle Rosalie Boneno

Well, nothing ever goes as planned in our little Griswald family! Tropical Storm Lee brought a whole lot of suprises including our newest addition to our crazy family! We were all set for her to arrive on the 14th, so Scott and I and the girls along with Katie and her family all headed to Texas for the long weekend. We arrived at Biggie and Me Me Deb's Friday night around 8p. The girls were so excited to get there and could not wait to get in the pool! We all settled in for bed around 11p and I awoke to a text around 430a from Jen saying her water had broke and they were at the hospital!!! WHAT??!!!!! I woke up Katie and woke up Scott and then we woke up Dad and Deb. Katie and I were in a panic! How were we going to get back to BR with a Tropical storm pounding most of South La.???!!!! We turned on the weather channel and it did not look good at all! We made the hard decision to stay put, it was not safe for us to drive. We were all heart broken but knew Jenny and Baby were in good hands and Kevin and Mom promised to keep us updated!

Thank goodness for Skype! This was the next best thing to being there! We were able to talk to Jen and Kevin and see their anxious faces! We were all gathered around the computer including all of the kids! We skpyed one last time and then Kevin said "Ok, time to have a baby, we will talk to you later!". The computer screen went black and then silence. We sat there on pins and needles waiting for them to call us back!!!! And then Mom made the call.......................

IT's A GIRL!!!!!!!! IT's A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie and I were screaming at the top of our lungs!!! Tears were flowing and I all I remember is hugging Katie and jumping up and down! Deb and Dad were hugging and I think Ella Kate just looked at us all like "I TOLD YOU SO!!!" She had the biggest smile on her face and ran to hug Libby, Mills and Riley! Russell and Scott just looked at us all like we were crazy! But that is us, we are the Griswalds and we wouldn't have it any other way!

Isabelle Rosalie Boneno was born Saturday 9/3 at 243p. She weighed in at 5 lbs 14 oz 19 in. She is Gorgeous!!!! Kevin told us what a Champ Jen was and I could hear the pride in his voice! Luca has a baby sister!!! Their little family is now complete.

We finally were able to get back to Baton Rouge yesterday and meet Baby Isabelle. She is the most precious little thing ever and even though we were not there when she came into this world, I felt like she knew we were with her the entire time! Ella Kate and Riley were over the moon, they kept wanting to hold her and everytime I asked if I could hold her, Ella Kate would say, "Yes, but you will give her right back to me, right???" None of us wanted to let her go, she is just so sweet!


Their Little Princess has arrived!!!!!! We are so blessed to welcome her to the Griswald Family!

1st Day of School

Yesterday was a very big day for us, first day of Pre K for Ella Kate!!!!!
We walked Riley over to daycare first so Ella Kate could show off her new uniform to all of Riley's friends and to her old teachers, she was so proud! And then we walked over with some of her friends to their classroom. It was so special! I left her there and looked back and she was just a smiling away, as happy as can be!

Me Me picked her up later and said she had a great first day! I asked her all about it and she told me her teacher, Mrs. Gina, was awesome and it was so fun! She said she had recess and ate lunch in the cafeteria and carried her lunch tray like a big girl!!!

Yep, my little girl is growing up!!!!!!

Our little Crawfish

Ella Kate has been busy this summer! She just finished up swim classes at Crawfish Aquatics. Riley kept busy playing on the waterslides and eating snow balls while her sister was learning to become a fish!

Check out our little swimmer in action-





And Riles the Daredevil-

A Star is Born!!!!

Ella Kate loves to DANCE! She has been so excited about her recital and could not wait to get on that stage! It was the cutest thing ever to see her up there and it brought tears to my eyes! We were all there to cheer her on and I think Riley was the proudest of us all! She rocked her Recital! Even when her tap shoe went flying off mid tap routine, the girl kept going like the star she is!! We were so proud of her!!!! And boy did she love all of the flowers that she was given after her performance!!! It was a magical night for our little ballerina!!!


Here are videos of her from the dress rehearsal, talk about cute!!!!-






And lots of pics from the Recital!-

Annual Griswold's Memorial Day Weekend

Every year, we go to Dad and Deb's for Memorial Day Weekend, we pile the kids in the car and take off! The kids live in the pool and the adults partake in lots of good food and spirits. Let me just set the scene for you-we are the GRISWOLDS!!!!

If you listen closely, I swear you could hear "Holiday Road, oooooo oooohhhh Holiday Road!" in the background! We lived up to our Griswold name-kids everywhere, toys strewn about, sippy cups mixed in with beer bottles, little potty breaks pool side and a near caddyshack moment thanks to Luca, dixie cups for wine by the pool,full bellies that require half a bottle of Tums, sunburns, and laughter! ALOT OF LAUGHTER!!! When we get together, we sure do have some fun!!!
















And this was probably the most precious sight ever- SILENCE IS GOLDEN!!!! This was the only quiet time we had all weekend!