[blparent] Family News

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Congratulations!  How awesome is that!

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:01 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] Family News

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have definitely written to this list in order to respond to messages, 
> but
> I wanted to take a couple of minutes to give everyone the news from our
> family.
>
> Austin turned five in December.  He is very energetic and has a good
> imagination.  He loves the Disney Cars movies and toy vehicles, building
> things with Legos, designing tracks for marbles using Marble Works from
> Discovery Toys, and coloring and doing art projects.  He is in a fantastic
> in home day care, which is run much more like a preschool, and he is all
> ready reading, writing, and doing math.  We are in the process of looking 
> at
> schools for him-unfortunately, this is not always the easiest task in
> Baltimore which is not known for a steller education system.  Luckily 
> there
> seem to be a lot of very good charter school options, so we will be making
> the rounds to different open houses, filling out applications, and hoping
> for the best.  We cannot believe he will be in kindergarten this fall!
>
>                Oriana turned 1 in May.  Elmo has become a huge favorite
> lately.  She also likes books and being read to, playing with her dolls 
> and
> new doll stroller, and music and dancing.  Of course she adores her big
> brother and wants to do everything he is doing.  Austin loves Oriana a 
> lot,
> and, for the most part, enjoys playing with her and teaching her things. 
> We
> hope this close relationship will last!
>
>                And.  We just returned from an ultrasound.  We are 
> expecting
> our third baby around June 7.  Everything looks fine, so far, and we are 
> all
> excited about welcoming a new member to our family.  Austin especially
> enjoyed watching the baby on the screen, listening to the heart beat, and
> talking to the baby.  He also asked the tech a lot of questions, which I
> love to see him do.  The tech actually didn't seem to mind either.  We're 
> a
> little worried since Oriana and this baby will be so close in age.  And
> since we'll have three kids instead of two.  Any advice from parents
> experienced with either of these situations would be appreciated!  We are
> sure though, that once we actually start getting into a routine we will 
> make
> everything work.
>
>                Just wanted to share our family news, and I'll certainly 
> let
> the list know when the baby is born.  Oh, we are old fashion and want the
> sex of the baby to be a surprise.
>
> Take care,
>
> Melissa
>
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