Keeping Up With The Coppola's: 2010

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Baby Pool

Ok people, only 4 more days until we find out the sex so cast your vote in our baby pool:

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyCoppola1

So you can make an educated guess:
- I craved peaches and eggs in my first trimester.
- I'm now craving Mangoes and most recently Kumquats.
- The Chinese Lunar Calendar says boy.
- The online old wives tale quiz said 60% boy.
- I was nauseous the majority of my first trimester and just started feeling better at week 17.
- All family members are saying boy (except my mom).
- I had a feeling it was a boy in the beginning but after a pregnancy dream I'm now thinking girl.
- Rich also dreamt that we are having a girl.
- We really don't have a gender preference.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

We're Expecting!

Not sure if anyone actually reads this blog anymore besides my dad, but in case if you haven't heard...

We're expecting & Baby Coppola is due on August 7th!!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Saying Goodbye

Almost 20 years ago, this scrawny little thing appeared at our backdoor looking for a family. Her bones were poking out beneath her matted fur and she was freezing cold. I was 8 years old and had been begging my parents for a pet so when this tiny creature appeared on our doorstep I surely thought that my prayers had been answered. My mom instructed me not to feed it or it would stick around, so of course I quietly put my own blanket outside along with some lunch meat for this shivering critter. Night after night she continued to return to our backdoor and she eventually warmed her way into all of our hearts and our home.

Kitty-Kitty was so much more than just a pet, she became an important part of our family who was there for us in ways that are indescribable. When I left for college, she stayed behind to keep my parents company (a.k.a. boss them around). Kitty was diagnosed with kidney failure awhile back and my parents had been giving her an IV each morning to keep her hydrated. It was difficult seeing our family member get older and go through these changes but she still had her same sassy personality. More recently, she started having difficulty walking and began shivering uncontrollably. My parents had a difficult decision to make. Yesterday morning my mom fed Kitty-Kitty ice cream, a treat that she always went crazy over but we never allowed her to have, and my parents held her as she left us.

Words cannot express how much joy she brought into our lives and how much we'll miss her. We're very lucky and grateful that she picked us to become her family. Hug your pets a little tighter tonight because their time on earth goes by way too fast.