It's long I warn you, but so cute!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Europe 2009
I'm finally updating the blog with Europe and birthday photos. We celebrated Luca's first birthday in both Barcelona and Seattle! He is in the 95% in height, 89% in weight and off the charts on his head. Well, we all knew that, but the doctor confirmed it. Said we will probably invest in custom hats in the future!
Luca still loves to eat. He is going through a terrible biting stage that started when his top two teeth broke through but has developed into his way of communicating. We are working hard to break it as he breaks skin and leaves bruises! He is a happy child, sometimes whiney, and we absolutely adore him! He is becoming such a little toddler and is talking all the time. Not saying any words really but his face is fully expressive... like he just told you a great story. He does say 'ball' and 'ga' which is short for 'gato' the Portuguese word for cat. He loves cats, all animals to be exact.
We had a wonderful time in Barcelona and Rome. I only cried on the way to the airport... but didn't break down in Rome. Although the third day was a bit tough for me... I really needed to see my sweetpea!
Below are just a few pics. We have managed to lose the cord to download the photos from our big camera. So as soon as we find it, or buy another one, I'll post some more.
Barcelona here we come!
Barcelona futebol match!
Swimming in the ocean with Vovo!
He loved the sand... ate some of it too :)
Sagrada Familia... in Barcelona
Goudi Park in Barcelona
La Rambla... super sized drinks. Europe has it right!
A kiss on his birthday from Biza!
Biza, Tia and a friend wish him a happy day!
He loves cake! Check out that gut!
Another gut pic... he's so happy to be full and messy.
Luca still loves to eat. He is going through a terrible biting stage that started when his top two teeth broke through but has developed into his way of communicating. We are working hard to break it as he breaks skin and leaves bruises! He is a happy child, sometimes whiney, and we absolutely adore him! He is becoming such a little toddler and is talking all the time. Not saying any words really but his face is fully expressive... like he just told you a great story. He does say 'ball' and 'ga' which is short for 'gato' the Portuguese word for cat. He loves cats, all animals to be exact.
We had a wonderful time in Barcelona and Rome. I only cried on the way to the airport... but didn't break down in Rome. Although the third day was a bit tough for me... I really needed to see my sweetpea!
Below are just a few pics. We have managed to lose the cord to download the photos from our big camera. So as soon as we find it, or buy another one, I'll post some more.
Barcelona here we come!
The calm after the storm... finally asleep after 15 or so hours of HELL!
Barcelona futebol match!
Swimming in the ocean with Vovo!
He loved the sand... ate some of it too :)
Sagrada Familia... in Barcelona
Goudi Park in Barcelona
La Rambla... super sized drinks. Europe has it right!
A kiss on his birthday from Biza!
Biza, Tia and a friend wish him a happy day!
He loves cake! Check out that gut!
Another gut pic... he's so happy to be full and messy.
We loved celebrating two birthdays with family and friends! Love to you all!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Luca's First Birthday!
Luca turned 1 today! We can't believe how fast this last year went and how truly blessed we are to have him in our lives. Don't have photos to update yet but just wanted to post that we celebrated the big landmark today. He is still trying ot get back on this time zone (we all are actually) so he's been a tad cranky these past few days. But he's happily alseep now and can't wait for his family bday party this weekend!
Monday, August 10, 2009
one more thing...
Forgot to mention he's almost 26lbs! He has slimmed down quite a bit, but is still my big boy!
11 MONTHS!
I can't believe Luca is 11 months today! Where has the time gone. This weekend was a reality check to me. My little fat baby is no longer a tiny baby and is no longer my chubby pig. He has slimmed out a lot (it's breaking my heart) and has grown into a baby-toddler. He loves walking along the coffee table and with his walking toy. He really likes to push the limits and often times lets go and stands for a bit before falling on his behind.
His top two teeth are coming in strong and he likes to bite his food now. He'll take a tiny goldfish and bite it in half, chew one piece then the other. It's adorable! He loves pasta, rice and beans... but eats pretty much anything. Although is hating bananas right now.
He truly takes after his papai b/c he loves being outside. Anytime the front door is open, he makes a run/crawl for it! He will scream if he sees you going out and you're not taking him. Quite funny.
He loves the cats and spends much of his time chasing them around and tormenting them. Charlie and Sophie will let him get close, at times even touching them, but Maggie will have nothing to do with him. He has learned the Portuguese word for cat which is 'gato'. Any time you ask him where the gato is, he will look around until he finds them. When he sees a 'gato' he points and says 'ga'. We think he'll be walking and trying to talk very soon.
Just another reality check that he is growing up! Below are some photos and videos from the past two weeks. Enjoy.
