pig and carseat

playing outside... often involves feeding our pig and picking weeds :)

sooo excited about his new "big brother" car seat

with TWO cup holders! :)

my laundry helper :)

more random recent pictures

we got a potty seat!!

random recent pics

opening birthday present from Auntie Claire!

Playing with daddy's zoo!

kiddo #2 update: I am officially 40 weeks tomorrow. I feel great (I love being pregnant). Doctor says that baby and I both are doing very well, so we are just praying and enjoying our last few days before Luke is joined by a sibling!

Luke is Two!! - Train birthday

we took Luke (in his conductor hat and choo-choo train shirt) to a little steam train railroad in Reedley for his birthday this weekend (he was born at the hospital in Reedley two years ago, so it was kind of neat to go there again!)
I don't even need to tell you how much he loved it... he's two, there were trains his size, we got to ride them... he was in heaven!

he had overalls on, just like the conductors and he thought he was pretty cool... we agree... he's awesome ... we just can't believe its already been two years...

Disneyland!!

ok, we admit it, we love going to Disneyland... pregnant, with a baby, with a toddler, whatever.... it is lots of fun! (the happiest place on earth)
Here are pictures (which are evidence to the continued fact that I should NEVER be the photographer!)

The Tiki Room (sometimes Luke wont take off his hat - that's a good thing!)


With Mickey - Luke was willing to get much closer than he did three months ago!

And this trip he loved the "horsie ride" - its so fun to see how he changes in just a couple months

the Luge

even though we didn't watch very much of the Olympics... Greg and Luke did watch a little Luge - and now they like to "luge" around the house... Last weekend Nonno provided Luke with a great luging (don't know if that's a word) track!!

special visit with Nonna

Nonna (means Grandmother in Italian) is my dad's mom, so Luke's only living great-grandparent. We got to visit her this weekend and they enjoyed each other quite a bit. Here she is telling him what is in the oven and not to touch it :)



two people that i really don't mind touching my baby belly :)

I think Nonna enjoyed feeling her newest little great-grand baby moving around in my belly :)

PS - we are 37 weeks... let the fun begin!

just cute

just being cute

because two are better than one...

fun in our sacramento hotel room

Greg often takes Luke and me with him on business trips out of town and we really enjoy it! Here we are doing one of our favorite hotel room activities... making a fort (or in this case what turned out to be a train tunnel for his "new" train that we got at a garage sale recently... so much fun and so many memories made - I am definitely trying to enjoy my time having just one little one around :)

a couple weeks ago

we are nearly 36 weeks now... this was a couple weeks ago and I can assure you I am MUCH bigger now :)
I love being pregnant!

"church"

so, at our church the women wear veils (head coverings/mantillas/chapel veils/whatever your word of choice is) during Mass and anytime we are in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament... my usual veil is white. Luke came up to me the other day and said, "Look mama, church!" he thought he was pretty cute and creative with his veil... i have to agree :) (although we did then have a little talk about only the ladies and girls wearing veils!)

happy birthday

my birthday is about a week away, but mom was visiting, so we turned our breakfast coffeecake into "birthday" cake... i look really pregnant in this one, but i think its because it was pretty much first thing in the morning and i was still in my jammies. - yes, Luke helped blow out the candle and open my present :)

cooking together

bummer, it's sideways... anyway, here is Luke "helping" me cook, if you look closely you will see spoons in each of our apron pockets :) he loves being in the kitchen with me (which is good, because I enjoy it too!)

Taco Bell

Luke had his first taste of Taco Bell this weekend! We don't really ever have fast food, but Nana was in town and she loves Taco Bell and we were running around doing lots of errands, so... a bean burrito it was :) He definitely enjoyed it!! Here he is, mid-chewing, while we were having our "picnic" in the Costco parking lot :)

Walk for Life - West Coast

we went to the Walk for Life - West Coast this past Saturday in San Francisco... I have been going since 2005 (the first year) and have only missed one year - I have enjoyed going while pregnant, while nursing, and now with two kiddos :) Mom and Dad surprised us and joined in the walk!! What a treat! There was a major rain down-pour right at the beginning of the walk, but then the skies cleared and it was a gorgeous day in the city. Here we are in the midst of the walk - right after the rain cleared up - I am holding the blanket and poncho that I had rigged up around Luke to keep him warm and dry!

You can sort-of see the amount of people from this picture... upwards of 30,000 +
(Luke was singing)

Mom and Dad treated us to an anniversary dinner of chippino ... awesome!

Three generations getting pizza bread at Liguria bakery :)

Luke being cute

we were on the look-out for a booster seat/big boy seat for Luke (since the baby will be occupying the high chair in the near future) ... we found this awesome (and very clean) seat at a yard sale for $1
(obviously it will usually be used at the table, not quite sure why he was on the floor facing the kitchen cupboards) ... anyway, Luke has been as cute as ever lately - during his time reading stories before bed with daddy tonight he requested his milk cup ... when I asked why (this isn't normal) Greg said that Luke had "Santa envy" because they were reading a Christmas book and in it Santa got milk and cookies... apparently he needed his milk to read through the story as well - cute kid (and hey, at least he wasn't asking for cookies right before bed, too!)

update on baby #2 - we are about 30 weeks along and getting very excited/nervous :) baby moves a lot, which I LOVE!!! and I am getting big, but not too huge yet... I am measuring right on and we are really pleased with our doctor. we are planning on a VBAC, while at the same time putting all of our labor and delivery concerns in the Lord's very capable hands! I have been on a crazy nesting spree lately - organizing nearly every room in the house top to bottom - although I don't believe that means I am going into labor anytime soon... with Luke I wanted to clean (not organize) - and I have definitely put off cleaning the last couple days ...

happy birthday Jesus

our Happy Birthday Jesus party