Christmas 1988

Vito opening presents on Christmas day, so cute.

Vito opening his train set.

Smokie playing with his new toy mouse.

Vito playing with Smokie.

Merry Christmas Everyone.

More 1988 Pics

Vito in the dining room of my apartment in 1988

Our cat Smokie in 1988.  He passed away about a year later and Vito took it very hard.

Vito all psyched up and ready for school, Kindergarten.

Missing teeth? Not me.

Here's Vito's first grade picture and some of his early art work. He gets in his first fight (that we know of) in this grade and it requires a conference with the teacher. We lose our cat Smokie and I'm struck by how hard he takes it. My Great-Grandfather passes away and Vito is very upset by that also. He seems to know instinctively that they are gone forever without any explanation from me. We must fire a babysitter and Vito's Aunt agrees to watch him instead. We are so lucky to have family available to care for him.

Handsome little man

Vito is almost 18 months here and these pictures came out really nice. In the larger prints you can see the cat scratch on his cheek. He got that from Smokie for pulling his tail. We had to work hard at squashing that habit and keep the cat's nails clipped. We've put an offer in on a house and close in a couple months. Our current landlord has informed us her son needs to move in to where we're living so we must find another apartment for just 2 months. Vito's new babysitter has found another job and luckily a relative comes to the rescue. She's very nice and he amazingly adjusts well to all the changes.