Let Heather eat cake.

Heather brought this cake over post-ultrasound. Get it? Get it?

Live Action Short

By request for Grandma Linda and Papa John... a video of Marco eating puffs or cheerios or kix or something like that. Uh... Marco, you got a little something on your face. Yeah, right there... and there. Kid, you're a mess. Hit the showers.

In other eating news... you wouldn't think that a baby would be able to crawl into the bathroom, stand up, reach the soap and eat it. But you would be wrong, wrong, wrong. To Marco's discerning palate, soap must taste the same as steamed carrots and strawberry frozen yogurt because he made the same face.

And because I'm a good mother (ignore windburnt face pics) I ate some soap too just to make sure it wasn't burning his mouth or anything. As you probably expected, it was gross. But we both survived. So far.

Go Red!

Niko, Brayden and Marco are in serious training for California Cup 2009. Team Red really need Nikos and Marco for the extra manpower. I have a cuter one of Niko, but it came at a price... Taki's head was cut off. Oops! It's hard to take the shot and make goober faces.

Cookie monster face, muscle shirt. Happy for the cookie, happy for Dad's win, unhappy for the team's loss. We'll get'em next year kid.

Check out Heather's blog for more shots including one of Nikos and Marco holding hands in the car.

Eating and eating and no don't touch that!

It's all happening at the Cecchin house. Marco's started on number three foods (aka with chunks) with causes a much greater mess. Jeff only dislikes one thing more than too many trees and that's babies with messy faces, so we're in trouble.

We're finding all the spots that need babyproofing. And we're finding that dirt is delicious.

We also tried a little bit of pasta (che brava!) and very steamed carrots. Marco's pink cheeks and chin are attributable to his bad mother. Note: Bigger hat and more sunscreen.

Here's a great shot of the two lower teeth. The two uppers remain photographically elusive.

Ball... Pallina...

Big weekend folks. Bring Marco to work day... playdates... visiting with Granny and Grammy... Bocce with cousin Thomas Parker... really, it wiped us out (note proof of napping photos).

Oh, and twice Marco and I were caught in stopped traffic for over an hour. That's right, you're hearin' it. Caldocott Tunnel? CLOSED. 580 in both directions? CLOSED. Here goes my official statement to keeping Marco happy: thank you Cheerios.

Oh! And Marco got another tooth! Count 'em... 4.At Granny's koi pond. At Granny's dining room...

Witness the look of betrayal when I gave him strawberry frozen yogurt. In Granny's arms...

Bocce with cousin Thomas Parker. Standing among the vines...