Luca’s 3rd and 4th Weeks

 

I’m starting to be more awake now!

Thank goodness for all the help and meals from our family and friends so that Mami can snooze and snuggle with the boys!

Playing with Luca.

Matteo likes to take all the baby toys out and put them on Luca’s blanket.

Sweet baby!

Sebastian takes lots of pictures of his brother, just like Mami does!

Matteo the bumblebee!  They love playing with these felt hats.

Adorable Gator onsie made by our talented friend Julie!  So cute!

Coincidentally, the new big brother is also wearing Gator colors, so we had to get a photo.  We took the swing out this week and Luca likes it pretty well – it’s nice to have one more place to set him down for a few minutes when I have to!

Baby Luca and Baby Paul. 

We are starting to see some occasional smiles too!

Hanging out with their new brother!

Bubble bath party in Mami and Daddy’s tub!

Sebastian’s Pre-K3 Graduation

 

The last week of May, Sebastian had a little end of year program.  It was adorable and I’m so glad I was able to go!

Luca slept in the sling throughout the whole program.  They processed in singing “This little light of mine” and then sang a bunch more adorable songs.

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We love how he practically knocks out his classmates next to him during this rendition of the “Itsy bitsy spider.”

Sebastian’s End of Year Program

On his way out, he smiled and waved at me!  =)

So excited to get his own photo album of school memories from his teachers.

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Sebastian’s Diploma

My proud pre-school graduate!

          

On the left is Sebastian after his last day of school and on the right is his first day of school.  He looks much bigger!

Happy 4th of July!

Well, since I have fallen so behind on blogging, I am just going to catch up by trying to stay current and hopefully doing catch up posts when time permits.  I know this means that things will be out of chronological order and that will drive me nuts, but I’m going to have to deal with it.

So happy July4th!

My successfully Jell-O creation for our party!  Red, white and blue Jell-O stars.  They looked awesome!  I got the recipe here.

We had a fun evening with friends and lots of fun food.

The patriotic spread.

Family photo attempt.  Oh well!

The kiddos.

Luca’s first 4th of July!

The kids loved the confetti sticks and even had fun cleaning up the huge mess we made.  Luckily none of them thought to dump out the bowls where they had collected all the confetti!

We sat outside on the grass to watch some fireworks go off in the driveway.  Sebastian was super excited this year and loved them.  Matteo, not so much….he kept saying, no more fireworks, smoke yucky and all done.  =(  Last year he loved them!

Poor guy…he really tries to be brave, but finally we just took him inside.

Happy Fourth of July!

My new favorite picture – everyone is smiling!

Happy birthday, USA!

Sebastian’s 4th Birthday

In mid-May, Sebastian turned 4!  Wow - I have a preschooler now!  I can't believe it.  My life has changed A LOT in four years!  We wanted to make sure to make his birthday special since we have been going through so many changes with adding Luca to our family.  We asked Sebastian what he would like to do for his special birthday “date” and he had it all planned out.

 

So Sebastian and Daddy first went to our little local pizza joint and shared a pie.

Then they went bowling. =)

 

He opened his present from Mami and Daddy.

A new big boy bike!

Taking his new wheels out for a spin.

He requested his favorite foods for dinner – plain pasta with cheese on it, meatloaf with ketchup and peas.

Daddy made him a “moon cake” that he wanted.  It looked pretty cool!

Boy, our family has grown since his birthday 4 years ago!

Time to sing and blow out candles.

He loved trying out his new camera from Papa and Nana.

They also celebrated his birthday at school.  I forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but we made airplane cookies to take in to share with his friends during snack time.

He had a second birthday party the next week when Angelica, Titi and Abu came over.  Mami didn’t go all out with a moon cake, but I stayed with the space theme.

He LOVED the present from Lelo and Lita – a hammock!  Now we just have to get it all set up so they can enjoy it.  For now, we play with it inside and pretend it’s a boat.

Matteo go a present too – I couldn’t help myself!  He adores the Llama Llama books and Kohl’s had the books and stuffed Llamas.  The books were sold out by the time I went, but I did get him his Llama which has joined his collection of  friends that sleep in his bed in a precisely organized pile each night.

The rocket gift from Titi, Abu and Anca was a big hit.

He loves playing with it and even gave it a kiss goodnight. =)

 

It’s been a great year of firsts for Sebastian.  Starting school, riding a bike, new house and friends – what a year!  Te quiero much mi guapo – my sweet boy, I love you!  Happy Birthday!