Dominic Mark Mangino!

I have been waiting a couple weeks to post photos but wanted to wait until we met this sweet little guy...

On Tuesday, December 8th, Dominic Mark Mangino was born. Congratulations to Uncle Tommy, Aunt Danielle and proud Big Brother Vinny! We are so excited to have this newest family member. The girls (and David and I) love him to pieces. We met up with them while we were in Kansas. We hung out at the Panera for a couple hours and the kids loved it. We opened presents, played and talked. 

What's not to love?!

So excited and proud! 

She loves him!

Christina was adorable with Dominic. Here she is telling me she wanted me to "put him in my hands." She kept cupping her hands like she is in this pictures. Melt. My. Heart.

My baby isn't much of a baby anymore! ;(

All the cousins. So incredible. Five little people we all love so much!

Dominic and Uncle David.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on him. So beautiful, precious and sweet!

Welcome to the family Dominic! We love you so much!

Christmas in Kansas

The day after Christmas we headed to Kansas to celebrate with the Hardys. Here are an array of photos from our visit, which included more gifts, lots of playing and arts & crafts.

All three girls got Vera Bradley purses and lots of necessities for inside. :)

Christina opening up her adorable black boots.

Painting and having fun with our imagination.

Nana and Adriana putting together an American Girl pillow.

We enjoyed celebrating Christmas again with family. Memories that last a lifetime!

Christmas 2015!

We had a wonderful Christmas! Nonna & G-Pa came down to visit for a week and we had loads of fun. So many pictures I could post but here are the highlights from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Before Mass on Christmas Eve. Christina couldn't decide if she wanted to be in the photo or not.

After Mass we had dinner at Bellini's. Yummy!

So sweet!

She couldn't wait for Santa to visit that night.

Our family after dinner and before Christmas Eve gift opening.

He came...

Before the girls woke up.

Scooters for all of them.

Goodies in the stockings.

Star Wars dolls.

Play doh and Easy Baking Oven fun all morning. 

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! So much to be thankful for, especially the birth of Jesus, and His everlasting love. Merry Christmas!

Off to see The Nutcracker...

This has become an annual tradition for us. This was our first year to attend at the Oklahoma City Ballet. Beautiful costumes and beautiful dancing. We loved it! A great way to get into the Christmas spirit!

Christina's First Haircut

Today Christina got her very first haircut. She was so excited and loved every minute of it. So precious! She sat still in the chair and did just as she was asked. What a big girl!

Ballet Observations and Christina's Christmas Pre-School Party

All three girls attend a classical ballet school in the city. They have all progressed very nicely this semester. This week David and I attended parent observations for the two older girls. Each of their classes performed choreography to a Nutcracker song. They both did wonderfully. They are the youngest students in their level by at least 2-3 years. We are very proud of them!

Christina's pre-school class had their Christmas party this week. They got to do crafts, eat treats and had a visit from Santa Claus. Christina loved it!

Gabby danced to the Russian Dance.

Adriana danced to the Chinese Dance.

Christina making an ornament at her class Christmas party.

Christina visiting with Santa. She told him she wanted pajamas for Christmas! LOL!

Christmas parties, events and activities...

To say we've been busy this Christmas season would be an understatement by most standards. We've kicked off the first two weeks of December in full Christmas party, baking and celebration mode! Below is an array of photos highlighting the last couple weeks...

David and I attend the Mercy Hospital Gala. Mercy Hospital is a large healthcare system in OKC. It was a lovely event highlighting the great works of many dedicated health care professionals and Catholic nuns in the city. 

We attended the Children's Christmas party at the Club. The girls had a blast. They really enjoyed their visit with Santa. 

Face painting at the party!

Their visit from St. Nicholas the morning of December 6th. He brought them candy treats, books, a ginger bread house making kits and a few other things. They love when St. Nick arrives and leaves them a little something in their shoes.

David and I attended the Club's Member Christmas party, which was a really nice event with delicious food, drinks and an incredible dessert/candy bar.

The girls and I attended the Mother-Daughter Tea at the Club. It was a really lovely event and the girls thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience. We look forward to going again next year.

Making Christmas cookies. They are helping me with the pizzelles. They help roll the balls before Daddy puts them in the press.

Decorating their gingerbread house from St. Nichols.

It turned out really cute. 

They were part of the Christmas pageant at the church serving as angels. So sweet! They did a great job. Christina did so well and had the audience laughing. She's a wild one!

The girls with "Baby Jesus." So sweet!

Thanksgiving 2015

We spent Thanksgiving with the Manginos. Since the girls didn't have school the entire week of Thanksgiving, we went up on Monday and stayed until Saturday. We stayed plenty busy...baking, arts & crafts, shopping, movies and lots of fun and laughs! 

Helping Nonna with the pie crust. 

Filling the crusts for pumpkin pie.  

Daddy & G-Pa frying fish.

Cousin time to see The Good Dinosaur. Cute movie.

Love these 4. Baby Boy Mangino is due in less than 2 weeks!

Lots of fun means lots of sleep on the way home!

Thanks Nonnie, G-Pa, Uncle Tommy, Aunt Danielle & Vinny for a really fun week. It was so nice to get all together. Next time we will have one more family member... we can't wait!

We're busy doing different things...

A couple photo updates...

I caught this girl in our mudroom getting into a box of markers I had left out. She gets away with a lot more than her big sisters, but when you look at her face it's hard to not smile.

David was honored as a member of the 2015 OKC's 40 under 40. Congrats to him and all his hard work. 

Halloween Celebrations!

Happy Halloween! What a fun week we had celebrating the holiday. We spent time carving a pumpkin, attending parties and of course trick-or-treating. 

Carving pumpkins after ballet (notice the buns in their hair). The girls really enjoyed it and we baked the seeds. 

Good job girls (and Daddy)!

Christina as Jessie from Toy Story 2.

This was taken before we headed to one of our many parties. We had several fun events, including Trunk-or-Treat at our church/school and a party at the country club.

Adriana as a Minion. 

Gabby as a nerd.

Christina at her Mother's Day Out trick-or-treating and class party.

Christina making a ghost during craft time.

At the Club's party. The girls had a great time. Look at the awesome face paint!

Having so much fun!

Christina danced all night. She was front and center by the DJ all evening.

She wouldn't stop dancing for me to take a picture of her face paint.

Before trick-or-treating on Halloween night. We had a neighborhood party. It was so much fun!

A petting zoo at the party. There were kangaroos, bunnies, chickens and snakes. So fun!

Trick-or-treat!