Babies (& mommies?) Go Hog Wild!

Summer vaca has begun! And with it comes the kiddie pool. We had a pool party today with friend Sarai (and mommy) to celebrate - and to help get them out of the house to move. It was an awesome day. Xavi woke up from his nap and said, "mami outside Sarai", because we had an early start to this party and it did go most of the day. I'll start at the end and work my way backwards (because that's the way I uploaded these picturs!). Xavi learned that sharing is caring.
Not shown here, but he actually decided to share his car with Sarai and then he pushed her around the yard. The other pic is the baby attack on one mommy. Poor Jenny she never had a chance. I tell you, these kids are rough.

Here they are splashing around. He was so tired at the end of the day - he seriously passed out at bedtime.

Thanks Jenny and Sarai for the best day ever...and for an easy bedtime.

Here's a shot of the test day. The day after we got the kiddie pool he walked arounf it and tested the waters.
Now that he has decided he loves the pool he just jumps right in.

Other backyard fun, earlier in the week.

Another fav, riding the bike, sometimes with the helmet on and sometimes no helmet.

More Pictures

Sitting through graduation, Xavi decided to collect all the programs from every chair in the row next to us. He loves to clean up, sometimes.

With friends, right before spilling an italian lemon ice all over his father. Good times.

The family, minus aunt Tsubasa - she took the picture. Which brings me to my next point. Why are her pictures so much nicer, crisper? Just noticed a huge smudge on my camera lens - like a fingerprint...could be a toddler fingerprint. This last picture was taken by Nate, thanks!

Bravo for Papi!

He's finally done after two long years! Xavi's birth marked the beginning - I went into labor the first day of orientation! So it wasn't an easy first year, but we survived and Daniel did such a great job balancing school and time spent with his son. Xavi had so much fun at graduation, he loved clapping after every speaker and dancing to the bagpipes.

Though at first he just stared...
Grandpa (or pampa as Xavi sometimes called him) really got into the spirit. Who really graduated here? And then there was dancing to the bagpipes.

While we waited...Xavi made some friends. He looked for a squirrel and then invited himself over to another family's picnic


This picture is from aunt Tsubasa's camera - acutally all of these are from her camera. I had a similar one on a previous post, but this one is better. I will post round two with pictures from my camera.

In new developments, I've had two reports from each child care provider that Xavier can open completely closed doors. I didn't believe it when I heard from one person, but now that it's been reported by each one of them I'm more inclined to believe it. Oh no! Does that mean we can't contain him in a room anymore? At least he still can't open the safety gate, though he does try and he knows in general what movement to make to get it open.

More Cars

Here's the start of the celebration, a bbq on Saturday with family. Even though it was a celebration for his dad, Xavi came away with some presents.

He got this car and it was a hit! He loved getting in and out and beeping. It seemed to be his favorite toy ever! Until he saw the box it came in.




This is uncle Peter helping Xavier play with his new favorite toy.

Here is another picture with oma, uncle Gabi and aunt Tsubasa.