Wednesday, June 3rd, day 148

Luca and I had a great week!  We took it a little easier than last week.  Friday was the 2 year anniversary since Fab and I met - things go quickly!  I got him a portable barbecue that we can take out into the park in front of our house to make burgers.  In the evening, our friend Karin (who's from Scotland - you might notice the accent on the video!) came and babysat Luca while Fab and I went out for dinner.  We had a wonderful night!  Karin wore him out so much that he slept for at least 8 hours!  On Saturday the whole family went to pick up some free plants (we chose Marigolds but there were Pansies and Impatients as well) from the city.  Every year the city of Montreal grows extra plants and gives them away so everyone can contribute to beautifying the city.  It's a great system.  We got 16 little plugs of marigolds which look great in the courtyard of our building.  In the afternoon we had a little barbeque with a couple friends.  It's still quite chilly here, 12-15 degree highs but it's been pretty sunny.  Hopefully the summer weather will really get going soon.  Sunday, we went to explore the street festival on St Laurent street which is a couple blocks from us.  Every year for a weekend they block off the road to traffic and all the vendors bring their merchandise out onto the sidewalk on sale.  Quebecer's love sales!

Luca has been a lot of fun lately.  He entertains himself for quite a while with one toy and I've noticed he's getting good at passing it from hand to hand.  He's vocalizing more - especially when he's tired or bored!  He still drools like it's going out of style and chews on anything he can get his hands on.  He's enjoying standing more, especially when he doesn't have his diaper on!  Must be annoying to always have to wear one of those!

In this video you can see Luca's first joke!  He latches onto my cheek or chin and starts sucking!  He knows it's my face and sometimes he laughs while he does it!  Unfortunately my massive nose is in the way of a lot of the action!  Sorry!!!

This is a video of Luca talking.  He's also always entertained by his own feet!  You can see Karin feed him sweet potato for the first time.  (He's also tried Oatmeal this week too)