What a Croc!!!

We went to the park at our apartment this evening. There is a ton of sand there, so all the kids take off their shoes. Mateo left his McQueen Crocs that his Litos bought him for his birthday by the steps. When we got ready to leave, they were gone...nowhere to be found. After about 20 minutes of searching the park, we finally accepted that they were taken. Mateo cried all the way home (mourning his loss).

Even though it was late when we got back, Miguel felt so bad for the little guy's first exposure to the negative side of humanity, they headed to the mall to buy new ones. No character Crocs could be found...they searched store after store.

This picture shows what Mateo looked like when he returned home from the mall (no, it was not raining). I think this displays just how bad Miguel felt about the shoe robbery and needless to say, Mateo went to bed happy as a clam.

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Learning to Crawl

Micaela is still not anywhere near crawling, but she has taken the first step...she can get on all fours (if only for a few brief seconds). Mateo is extremely anxious to see her on the move, so he spends a lot of time demonstrating "the crawl."

X-Box Trainee

We have an future Xbox player!!! I think Mateo started loving video games when he played Wii with Enzo and Fabio. Now he likes to participate in his Papa's Xbox Live sessions :-)

Micaela's Sweet Pea Dinner

Some sweet peas for our sweet pea :-) For Micaela's first real food, we decided to go with the greens. Mateo actually had peas for his first food too! She likes these way more than rice cereal, but she is still learning. Here are some shots of her with her little green face. You can also see that Mommy is making tons of silly sounds in the video while feeding her (the sounds always seem even more goofy on replay!)

Outer Banks, NC

Mateo with his "pato salvavida"

The sand dunes of the OBX

Watching movies after a long day in the water

We took a road trip to my very favorite place in North Carolina (so far), the Outer Banks. We met our good friends who live in Maryland, Stephanie and Alex, there. They have 2 kids, Ixchel and Adrian. It was great to see them and Mateo loved having two kids to play with. He especially took to Ixchel who was great at taking care of him like the great big sister that she is.

Micaela learns to sit up

Our little daughter has hit a milestone on our last day in CA. She has learned to sit up (although as you can see in the video, she is far from steady). She loved her Nannie and Papa's St. Augustine grass that gave her a soft landing each time she toppled over :-)

Our last day in Sacramento...for this trip

We had a great last day visiting with our family on our last day on this trip out to CA.

Robert and Gloria Get Married

What a handsome devil!!!!

Mateo with his new friends (the one in white was the flower girl)

Robert (Miguel's roommate for 4 years and best friend) and Gloria got married on Saturday, August 1. Miguel was a groomsman and Mateo carried the rings (he was quite the trooper through the ceremony). Anyway, they were so handsome dressed in their matching tuxes...Robert and Gloria looked fabulous too! We are sooo happy for our great friends and we miss them lots, I can't wait to visit them again!