Luca is 8 Months Old!!!

What a month, so many firsts! Luca is now pulling himself up, crawling like crazy, and and attempting to take steps. Everything is now a toy to him. His favorites seem to be the tv, my cellphone, and the remote control. He is into everything and constantly on the go. Needless say my days are spent telling him "no" and picking him up and taking him back to his "toy section" of the house. He is still waking up two to three times a night but luckily some friends have informed me this is normal and just another stage he is going through, thankfully. Luca is now making the bababa, mamama, and dadada sound. We think he is starting to understand who mama and dada are but he isn't calling us that yet. Although my days are getting tougher, with each day comes more joy then then last.

Catching up....

Just wanted to write and let you all know what is going on in our world....Luca is now crawling and pulling himself up like crazy so that has keep me on my toes! He is for some reason back to waking up around 1:00am and 5:45am every night so hopefully it is just growth spurt or a tooth coming in or some phase that will be over soon because it isn't that much fun. Other then that we are enjoying our summer immensely! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Relaxing Family Weekend.....

So I blew off my 10 year reunion to enjoy a relaxing weekend with my family and I am so happy I did. We hadn't had a single weekend where we didn't have anything to do. We did have a family birthday party to attend but that was the only thing on the agenda for the weekend. Our first stop was Cupcake Jones, a new cupcake store in the pearl. The cupcakes were wonderful and gave us the sugar boost we needed! Then we explored the Pearl District and found a great park in the heart of it. Luca played in the water and we had a mini picnic. On the way back to the car we came across a wine bar called Vino Paradisco which allowed Minors in so we had to try it out. After a nice glass of wine and some antipasti we were on our way. It was a great low key family day in the sun and I couldn't have asked for anything more....I am all about the planning and filling our calendars to the max but weekends like this remind me how nice it is not to have anything to do!

Vegas Baby!!

Well we just got home from a great vacation in Las Vegas. Our good friends Rhianna and Ko joined us as we took our first vacation away from Luca. It was hard to leave him but I think we all needed it! We arrived on my birthday and had an amazing dinner at Olives in the Bellagio. We sat out on the patio and enjoyed the Bellagio fountian Show all throughout dinner. Sunday we spent the day shopping and enjoying yards of hurricanes and other tasty beverages and then had a low key dinner that evening and met up with some boys from Lebanon that we grew up with. Sunday was spent mostly recovering from a long weekend you would think since we were away from Luca we would get some rest, but that wasn't the case. After taking the red eye out of Vegas on Monday we arrived home to our baby and our bed at 3am!!

The weekend was great and Luca did great with my parents for the weekend. We came back to find him not really crawling but scooting wherever he wants to go. I guess I was way off in my last blog. He is also now able to sit up from laying on the floor which is new as well. In just 3 days he changed so much, he seems more like a little boy now!

And for those of you wondering....
Rhee and Ko +$450ish
Rob and Tami -$450ish

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

Luca is 7 months old!!!

Another fun and exciting month behind us. Luca has now started eating baby food and seems to like sweet potatoes and squash but is not a fan of peas! He is still doing well at night but lately has been waking up around 3 wide awake and ready to play so that isn't fun. He is thinking about crawling and moves from a sitting position to his belly to grab his toys but I think crawling won't happen for a while thankfully. His first tooth has broken through. Although he hasn't been extra fussy he has been extra needy, he seems to notice now if his mama leaves the room so it has been a little harder to get my chores done. Other than that we just spend our days playing and visiting friends. Here are some random pictures from the month!

Weekend in Lincoln City....

So we spent last weekend in lincoln city with Rob's folks and Jake. This was Luca's first trip to the beach where he was old enough to be awake while walking on the beach, the first time he slept in the baby bjorn the entire time. We had a great time, ate great food, and enjoyed great company. Sunday afternoon we met my family who was also in Lincoln City to celebrate my grandfather's life and spread his ashes in the Slietz river as we did for my grandma two years ago. Unfortunetly Rob had to work therefore Luca and I headed down there with my parents. Monday the 16th exactly two years since my grandmother's death Luca and I joined the Shimmin clan to send my grandpa's ashes down the river in a wet urn. It was a touching, peaceful, and reflective day officially saying goodbye to my Grandpa and having Luca and Jackson there since they never were able to meet him.

Here are some pictures of the trip.

Our first Blog!!!

Well, a good friend introduced me to this site so I thought it would be a good way for us to keep in touch with our family and friends. I will post Luca's monthly pictures and our family happenings on here. We are all doing well. The weather here is getting really hot which isn't fun but our house stays pretty cool so that is nice. Luca is doing great, we are just waiting for those teeth to cut through and hopefully it will be soon as he is getting cranky these days waiting for it to happen....love to you all!

Tami