Octavio!: September 2008

That's you sitting on the left, with a ball in your hand, watching Little Einsteins (you're not usually this calm)

Hi my little sweetie pie!

I'm so sorry I haven't updated your blog lately my little pumpkin. We've been ~~watching TV~~ very busy and I keep leaving my digital camera in the trunk of the car so I can't upload photos of your cute little self when we get home. Anyhoo, at the moment I'm writing a paper on Structural Adjustment Programs (boo!) in sub-Saharan Africa and I have Kanye West's Love Lockdown on repeat (you love dancing to this song). You, on the other hand, are fast asleep next to Daddy. Have I mentioned that Daddy is the best? He is! He's really stepped up to the plate with Mama in school and more demands at work and he never complains. I'm going to start calling him Father Chester or Saint Chester or something. Back to work for me but I love you my snookie wookie. See you in a few hours!

Mama

We're crazy busy here with Daddy in the middle of recruitment season and Mama starting graduate school a week ago. Busy Busy!

Not too busy to take photos of you though. These are all pretty random but here we go.

We went to visit Daddy during his lunchtime last week

Eating a potato chip

Those pigeons wanted that chip. You have a habit of just holding food in your hands for long periods of time lately. You'll just hold and hold it and not eat it.

Bushnell Park carousel

Mama used to ride this very same carousel when she was little

This was your second time riding it. I don't think you enjoyed it either time

Hanging on to Daddy

Peaceful little O

I had to take you to your pediatrician to get a rash on your leg looked at. Afterwards you and I had a little date at Viva Fresh Pasta in Northampton. It was one of my favorite restaurants when we lived in Noho. That's you attacking our dinner. This was shortly after you had spilled a cup of parmesan cheese on the floor. Dinner was yummie though!

You're not into your yogurt anymore. My wallet is happy but it's so good for you little O, I wish you still liked it.

You're currently addicted to apples, with the skin taken off.

Sneaky baby.

We went to the Touch-a-Truck Festival at Imagine Nation Children's Museum in Bristol last week. Who knew they had touch-a-truck festivals? Not me! Apparently kiddies love touching trucks because the place was packed and kids were going crazy. They had ambulances, fire trucks, semis, military trucks, you name it, they had it. You, however, weren't really into the trucks.

Playing inside

You love water

Going fishing

You're the boy in the bubble

Looking at the kiddies

You're on Sportscenter!

How cute

Daddy doing a puppet show for you

Looking at the kaleidoscope

Drawing or coloring or something

You liked this

Hopping into a truck

And another one

Hopefully you'll never have to be in a truck like this.

On Saturday we got to hang out with your cousins Yasmin & Jalil. I like hanging out with them one, because they're my niece and nephew and they're cute and two, they remind my ovaries that I really can't handle more than one child at this point in time.