Santa came to our house last night and we celebrated on the 24th. (It's Steve's turn to have Aiden for Christmas this year.) There were a ton of presents under the tree and we had a blast opening them. We went to A Christmas Celebration at Busch Gardens for our Christmas Eve and saw Santa at his Workshop and the North Pole!
Here is our Christmas tree this year. (I must have tilted the camera when I was taking the picture.)
I made Aiden a sandwich for dinner and cut the crusts off, thus resulting in a rectangle sandwich. Aiden notice an said, "look, a rectangle!" I told him good job and asked for a high-five. He then said, "I can't I'm eating!" maybe it was the facial expression but I laughed pretty hard. Gotta love what 3 yr olds say!
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Aiden has his first sleepover today with his friend Paxton. They played Buzz and Woody, and pirates, and watched Scooby-Doo!
Please send me your e-mail addresses if you'd like to continue reading out blog! I kinda' got creeped out when someone from Singapore was commenting on my blog, so it's time to go private!
Almost forgot.... my e-mail is thegiannifamily@yahoo.com
Aiden is finally interested in potty training (probably cuz we promised him a big Optimus Prime toy) and its been nice. He only has had a few accidents, and I can't wait until he is fully potty trained because I will only have to buy one size of diapers instead of two!
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So the other night I made shake'n bake chicken with stuffing and cooked carrots. I cut everything up into small pieces for Aiden to eat and had everyone sit down for dinner. Aiden takes one look at his plate, sighs with both hands on his face and says, "I'm supposed to eat this?" ...from the mouth of babes...
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So my mom arrived on the 14th of October and left Nov 1st. I was sad to see her go because I really appreciated all of her help. Anyway, here are some pics of the last couple of weeks.
Aiden in the Bumblebee mask and his friend Rowden in the Optimus Prime mask
Nick and I at a Halloween Party 
Mom and I playing Scrabble
Elle, Nana, Carmy and Aiden ready for Trick-or-Treating!
We carved pumpkins tonight along with our neighbors, Angie and Mikey. Aiden did not like scooping out the "guts". He painted his pumpkin because him and knives do not mix!
Our Little Pumpkin
My Pumpkin
Aiden's Pumpkin
Today is Aiden's 3rd Birthday. Since he loves Halloween just as much as Nick, we chose to have a Halloween Birthday party. There isn't much to write about because the pictures are self-explanatory, but I will say that next year, I am doing it at Chuck E Cheese. 
Saturday was Nick's 26th birthday. Friday night we went out to dinner just the two of us and on Saturday, we had our neighbors over as well as my mom who is in town. We had tuna casserole per Nick's request and since Nick loves Halloween, Angie (neighbor) made him a jello cake from a brain mold. It was awesome. I am glad we have great neighbors to celebrate with!
Carmine James-Francis Gianni was born Oct 2nd at 11:03am. He weighed in at 7lbs 11oz and 20.25in long
Tomorrow is my scheduled c-section for the little one to come! I hardly slept last night because of excitement. I have to be at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth at 6:15am so expect pictures to be posted sometime tomorrow! Haven't figured out how to blog from my iPhone, so check my facebook and myspace accounts.
PS April-I need your address again so I can send those maternity clothes!
We went to the Thrift Store City today and
found this tool bench for $6.98!
Aiden loves it
We also found this kitchen table that includes a leaf for $24.98. Mismatched chairs but I don't care! 
And this is my baby belly. 35 weeks and 5 days
