Kansas Trip

Here are some pics from our trip to Kansas. Joaquin did amazingly well. There were a few small breakdowns, but after letting him stretch out a bit he was his happy self again. He was soooo happy when I picked him up from daycare Tuesday night. I could tell he was glad to have been able to crawl around all day, and he took an almost 3 1/2 hour nap that day at daycare, which is unheard of. He was very tired from all the traveling.


wearing Chris' hat.

trying on Grammie's sun glasses

at the wedding with Anna

with Anna and Wyatt.

trying out the rocking horse.

with GG at the reception

taking a little snooze at the reception.

with Isabela, someday Mrs. Tubbs :)

dancing with the bride.

Isabela dancing with her grandpa.

getting tuckered out.

playing with bubbles on the way home.

Varejao and Wallace :)

Apparently wearing the wigs did not give the Cavs enough good luck.

Joaquin playing one of his favorite games :)

Oldie

Here's a pic from December of Joaquin with his cousin Donathan. Hard to believe how much Joaquin has changed in the last 5 months! Donathan is 4 months older than Joaquin.

First Mother's Day

My first Mother's day was a nice one. Joaquin and I went to church and then lunch with my parents and we had planned on going to Chris' uncle's house when Chris got off of work but Joaquin and I were both taking a nice long nap so we just stayed home. I wish we could have spent time with Chris' family, but it has been quite an exhausting couple of weeks for us all and we really needed the rest. It was really the best Mother's day gift I could have imagined. But I did get more :) Chris got me a beautiful necklace, a lavender candle set and a little zebra figure from my favorite store World Market. He says that Joaquin told him what to get :)

Joaquin was sick most of this week. We had to pick him up early from daycare on Monday b/c he was running a fever. Turned out he had a double ear infection and ended up staying home through Thursday. He is finally back to himself and went back to day care today. He brought home a little flower pot and artwork with his footprint on it and a poem. As you can see in the artwork it is very difficult to get his footprint... he does not like to stop moving much!

The poem:

MY FOOTPRINTS

Someday I'll jump through puddles,

take a stroll or run a race.

Someday I'll walk across the street

or maybe I'll walk in space.

Someday I'll scale a mountain

or I'll join a ballet corps.

Someday I'll walk a tightrope

or explore the ocean floor.

Someday these feet will do some things

that only heaven knows,

but for today they're happy

just to wiggle all their toes.

Masterpiece

Here is a piece of artwork that Joaquin created at daycare a while ago. I love his use of color :)