Nutella first time.

This Bibi had his first taste of nutella few days ago...
We prepared together a small slice of bread and spread the chocolate on top.
Then I walk to bedroom to start cleaning and when I walk back to the kitchen I find him with his hands inside the jar and full face covered.
And he was saying " Ancora!!!"," More" in Italian.
Mona was patiently waiting for some chocolate to fall down. Of course ;)
Way too funny not to draw :)
My bibi!!!

It's bed time! A true story. Almost one year and the book is finished. My dear boy this book is for you .

I decided I wanted to do a book for my baby last year,  here is the short movie I did the day I started sketching few ideas down.

I played around with some concepts for a couple of months till I found the one I really liked and in January 2017 I started with the first thumbnails .

It is just amazing to look at how much Alex has changed in this past year.

From baby to toddler.

At Sf zoo, sept 2016. ALEx was in love with the train.(he still is!)

And now he is a little boy, with so much hair!!! And he talks so much :)

I love spending my time with you, even though we are not together every day all day as we used to be. You started day care last september ( no way I could have finished the book without the help of the amazing Hope!) and you are becoming more independent . 

You are such a funny little man, full of smiles, and full of energy.

You love jumping, especially on the bed but literally everywhere.  You love dinosaurs, trains, alligators and mermaids. Your favorite cartoon is Peppa Pig and you have a stuffed Peppa you take to sleep and Peppa's house is one of your favorite toys, together with your trains and cars of course:) You probably love Thomas the train as much as Peppa...i think. 

You also love to draw, and we spend hours  drawing inside and outside with charcoals . WE love sunny day of but we also enjoy rainy days and jumping in the puddles.

Dear dada, I feel honored you have chosen me to be your mommy!!I am loving this part of my life . (Even though I am  always tired and in need of sleep !) and I would never EVER trade my time with you for some more sleep ;)

So my dear boy, this book is for you. 

A sweet funny memory of our bed times together .

I hope you will enjoy it! 

I love you.

your mammina.

FIRST TIME Alex slept through the night.

For some people this happen at two months and for some people it happens after 2 years, to us it happened last night. After 2 years , 4 months and 6 days. ALEX SLEPT THROUGH THE THE NIGHT. ( He fell asleep at 9 and woke up at 6.15!).
 I am feeling like texting everyone I know, calling my mom and telling it to every persons I met on my way. (But justing writing this post instead lol!)
Are you asking my how i feel?
I still can't believe it, and I just hope he will repeat tonight:) !

The picture below is a page from my JUST FINISHED BOOK (yes!!!!!this is happening too!!) showing our normal night routine , but it looks like there is finally light at the end of the tunnel !

pag 15-16

If you like my illustrations and you want to follow the progress of my "coming out soon" book click LIKE on my Its Bed time FB page IT S BED TIME , A TRUE STORY. Fell free to share the page :)
Thank you everyone for your support!

Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Upside down!

Upside down

Digital painting.

Mammina !! I am hiding!

Finishing the "Mammina !!I am hiding!!" series.
This morning we received a large amazon package and by the time I was back from putting the content to place Alex was already hiding.
It took me some time to find him, just the time to sip a coffee and browse my fb :) lol

Mammina! I am hiding!

Mammina I am hiding! #3

Another illustration for the " Mammina I am hiding !!!""series.

I have to say that this is one is the FAVORITE spot :)

Alex has been hiding in our bedroom behind the curtains for over here now. Same safe spot several times a day.

It is so sweet how he is never EVER tired to play hide and seek!!

Mammina! I am hiding!