back in town

Now that we are back in California, my days have not been so exciting. My mom has been keeping me indoors this past week due to all the fires. She says the air quality is too bad for me to breathe. Dad has refrained from rolling his eyes (in her presence), but I think it has been a challenge.

I have done one exciting thing since getting back in town. A couple of weeks ago, we went to see Gran and Grandpa and spent some time at the El Dorado County Fair. I saw lots of animals. And I had my first ride on a carousel. Some older kids were scared, but not me.

I rode the traditional way:

I rode with no hands:

And I rode standing up. i am such a daredevil:

My mom also rode a horse, but she held on the entire time
Another reason why we have not done much is because it has been so HOT! and our house doesn't have air conditioning. It got so bad one weekend, that my parents moved me into their room...they have a small air conditioner in there that they bought when mom was pregnant last year and always hot (now she is typically always cold). Anyways, they tried having me sleep in their big bed with them but I kept kicking mom in the head. Dad had the bright idea to make me a bed on the ground

Here I am napping in that bed. I am sleeping on a quilt. the pillow by my head is to keep me from hitting it on the end table and the 2 blue pillows behind me are the keep me from rolling under their bed. It was fun having my first camp out

Speaking of "back in town", my parents good friends matt, marzia and baby abby are finally back from Switzerland. they spent 1 year there. they left before I was born and now baby abby is no longer a baby. She is a big 2.5 year old little girl. She was very excited to meet me, as I was her and we became fast friends.

We held hands during breakfast (great shot dad, you could have at least waited until my eyes were open):

I loved her so much that i was like"come on over here and give me a hug"
That's what I'm talking about:
I hope to see her again soon

Miami Randomness

ok, this is the last Miami post. Just a bunch of randomness

I had my first taste of yogurt in Miami. I loved it...I want more
Playing with Daddy's hat on the plane
Speaking of hats, I wouldn't wear mine so daddy figured someone should
Lastly, Tia Claudia and mom had to share a dinner plate because everyone ate all the food while mom and Tia Claudia were feeding me and the Wonder Twins. Our family is filled with dirtbags! with Daddy being King of dirtbags. He had 3 helpings and then informed us that there was no food left, other than the plate Tia Claudia had served herself already. luckily, Tia Claudia is not a dirtbag and she shared with mom

Family fun in Miami

So the best part of Miami was spending time with my family. I played a lot with my cousins Sofia and Lucas. I am 3.5 months older than them so I feel it is my responsibility to show them the ropes.
But I can't be watching them all the time. I think I was napping when they did this to Lucas:

But I tried to make it up to him by teaching him how to do the Itsy Bitsy Spider
Nona finally got a picture with all her grandkids

Nona is fun. She reads to meNow I know why Isabelle loves her so much
When we went to the park, Sebastian pushed the swing for me. he is such a good cousin
Sometimes I am not so good of a cousin. Why am I the one sitting in the bumbo when I know how to sit by myself and Sofia does not. I am sorry Sofia


My parents rented a van when we were in Miami. That meant that the Boysens lopezs and the soth lopezs traveled together, which means lots of entertainment for me in the car
Practicing sticking my tongue out with Tio Cito
In Coconut Grove with Grandpa and Dada

Sleeping like delicate angels
me, not so delicate or angelic
I introduce to you Anger Management

I am 11 months old today

I am 11 months old today and I won't stay still (which is why I have a black eye...i fell yesterday)


ok, I will try to stay still for the photo


Nah, I would rather stand

Beach in Miami

While in Miami, we also went to the beach. I had a great time as long as no sand touched me or the pretzel I was eating.




I like walking with Daddy because i was far away from the sand.We asked Daddy to take a picture of Mommy and I, and this is what he came up with...maybe that is why he is not the photographer of the family
I went it the beach with the Super twins and Tia Claudia. They looked quite adorable in their swimwear

Swimming at the pool

While in Miami, I went swimming at the pool for the first time. We got to go to mom's old hangout....Winston Park Clubhouse. She lived at this pool when she was 12-14 years old. Her and her friends were sooo cool.

We started out at the pool steps on the first day. we didn't have our swimsuits so we just played there for about 15 minutes


We went back a few days later, with the proper attire. I started out in the Baby pool to ease my way into it



I loved it!

After swimming in the baby pool, I played with the grass with gram. There was lots of interesting stuff at Winston Park Clubhouse!

Several days later, we went back to the pool. I got to swim in the big pool with my cousins. Notice Sofia and I have matching swimsuits. We are so cute
My mom keeps saying that she is going to sign me up for swimming lessons, but it hasn't happened yet. Hopefully it will soon!