Gianna Rose Rizzo

Considering that her big brother was 14 when she was born, you might be able to imagine my delight when my daughter and Zach's mom, Jenny, decided to have another baby. That was Gianna, who stole our hearts from moment one.

Portrait of Gianna

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Updated: 9/9/2022		Page Views: 1306
Topics: #GiannaRoseRizzo
A year-by-year look at the lovely young lady who is my youngest granddaughter.

Please enjoy my living portrait of this lovely young lady as she has grown from infancy to adorable young lady.

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Gianna's 9th Birthday Party

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 9/2/2023		Page Views: 484
Topics: #Gianna
My youngest granddaughter celebrates her ninth birthday.

Gianna's instructions to her dad regarding the party at his house for her ninth birthday: "Please, Daddy, nothing too girly!" And he came through like gangbusters.

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Gymnastics Practice and Meet

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 10/1/2022		Page Views: 453
Topics: #Gianna
A nifty slow-mo video of Gianna practicing, and of her meet.

I was visiting the kids the other day and got some videos of Gianna practicing dismounts for today's meet.

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Gianna's 8th Birthday Party

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 9/4/2022		Page Views: 599
Topics: #Gianna #RollerSkating
Gianna skates her way into her eighth year.

If my daughter wasn't a therapist already, as I've often told her, she should be an event planner. Today's event was her daughter's eighth birthday party, a skating party.

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Gianna's Inner Squad Meet

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 8/26/2022		Page Views: 537
Topics: #Gianna #Gymnastics #ArizonaDynamics
Gianna at her Inner Squad gymnastics meet at Arizona Dynamics.

As you know from these pages, my talented granddaughter, Gianna, is a gymnast. Not a "budding" gymnast, but quite an accomplished one, having been studying it since she was 6 months old (in a program called Gymboree). She began an actual gym class at 1 year. (I'm not sure I could walk at one year!) She started with Arizona Dynamics in 2015. Today was the first meet of the season, and I caught photos and a couple videos of her on each of the events.

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Catching Up With Gianna

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 6/22/2022		Page Views: 549
Topics: #Coronavirus #Maui
Granddaughter News.

I frequently get photos of Gianna taken here or there; and I feel like I now have enough to actually make it worth putting them on a page. These pictures were taken betwen April and June of this year.

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Medals for Gymnastics

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 3/12/2022		Page Views: 759
Topics: #Family #Gianna
Spoiler Alert: Gianna won a medal in every event, including a 1st Place for Beam, and overall 2nd Place for the entire meet.

While I miss living on Maui, I do not miss missing out on my grandkids' milestones. Take today, for example: My youngest granddaughter, Gianna, who is still in first grade, has been taking gymnastics for awhile, now; and today I not only got to see her perform, I got to see her win medals!

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Gianna's Gymnastics

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 6/22/2021		Page Views: 873
Topics: #Family #Gianna
Gianna has become quite the gymnast.

When Gianna's mother, my daughter Jennifer, was about five years old, she greeted me one day when I came home from work by doing a backflip. Perfectly. When, I, in astonishment, asked where she'd learned to do such a thing, she said, "I saw it on television." When I went inside, sure enough, I saw gymnasts on the TV. It was the Olympics!

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Gianna's 5th Birthday

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 9/8/2019		Page Views: 987
Topics: #Family #Gianna
All the photos from my granddaughter Gianna's 5th birthday party. Disney princesses!

Gianna's 5th birthday party was held at home this year, and featured Gianna's friends from school and the children of Jenny's mommy friends, as well as family.

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Gianna's 4th Birthday

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 9/9/2018		Page Views: 1025
Topics: #Family #Gianna
All the photos from my granddaughter Gianna's 4th birthday party. Unicorns and princesses!

Last year, Gianna's party was such a success that her mother decided to hold this year's in the same venue, Charming Pony Parties. In attendance were Gianna's friends from school and the children of Jenny's mommy friends, as well as family.

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Papa And Gianna Have A Visit

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 1/28/2018		Page Views: 988
Topics: #Family #Gianna
Pictures and art from a visit with my younger granddaugher.

I missed visiting my grandbabies last week but wasn't about to miss a second week! So today I got to visit with them, although little Dominic had to take a nap shortly after I arrived. But that's okay; it allowed me to spend more time with Gianna. And take pics, of course; but in most cases I used the photos as a starting point for digital art. See what you think.

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Gianna's First Music Recital

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 11/22/2017		Page Views: 941
Topics: #Family #Gianna
My granddaughter is following the beat of a different drummer.

