It's 2am...

It's 2am and no, I'm not with Luca...I'm up because this is about the only time that I can actually get work done around here! Having a 10mo old is a job in and of itself! I'm loving every moment of it though. Luca's been sick lately, and I hate that he hasn't been feeling well. It breaks my heart every time he coughs...I don't what to know what I'll do someday when life throws it's real challenges at him...I'll be a mess that's for sure=)

Last week our little man started pulling up on things...he gets pretty excited about it, then a little fearful of how, exactly, he's going to get himself out of that situation...he got that from me...the worry...and on a little more disturbing note (and hopefully in the morning I'll find this a little more funny than I do now...) I had to fish out a dead, dried up fly out of Luca's mouth this evening. Nothing like the good ole' finger swipe to reveal wings and half a carcas...Makes my skin crawl...anyway...

Here's a few pictures from the last month! I can't believe he's 10mos old!!!!

Turkey Run and real men...

Real men hike in Moby wraps! Turkey Run was so pretty in mid October. Alex, Luca and I and the siblings had a wonderful hike and then well deserved pizza later for dinner. Here are some of our shots from the afternoon...

Seattle and beyond...the pictures

Finally I've had the chance to get all of our Seattle/Whistler pictures on the computer! We had such a fun time on our vacation. Luca did great as our little travel companion, and I think he really enjoyed the hikes. He just loves the wind in his face...he smiles so big, with his chin up and eyes closed, enjoying the breeze through his hair. I know this much...he's going to love snowboarding someday=)  Both Alex and I are wishing we could go back to Whistler in the winter to tear up the slopes=) What a great mountain and town...

Luca's Room...

Ok, maybe he never sleeps here, but we do play here! I've had a few requests for pictures of my little man's nursery so here they are! I feel that it's still a work in progress...need to paint a few designs for the remaining wall but I like it none-the-less...

fyi~photography not the greatest...pictures taken with iphone=)

A mirror that I had in college...just like it, nothing fancy..

Some old pictures of Alex as a newborn (front) and my mom and I (back).

One of my favorites...Luca's antique dresser, which was mine when I was his age, my dads when he was that age and my great Aunts when she was raising her kids! The baby outfits on display were Alex's dads when we was a babe!

A little collage board...kind of scattered right now, I need to organize it better. Some old pictures of my mom and I, my grandma and I, Alex's mom wearing him just like I wear Luca (love that one), Luca's sonogram, his announcement, a pola of Alex, the Franken fam, picture of Alex when he was a toddler, and our family portrait that needs to be framed...

Blood, sweat and tears went into these book shelves, then I hired a seamstress to finish them and we hung them...I get these ideas in my head and sometimes they're great and other times...well, we'll see how long these last!

An antique wicker chair that's been in my family for four generations (I had new covers made=)

My rocking horse when I was a kid...

Changing table with my cloth diaper storage beneath...(by the way, cloth diapering is one of the best decisions I've ever made...next to marrying Alex, having a baby, and breastfeeding of course...=)

 

And a happy baby!