Urban babies wear black

As you can see, we're torturing Luca by posing him to make cute photos! It's every first-time parents RITE!













The faux-furry vest and hat were a gift from Rob's boss' and it's the softest, cutest addition to his already ridiculously huge wardrobe.













The "pumpkin patch" was a bit much with all the people/kids and Luca isn't really old enough to enjoy picking out his own pumpkin, but it was a nice brisk fall day and a chance to get out of the apartment and explore Long Island.

Sitting pretty

Luca is sitting with the help of a BUMBO chair....thanks to Cathy and Derek! It's a wonderful aid for a boy who can just recently hold his own head up.







He was helping daddy with some Fusebox work.

















Luca's first ride with daddy in his Bjorn carrier.



















More time spent with Grandma (who only lives 5 minutes away).

Karen's visit from Portland to meet Luca

What an exciting weekend filled with a lot of firsts for Luca. Friday we went to the mall for the first time and ate at Nordstrom's cafe. We didn't do a lot of shopping, but walked around and got lost in the mall. Then on Saturday Luca took his first Long Island Rail Road trip into the city. It's only a 25 minute train ride from Bayside, Queens into Manhattan. We shopped a bit and then took the N subway train downtown to Soho. That was Luca's first subway experience too. We ate brunch outside at a soho restaurant and had a star sighting...Jack Black with wife and baby in tow. We spotted him eyeing our Bugaboo stroller. Then we went to Renee and Jeff's apartment to hang out. Patty stopped by and Luca fell asleep on her shoulder. Then we headed home and found Rob (who is sick with a cold) making home-made pasta for us and had a cheese plate out with homemade spreads for the bread! YUMMY! Sunday we had brunch in Brooklyn with Cathy, Kalyani and Cathy's friend Amy. Karen's visit was too short! She helped out a lot while she was here, and she even changed diapers and cleaned bottles! We love her and Luca will never forget her.

I'm growing...

Luca had his check-up at the pediatrician this week and he's now 11 lbs. 15 oz. (gained 2 lb. 8 oz. since birth), and 23 3/4" long (he's a whole inch longer). His hair is turning a light redish-brown and reminds me of GRANZIE's (my mom) hair color!! He slept thru the night last night -- a whole 8 hours. We'll see if that was just luck or not soon enough.

STRONG!

Luca is holding his head up for the most part, and we have tummy time every day. Here he is holding his head up at tummy time.

Sleeping in mommy's arms

Luca loves to be held. He falls asleep very well in my arms.

People who held LUCA

Smiling

Labor Day Picnic

Rob, Luca and I went to Ally Pond park in Queens on Labor Day to have a picnic. It was a nice sunny day, and there was lots of people watching to do. Ally Pond is a large park with forests to walk thru and grass to sit on. It's no Central Park, but it's a nice place to go in Queens!!!