So sweet... my two loves!
Luca's new jogging stroller! He goes on daily walks with his dad and I even took it out once to jog/walk. We love it!
At the Woodland Park Zoo
He loved the monkeys/gorillas!
Wasn't too sure about the bird...
The otters kept diving down right next to Luca's feet. He has an otter book he loved so it was cool to see them so close in person!
Dad point out the big brown bears!
Chillin
It's hard to see but the penguins swim right up to the glass... you can practically touch them.
His top two teeth are coming in strong and he likes to bite his food now. He'll take a tiny goldfish and bite it in half, chew one piece then the other. It's adorable! He loves pasta, rice and beans... but eats pretty much anything. Although is hating bananas right now.
He truly takes after his papai b/c he loves being outside. Anytime the front door is open, he makes a run/crawl for it! He will scream if he sees you going out and you're not taking him. Quite funny.
He loves the cats and spends much of his time chasing them around and tormenting them. Charlie and Sophie will let him get close, at times even touching them, but Maggie will have nothing to do with him. He has learned the Portuguese word for cat which is 'gato'. Any time you ask him where the gato is, he will look around until he finds them. When he sees a 'gato' he points and says 'ga'. We think he'll be walking and trying to talk very soon.
Just another reality check that he is growing up! Below are some photos and videos from the past two weeks. Enjoy.
So sweet... my two loves!
Luca's new jogging stroller! He goes on daily walks with his dad and I even took it out once to jog/walk. We love it!
At the Woodland Park Zoo
He loved the monkeys/gorillas!
Wasn't too sure about the bird...
The otters kept diving down right next to Luca's feet. He has an otter book he loved so it was cool to see them so close in person!
Dad point out the big brown bears!
Chillin
It's hard to see but the penguins swim right up to the glass... you can practically touch them.
Luca walking the walk!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Photos
Luca survived the heat wave and his cold is almost gone. He is biting everything and everyone he can, but I think it's mainly because his new tooth is hurting him. We are going to have a nice relaxing weekend and hope to make it to the zoo tomorrow.
Taking after his papai...
This was not staged... he was really snuggling with his froggy!
This was at the wading pool in Green Lake
Friday, July 31, 2009
Update, sorry no photos
Just wanted to give a quick update. Luca got a cold last week, then gave it to me, then I gave it to Amauri... so it's been a rough week for all of us. He had a hard time last weekend with the heat... just cried and had sweat dripping all over, but he is much better now. Monday he had woken up at 5am with a fever and was burning up, but after an early morning cold bath he felt much better and the temperature went down. I think his body started to regulate it better. Wednesday it was 98 degrees in our house! Yikes :)
He is now crawling on all fours regularly. Sometimes he tries to belly crawl, but we don't let him. We ask him to 'crawl'... he knows the word so he'll sit up, throw a little tantrum and then crawl over to whevever on all fours. It's amazing how much drama he makes over everything.
His first upper tooth broke through the gums and we think it's causing a bit of pain because he is whinny and always sticking his hand in his mouth. But we're happy it's coming in... maybe he'll be able to chew more food soon!
He loves pulling himself up and walking along the coffee table. He also loves chasing the cats, although he rarely catches them. Only Charlie sometimes, when Charlie is so desperate for attention that he'll let Luca lie on top of him and pull his fur out. Kinda sad but really cute!
Amauri takes long walks with Luca in either his wagon or stroller. The two just love it. We just got a running stroller so I now have no excuse to not get in shape! Oh boy...
Getting excited about our trip to Barcelona... can't wait for the family to see how big he's gotten. I'll post photos and videos soon. Promise.
He is now crawling on all fours regularly. Sometimes he tries to belly crawl, but we don't let him. We ask him to 'crawl'... he knows the word so he'll sit up, throw a little tantrum and then crawl over to whevever on all fours. It's amazing how much drama he makes over everything.
His first upper tooth broke through the gums and we think it's causing a bit of pain because he is whinny and always sticking his hand in his mouth. But we're happy it's coming in... maybe he'll be able to chew more food soon!
He loves pulling himself up and walking along the coffee table. He also loves chasing the cats, although he rarely catches them. Only Charlie sometimes, when Charlie is so desperate for attention that he'll let Luca lie on top of him and pull his fur out. Kinda sad but really cute!
Amauri takes long walks with Luca in either his wagon or stroller. The two just love it. We just got a running stroller so I now have no excuse to not get in shape! Oh boy...
Getting excited about our trip to Barcelona... can't wait for the family to see how big he's gotten. I'll post photos and videos soon. Promise.
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