Our smiley baby a week or so after his first smile at seven weeks.
Bobby Lasica.
JD after giving Bobby a bath, 1999.
Bobby in his “pirate cap.”
Got yogurt?
Bobby in the morning light of our bedroom.
Our rosy-cheeked boy at 17 months, though we think he looks like an older toddler in this shot.
Aunt Peggy sings Bobby a Christmas song on Christmas Day 2000.
Bobby dreams of soccer glory.
Bobby Lasica, 14 months, and cousin Rick Lasica, 9, in Lavallette, NJ, in June 2000.
Bobby pretends his socks are talking sock puppets.
A cherubic-looking Bobby on his slide in our back yard.
Bobby in the courtyard of the coffeehouse in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 18, 2001.
Bobby and JD.
Bobby gets a little sandy at the beach.
Bobby gets hosed: Cooling down in the back yard, May 2001.
Bobby is loving the cake and candles at his third birthday party.
A quiet moment on the spa deck during Bobby’s third birthday.
Cousins Bobby and Rick Lasica at Rick’s home in Mesa, Ariz., May 2002.
Bobby takes command of Tassie, our unflappable border collie, in a local park.
A captive prisoner of the caboose during a miniature train ride around a Phoenix park, May 2002.
Mary and Bobby with his first kite at the San Ramon kite festival, May 2002
Bobby after eating a hotdog at the San Ramon Kite Festival, May 26, 2003.
Bobby and other kids react to a clown outside Whole Foods in San Ramon in September 2002.
Bobby at cousin Karyn’s soccer tournament in Gilroy, March 2002.
Bobby rides the wild seesaw at the Dublin water park, July 4, 2002.
JD, Mary and Bobby at SeaWorld, Aug. 21, 2002.
Bobby with Grandpa Fred and Grandma Ellen Schrader on Christmas Day 2002.
Bobby with his new robot on Christmas Day 2002, with Grandpa Schrader in the background.
Bobby in the surf at La Jolla Shores.
Bobby and Mekala outside Fairyland in Oakland, March 25, 2003.
We love this shot of Bobby on a steed at the Alameda County Fair, June 29, 2003.
This is one of my all-time favorite shots of Bobby, taken at the Dublin water park, July 4, 2003.
Bobby Lasica at rest after a tiring weekend, Aug. 17, 2003
Bobby gets his pre-school graduation certificate, June 5, 2004.
George & Bobby Lasica, Oct. 31, 2004
Bobby in Times Square during his first trip to New York, November 2004.
Bobby rocking and rolling at the park in Pleasanton, May 15, 2005.
This is one of my favorite shots of Bobby, in his Angels uniform during spring Little League, not because he’s playing sports but because he looks so vulnerable.
Bobby tries on some new hatwear: Little League game, April 10, 2005.
Bobby during graduation from St. Clare’s pre-school.
Bobby at the Alameda County Fair, July 4, 2005.
Bobby with Casey in the back yard, Nov. 20, 2005. We used this as our Christmas card photo that year.
Bobby at the water park in San Ramon, Calif., July 16, 2005
The budding videographer, Feb. 25, 2006
Bobby gets ready for a game of little league baseball, April 9, 2006.
These were the US postage stamps we used in 2006.
Bobby Lasica, top row second from right, in his third grade class photo at Fairlands Elementary.
My favorite candid of Bobby, after a dip in the spa, June 24, 2006.
A posterized shot of Casey and Bobby on Nov. 19, 2006, that we used for our Christmas card that year.
Bobby climbing a tree, March 1, 2007.
Bobby at sea during our trip to Maui, March 2, 2007.
Bobby at Pump It Up during the 8th birthday party we threw for him.
Bobby, top left, in his grade 5 class photo at Fairlands Elementary.
Bobby in a bumper car at the Alameda County Fair, June 30, 2007.
Bobby in the spa, July 4, 2007.
Mary and Bobby Lasica at Dawn Schiro’s wedding.
Bobby and Casey on the back deck, Oct. 1, 2007.
We have this shot framed over our fireplace mantel: Bobby at Carmel, April 19, 2008.
Bobby in the living room, Nov. 18, 2008.
Bobby and Casey in the front yard, Aug. 5, 2009.
Bobby in a happy moment in the back yard in 2009.
Bobby at Yosemite, April 7, 2010.
Bobby trying out the guitar his aunt Peggy loaned him on his 12th birthday.
Bobby with Santa doggie Casey, Dec. 18, 2011.
The Lasica and Schiro families gathered for a family reunion at the Jersey shore in July 2012.
Robert Lasica during the second week of his high school senior year.