Countdown to Christmas

Mike and I can't wait for Luciana's 1st Christmas. We're so excited! We're a little behind on all of the prep work though. We just got our tree last week and decorated it on Wed. We also just sent out our Christmas cards (sorry if you get yours after the holiday... It's the thought that counts right) :) Things definitely take a lot longer and a lot more planning with a little one but it's SO worth every minute.
We took Lucy to see Santa Claus over the weekend which was great. She absolutely loved him and got to tell him all of the things she wants for Christmas. Mike and I have tried not to buy her too many things but we find that on every outing, somehow we come back with another gift for her - baby toys are just to fun to buy!!

We also went to Ari's 1st birthday party this past weekend which was a lot of fun. They had a woman from a place called Music Together who led the kids in songs and dancing and Luciana had a blast. I'm looking into signing her up for a class but it's been hard to find anything on the weekends - so let me know if you hear of anything.

Here are some photos from this weekend and a few from her 'photo shoot'.




Laughing about 'tummy time'


Hanging out with a Christmas Reindeer


Telling Santa what she wants for Christmas


Making sure he heard everything


So cute I can't stand it!!!!!!

Food time!!

Luciana has been able to have a few foods now so we've been having a lot of fun with that. She got to start out with rice cereal which she loved but apparently her system did not... She became quite "backed up" so we had to stop that. We're actually on a little bit of a hold on all food (outside of nursing) because we want to make sure she's ready to process it.
She still has the occasional jar of pears or prunes though. Here's how her first experience with prunes went.... We had to share!