Busy Weekend

They wore matching outfits up at the cottage

A very nice sunset after a very cold day.

Vince all bundled up and ready for his first boat ride. He slept through the whole adventure.

Vince at 3 months old

Vince and Sam

He had crazy hair when he woke up from his nap.

Emmie and Vince. They are about three months apart in age.

Vince dipped his toes in the water at Paul and Kathys house for the first time, he was not to sure what to think.

The Bellmore Boys, at least the ones that were there. Luke, David, Nick, Tom and Vince, and Andy.

The Bellmore great grandkids minus Ethan. Korine holding Emmie, Madeline, and Chloe holding Vince.

I can't believe it is already August! Where has the time gone? We had a very busy weekend, Grandma and Grandpa Santini came down on Friday, and we went to Uncle Paul and Aunt Kathy's house on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we went and saw the newest addition to the family Emmie, Andy and Amy are her parents, Andy is Nick's cousin. She is only a week old and so cute. Vince and Emmie got along very well, they looked at each other, held hands, and Emmie even sucked on Vince's hand when he put it in her mouth. It was so sweet watching them together. Nick's other cousins were there too, David, Courtney, their kids Korine, Chloe, and Madeline, and Becky. We had a wonderful dinner and stayed pretty late but Vince did very well.

On Sunday we went back to their house to see Luke before he left for the Army. All of the people above were there plus Tom and Aunt April. Being that it was about 95 degrees and very humid Paul and Kathy's pool came in handy. Overall it was a great weekend.

Vince also turned 3 months old on the 4th so we took some pictures again. He is getting so big. On Monday he weighed in at 12 pounds 4 ounces. You will notice in the pictures that the jean overalls he has on in the 3 month pictures are the same ones that were huge on him in the pictures of him trying on clothes at about 1 month old. We have had to start putting away his newborn clothes.

Other than all of this, last week was a pretty slow week with the exception of Vince having a little bit of blood in his stool. Last Sunday we ended up at the ER because he had quite a bit of blood in it but after all of the tests they ran they were able to rule out any infection and they sent us to a GI specialist the next day. They are still not exactly sure what is causing it but we are trying to figure it out. They are treating him for a fissure right now but if that does not work they are going to look into him having a milk protein allergy. If he does have that the doctor said that most kids outgrow it by the time they turn one, so that is not too bad.

This week is going to be a busy one. I am going to be working Monday through Wednesday for sure and possibly Thursday. I was able to get some work writing curriculum for the ISD. It will be a good test for what it is going to be like when I go back to work in September. Vince has physical therapy like usual, his first Early On home visit, a MRI to check the blood that was in his brain after the seizures, and a Neurosurgeon appointment. We hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer and that it is not going to fast.

Love,

Nick, Andrea, and Vince