The one with a Birthday Morning.

Luca woke up pretty early--but I was already awake and waiting. 

Jose and I went in when he started talking and dumped the 60 balloons I blew up on him. He didn't appreciate it that early. 

We played with that balloons and streamers until he got used to them and loved them. 

Oh the scrunchy nose.

I stuck him back in his crib with the balloons once he was awake enough and liked it. 

He just tried to pop all of them. With his hands and teeth. He only successfully got one, thankfully. 

Then we brought him downstairs--for what I knew would be the main attraction of the day. I went down and put some balloons in it and had Jose bring him down. His face lit right up.

He climbed right in and loved on the thing. 

Clearly. 

Several times he slid right off the seat since he was still in his slippery jams. 

It also tipped over on him several times. The little tykes people really need to weigh those wheels down! 

Here he is answering "how old are you today?"

We went to ihop for breakfast--I didn't need more dishes to do today. Luca did well and ate quite a bit. 

Then we headed back to get the house ready for lunch with Jose's family.