Welcome to the World Drake Salvatore Maiolo!

Paul's cousin Kathleen and her husband Christopher welcomed a baby boy born at 10:41 PM on Wednesday November 28, 2007. He weighed 9 lbs 2 oz and was 20.5 inches long. Isn't he a cutie!

Fox 5 Update

Thanks to all of you who emailed after watching and yes Tom has decided he will give autographs only to those of you who will play ball with him! j/k For those of you who asked for the direct link to the segment click on the link FOX 5 SEGMENT on BIOFEEDBACK

Winter Coats

I know it's hard to believe that Tom and Jerry could actually need a winter coat with all the nice weather we have been having but I don't trust it to stay this temperate for too long. Soon enough there will be snow and ice and they will be out there at 5 am freezing their you know whats off. Yes it really does get COLD up here where we live. So we(Tom, Jerry and myself) went shopping and Tom and Jerry tried on coats and Christmas sweaters at the pet store so they would be all ready for the winter and the holidays. And for your information I was not the only psycho in the store with my pet trying clothes on them. There were several others. One had a whole cart of clothes! Anyway some nice little kid thought this was the coolest thing and didn't want to have anything to do with her mom shopping for cat food so she came over and helped try clothes on the dogs too. The dogs were so well behaved and let me try on a bunch of coats. Poor Jerry he is like the tall skinny kid that has to get the big size but it's too big! Here are some cute pics of them modeling their coats off at home.

Happy Turkey Day

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a pretty quiet day. Paul and Paul Jr worked out in the yard trying to tackle the never ending piles of leaves for most of the morning while I wrestled the turkey in the kitchen! I definitely got the better end of the bargain because they also had to entertain Tom and Jerry and the never ending game of ball.. ball.. ball.. ball.. You get the picture. My parents and sister came for dinner and Kevin- Jeanine's boyfriend came over for pie and cheesecake later on while the girls sat around the store circulars plotting our "Black Friday" escapade. As for the famous "Michelle" cheesecake which is only famous because Jeanine and I eat almost the whole thing ourselves every holiday and have to start the day off with a ceremonial slice as soon as we both arrive at the location of the celebration. It has become a sisterly bonding tradition that our thighs could not be without or at least our stomach doesn't think so or is it our mouths?? It was delicious as was everything else and I am not saying that because I am the chef! And yes even the dogs ate some too but no turkey only the veggies and potatoes.

As for the holiday shopping my mom and I are just about done. Maybe one or two little items left to get and that's it. We conquered Black Friday!

Fox 5 News

A doctor I have been seeing for my migraines primarily to learn Biofeedback techniques was chosen to be taped by Fox 5 News' Dr. Sapna Parikh for an upcoming segment she will be doing on the benefits of Biofeedback. The doctor had to choose a patient to demonstrate these techniques on and to be interviewed and she chose ME! The best part was that the news people wanted to tape a part about me and "my life" (specifically something that I may not have been able to do if my migraines could not have been controlled as they are) so I chose to be taped with Tom and Jerry of course. So today we went to the park and played psycho frisbee and ball and did tricks for the camera. Tom and Jerry even ate cookies off the camera's lens! They were so cute and Dr. Parikh wanted to walk Jerry and he--> all thirty strong pounds of him dragged her petite little self all over the field. They were very cute. The interview was hard though. I didn't think I would be nervous but I really was. I could almost feel a tension headache coming..... :) Then the session at the doctor's office where we demonstrated some of the breathing techniques went great. I guess it will be weird to see me with all that stuff on me and my eyes closed (what I really look like) I wore black to look skinnier! :)

The day was so nice to be off. I really did miss my class though. I worked so hard last week and all weekend for parent conferences and tomorrow I have a late meeting and I will end up working most of the aftenoon so I kind of felt like it was a deserved day off but I was also really happy to help out this doctor. She is really great and had helped out a lot this summer during our really unfortunate time. Before I left though I made sure Dr. Parikh (the Fox 5 medical reporter) had my contact info because I want to see if I can get a class trip to the news studio out of this deal. At least I won't feel so bad about missing a day on my kids.

So as for now the segment is scheduled to air next Tuesday, November 20, 2007 on the 10:00 News and then the next day on Good Day NY. It will also be on the website http://www.myfoxny.com I will keep you posted if the date or times change.

AND YES BIOFEEDBACK REALLY WORKS. They didn't make me say that either!

Cousin Ben's Blog

You must check it out. He is the hippest dancer I've seen around. And cute too. I can't believe how much he has grown since my wedding. He was such a little peanut then. He is still little but he is certainly moving and "grooving" his way into toddlerhood. Hopefully we will all catch up soon with the Indiana crew. We miss you guys!!!!

Ben's Blog

Cousins David and Grace

Here are some recent photos Grace and David. They are Michelle and Nathaniel's kids who live in Kentucky. Paul and Michelle are cousins.

Read more about David and Grace at http://www.michellemccallum.com/