School Days

I started my new school today. I was very excited walking in but became very shy after we arrived in my new room. My new teacher is Ms. Allie and there is only nine or so other kids with me. The room is much larger than I'm used to and things are very different, but in a good way. This place is very structured.

My drop off was difficult and my parents could hear me crying all the way to the front door. My mommy called about 30 minutes later and I had calmed down and was doing really well. I just needed some time to get my barrings.

****Update: After almost an entire week at my new school, I'm loving it. My drop offs are going very smoothly and I love that my daddy can take me and pick me up. I have received not one, but two 'Caught Being Good Tickets' for being a great listener in class. As a prize for receiving each ticket I get a little army man. I'm napping and eating really well and making new friends. Things are going really well, as much as I miss my friends and teachers from WNC me and my family think this school change was a great decision.

Heading to the Cabin in Yosemite

After a tearful (on my mom's part) goodbye at school, we started our trek to Yosemite for the weekend. My daddy's good friend Matt has a friend who owns a cabin not to far out of the Yosemite Valley in Groveland CA. On the advice of Matt's brother Brian, we took a very scenic yet scary State Route 4. The road was very windy and at one point what was a two lane road was unlined, barely paved, and super narrow, but it was supposedly a 'two lane' road. Thankfully it was a quiet road and isn't even cleared in the wintertime, so we didn't have any problems.
The windy roads didn't stop there. Everything which lead to Groveland and Yosemite was windy and with steep grades. I even got carsick on the way to Yosemite. That was a first in my 3.5 years of life. Poor Margo and Matt sitting next to me. We had to take a different road in because of a fire. It was windy and I puked about halfway there. The fire started as a controlled burn that quickly turned out of control. So it was pretty hazy and very warm. We did get to see some cool helicopter action which made it all worth it.
The cabin was fun and it was great to hang out with Margo and Matt. The place has a huge yard and I played baseball and tore around. We were all very tired after a whirlwind couple of days of primarily being in the car and had a wonderful dinner the last night at the cabin. I even enjoyed a beer with Matt and daddy. Okay, before you call CPS on my parents it was an washed out beer bottle filled with my favorite drink of choice...milk! No actual beer just the bottle, but boy, did I think I was a hot stuff!!!

It Can Be hard Saying goodbye

Well, my time has come to say goodbye to all my special friends and teachers, who are more like family, at the WNC Child Development Center where I have been going to school for nearly three years.

I have had a wonderful time there and meet so many people and learned so much, but it is time to make the move to Reno in hopes that I will make friends in my own area before I go to Kindergarten.

My parents and I have chosen a wonderful place called Kids R Kids that is about 5 minutes from our house, so now, my daddy can easily drop me off and pick me up also. This will help when there are two of us. They even have little school buses to take us bigger kids on field trips.

It is so hard to say goodbye and as my friends gave me loves and so did my teachers my eyes really did get a little teary. I don't think I understood the emotion I was having, and I wasn't sure how to react, but I know that something was going on and things were really about to change. Of course my six month pregnant mommy was a blubbering teary mess, but we expect nothing less from her right now.

In celebration we had a pizza party and my mommy, daddy and grandma brought mini cupcakes for afternoon snack before we left. My friends in the Raccoons gave me a wonderful framed class picture as a parting gift. I'm sure going to miss you guys!!!

Welcome Baby Siena Lynn Conforti

That little peanut of a baby my daddy is holding is the newest addition to the Conforti family.

Siena Lynn Conforti entered the world at 6:32 this morning at 7lbs, 3 oz and 19" long.

Welcome to the world Siena!!!!

Congratulations to Joe, Rachel, and big sister Sabrina!

Nesting ~ Like My Birdie Friends???

My mommy woke up in a frenzy today. She decided today was the day that we would clear out my current playroom to make room for my new baby brother. My baby brother that won't be here for another three months, but I guess that is besides the point. My mommy had my daddy moving couches, tables and chairs and now my new playroom is in our living room, so now it is a living room/playroom. It turned out really nice if I do say so myself and now there is clear clean room for my brother's crib which I'm sure will be setup any day at the rate my mommy is going.
My daddy told me that my mommy was 'nesting' and that she did it with me also. Does this mean she is acting like the birdie friends that I like to watch so much in the yard? I'm not really sure what it means, but if she goes and gets me a worm for breakfast, I'm heading for the hills.

Baby #1

I'm 9o% in love with my baby brother. I love to soak my feet with my mommy after a long day. Heck, my feet are swollen too! I talk to her belly, announcing through her belly button that 'Jake is here', and give her and the baby belly plenty of hugs and kisses, but I'm starting to get a little nervous about his arrival in just a few months.
I have told my mommy a few times in recent weeks, one time through tears, that I don't want to be a big brother and that I'm baby #1!!! I'm baby Jake!!! My mommy tells me no matter how many babies she has (there will only be two folks) that I will always be her baby boy. It better stay that way! Same goes for my daddy. He shows one once of favoritism and all bets are off with my little brother, we will be looking at 20% love. Oh, life is going to be a whole lot different for me come December. Life as a singleton will be over.

UP, UP and Away

Today my family drove down to Minden where my daddy got in a small 4-seater plane with a man named John to spread the ashes of my late GG over Jobs Peak. This is also where the ashes of my late great-grandpa Don are. I just happened that today would have been my GG's 75 birthday. Me, mommy, grandma and grandpa watched from the airport parking lot as my daddy hit the friendly skies, and we all said a little goodbye to GG, but all it takes is one look at Jobs Peak after a snow storm, or anytime to know that GG will always be with us at a truly beautiful final resting place.

I was a little upset that I couldn't go up in the plane but the process of spreading the ashes is very loud since a window needs to be open and the pilot was worried I would be scared, but when my daddy finally landed he had a big surprise for me in store. John would take me up in the plane for a ride, so me, daddy and grandma all got in the plane and got a tour of Carson and the Carson Valley from about 11,000 feet. It was awesome! I enjoyed every minute of it. We flew over my grandma's house and Empire golf course, Julie and Dean's house and my GG's old house. You could just barely see Lake Tahoe and the Carson Valley looked as pretty as ever at 11,000 feet!

I kept thanking John the pilot. He told us that the first time he flew he was about my age and it made such a lasting impression that by the age of 19 he had his pilots license, and knew even at such a young age that he loved to fly. I think I will remember this journey for a long time.

School Carnival

Today my school hosted a fund raising carnival. It was a great turnout and it seemed like all the families were having a good time. My mommy, daddy and grandma all took turns with me playing fun little games, winning prizes, and there was even a pony I got to feed and face painting. The best part was throwing water balloons at the director of my school Ms. Dre. My class made cupcakes for the bake sale, so armed with sugary snacks and a bag of prizes we had to finally leave escaping the heat of the day.
Off to take a nap because tonight is a Reno Aces game for my daddy's annual company picnic. Busy Summer days and nights.