Our First Family Christmas

We are so thankful this year for the best Christmas present EVER, our little baby Luca!

Daddy and Luca had (sorta) matching jammies for Christmas morning at Mimi and Grandpa's. Can't wait for the Christmases to come once the little guy really "gets" it!

Christmas Eve

Luca got to put up the Baby Jesus on the Advent Calendar - well, sort of : )

A whole lotta Limas filling up the staircase at Uncle Anthony and Aunt Velene's to celebrate Chrstmas Eve...

Well, we didn't color coordinate this year, but I think we've got our "positioning" down now!

Luca, Meet Santa

Luckily for us, Santa made an appearance at the Confirmation class' Pancake Breakfast last weekend at St. Louise!

It was kinda nice, this first year, since he is too young to be afraid of Santa yet - I was actually more worried that he might spit up on the big guy!

Luca's First Christmas Card

Also from his "Sarah" shoot, come these adorable little Christmas pics... kinda looks like he might be dreaming of sugar plums dancing in his head, huh?! And the second one looks like he is getting tired waiting up for Santa! Can't wait for Baby's First Christmas!

Christmas Cards from Family and Friends

A Week of First Smiles and First Long Sleeps!

Luca is now 7 weeks old and this has been a really fun week! He is now ACTUALLY smiling at us, not just accidentally...it took me a few attempts to get it on camera, but I finally caught one by day three...

Another milestone we reached this week was some substantial stretches of sleep - 6 hours, then 7, and even 7 and a half! He's actually pretty much stayed on target of 4 hours at 4 weeks, 5 at 5, etc...at this rate, I cannot WAIT for 12 weeks!!!

First Fig Cookie Day For Luca

Luca joined the Lima Ladies for his first fig cookie day...

Also in attendance were two WEEKS old little Ady and adorable-in-her-apron Kendra.

He slept most of the day, but sure lookes cute... maybe next year, he'll be able to hold the pastry brush!

Poor Daisy

I'm sure she is thinking to herself, "I am WAY too old for THIS!" The funniest part was listening to Tony's mom yelling at Tony in the background to stop because of some Italian wivestale about how "now the baby will not grow"...? I love Sundays at the Allevatos : )

6 Weeks and Growing

Well, my intention was to take a picture of Luca each month next to his monkey to "chart" his growth, but I already forgot the first month! So...we're starting with six weeks! (Yes, we are in love with monkeys over here!)
















And our other favorite picture o' the week is this one in his super cute froggy hat from Auntie Monika!