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On June 17, 2000 April Davis became April Saraceni when she was married to her college sweetheart, Derrick Saraceni at University Friends Church in Wichita, Kansas (Slideshow). Derrick is making his career in the Air Force and Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Saraceni resided in Anchorage, Alaska from June 2000 to early 2002 where Derrick was stationed at Elmendorf AFB. While in Anchorage, April taught elementary school at Sonrise Christian School. In early 2002, Derrick attended Officers Training School at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama while April spent some time with her parents and family in Wichita, Ks. During her stay, April worked as a substitute teacher at Wichita Friends School where she had taught previously. Derrick graduated from OTS on in a huge ceremony on May 24, 2002. They moved to Vandenberg, AFB near Lompoc, California in June of 2002 where they had their first house. At Vandenberg, Derrick received specific training to be an Officer in the Air Force Space and Missiles Program. In December of 2002 they moved to Great Falls, Montana where Derrick now works as a 2nd Lieutenant at Malmstrom AFB.
April & Derrick moved into their home on Malmstrom AFT base, Great Falls, MT, on May 23, 2003. In early June they got a new puppy named Toby, a frisky little Jack Russell Terrier.
April & Derrick are hosting an exchange student for the 2004 school year. Katryn arrived about a month before school started and they all took a trip to Kansas to see April's family.
In September April announced that she is pregnant and will be due in May of 2005. April visited Haysville (home) in March and many of her family and friends threw a baby shower for her. Here is a picture of April's baby at 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 33 weeks, 35 weeks, Family at 35 weeks, OH MY GOSH (36 weeks + 3 days).
Leo Christopher Saraceni was born on May 30, 2005 at Benefis hospital and weighed in at 10lb 2oz and was 21 inches long. Leo was so big that he couldn't be delivered but the C-section went well and they both came through it in good shape. Mom (Cindi) and Dad (Daryl) were there for the birth and enjoyed seeing the new grandson but had to go home on June 2. Katryn left for home (Germany) on June 8 and April & Derrick were really sad to see her go, but she was anxious to get home and all were happy that she got to spend almost a year with them.
Cindi visited again on June 9 for about two weeks. Dad (Rick) and Step Mom (Kathy) visited in July for a few days and Mom (Beata) and Step-Dad (Wolfgang) from Germany also visited in July and August for approximately one month.
Here is Leo's 1st Video "I want to Ride my Bicycle" Leo's 2nd Video "It's Pony Time"
April came home to visit her parents and little sister Ashley in August 2005 and stayed for the Davis Family Reunion at Marcia's on Sunday, September 4. Everyone was glad to see her and Leo. Leo learned to swim in Marcia's pool.
Leo is really growing (9-18-05) and starting to chew on his fingers, April's fingers and will soon be chewing on everything he gets his hands on . . Chewy, Chewy, Chewy, Chewy, Chewy, Chewy, Chewy Baby. He also got a new Exersaucer and he is having a great time playing with all the colorful things on it trying to fly it around the room.
October 2005 - Leo is learning to vocalize and is starting to make squeak noises. He will be talking any time now.
April started a Home Business in October, 2005 selling Discovery Toys. She has her own website and will book parties via catalog or internet show, or plan a show for when she is in the Wichita area. April chats with her family on MSN Messenger and shows off her big boy on her webcam, she would show you the Discovery Toys she has to offer via the webcam, too. Please take a moment to look at April's website, and feel free to pass it on to anyone you know who might be interested in quality educational toys.
October 27, 2005 - Leo wants to crawl so bad he can hardly stand it. He is so determined, but he just can't quite get his hands and knees on the floor at the same time, but when he does there will be no stopping him.
December 6, 2005 - Well he finally succeeded. Leo crawled today. There will be no stopping him now! Leo got a early Christmas gift (Dec. 9) from his Grandma & Grandpa - its a rocking horse and we think he likes it, but he liked playing in the packing peanuts even more. He looked like he was buried in a snow drift.
In mid April of 2006 Leo started walking. In no time at all he was running all over the house, pushing his walker, banging into doorways, and laughing all the way. He is so cute.
In May Derrick was promoted to Captain. Cindi and Ashley were so lucky to be there at were able to attend the ceremony. Cindi and April even got pin his stripes on his uniform.
April, Derrick and Leo took a trip to Germany, to see Derrick's Mother (Beate) and Stepfather (Wolfgang) and other relatives in late October, 2006, for about 2 weeks. While in Germany they also visited Katrin, their former exchange student, and stayed a couple of nights in her parent's hotel in Schomberg. Photos of the trip can be seen in her photo album. Leo is at the age that he is trying to repeat everything he hears and is doing a pretty good job. Wolfgang loved playing with Leo and talking to him and since Wolfgang only speaks German and Leo repeats everything he hears, he picked up a little German along the way. They also took a side trip to France with Katrin, Katrin's mother, Beate and Wolfgang.
Derrick got his orders when they returned from Germany and they will be moving to Cavalier, North Dakota, in the spring after a stop in California for a few weeks for training. Cavalier is about 15 miles south of the Canadian border and 882 miles straight north of Wichita, Ks. He will be assigned to the 10th Space Warning Squadron at Cavalier Air Force Station. The squadron is a geographically separated unit of the 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, CO. This will be a bit of a career change for Derrick. Throughout his career is Space & Missiles, he has been working mainly in Missiles and he will now be working in Space at Cavalier Air Force Station. The squadron monitors and tracks potential missile launches against the United States and monitors everything in Space including space junk like an astronaut's lost glove. His report date is no later than April 15, 2007, and they will be there for 2 years.
They got a big snow in Great Falls on November 25, 2006 and Leo helped Derrick shovel the sidewalk. He is growing up so fast. Listen to him say shovel!
April, Derrick, and little Leo are in transition to their new home in Cavalier, ND. They visited Daryl, Cindi, & Ashley in Kansas for a couple of weeks and Autumn, Taylor, & Jason in N.V. for a couple of days in February on their way to training in California for about a month. Leo got to meet M&M Yellow, he is growing so much and starting to talk in sentences. Leo walked on the ocean beach, fed a giraffe, chased some birds, saw some penguins, and Derrick fed an ostrich. They will be passing back through Kansas in late March to pick up Toby who is staying with Daryl, Cindi, & Ashley.
April /07 - Derrick graduated from training in California at the top of his class and April, Derrick, Leo, and Toby are in their new location at Cavalier Air Force Station, Cavalier, N.D. They spent a short time in the base hotel and Toby stayed at Ruffin-it Doggie Day Care while awaiting their belongings (check out the webcam, it's pretty funny (username: ruff, password: ruff), you may have to install some software. Their belongings are expect to arrive on Saturday 4/7 so they can move into their house on base. We all had a great time while they were in Kansas, Leo and grandpa had fun with stickers. He is talking a blue streak, running in circles, and climbing on everything, and he even learned how to drink from the water fountain. Toby is as hyper as ever.

More to come . . .

This page was last updated on 05/01/2007