first haircut

before...

after...

Wednesday Mike and I decided it was time to get Luca's bangs trimmed because they were in his eyes too much. Yes, for those who have not heard, I did cry in Walmart as the nice lady trimmed Luca's bangs while he sat in the cart.

Luca seemed to like his new hair. He is smiling so big now and showing off all his pearly whites.

a time for thanks

We have been at home in Missouri for Thanksgiving this week and are having a great time. Luca has been having fun getting spoiled by his grandparents and Auntie Rhonda. He is also eating everything in site! The boys brought a deer home this morning. Here are some pictures from our trip so far...

on the move

happy halloween

Then...

Now...

One year ago yesterday our genial giraffe was just a baby bunny spending his first night at home. Unfortunately, Luca didn't make it trick or treating last night because he has a little cold and we thought he should stay home. He did dress up and help answer the door in between scurrying to the kitchen to play in the cabinets.

We were able to get a video of Luca taking some steps on Friday. He is doing more every day although he still resorts to crawling when he wants to get somewhere fast.

turning toddler

Luca is busy working on turning toddler these days. Tonight he started taking 6-7 steps in a row, he is wobbly but it won't be long! Luca is also enjoying feeding himself although he will still tolerate some help. I still haven't found anything that he doesn't like to eat

and he also likes to share...

I also heard Luca say mom 3 times today, that is so sweet. I'm off to look for recipies to make for my sweet baby. I will try to get a video of him walking but, until then, here is my little tough guy.

life as we know it

Luca has learned to open cabinets (and drawers)

and life

as we know it

is over!

a ONE-derful year

It amazes me how far Luca has come over this year...

where did our tiny baby go?

We had a nice week. Luca's grandparents and Auntie Rhonda came for his birthday. Luca loved being spolied by his family, of course. He learned to wave, started standing up on his own, took a few more steps and had his first big belly laughs. It was a big birthday week!

Can you believe I've been trying to get this post ready for the last 3 nights. I'm afraid our sweet birthday boy got a little too used to sleeping with mama and daddy last week and he has taken forever to get back to sleep after he wakes at night. Mike has turned into the softie and always says I should just bring him to bed but I think it's best for Luca and I to sleep apart. He wakes up even more when he's sleeping next to "Mom's All Night Diner." Going on 1 year and 1 week and so far Luca has slept through the night once. I just tell myself that someday I will miss getting up in the night to rock my snuggly baby back to sleep. After all, it's about the only time he slows down enough for me to hold him.