A Memorable weekend....

The long weekend in August turned out to be a memorable one for some developments for Matteo. The sweetest one was that he started to give me kisses without being prompted to. Usually I kiss him and ask for a kiss /bacetto back and he obliges most of the time. But on that weekend without any prompting on my part or without having first received a kiss from me, he opened his mouth (that's how he gives kisses) and moved his head towards me to give me a kiss. He did it during breakfast and then later when he was playing and then when he was near me, he just gave me a kiss!!...

Secondly on the walking front, Matteo started to try to walk on his own. I had been trying to help him with this by standing him a couple of feet away from me and then getting him to walk to me. On the weekend he started to release himself from one piece of furniture and then try to walk towards something else...so this is good!

Lastly we were at my sister's for a pizza party. She made the pizza (and it was delicious) and it was such a beautiful day we just hung out in her back yard. I put a couple of blankets on the grass (first time for Matteo) and he really liked this. He spent a lot of time with Luca, Isa's son (Matteo's godmother) and Luca and Matteo bonded that weekend. Such that Luca was asking his mom if he could have a sleepover with us and for Matteo, at the end of the day when I was trying to pack the car and Matteo didn't see me and started to cry. It was Luca who went to him (while I was still beyond his sight line) and Matteo immediately stopped crying when he saw Luca and felt comforted. So that was especially memorable. Here are a few pictures of that beautiful afternoon.