Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Big ONE!

Our little boy is one year old! I can't believe it. He's changed so much in this year. I was looking at some videos when he was just a couple weeks old and I can't believe he was ever that small.  He's still at about 27.5 lbs and is a little over 31 inches tall (2 feet, 7 inches). We have a new pediatrician who we like a lot and the little boy makes friends wherever we go!
Blowing out the birthday candle with his 2 Grandpas!
Then after the big birthday, we took Giulio to Nice for his first time! I can't believe we hadn't been for over a year! It was nice to get away from home, but we learned that you cannot have a relaxing weekend get away with a one year old and the walk from Old Nice to our apartment is too far. Also, Giulio's cuteness translates easily into French and people adored him. The best part of the trip was on our way home when we stopped at a snowy Troll Brewery for a couple pints and a snack. Giulio loved walking around the restaurant holding hands.


Speaking of walking while holding hands, Giulio took his first steps on Sunday night! He took a couple of steps towards Fabri while they were playing before bed. He's repeated it every evening this week, but he still needs a lot of coaxing and hasn't "taken off' yet. I'm sure that will happen way before we're ready for it!
Silly Baby Boy

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Giulio's First Birthday Party!

I have so many photos and stories I need to get on here! Giulio's birthday party, his actual birthday, a visit from Grandpa and Giulio's first trip to Nice! We have been busy celebrating.

We threw the party at Baladin Cafe, a microbrew pub in Cuneo. There's a round room with all windows decorated like a circus tent which was just perfect. We had a yummy afternoon snack of all sorts of gourmet bar food and drank good beer and their own microbrewed cola.
There was cake (made by yours truly)!

There were presents!




And there was lots of fun cousin play time!

There are a ton more photos in my picasa web albums (link to the right), but here's a collage of some of the best ones!






Saturday, March 9, 2013

Birthday Party Day!!

Today is Giulio's first birthday party! I made my own decorations and a cake AND cupcakes and this afternoon will be off the hook! ;-)


Giulio's new chair from Nonna & Nonno

I need some practice decorating cakes, but I think the secret is to cover any mistakes with sprinkles!