Two Months!

Hooray!  We have smiles!!!  They are still awfully hard to catch on camera, but they are unmis- takably here...Luca continues to adore his baby sister and recently surprised me with THIS conversation:

 

Luca: I want you to go to the doctor to get another baby in your tummy.

Me: But I don't need any more babies, I have you and Capri!

Luca: But I WANT more babies!

Me: How many more babies do you want?

Luca: 3

Me: I'm sorry, Luca, but I don't think Daddy wants any more babies.

Luca: Then we're just gonna hafta hide 'em!

 

This kid cracks me up daily.  I'm just tickled with how much he loves THIS baby and isn't ready to send her back to the hospital by now!

 

PS - Memo to me: take more Capri pictures next month!

Capri is Catholic!

Thanks to Mimi's persis- tence, we got Capri baptized just under the 2-month mark! 

She wore the gown that Nana made for me and Fr. Tim presided, giving such a beautiful message in the service.  I know we picked amazing Godparents in Zia Angela and Zio Greg - and boy was Luca happy that this gave Zio Greg an excuse to come home from school for the weekend!  A big thanks to cousin Alli who sat with Luca during the ceremony.  She said that when Fr. Tim lit Capri's candle, Luca said "Oh no!  He's gonna light Capri on fire!"

Cue The Choir Of Angels In My Head

I wasn't going to put Luca in preschool until next year, but then Capri came along and my days off got a little, well... CRAZY trying to match Luca's energy while still trying to have quality time with Capri.  So, I took the advice of many wise mom before me and put Luca in preschool for 2 days a week (3 hours a day) and HALLELUJAH! 

Making new friends!

Luca has a blast with kids his own age and I can get a shower, run an errand or two, or play tummy time with Capri without worrying about protecting her from a light saber wielding toddler. 

First day of school and he's already "Luca A.!"

Man, do those 3 hours go by FAST!  I didn't know how he was going to handle it at first, but he did GREAT!  We read books like "Curious George Goes to School" and "The Night Before Preschool" to get him comfortable with the idea of it all and the school is so smart, they had the teacher come meet the kids at their houses the week before school started so that they would recognize the teacher - plus, they started the day in the playground the first week.  Luca didn't give me a hard time about leaving him there for even a second.  The only separation anxiety he had was whining about having to leave his new favorite toy when I picked him up! 

Mimi even came with me his first day and treated us to McD's afterwards.And the best part about all of this is that a majority of these kids all go on to St. Brendan's, so he will likely know most of these kids through high school!

Unattended iPhone + Techie Toddler = Entertaining Selfies

This is what I found after Luca was left alone with my iPhone while I was bathing Capri!

Future Bruins

I told Luca that if he let me watch the UCLA - Nebraska game this morning, I would take him to the car museum afterwards...it worked!  They were both absolute angels while I enjoyed watching UCLA smoke Nebraska 41-21!

Bounce House Extreme

Luca was at a great age this year to enjoy St. Louise's parish picnic with all of its bouncers, slides, and even the standard playground.  God bless Aunt Cat for taking him everywhere he wanted to go!  Now when we go to church, he wants to know where all the "games" are...!

Are You Ready For Some Football?!

Luca and Daddy are!  Luca was so excited when he realized that his Colts jersey was like Daddy's and that he's now old enough to play with the boys!

Celebrating my birthday with the Allevatos...

...and again with the Limas!

Dating Again

Our first night out, just the two of us since Capri was born!  Our neighbor Roy married his fiancée Ashley in Palos Verdes.  It was so nice to be out again, just the two of us.  I love "that point" at every wedding where you remember your own...

Water Babies

Pool party at Mimi and Paca's for Labor Day!  Luca had the BEST time with all of his cousins in the water...we went back to Mimi's house two days later and he wanted to know why all of the other kids weren't there and I explained to him that they had to go to school.  He now refers to them all as his cousins who go to school!