Baptism

Hi everyone. I am back from Miami. There are many blog updates to come, but I will start here and move forward.

I was baptized on Monday (Memorial Day) by Bishop Noonan. My cousins Lucas and Sofia were also baptized. It was a small, intimate baptism which was nice. Gran made my christening gown, bonnet and blanket. I looked very cute. I screamed when the holy water touched me. Should my parents be afraid? Lucas smiled....what a kiss-a**

Let the pictures begin (thanks to Tia Katie and Oncle Gunnar for being such good photographers!)

Arriving at the church with Mom
Daddy and Cousin Sebastian playing
Getting dressed ( I wasn't thrilled about the bonnet):

Off to Get Baptized:


What are you doing Tio Tom?
Baptism:

Let's all stand





Family photos after the baptism:

Soth family (Gran, Daddy, Mommy, me, Grandpa, Tia Kristen, Tio Tom (my godfather) and Bishop Noonan)
Lopez Palma family (Mommy, me, Daddy, Tia Maria, Sebastian, Oncle Gunnar, Isabelle, Nona, Tio Albert, Lucas, Tia Claudia (my godmother), Sofia, Tio Cito, Bishop Noonan)

I love my cousin Sebastian and Tia Maria:Cute Cousin Lucas

and cousin Sofia

I am 10 months old today

I am off to Miami today. that is why the photos are all blurry. I am in motion

Mother's Day and Stuff

Hello everyone. Just a quick update before I head to Miami tomorrow. I'll be gone for a week visiting with my Nona, all my cousins and all my Tios and Tias. I am very excited. Mom is giving a presentation at the American Geophysical Union Meeting in Fort Lauderdale and Daddy and I are just tagging along. My mom keeps talking about attenuated color ratio, error propagation, aerosol index tracking algorithms and other boring stuff. Thank goodness she doesn't have her own blog because she would be boring y'all to tears.

I managed to catch a cold, so I kept mom up all night because I couldn't breathe. It is payback for her boring me. Hopefully I will be better for my flight tomorrow.

But onto the update

Mother's Day: We went to Sacramento to spend it with Gran and Great Grandma. If my dad was a little less self absorbed, he would have thought to take a picture of me with mom on her first Mother's Day. But he didn't. I also didn't get a picture with Great Grandma. But I did get one with Gran. She played a lot with me and read me books. I loved it:


I also spent time with Grandpa. I think he likes me more than Hattie the dog (but don't tell Hattie.)

Oops, you caught me eating the book...and you say I won't eat anything solid.

I do love teething biscuits


And the bath that follows:


Now aren't I cute in my hat?

Ok, all for now. Now give me that camera

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all my favorite moms.

And She's Off

The inchworm



precedes the crawl

New

There is something new in these photos. See if you can spot it (click on the photos for a larger view)

I am 3/4 today

What does being 9 months old (3/4 of a year!) mean to me? let me ponder
It means lots of fun!

Challenges that may seem out of reach

But it also mean relaxing and lounging and always looking up!
I AM 9 MONTHS OLD TODAY
and I love it

smack

I send you all a kiss

Little Lamb

Hey everyone!! I had quite the adventures this weekend. Let me tell you about them
The weather was beautiful so we spent most of it outside. On Saturday, we went to Ardenwood Farms to see the Baby Lambs. they were very cute...from a distance

but I was scared of them. daddy had to protect me. I did not want to touch them

The big sheep were even scarier. I wouldn't even look at them and I insisted Mom carry me everywhere
and later I hitched a ride on Daddy

I just preferred to people watch, so we did that for a while. And i played with my Daddy


On Sunday, we drove up to Mount Hamilton to see the Lick Observatory. It was beautiful up there. There was also a tour of the Lick telescope. I felt I had more interesting things to say than the tour guide, so i tried talking louder than him. mommy took me outside so she could hear me better. Daddy stayed and listened to the tour guide. His loss...I am way more fun than some old tour guide. Mom and I enjoyed the views, had great conversations, even though she kept complaining about allergies. She forgot to take pictures though.

I hope next weekend is as much fun as this weekend

Friends and Puppy

A couple of weekends ago, I had some new visitors. Dad's good friend Dev FINALLY came out to meet me. he flew in from New York. We had a good time together. We played

and he showed me what tonsils look like
Our friend and author Daniel Price ("Slick" available at your local b0okstore) also came to visit. He drove all the way from LA.
Uncle Huan also came to visit. we hadn't seen him since last year. My parents promise me that it wasn't anything I did. He is just too busy
Other exciting adventures in my life are the following

I am finally teething. I woke up at 5:00 am in the worst pain and cried for 2 hours straight. Once I finally calmed down, my mom started dressing me for the day. But I fell asleep while she was putting my tights on, but still hadn't fully taken off my pajama. I slept for close to 2 hours. I was exhausted
This picture was taken after I woke up and got dressed. I was happy again
And I could play with the stuffed dog Nona gave me
Here, my mom is reminding me to be gentle. We have been practicing so that next time I see Hattie the dog, she won't run from me

see, gentle
softly
Later at school, I patiently awaited my lunch:
Until next time