Family Picture

Our attempt at a family picture. It is hard with a toddler!

Lincoln Park

Here are a few pictures of Luca at Lincoln Park with Popeye and Nana. He loves to throw rocks in the water and look for big boats, ducks, and watch the dogs walk by. We finally had a sunny day on Sat. so while I was running the 1/2 marathon this is what Luca was doing.

Luca

1/2 Marathon

Mari and I had great time running the 1/2 marathon + 1 mile= 14.2 miles! It was a beautiful run around Lake Timothy in Oregon! We drove down to Portland on Friday, spent the night at our friend, Andrew David's parents house and then drove 78 miles into the wilderness on Sat. morning. The race started at 10 am. There were 300 runners on a single track trail. The trail was rocky, rooty and had lots of twists and turns. I found out that a trail run definitely works different muscles and was very different then a road race! My legs were very sore by the last few miles! The views of the lake, and Mt. Hood were absolutely stunning! Mari, when are we doing our next one? :)

PS We took the running shots after the 1/2 was over and we had changed into our flip-flops.

Scarlett and Luca

Luca and Scarlett digging in the dirt! They had a great time playing in the garden the other day! They like to play close together. At one point Scarlett was pretty much in Luca's lap and they were both still digging away! It was hilarious. Sophia joined in a little too:) Little sweetie.

Betsy and Sophia

We were so lucky to get to have Betsy and Sophia visit us for a WEEK! Sophia is a sweet baby, we loved getting know her better and spending time with Betsy. Thanks again for making the trip out to Seattle, Betsy! We also got to celebrate a late Mother's Day together, Betsy, my mom and I which was a special time at the tea place.

Watering the plants with Daddy

Luca loves to help his daddy water the plants. It is so cute! Luca looks like a fireman in propotion to the hose.

Happy Birthday

Dear Great-Grandma Bev,

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you and eat some cake and make you laugh! I love you and miss you!!!

Love, Luca (and my parents too!)

Proud of myself

I am going to bed tonight feeling more ready for the 1/2 marathon in June 3rd. Mari and I ran 10 miles this afternoon together. It was just like what I was dreaming about before I started training for this 1/2. Being able to just keep running. (And for a while there in March I thought it would never happen.) We ran about 10 min. pace for for an hour and 40 mins. I was grateful that my parents could care for Luca this morning while I worked and during the run. Luca would not have sat that long in the jogger and I sure am glad I didn't have to push him:) I am grateful for this chance to run a long distance again after a long three years.

My last 1/2 marathon was April 13th, 2008. (almost exactly one year before Luca was born.)

This upcoming 1/2 on June 3rd sounds really cool. It is a trail run outside of Portland around a lake. Mari and I leave here on Friday and the run is Sat. morning. I am excited and so glad Mari is running and training with me. Friendship is a gift!

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Sunny Days

We have FINALLY had a few sunny days in a row. Wow, has it been a gray winter/spring. We are all so ready for summer. Luca and John were outside planting again yesterday. First day of shorts for Luca. He was lifting up the bottom of the shorts and show us and the neighbors that "Luca has legs". We are very glad he has legs and that he is just so funny! He also has on his new daytime AFO's with hinges in them. He is able to bend over better them and has a bit more mobility as we had hoped for! Luca also picked a tweedy-bird pattern for them.

Chores

Luca likes to do chores and yesterday he wanted to vacuum. It was amazing. He can do it all by himself and he loves it. You kind of have to see it to believe it, I think, so here you go. He even wanted to hold the cords in one hand and push the vacuum in the other hand just like mama does. And yes, the vacuum was on during this pictures!

Luca's first day of School

Luca's First Day of School


Luca officially started school this last week at Boyer Children's Clinic! There are 6 kids in his class and he is loving it. The classroom is at the same center where he recieves his PT and OT, and now those services happen during the classroom time. He also get to participate in music, free play, gym time, and art. He loves the art, songs and playing with all the fun toys. It is great because the equipment is adaptive meaning it is just perfect for him and everyone there is wonderful! We are very grateful for this special place just wish it was in West Seattle and not 30-45 mins. away. Tuesday morning was his first day of school and by Tues afternoon he was asking to go back to school. John takes him on Tues and I take him on Thurs. (An adult is required to stay with him for the whole two hours). Luca can go to this classroom until he turns three.

Luca and Sara

Luca and Sara

We got to spend the day with our friend, Sara, last Sat. Luca and Sara both enjoy reading stories and going outside! It was a lot of fun!

New Hat

The Winslows, John's sister, Heidi's family sent Luca this cute hat! Thanks! Did I say yet that it is hard to take pictures of a toddler? Luca looks so grown up in this hat it is scary- teenage years are right ahead of me, aren't they.

Maya and Luca

Maya came over to play. She found a box to crawl into and Luca had a blast playing with her!

Reading

Luca LOVES to read! Here he is in the car before we started going. He has a hard time keeping his book in his lap when we are moving but I just thought he looked so cute!

Digger

Luca loves to dig! He is loving the spring time. You can see the beautiful flowers and yard that John has planted in the front of our house. I have lots to post!

New AFOs

Luca got new hinge AFO's this morning. He came home and took a nap so I haven't really gotten to see him walking in them yet. They should help him to bend over better and get up and down stairs. He will also be able to use his calf and foot muscles a little bit more.

I also have a ton of pictures that I want to post but my computer got reprogrammed lately and will not read memory cards. Hopefully, I will get that resolved soon.

New AFO