Four Months!

Four months old and this little girl is growing!  Already in 6 month clothes and trying hard to sit up on her own.  She's doing great in the Bumbo chair and we are working on becoming running buddies, but she is not a fan yet. 

If I can time it with a nap, she does great, but if she's awake, she would much rather have me holding her than looking at her while pushing the stroller.  She's gotten a little better at taking longer naps, but she's regressed a little with sleeping at night, getting up more than once most nights - it's a good thing she's so cute! 

She is REALLY starting to gravitate toward Luca these days, smiling and laughing the most when he is around.  Favorite sibling conversation this month was when we were at a restaurant with poor acoustics and Capri was squawking (loudly!) like a bird and Luca looked at her and said, "Capri!  Use your INSIDE voice!"

Aunt Cat's old dress and shoes!

Thankful

Our first Thanksgiving as a family of four.  I'm quickly realizing that each family member you add exponentially decreases your chance of everyone smiling at the camera!

Dude Where's My Car?

We've gone to the auto show several times, but this time was especially fun because we are actually looking to buy a new car soon. Luca, on the other hand, doesn't care what the reason is that brings us there, it is always a good time!

Date Night

Tony was out of town this weekend and Mimi and Paca were willing to watch Capri, so Luca and I had our first date night since his little sister came along! Of course he was on the Flex Cam, but the most entertaining part of the night was when the camera was on him close-up and he made faces stretching his mouth open with his tongue out!

This is Jay Flats, the crowd announcer and Luca's pal.  If Luca had any idea what he was holding, he wouldn't have given it back!

And For Her First Trick...

I got a lot more footage of Luca's early attempts to roll over whereas I pretty much just noticed Capri doing it all of a sudden.  Perhaps she was a quicker learner - or more likely, I just had a lot more time on my hands when Luca was learning!  Luca's commentary is pretty amusing...

Alma Mater Weekend

A huge THANK YOU to Mimi and Paca for watching the kids two nights in a row so I could go to a UCLA game Friday night with Kathy followed by the Amat Extravaganza on Saturday!  It was a winning weekend, as the Bruins beat the Huskies 41-31 and I "won" about 11 silent auction items!  Very fun seeing several other '95 alums!

Precious Moments

Was waiting outside with Capri at the end of dinner with Mimi and Paca at Angela's and a woman inside the restaurant snapped this picture and found me in the parking lot to text it to me...love these moments!

Thor and His Mini-Me

I think Luca has just decided what he wants to be when he grows up - a Disney Avenger castmember!  With the new Thor movie out, Disneyland now has an attraction where you can travel to Asgard and meet the mighty God of Thunder himself.  Thor picks one "worthy one" in the crowd to lift his hammer and you can guess who got the job today ; )

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Furry Fun

Aunt Velene gave Luca this Sully costume from Monsters Inc. because one of her friends had bought it for her son who later changed his mind.  Boy did she find a good new home for this costume!  Luca just LOVES dressing up!  My favorite part is where he explains that he'll use the spikey tail to fight the bad guys :)

Rubies!

If it had been up to me, I would have had Capri's ears pierced in the delivery room, but I followed the doctor's orders and waited until 2 weeks after her first shots.  It was great, they pierced them both at the same time, so she only cried for about 2 seconds, just the amount of time it took me to get her pacifier in her mouth...she looks so beautiful in her first rubies!  Same birthstone as Mimi!