sounds innocent enough right? Well….. little A has turned into a boy. he wants spiderman stuff, likes to pretend to shoot his web, and he loves to imagine/pretend. he had been asking me “tell me a story when ____” they started out mostly about people in his life and usually about when they were little. a favorite was when tia tusi was little- i realized how bad my memory is!
then they got funny- tell me about when baby gabe was little. then they got more specific “tell me about when baby gabe was little and:
he broke my door
he spilled my water
he broke my drill
and tonight…… he spun around on the fan!
Usually he likes for baby gabe to get in trouble and if policeman can be called even better. hahaha. had to save this one for the virtual baby book.
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what better time than spring to start full force into potty training. so we can embarrass little A later in life i need to document a story. we had promised him he’d get a rocket if we went #2 in the potty. so being the semi-prepared parents that we are, J ordered a rocket online in anticipation of the blessed event. well the day finally came (not that it has been replicated but i digress)…. as little A began to “go” he yelled “rocket ship” “rocket ship”! and of course magically his rocket ship was here. this weekend we celebrated birthday #3 at our house…. he had a great time mostly eating cake and playing with his friends. here are some recent photos (click on them twice to enlarge)- enjoy.
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It appears we’ve been hibernating this winter… it can’t be the cold since we haven’t had a typical winter but we have been insanely busy. Work has been keeping us swamped and of course we decided to take on a renovation project or as Little A would call it our “struction” (construction). It is amazing how much he enjoys being in the ’struction and it is safe to say he will be a little helper. Here are some recent pics to prove we have not entirely disappeared!
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I need to come back and upload some xmas photos but for now here are a few from New Years Eve….Baby G had his first taste of Cuban black beans (it was a hit despite his expression below), we headed to downtown for some kid fun, and ended the night with this scrumptious flan with our “cousins” from FL- after some mahi, frijoles, yuca, y pan!
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A week full of fun starting out on T-day with Mimi & Gramps then off to the beach to celebrate G’ma Mimmers birthday with Papito, Tia Tusi, Uncle Jason & Baby Gabe. The boys are so cute together and the weather was fantastic. The countdown to Christmas is now on!
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We have been travelling a lot this month and J & A made this video for me which just made me smile….
Adrian in a Jacket
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We took A to his first football game this weekend…. he had a lot of fun seeing “mr. wolf” the football players and clapping. He is at that point where he really does say everything, which is awesome, and he loves to sing! He has memorized parts of several songs from school and gma mimmers’s house.
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School started last week which means things are especially busy during the week but there is always time for the playground on the weekend…..click on them in order to see the entire pic
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I’ve been slacking apparently but i’ll blame that on prolonged jet lag after our trip- I had two business trips between our arrival back in the States and now. But I digress… we finally got Adrian his first hair cut. He made it almost 2 yrs and 4 months without out- impressive!
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What a long day…. we had a 7:45am flight out of Heathrow which meant an alarm clock call at 5am, a bus ride on the Hotel Hoppa, and then navigating the GIANT airport. The size of Heathrow is just mind blowing. We made it onto our flight and settled in for the almost 8 hour flight. The good and bad of waking up early is that Adrian was very tired- so he almost slept for half of the flight. Susan and I got a few winks in too. We arrived in DC only to find out that our flight was canceled and we were rebooked for the next day! Talk about depressing…but we were able to get put onto a US Air flight & had to take a taxi to Reagan Airport to catch that flight. I am too tired to describe what it is like to travel across the world with Adrian, a purse, a bookbag, Adrian’s duffel bag, my bag, etc…but we don’t have 3 of our bags at this time. 2 are at RDU and we’ll pick them up tomorrow & they are on the search for Adrian’s bag. We arrived to near 100 degree heat and smoke from fires in Eastern NC. Time to adjust to the reality of summer weather and some of the side effects of travelling. But there is nothing like home and we are happy to be back.
Here is a snapshot of Adrian at RDU waiting for the bus to long term parking. Yes he is in his diaper another long story 
You’ll have to call to get all the details.
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