Trying to say his first word, TRUCK

Luca's trying to say TRUCK, and he can show you where his hair is if you can't find it!

The Poconos (Pennsylvania)

It was a celebration with the WHOLE Schroeder family for Grandma and Grandpa's 50th wedding anniversary. We all went to Woodloch Pines in the Poconos for 4 nights of fun, sun, and family.







It was like a cruise, only on land. We had to dress up one night for dinner.



Lots of nature.



They had a special padded shallow kiddy pool. I could just let Luca crawl around and not have to worry too much with the padding. He's sticking his face in the water a lot trying to do "blow bubbles". Swallowing more than blowing, but getting the idea.



2 of Luca's 14 cousins, Patrick and Devon




A photo of Rob with his 5 siblings and parents.
TOP: Michael, John, Jimmy, Robert
BOTTOM: Joanne, mom, dad, Dianne


More cousins from left to right:
Monica, Margot, Luca, Jack, Patrick, Robbie, Devon




Luca took a ride on this pony at a little petting zoo they had open.




He was so exhausted our last night there that he fell asleep in his high chair at dinner.

11 MONTHS OLD

Luca is doing so much at 11 months that I am amazed every day. He can find mommy and daddy's nose, his hair, and his toes. He is trying to say the word "TRUCK" and knows what a truck is and gets very excited when he sees or hears one. Luca hands me his NUK(pacifier) if I say "give mommy the NUK". He also hands me all sorts of stuff when I say "hand that to mommy".
He's doing the arm gesture for "WHERE" all the time, and can find something when I ask where it is.

As you can see from the photo, Luca bumped his head and got 3 stitches. He's all better now and proud of his new very small scar.

We've been to Vermont, The Poconos, and are going to the Jersey Shore tomorrow, so it's been a well traveled month.