Some favorite pics from last week

Yes, this was daddy's idea and Yes, that is a bandaid on her pants

She is such a good hider

Musical Lucy!! Loves to sing and play guitar


OOHH So cold


Driving cousing Mccoy and Elmo and Cookie Monster


Daddy's Girl


'Sun, Gwasses, Oosey'


Lucy's view


Look at her hair!

Jammin' with the speakers

Favorite pics from this week

Daddy is a wimp- taking the pic from inside the cozy warm house.
Lucy loves her bike and has started to ride it Annie Oakley style.

Lucy is a big 'helper' in the kitchen. Here she is stirring ricotta for our lasagna!
Pudding face!

Travel Days

Italy 2007
His family initiated me as the bride. I walked through the village with this traditional Italian Outfit on.



Closer to Home : Lilac Festival 2006


Clearwater Beach- 2006

So much fun.



Vegas Red Rocks-Beautiful!

Wishing I could go back to each and every place!

Rain Rain Go Away

Wishing I was still on this cruise!

Big Hugs

Sometimes things in life are not what they seem... However, some things are positively true and undeniable.

For instance, how much I (momma) love my little girl. She loves her school and really loves elmo too. She is into Lego's and Play dough too. It is nice to reflect on these little things that make her so happy. Momma and Daddy make her happy too!

More updates, soon! ( I figure if I say it, it may happen ;)

Big Changes for Lucy

Day after surgery

10 days after surgery and pasta



Ok, so we have not fallen off the face of the earth but just have been sooo bizzy.

First and foremost, no hiccups. Seems like a combination of valium and other muscle relaxers did the trick for John, poor guy! 10 days is a long time.

Lucy's surgery went as well as we hoped for. The operation for her cleft lip revision was about 3 hrs. We both cried and cried when we saw our beautiful little girl for the first time in recovery. It was so hard to see her all stitched, swollen and oozy. It took about 3 days before I could really talk about it without getting emotional. I still have a hard time. I look at her a lot and I truly miss my little girls face. I fell in love with her big smile and full lips and now she looks SO different to me. beautiful, of course but I am having a harder time than her daddy is with it.

We now have to try and massage the area as much as we can, which is a joke. She will not even let me clean her nose. John has much more success at it then I do!

It was a rough patch there but we had a lot of support from family making trips to the hospitals for both Lucy AND John! Thank goodness we are past that.

She started her first day at her 'preschool' today! She will attend Mon-Fri each morning for 2.5 hrs. It is run through the Rochester Hearing and Speech program. We REALLY hope this will allow her to pick up new speech habits and start talking much more! I do have to say I miss her speech therapist a bunch and can see where she has gotten a bit lazy with trying some of her sounds. She will be receiving therapy there in class. We shall see. She made it through the first day with out being in too much trouble for being naughty with the other kids so that is GOOD!

Here are some pics from our last month or so.

our new situation

just to keep everyone in the loop, lucy had her upper lip surgery on thursday - this was to repair the work done in china and to connect the two muscles into one - the surgery went well, she is home recovering, but we are sad. she is so swollen and it hurts to see her like this. we cannot even tell what she will really look like 'in the end' - but we are nervous for her. she had such a cute, beautiful little smile, we loved her little fat lip - yes, we know it had to be done, but its tough to think of that when she is all stitched up and bleeding. poor lil bugger. i am not sure we even want to show any photos of her right now.

not to be selfish, but i had to steal some of her thunder.. i have had hiccups for 7 days now. day and night, every 6 seconds. they went from being funny to suicidal. at times, i feel like i am losing my mind here. they hurt. to no end hurt. i spent the night in the ER onthursday, so we brought lucy home and i went to the hospital in her place. got some meds, but they are still here. i have moments of calm, no hiccups. i think of the days and times i wasted when i didnt have them. like relecting back on my life from my deathbed or something. i am telling you, they are driving me crazy.

so yeah, good times in the house of bevacqua.

trip pics

packing our bags -



waiting for the Disney tram - exciting day ahead!






























we gotta go...