Leora will be 2 next month! And baby will be here in about 12-13 weeks!

Mommy turns 27 years old! We celebrated as a family the same day we had our first day out to look at houses!

This is the house we are waiting to get approved for us to buy. Join us in prayer that this process would be smoothe and that God's will would be done. We are really excited about it...its an awesome house!

Leora with homemade blueberry syrup making a delicious mess! She's saying Hi in the first one so she looks hilarious.

She loves riding on Papai's shoulders!

Playing at the park one gorgeous day...she LOVES the park!

Well, we will celebrate Leora's birthday in one month from now! She is getting so big and learning so many new words. She is learning her manners and saying please and thank you. She can be an angel one minute, and a total drama queen the next! Of course she doesn't understand that a new baby will be coming soon...and it will take some adjustment. But I think she will enjoy having a baby around to play with and boss around a little! Right now the cat and the dog are her playmates when we are at home! But when mom moves she will take Frankie, so we are thinking about keeping the cat as an outside pet because Leora loves her so much!! She loves all things animals! She has also learned recently that she LOVES to paint! She has a ball painting in her high chair while I make dinner in peace!

As you may know, we are in a strange situation home wise. Mom is selling her house and moving to Austin to attend a massage therapy school there with Liz. So we will need to move out here in the next month or two. We put an offer or a house that s known as a Short sale and this special process can take a looong time to close. We have to wait 45 days at LEAST just to know if they accept our offer and we can buy the house. Then another 20 or so until we could close and move in. Not to mention the possible problems that could come up. But we feel that God has led us to this house and we are praying for miracles to happen so that everything will be done in time. God can part the sea and raise the dead...I'm pretty sure He can deal with this! We are couing on it being approved by April 30th for the tax credit to apply, and also to be moved in before the baby is born! But in between we could very well be homeless if mom's house sells very quickly... so pray that timing would work just right and we could go straight from here to there without having to find friends to stay with!

We love you all and miss all of you in Brasil dearly! We are hoping that maybe at least Italo can come visit soon, and whenever possible...all 4 of us!! Funny to say 4...but there will soon be a fourth Furieri in this family!

Allison

Leora is 20 months old and Christmas is coming!

We had a little Christmas photo shoot so that we would have a good picture for our Christmas cards. We had a good time, and aunt Liz took them for us while we were in Austin for Thanksgiving!





Yes, its true...it snowed in Houston. Leora had a little cold though so she didn't really get to play in it. But we did have fun watching it and sitting by the warm fire!

These are some pics from Thanksgiving at aunt Liz's house. Italo played xbox a lot of the time and Leora played with the many different beanie baby animals that Liz had in the closet. All the while, Liz went to work and mom and I made the food! It was a nice relaxing good time!

No baby belly pictures yet, but I'll get some soon. There is a bump, but not too noticeable yet. I'm just still feeling so sick that its hard to get much done these days! I am about 15 weeks along right now and hoping every day to feel better, but no such luck yet!

We are all doing well though. We hope to start a home search soon. So that is exciting! Things are always changing in this household! Leora is getting so big and talking more and more all the time. Yesterday she counted her 3 grapes left on her plate in Portuguese. Italo was way proud of that. Everyday she seems to learn 5 new words! She is also learning her manners and saying, please, thank you, and yes ma'am!
That's all for now I think! Until next time....! xoxo

Leora is gonna be a big sister??!

At cousin Merrick's birthday party
Hanging around the house while Merrick was here. Eating some tortilla soup, and putting on shoes. She loves to put on shoes and clothes. A true girl!

After the Texans football game with Papai. It was Red day...


All the cousins went to Nature Fest. Leora LOVED the petting zoo. Italo went in with her and they had a great time of bonding! The middle picture is the best one I got of ALL the cousins together, haha. They don't exactly stand still!
So for all of you that are not aware, we have found that we are expecting another baby. Leora will be a big sister sometime in June, and if she could understand that...she would probably be ok with mommy being sick because she'd be so excited about a new baby! She LOVES babies! I just hope she loves this baby enough to share her mommy and Papai with it!
More to come on the new baby as that develops. So far, there is nothing exciting to report except that I feel terrible ALL DAY! But that shall pass, and the belly will grow, and soon we will have a new baby! Hooray!
Until next month...

Leora is 17 Months old!

Leora turned 17 months today and finally got her first haircut! More of a trim actually. Her little baby mullet was getting way too long in the back and making a strange little poof, so I gave her a trim and managed to get some before and after shots! The first is before...you can see how long...
and then this is after! Now her hair sort of curls under in the back and looks oh so cute and stylish, haha! She also hasn't been feeling well today. She is teething and has been miserable and feverish all day. Poor baby! But right now she is sleeping soundly and will hopefully feel better tomorrow!
We spent Labor day at a camp called Trinity Pines which is right next door to Camp Cullen where Italo and I first met! Italo needed some relaxing time with his girls before the next two weeks of working like crazy!!

This is before church one day. Her blue dress makes her eyes just POP!

We found an abandoned Kitten on the street one night, and she has since become part of our family. Her name is Annie (as in little orphan Annie), and she is Leora's new obsession! We thought the kitty would be safe from Leora in her little house. But as pictured above, Leora managed to fit herself into the pet taxi chasing after Annie! We laughed so hard...it was awesome!

Leora is 16 months old!

Saying goodbye to aunt Rachel



using the potty and wearing big girl panties!!


1st bowling experience for Rachel's last day

Fun around the house, the beach, and her tiny ponytail!