The Lopez Family Blog: Here we are!

I can't believe it's been almost two weeks since I've written! My computer is SO slow these days that I just have a hard time finding the time to sit down and work on it. I am taking it into Best Buy this week to wipe out the hard-drive and reinstall everything....so, it should be up and running just in time for baby girl's arrival!
We're all doing great and Diego has been a busy boy the past couple weeks. We went on a family camping trip with a group from church last weekend and had a blast. The beach pictures below are from the trip. There were a ton of kids there and they scooped Diego right up and hauled him off to play with them. It's so fun that he's at the age where we can let him go off with the big kids and he has a blast. As long as we know there is one responsible person taking care of him, we are comfortable. We went on a long hike (which I was sure was going to induce labor!) and just had a fun and relaxing time.
On our way back home Saturday Ricardo and I decided to call a babysitter and have one last date night before Alexia arrives. We went out to a fabulous Thai restaurant and had a lot of fun talking and enjoying each other's company. After dinner we went to a dessert cafe and treated ourselves to delicious desserts.
On Sunday we had a special visit from Tante Paige and Diego LOVED having her here. He called her "Paigey" and followed her all over the apartment. I enjoyed her visit more than anyone because we had special girl time and even went to the movies (which I hadn't done since before Diego was born)!
This weekend was a fun one too! On Saturday we took Diego to the zoo for the first time and we all had so much fun. Diego was in awe the entire time and didn't say a single word. But as soon as we left, we wouldn't stop talking about all of the animals we saw. His favorites were the rhinos, gorillas and lions.

He was so busy that it was hard to get him to stop for a picture

Uh-oh, a little mud on the hand!

Throwing rocks in the water

Lovin' the outdoors!

Poor Papi had to carry him most of the hike which was over 45 minutes!

At the playground with Paigey

Riding Paigey's stuffed doggie

This was at "Kanga-zoom" which is an indoor play area full of inflatable slides, houses, tunnels, etc. I even went into the inflatable houses with him and jumped around - it's a great place!