Sebastian's First B-day and some more

Busy is too small of a word to describe the summer of 2011. I am sorry I haven't written much but between Sebastian's first B-day and the visit from "los abuelitos", there was hardly any off time... let alone time to write. On top of that blogger hasn't been very good lately.   But here I am, and I gotta say, this has probably been the best summer ever! ever, ever, ever, ever!  (Is it just me or do I sound like a teenager?)


Anyway,  I don't really know who reads this things any more but I do notice that people still  peak at the blog now and then and to those guys and gals... my sincere apologies.  I am supposed to be writing weekly but definitely not achieving anything close to that.
I did manage to find some time to put pieces of this post together during the last few weeks and today I decided to finish and publish it. 

To start,  abuelitos were here for a month and a half.... yay!  They arrived just before Sebas' B-day and stayed with us until mid-august.  Abue Felix was beyond excited that this time around he could actually go out of the house in "normal" clothes instead of the regular canadian "eskimo" outfit he has had to wear in the winter time.  He could not believe how green Calgary looks in the summer.  Abue Martha is taking in all of abue Felix's happiness and planning to strike some time soon with the hope that he'll agree to consider moving to Canada at some point.  We'll see how that goes.... stay tuned for the next 5 years...   ; )

Sebastian's B-day was on July 1st. I planned for a small party and the theme was The Jungle.  It was a lot of fun... we had everybody at our deck and there were kids, cake, hot dogs,  balloons, friends, presents and everything a party is supposed to have.

 

And of course, Sebastian had to have his very own first piece of cake.  He looooove it (geez, the kid can eat!). 

 
I was surprised to find the old game of putting the tail to the donkey at the store where I bought all of the party stuff.  I always thought that game was some sort of Colombian tradition specially designed by parents who wanted to embarrass their kids in front of their friends,  but I guess that is a world wide problem.  The kids were great thought, they all played and we all laugh.  We'll show the pictures to their boyfriends and girlfriends when they're older (and want to take revenge for some sleepless night).

After the birthday,  we spend all the time with Abuelitos in a a big Calgary vacation. We went to the Stampede, to the river, the zoo, etc etc.  I think abuelitos went back to Colombia more in love with Sebas that never before.  Abuelito Felix even learned how to change a pooped diaper... which he didn't even do for my brother or me!.   

  

This is a pic of us at the Stampede Grounds for the Superdogs show.  Sebas had his very own "Santandereano" cowboy hat. I also made him wear a tie for the occasion.  Some of you might find this a bit excessive, but in my defense, he looked super cute AND I got to take advantage of the fact that he still doesn't have a problem with me selecting his wardrobe... I can't even begin to think what will be "in fashion" when he grows up but I sincerely hope is not as bad as the half ass hanging pants boys wear today. 

This is a pic of us playing at the zoo.  He REALLY likes lions, tigers and all felines (Including Milu) and he has learned to roar.  Very scary might I add.  (And cute!).  I think a new teeth was coming out, therefore the drool heading straight into my face; but you know what? I have developed a weird immunity to all kinds of gross stuff coming out of babies.  :)  But let's not talk about that. 

Besides roaring, Sebas has changed a lot since my last blog.  And since I looove lists,  I decided to make my favorite top 5 things Sebas has learned/changed since then.

1. He's now the proud owner of 8 teeth AND a molar.
2. He is also now at full penguin speed in two feet (no really... imagine a penguin running... that's exactly what he looks like).  One day he just stood up and ran... after ice cream! - Fortunately, he did it in front of abuelitos and cousin Ana... other ways nobody would have believed me.  
3. Besides his favorite words: mama, papa and agua (water); he also says "abra puata!" or in better spanish, abra la puerta... which means, open the door.  We're now working on the - "please" part.  I know what you are thinking; interesting choice of words.  But, he has issues with daddy closing the door to go to the bathroom.
4. He also has developed a new set of noises being my favorites "woof, woof" whenever he sees a dog and "choo chooo", at the sight of a train, LRT,  bus, truck or any other thing on wheels of some meaningful size.
5. He screams "gol!" at the sight of any ball he sees.  This is something he learned from Abuelito Felix who watched soccer all the time while he was here.  

And since the summer ended and the fall its pretty much gone too,  my final pics are from Seba's first thanksgiving.  He was looking very sharp in his little plane blue vest. Might I add he eat everything he could get his hands on!?

So much to be thankful for... there is just no words. 

Until next post,

LuzM.