Welcome Home!

My Big Brother and his fabulous wife Nina were married in June 2002 and lived in Poland for one year and then moved to New York where my bro was studying at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.
In March of 2005 they gave birth to Alexander. Less than two months later I had Noah, we were all so excited we both had boys.

This past Christmas they came to visit and the boys were so cute together. When they left I was so sad that they did not live closer and that the boys were not able to grow, play and develop together. My bro only had one semester left at Seminary and even though he had a tentative job lined up in New York, selfishly I prayed that somehow it would fall through or he would be offered something better here in Chicago. This was completely selfish of me and I felt a bit guilty but I just wanted my family to be all together again.
Much to my surprise, my Brother decided to take a position with The Diocese of the Midwest, which meant Joe, Nina and Alexander would be moving back to Chicago in June.
I WAS THRILLED!

Now that they are settled in we have been spending a lot of time together, especially Nina and I since we are both stay-at-home moms. They love playing with each other and have become great pals. It is so fun to have Nina to chat with about motherhood, marriage and just girl stuff:) and so fun to have my brother back to antagonize me and give me all his words of wisdom:)

We have also been spending a lot of time with my parents to and I can not tell you how beautiful it is to watch my parents glow with love and happiness as they play with their grandchildren - they love them so much. It takes everything for me to hold back the tears, especially now with all the pregancy hormones:)

Noah and I spent yesterday and today with them and It was just glorious. As I was driving Nina and Alexander home today, I glanced back at the boys only to find them holding hands - and I am not kidding - at that moment I wished I had a camera phone - it was the sweetest picture ever!
It has been absolutely wonderful to have them back.
I look forward to watching Noah and Alexander grow and develop a friendship together and watching my parents just adore their grandchildren.

So with all that said................

WELCOME HOME JOE, NINA AND ALEXANDER!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!