I'm a baby with a busy agenda!

Putting a puzzle together at the children's museum

Playing the drums with Papi

How musical am I!? I can even play the piano!

What a work of art!

We had a really fun week last week and great weekend, too. Ricardo attended a leadership course all week and had a room at the Intercontinental Hotel downtown so we decided to make a mini-vacation out of it. We packed up our bags on Sunday, checked into the hotel on Monday and stayed until Friday. Diego and I carried on with our normal activities - bible study, play group, errands, etc, but used the hotel as a base. Diego had fans in every area of the hotel - lobby, housekeeping, lounge, restaurants... Everywhere we would go the people would say "Hola Diego, Hola Diego." He always greets everyone with a smile so people are naturally drawn to him. We didn't get to see Ricardo that much, but it was important for us to be together as a family in the evenings and mornings. On Saturday we drove two hours to Chattanooga, Tennessee to meet up with our dear friends, the Cifuentes family. They are from Colombia and we met them at HBS. They have two daugthers, Veronica is 3 and Daniela is 10 months. We had a great day with them. We arrived a bit early so the three of us went to the Children's museum which was a blast. Diego loved exploring everything. From there we met Luis, Diana, Vero and Dani for lunch and then on to the best part – the aquarium! Diego’s room has a sea-life theme so he loves fish because there are 5 big metal fish on his wall. As soon as we entered the aquarium and he saw the pictures of fish on the walls, he was happy! He had never seen real-life fish so we weren’t sure if he would understand, but he totally did. He LOVED the fish tanks and would put his nose up to the glass and his eyes would follow every move of the fish – it was so much fun to see. We always take the stroller with us on outings, but Papi doesn’t put Diego in it because he loves to carry him. And Diego is SO content in Papi’s arms and doesn’t make a peep. Even when we’re at home – if Diego is fussy and Ricardo picks him up, he’s as happy as can be observing everything Papi does. He gets clingy with Ricardo in the evenings and weekends which is great because then they’re able to spend quality time together. Yesterday Ricardo was cooking breakfast and Diego held on to his pants and walked with him everywhere he went around the kitchen and wouldn’t let go – like a little monkey!
We think this lil’ guy may be walking soon. Yesterday he stood on his own more than ever and
took half a step two times.