Summer Fun

I know I say this a lot...but time seems to be flying by! I can't believe that it is almost September...which means fall is just around the corner! There are so many things that we had wanted to do before summer ended. One of our favorite things to do is to have a picnic! We went back up to Georgetown..they have an awesome park and playground for the kids and had a fantastic day! The weather was great...a little warm but we all hung in there and had some ice cream to cool off! The kids continue to bring us entertainment on a daily basis. Nico has decided that Lucia can stay...he was ready to leave her at a store! He has such an amazing sense of humor...he might be on the stand up circut at some point. One night my mom was reading this prayer card we found in my Nana's stuff and it was a prayer about growing older and it was really funny. She would read from the card and then we would all laugh. Well, Nico had a deck of cards he was playing with and when she was done reading....he picked up a card and pretended to read it..pausing and then laughing and slapping his had on his knee! Hilarious!

Lucia is a bundle of smiles. She is such a happy baby and loves to watch Nico run around her. It is such an important reminder to me everyday that babies are so different from each other. It is so important to treat them as individuals and encourage their personalities. Lucia doesn't cry much and is a great little sleeper. I read a book and it has really helped me understand babies patterns..eating, activities and sleeping. So far it's working like a charm....I think about if i would have tried to do things with Nico...since he was not a sleeper but remind myself that he has always been on his own pattern and had his own agenda. We love the experience of having two babies that are truly different and watching them both grow!

Here are some pics from some of our summer days:

Daddy and Nico swinging at the park in Georgetown

Sweet baby girl almost 8 weeks old

On the ride home from Georgetown, Lulu was so giddy

Nico was out cold!

The girls in Georgetown!

Papa with Nico and their cool hats

After a bath

I gave Nico some Nutella and turned my head for

a minute...when I turned around i had a surprised look

on my face..so Nico made the same face and said OOOO!

Daddy and his boy hanging out on the back porch

on a warm summer evening! Nico LOVES to be outside!

Fire marshall Nico

Something surprised lucia...Nico almost jumped on her--

her little eyes got sooo big!

1 Month

My sweet Lucia, you are almost 5 weeks old! The time has flown by and you are such an amazing little girl! You smiled cooed at me when you were only 2 weeks old. You are such a happy girl and you have brought so much sunshine into our lives. Nico loves you so much and is so curious about you. You have already been to a lot of places....the zoo, the children's museum, the spray park and have been on lots of walks with the family. One of your very favorite things to do is to sleep on Papa's belly...you just snooze away! Lucia Angelina, you come from a long line of strong, loving women and from what I have seen from you already...it's a part of who you are and the woman you will become. Thank you for being such a wonderful baby and know how much you are loved sweet girl.