Gianna's pre-school had a music recital for Thanksgiving. The main song appears to be derived from "The Hokey Pokey".

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Gianna On The Run

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 11/4/2017		Page Views: 942
Topics: #Family #Gianna
My 3-year-old granddaughter sure gets around!

I got to spend a few hours with Gianna. At 3, she's gotten to be quite the conversationalist. She also loves to run and jump and was eager to show me what she could do, followed closely by "Baby Bubba". We went outside the front door so she could race around the new fountain.

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Gianna's 3rd Birthday Party

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 9/9/2017		Page Views: 932
Topics: #Gianna #Family
All the photos from the party for my granddaughter Gianna Rose Rizzo's 3rd birthday.

My daughter and Gianna's mother, Jenny, has becoming such an amazing party planner that I think she should take it up professionally. For example, she managed to create a party that was… Near her home No cleanup or cooking Absolutely perfect for a new 3-year-old The place is called Charming Pony Parties, and I think it is just about the cleverest idea for a business ever. More to the point, however, is how much fun the birthday girl, her friends, and the adults all had. (Granted, the adults' fun was mostly watching the kids be adorable; but that totally works for me!)

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Gianna in Key West

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Posted: 5/10/2017		Page Views: 910
Topics: #Family #Gianna
Pictures and paintings of my granddaughter taken during my recent trip to Key West.

My daughter, Jenny, has moved to Key West, taking my grandbabies with her. But that's okay, because I've been able to visit almost monthly to see them. The below digital paintings of Gianna were made from photos taken on my most recent trip in March/April.

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Gianna's Playground

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 12/13/2016		Page Views: 947
Topics: #Gianna
An hour spent in Gianna's back yard 'go gown'.

My granddaughter, Gianna, lives in a home with a generous back yard and lots of kid-gym equipment. Plus, she has attended many Gymboree sessions. So, she's pretty fearless and very determined. Which can scare the adults to death.

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Gianna Visits South Mountain

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 12/3/2016		Page Views: 935
Topics: #Gianna #SouthMountain #Arizona
We take little Gianna for her first mountain hike.

We took her older brother Zach on hikes from before he could walk; but this was Gianna's first foray into the wilderness. Okay, it was just a few yards from the Box Canyon parking lot at South Mountain Preserve. But look how isolated it appears, and when one is two, appearances are all one needs.

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Gianna Visits the Big Kid Playground

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 12/5/2016		Page Views: 941
Topics: #Gianna
My littlest granddaughter gets to play.

There are three playgrounds in Gianna's neighborhood, not including the one in her back yard. Today, Gianna, Uncle John, Ella, and myself took her to the "big kid" playground.

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Gianna Visits South Mountain

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 12/3/2016		Page Views: 933
Topics: #Gianna #SouthMountain #Arizona
We take little Gianna for her first mountain hike.

We took her older brother Zach on hikes from before he could walk; but this was Gianna's first foray into the wilderness. Okay, it was just a few yards from the Box Canyon parking lot at South Mountain Preserve. But look how isolated it appears, and when one is two, appearances are all one needs.

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Her First Easter Egg Hunt

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 3/27/2016		Page Views: 1036
Topics: #Grandchildren #Gianna
All the photos from Gianna's very first Easter egg hunt.

My daughter, Jenny, and her husband Jimmy invited us to Easter breakfast, followed by Gianna's very first Easter egg hunt! Of course, she is not yet clear on the concept—she calls eggs "balls"—but she quickly got into the swing of things.

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Gianna's Astrological Chart

By: Paul S. Cilwa			Page Views: 964
Topics: #Astrology
Gianna's stars!

You are known for being open, frank, outgoing and honest. At times, though, you are also blunt and quite indiscreet. Others have to learn not to take everything you say personally, because you usually do not mean any harm. You appreciate living your life in a straightforward and simple manner—you dislike social niceties and consider them to be hindrances to real communication. You have lots and lots of energy and tend to become quite restless if you feel confined. You demand the freedom to do as you choose—you must be self-directed or you feel trapped and anxious. With your abundant energy, you enjoy being outdoors, and you should be attracted to physical exercise or to those forms of sport which can help you burn off some of that excess energy. Very gregarious, you love to socialize—your innate enthusiasm livens up any gathering.

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Gianna Is Born

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 1/8/2001	Milestone: #Birth	Page Views: 1072
Topics: #Gianna
My second granddaughter.

Milestone:	Birth
Who:	Gianna Rose Rizzo
Date and time:	September 9, 2016 08:00 AM
Location:	Chandler, Arizona
Father:	Jimmy Rizzo
Mother:	Jennifer Ann Cilwa

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