Big Boy Bed

We finally decided to put Luca in a big boy bed so we could use his crib and furniture for the new baby. I was a little reluctant as I am not sure he is quite ready for it but we had a goal of getting him in it before the baby comes. He did great! It took mommy and daddy sitting in there with him for a little bit but he slept in the bed all night! I kept checking on him all night just to make sure he wasn't falling off so he slept better then I did. Around 5:30am I heard him on the monitor say "mommy sleep in Luca's big boy bed" so I went in and laid down with him for a bit and he fell back to sleep until around 7. We will see how tonight goes!

He is pretending to sleep here so I could get a picture.

Children's Museum

So Saturday we took the boys to the Children's Museum. They seemed to really love it, it exhausted me but luckily Rob, Traci, and my mom were there to help. They had fun exploring, and playing so we decided to get a membership for something to do on those rainy days...

Luca's 2 year old pictures

So I have been waiting for a somewhat nice day to take Luca out and take some pictures for his 2nd birthday. Of course the day it is sunny he take a long nap, so we didn't have much light. Here are a few of the pictures, I took at the same park we had his 1 year old pictures taken. I am going to go back later this week and get a few more with the sun out. Take a look at my blog from last January to see his 1 year pictures and compare.

Luca's Birthday

We had a great weekend celebrating Luca's second year of life. The weekend was filled with family and friends, and we loved every minute of it. Luca seemed a little overwhelmed but I think with all the hoopla of Christmas he was just overloaded. Thanks to all of you who sent birthday wishes! We are so blessed to have a happy healthy 2 year old!

Luca is 2!!!

Thanks to Aunt Traci for putting this together!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas 2008

Here are some pictures from Christmas this year. They are in reverse order so sorry for that but we had a great one this year! With having almost 2 feet of snow at our house we had to change plans a little and stay down in Lebanon for Christmas Eve then come back up to Portland Christmas morning. Luca and Jack had a wonderful time together frosting cookies and looking at all the christmas decorations. Christmas eve the Mitchell side of the family celebrated Christmas at my moms house, it was great to spend time with them and let them see Luca since we don't see them much. Christmas morning Traci, Jordon, and Jack came over to Poppi and Grandma's to open gifts and have breakfast. Luca was so excited about his wagon that he literally wouldn't get out of it for the rest of the morning! I shouldn't have even bought anymore gifts for him since I had to open them all for him. After breakfast we headed back up to Portland to celebrate with the Bellenghi's. We had an AMAZING traditional italian feast and had a great time with all the cousins and playing with all the new toys. I didn't take any pictures though because I came down with  a nasty cold and was lost all motivation to do anything :) Overall the only think I would have changed this Christmas was to have LESS snow involved!!

They weren't even interested in any other presents once they saw the wagon!

Luca's expression was priceless

Luca kept checking and waiting for Jack to get there.

The boys on Chritmas eve getting ready for bed.

Poppi helping Luca decorate cookies.

Jack had it down!

Yes, it is still snowing!

Well, we are up to about 14+ inches of snow up here. We are just up the hill enough to get the worst of the weather but luckily we haven't had any interruptions  in our power! Luca has been having a blast especially since Uncle Jake has been stuck at our house for a few days also! He loves the snow and never wants to come inside! Here are a few pictures from a few minutes ago...