April 27, 2008 by Angelo     3 Comments »

So I heard on the news maybe last night or the night before, “fritz is coming back with your weather and he said we’ll have to put away those sweaters” which made me think ok, it’s nearly May the heat is going to start coming.


Not what happened, we get a warm day yesterday and then today, hello almost 100 where the heck did you come from all of the sudden. GRRRR I hate the heat. Above 75 and I can’t stand it!


OK venting aside, today seemed like a good day to head to the coast and enjoy some relief. Lori and I loaded into the car and drove towards PCH. It was a nice ride and the coast had a nice refreshing breeze. We drove from Long Beach to Laguna via PCH.


When we landed in Laguna I decided to park at my childhood favorite spot, Divers Cove. It was under construction, well the Heisler Park part was being revamped. So we walked down to the beach and then hopped on the rocks and walked out around the cove. As I stated, this is the spot I used to come to as a kid and I used to play on those rocks, bodyboard and snorkel around the cove.


This also happens to be the spot where I took Lori 4+ years ago to purpose (04/04/04 at 4pm!) So it was nice to visit and remember the moment and also for me to remember my childhood moments as well. We also were able to dream about how fun it would be to bring little Dominic here to play when he gets old enough.


We headed up and took over to the Mexician food place down the way. They were busy but we got in on the patio pretty quickly and had nice lunch. Great chips, salsa and guacamole and we each ordered the Tostadas which were super tasty!


This trip served a few good purposes: getting out while we still can and while Lori is still able to move, reliving our engagement moment, escaping the CRAPPY heat, seeing some nice scenery and allowing me to capture more practice footage with the new camera.


So here’s a clip of some of today’s adventures:








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April 22, 2008 by Angelo     10 Comments »

Today we went to do a 3D/4D ultrasound of our baby. They confirmed a few things for us:

He is most definitely a BOY!

He is colored gold!

His name will be Dominic Angelo Alberico

Ok so they didn’t confirm his name, but we’re finally telling everyone!

Here are a few screen captures they took for us.



Chubby Little Cheeks!



Hard to see from the still image, but he was smiling!


It’s probably a little too early to tell who he looks more like, but here’s a photo of each of us:


I’ve also uploaded the video they gave us:








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Overall it was a very cool experience!


April 10, 2008 by Angelo     5 Comments »

A few of us were in Vegas celebrating some bachelor (or soon to be lack there of) good times. While there, we mingled near a certain big named pageant which was going to be taking place in a few days at some crazy hotel.


Well, it turns out our timing was great because they were in need of some of my special skills. So I offered my special skills, they decided the resume I was wearing was evidence enough that I was a professional… and here’s a photo of my special skills credential.



I also was honored to have an assistant (sorry, didn’t get a photo of him with his credential).


Well it turns out that since my special talent wasn’t required anymore (and that I love my wife dearly) I have finally fully shaved off all my facial hair! It had been nearly 8 months with facial hair, which was good times but it did feel great to clean up again!


I guess I achieved my goal of taking photos of me with various funny facial hair so in like 10+ years my kids can look at photos of their dad and laugh!


April 3, 2008 by Angelo     6 Comments »

I’m posting this because, I like to give into peer pressure and I believe in not breaking chain letters, email forwards… no not really

Actually I’m physically exhausted it’s been a long few weeks of cleaning, shopping, moving stuff around, wall paper stripping, entertaining an out of town friend (which was an awesome break from all this) and now tomorrow begins PAINting!

So without further a due…



You Are a Colon


You are very orderly and fact driven.

You aren’t concerned much with theories or dreams… only what’s true or untrue.

You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched.

You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren’t subject to whim or emotions.

Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice.

(But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!)

You excel in: Leadership positions

You get along best with: The Semi-Colon

Ha… A Colon!