Monday, June 30, 2008

Sofia Amay Wilder naming ceremony

Yesterday we drove up to Katonah for the beautiful baby naming ceremony in honor of Sofia Amay - our friends' Nikki & Andrew's daughter. The party was so elegant - Nikki thought of everything and there were so many special details that made this event so personal and memorable.

CLICK HERE to see the pictures from the party...

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

2yr Check-Up

Today we visited Dr Lee for Luca's check-up. He is 36" tall and weighs 30 lbs. He has grown 2 inches and gained 2 lbs since his last visit exactly 3 months ago - whoa!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Luca turns 2

Luca at the Zoo:








Click here to view the rest of our pictures from the beach and Pepe's Pizza...

Luca's birthday celebration began over the weekend with a visit from his buddy Pierce (that post with pictures will come later) on Saturday. Sunday we went to the Bronx Zoo with Uncle Steven and Julie. It rained earlier during the day so many of the animals were hidden away, but Luca was so excited to splash in every puddle he didn't even notice.

Yesterday Luca woke up to the apartment filled with helium balloons (I rented a tank and we spent an hour filling and tying the balloons Monday night, Gioel was a trooper) and we made special banana/chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Daddy got Luca a new toy car and Mommy got him a ball for the park - where we spent the rest of the morning in the water fountains, sandbox and out on the grass running and collecting leaves.

After Luca's nap he got a cupcake with a giant "#2" candle on top. We conference called on skype with Nonna, Grandma&Grandpa, Uncle Michael, Tante Judi, Andrew and Justin. Thanks to everyone who called to wish Luca a happy birthday. He definitely enjoyed all the attention!

Later in the afternoon we attempted to drive out to Bethany, CT for the Laticrete party, but the traffic was so horrendous that after 2 hours and only reaching Westport, we had to abort our mission. We decided to hit the beautiful beach in Westport for an hour so Luca could run around and play in sand. He enjoyed this immensely and what could have been a disaster of an afternoon ended up being incredibly fun and intimate. Gioel took some beautiful pictures of Luca in the late day sun. We managed to make it to Pepe's in Fairfield for some pizza for dinner.

Today the birthday celebration stretched out just a little bit more as Grampy came over for lunch! Great to see you Bampy!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Liz and Pierce Visit

For those of you who remember the "Pierce, where are you?" video, you might enjoy seeing how much the two babies have grown since that was taken last October.

Liz drove up from Philadelphia yesterday and we had a blast at the park and lounging around the apartment.














Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Cute picture with our new camera

taken last night before bed in low light with no flash!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Luca, say "Cheese!"

Here is a silly video when Grandpa asks Luca to "say cheese" to the camera and gets a surprise answer:

Early Summer in Colorado



Luca and I just got back from a week in Colorado visiting Grandma and Grandpa. Grampy came with us too. There was no escaping the spotlight for Luca - and he was loving it!

Click here to see our pictures.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Luca folds a napkin

Now we know how to keep him preoccupied while we wait for the food to arrive! This kept his attention 10x as long as crayons.


Luca folding napkin from Gioel Molinari on Vimeo.