The De Luca Family: 2009

Christmas 2009

Nicholas under the tree and ready to open some presents!

Nicholas is clearly mesmerized by the beautiful stocking his mommy made him! =)

Look at all that loot from Santa behind him!

After we opened presents at our house, we went to my parents house. Nicholas got lots of wonderful presents from his grandparents and uncles!

He LOVED his xylophone!

Daddy and Grandaddy helping Nicholas open some presents.

We had a wonderful first Christmas with Nicholas!

Not crawling yet.....but almost.

Instead of crawling, Nicholas just rolls everywhere he wants to go. In this picture he has rolled himself all the way into the corner.

He also appears to be fine tuning his plans to take over the world!

Nicholas and Barley

Nick LOVES Barley. Barley, he's not so sure about Nick. Actually, I'm really surprised Barley let Nick get this close to him. Usually he isn't having it!

Nicholas' First Football Game!

Nicholas cheering on the Hokies!

Final score: VT 42 UVA 13

Fantastic!!!

Halloween

The cutest little scarecrow you will ever see!

Getting ready for Halloween.

Here we are ready to "trick or treat". Since Nicholas only has one tooth, we thought it was kind of awkward to actually trick or treat this year. We walked down Hanover Ave. in the Fan where there is a huge Halloween block party.

They go all out and it was fun to see all the houses and costumes.

By the end of our walk, Nicholas was a sleepy little scarecrow.

After Nicholas was in bed, we headed to an engagement party for Kelsey and Raleigh. We went as an infomercial. Brian was Billy Mays and I was a snuggie and a shamwow.

Aarti and Matt's Wedding Weekend

Playing pool at the beach house.

Brian and Nick at the Sangeet Saturday night. So handsome in their Indian outfits.

Nick, Katherine and Allison snuggling at the house.

He LOVED the girls!

At the wedding reception Saturday night. Nicholas was such a good boy all weekend. We were out late each night, but he did great. He was quite the hit this weekend!