Proud to be an American.....

I told Luca that we put our hands on our hearts when we hear the national anthem.
He took what I said literally and put both hands on his heart :)

Luca's first Olympics....what an amazing opening ceremony!! Go U.S.A!!!

Exciting News....

Luca is going to be a big brother!!! It is still really early but I am a horrible secret keeper so please keep your thoughts and prayers with us!!

Luca and Jack Summer Photo Shoot

We decided to take the boys to Picture people for a cheapo photo session to get some fun summer pictures. The boys had a hard time standing still and smiling. Despite the difficulty we got some cute pics. Here are a few of them.





Luca 18 months, Jack 15 months.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. Typically we spend this day with the Bellenghi's since it is our nephew's bday on the 3rd, however this year they spent it at the beach house so we had the chance to head to Lebanon for the 4th! We had a great day of bbq-ing, poker, and charades. We nixed the fireworks since the boys were so little and were in bed by the time it was dark out, but we had a wonderful day. Here are some pictures.

The Dads with their boys

Mamas with their boys

Grandma and Luca after a long day of playing...I am not sure why his shirt is unbuttoned??

Aunt Traci and Luca

Luca and Blake not happy about nap time

The Fords

Luca and Jack

Father's Day

Since Rob and I were traveling home from Vegas on Father's day we celebrated the day in Black Butte the following weekend. Coincidently we were in Black Butte for Rob's first father's day as well, do I sense a tradition emerging??

Father's Day 2008

Father's Day 2007

Luca is 18 months old!!!

Luca is half way through his second year of life and he is changing daily! He is off the bottle!! I was nervous about starting that transition but one morning we just didn't give it to him and he didn't ask for it! I knew it would be easy for him it was just my security issue but I am stoked I made my goal of getting him off the bottle by 18 months. Just like I suspected in my earlier post because he is now off the bottle he is eating like a mad man. It seems like all he does is eat, which is a nice see finally. He is talking like crazy and repeating everything we say (the good and the bad:) He is also extremely loving nowadays. He gives kisses and hugs without us even telling or asking him. It is the best feeling when he just comes up and gives us a big hug and kiss on his own. He is sleeping well. In bed by 8 up around 6:45. Still taking two naps a day for now...I think this will be changing soon. He knows all his family's names now and when he sees them in any pictures he rattles off all their names. He still pronounces Monkey as Daddy :) oddly thank you also sounds like Daddy?? Anyways he is doing wonderful still in the 95% for height (we are praying this will last :) and 75% for weight. We are having a blast watching him grow day by day. He is also learning how to throw temper tantrums...we are NOT having fun with that :(

Current favorite foods: yogurt, nanas, cheese, peanut butter and jelly, and pad thai (he will eat pretty much my entire portion of it!)
Current favorite words: Mess, Nice, Outside (he wants to be outside ALL the time) puppy, pop pop, and poppi.
Current favorite things to do: play with his blocks Aunt traci got him, play outside, and read books

Luca at Jamison Park

Luca and Maddie playing in the water

Caught him sitting in his chair reading

Kissing Mia, he is a lover not a fighter :)

His newest "trick" we call it devil eyes...it is creepy

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!