Lucas' first birthday party!

In honor of Luca turning one, we had a giant birthday party for him! We invited the friends, the relatives and ended up with quite the turnout! I tried to time it so it fit Lucas' schedule best, and it did seem to go better than Mia's first party! We started at 11am and ended at 2pm. I think everyone had a good time - Lucas did so that's what really matter right? here are the pics!

all cleaned up!

sweet, sweet baby

Stay-cation, part 2

I split my vacation up over 2 different months so i was due another stay-cation around luca's birthday. i had 10 days off and "planned" to do something every day! Day one i cleaned for his party! Tuesday was Luca's birthday so we went and bought him a present from Mia, had lunch out and then Tina came over with Lexi and Brianna. I made fun-fetti cupcakes for Luca and everyone enjoyed them! Especially Lucas!! Wednesday we went to see Dr. Nancy and got our one year shots. He did pretty well with them. After that, we headed to the City Garden to meet our friends. Madison and tyler were there along with sydney and Tara! It was a wonderful way to spend the day!

Here are some pics from the city garden. this time we remembered the swim suits! My favorite picture is the center one - i love the way the water looks!

Thursday I spent grocery shopping, finishing the house and gearing up for the party. Friday I met up with some awesome moms to go see the children's zoo! I have never been to the children's section and it was free before 9am! Mia loved playing with Chloe, and Luca had 6 other kids to play with! I think it was a great time for everyone! i also love this center pic, it is of Bella and Luca! I was so glad Becca could join us!

Lucas is one!!!

Today my baby is one! Hard to believe one year ago today I was stuck in rush hour traffic, trying to get to the hospital to have him! And here he is today - a big healthy super sweet boy! He is not yet walking, but has been teasing us by standing from a sit in the middle of the room for awhile. I am not worried, when he is ready he will walk, i am sure of it. To keep with tradition (which i am a huge fan of), I made lucas some cupcakes. funfetti cupcakes. always my favorite and always good! I also got out the circus themed accessories to turn it into a carousal big top. These are from Darrin and I's first birthday party! he loved his cupcake - he ate the whole thing! Happy birthday sweet lucas!! We love you!

Happy Birthday Beautiful Bella!

Bella celebrated her first birthday and her parents had a wonderful party for her at forest park. although i thought the party should be at the world's fair pavillion, we had to settle for pavillion Number 9! It was a great day, not to hot and loads of fun! Happy birthday bella!

The City Garden

Recently, St. Louis debuted it's city park. The Mr. and I took the kids down for a day of fun! They both loved it! We tried to take them to the historic crown candy that my parents took my sister and I to when we were younger, but the line was out the door. That can mean a 20 minute wait or a 2 hour wait! So we left there and went to Fitz's on Delmar. The food was great, and the root beer float was awesome!





Tasting the water

Mia and Luca

One happy boy!

And one happy girl!

Lots of Lucas

late night conversation

i don't remember what they were talking about, but they seemed to be having a great time! Even Luca found a phone, dialed them up and said hello!

Cutting of the hair