Bellenghi Family: June 2008

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Thanks Aunt Traci

So this is Luca and I's new favorite thing. Jet Smoothies from Dutch Bros. Traci turned me onto these since Jack loved them. Dutch Bros has these Jet smoothies that are all natural and so delicious! The beauty of them is when you order they will put half in a kids cup and the other half in a cup for you! The even BETTER part is that the kids cup is perfect. It has a rubbery straw that doesn't break when the kid drinks it and it is mostly spill proof! Luca LOVES them, as do I. Thanks Traci for the tip and all you moms out there next time you drive by a dutch bros check it out!

Vegas Baby

Rob and I decided that before we start planning baby #2, a Vegas trip was in order. We went with our dear friends Rob and Nichole (Newlyweds from Mexico wedding see below) and of course my great friend since 6th grade Davy who lives in Vegas spent most of the weekend with us as well. Coincidentally my friend Miranda who lived with me while we lived in Vegas was in town visiting from Indiana so we were able to meet up with her as well. It was an amazing weekend. We stayed at the Palazzo (the Venetians new tower) and it was beautiful, I pulled every connection I had to get us upgrades to amazing suites. We went to a few new clubs that liked (Tryst, Blush, and Tao) and ate at some fabulous resturants (Del Toro and Nobu) We spent our days by the pool and did surprisingly very little gambling. Those of you who know me well know that is not typical. Anyways here are some pictures of our weekend. Nichole has the other half so I will post some from here later...

Rob and I at Tryst

Rob,myself, Rob and Nichole before going out.

The boys at Blush

My favorite picture of the weekend.
Nichole, Myself, Miranda
Rob, Rob, and Matt
At Blush

Dinner at Del Toro in the Palazzo (there were Lamborghini's in the showroom?)

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Luca is 17 months old!

Ok well it has been a few weeks since I last posted...things have been awesome. I think Luca is attempting to potty train? Lately he will do the sign for poop then say potty and run to the bathroom. We have yet to actually "potty train" but he seems interested so I went out today and bought a training potty and a travel training potty. We will see how it goes, at this moment he is actually standing in the potty (they don't have water in them) so I think I have my work cut out for me. I probably wont force it for a while just follow his lead, I mean he is 17 months? I have heard boys don't normally potty train until closer to 3, is that correct?

Anyways other then that we are having a hard time getting him to eat and getting him off the bottle which I think these two are mutually exclusive. Once he is off the bottle I think he will eat more. Currently he only takes milk in the morning and before bed so I am going to start cutting out the bottle in the mornings. The sad part (well for me) is that the bottle in the morning is my saving grace since Luca has been waking up at 5:30 AM! But whatever I will adjust....I mean he will adjust :)

Here are some pictures as of late.

Jackson at the Zoo

Luca at the Zoo

Grandma and Poppi having fun with Luca

Our fam

Blake, Luca, and Jack after the zoo...still in decent shape. (We had just finished sitting by a little water fountain and making sure the boys weren't going to jump in when this little boy and his mom came walking up and he just ran right into the water, she tried to laugh it off but was clearly annoyed since they had probably just got to the zoo)