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Diego TV: Exercise

Get in shape boy!

Diego has been working out and making his 16 month old body look 15 months young again.  His favorite exercise with daddy is push ups.  As you can see in the photos, he's been influenced by his yogi Mima.  

Diego recently got a sweet new hairdo thanks to his steady-handed Mama.  Although it looks relatively straight head on, let's just say there's a good side and an almost-got-a-mullet side.  Eh, Diego is confident he can rock whatever style mom can throw at him.  

15 mos!

Life with Diego is fun and full of chatter.  The boy likes to talk! He is very focused on learning words and using them over and over and over.   He is especially interested in garbage cans, garbage trucks, and things that are generally yucky or stinky.  I'm sure you can imagine the type of humor that goes on in our house.  Judging from daddy's jokes, this humor is here to stay.

Another pass time of Diego's is creative stacking.  He spends quality time making "statues" (another favorite word) with anything on hand.  He'll often start a stacking and then knock it down if he's dissatisfied with the look of the piece, then start again.  Artist's prerogative!  Here are a few of his masterpieces.

This one is in progress...
Finished with a shoe on top!

Kitty likes to help.
Clock tower.


Diego also likes to conduct Cheerio experiments in his lab.

Happy Halloween!

Love,
Han, Leia and R2D2

Up and Running in China

Diego is now 14 months and a world traveler! Currently, he is trying to get back on schedule after a 2.5 week trip to Southern China. Jet lag is kicking butts all around the Giron Ringold household.

While Diego was in the motherland, he worked on his walking, running and haggling of street vendors. He also learned to say "cool" and a few other choice words that arise while traveling and being frustrated in a foreign country. Ahem, we hope those words fade into the background soon. You can follow some of his overseas adventures at http://achineseadventure.blogspot.com. The photos will be up on our Flickr account soon.

For those of you who missed us while we were gone, feel free to drop by. Diego is spending his awake time doing a lot of this:

And a little bit of this:

13 Month Old Goof Ball

Diego has been enjoying late summer and never misses a chance to smile or get silly. He is still a bit shy about walking and prefers to crawl, but first steps have been taken. For the past couple of months, he has been using the potty once or twice almost every day. Right now is all about timing on mom and dad's part, but Diego is fulfilling his part of the bargain. We do have some first-poop-in-potty pictures, but we'll spare you the sight.

Baby boy is also getting ready for his first overseas trip. He has a passport and visa in hand and will be jetting to China on Sept. 23. Along with Mom, Dad, Grandma, Uncle Dane and Aunt Judy, he will be visiting Hong Kong, Jiangmen, Nanning, Yangshuo and Guilin. Diego will also meet some long lost relatives, sample noodles along the way and learn about squat potties. Should be a momentous trip!


Until next time, we'll leave you with Willie, Diego and a treat.

Get Well Soon!

Diego turns one!

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11 Months and Serious About Snacks

Diego has one more month of baby-dom and can't wait to run with the big kid crowd. Well, "run" is a bit of a stretch. Although mom and dad are pretty sure he could walk if he desired, as he has that balance thing down, Diego is showing little interest in taking solo steps. But, that doesn't mean the little guy can't get around! He does plenty of walking with the aid of a couch, wall, cat, ottoman, etc.



Diego continues to rack up words in his burgeoning vocabulary. Some of his current favorites are clock, truck, trees, nose, teeth, fish, dog, Cheerios, cup, cracker, daddy, and "bap bap!" That last one is used for either a car horn, a dog's bark or the microwave timer. Notice that "Mama" is not listed. She is often referred to as "cat." Great, whatever, she's totally fine with that.

Diego has also been practicing his truffle pig imitation:

That's a spicy meatball!

Thank you for the froggie toy Auntie Courtenay!

Ravenna thanks you too.

10 Months in Boulder

Last week Diego paid a visit to his peeps in Colorado. He was very excited to see everyone especially Grandma, Pop, Uncle Josh, Aunt Ali and Aunt Nena. He also tested the baby-proofedness of Grandma's living room and discovered something called a Wii controller. Interesting.

Although direct sunshine involves mom coming at him with sunscreen and hats, Diego really enjoyed making the most of the warm weather by bearing his bits and swimming in a horse trough. Diego loves Uncle Josh because he's very good swimming company, but also because he has the same haircut.



Diego also helped Pop celebrate Father's Day by eating snow cones and a mango on a stick. Pop was so inspired by the mango treat, that he has become the new Mr. Mango Pop model.



All in all Diego had a great time in Boulder. To see the rest of the photo set, click here.

One Hand Clapping

Welcome Sweet Levi Sander

"Hello, Cousin!"

Diego TV! Episode 5

Diego is overcome with a fit of the giggles.

Baby Mobile at 9 Mos: Mom, Dad World at End, Not to Mention Cat's

Diego, like most babies, has the uncanny ability to go into a room and seek out the most dangerous item and/or situation. Really. Without fail. Now that he's mobile, all bets are off and the motorcycle keys have been vaulted along with all household knives and scissors.

He is the king of the living room and all his subjects just try to stay out of his way. He especially loves the TV armoire, the wicker blanket hamper and his "climbing wall" where he keeps his vinyl records neatly alphabetized.

Diego knows that he's going places and is very proud of himself.



Sometimes he gets his little self in some awkward situations when his feet get away from him.





Ravenna has been amazingly tolerant and tries her hardest to stay cool with a crawling, grabbing baby.



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Diego TV! Episode 4

Caged Diego.

Lucky Number 8

Over the past couple of months, Diego decided to stop messing around and get to work. He now has two bottom teeth (and is working on the top level), he has mastered the sitting thing, he has a black belt in crawling backwards, and has pumped enough iron to pull himself up to a standing position. Dang! Mom and Dad have been furiously baby proofing the house.




He has also caught on quickly to signing and uses the signs for "eat" and "milk" frequently and appropriately. We also gave up hope on his first word being either Mama or Dada, as he loves to shout "gat!" every time he sees Ravenna. To her credit, she does find him more and more fascinating and even gets close enough to allow him to grab her now and then. This, of course, results in very furry baby hands. Ew.



Some of Diego's favorite things right now are:

Nancy Drew lunch box. Diego *hearts* Nancy Drew (and Nanna of course)


Playing until he passes out on Mommy


Being laundry


Bath time with strategically placed ducks


Eating sour fruit




And acting a fool with Daddy

Teeth!

The Pitts

Sunny, Ben and Diego headed over to P-Burgh in the frigid March of '08 to check up on the Bemben Agnew clan.







All was well until we started making plans for Dingus Day celebrations...






See the whole photo set.

Diego says, "This has been the best six months of my life!"

Six months already, wow how time flies! Diego is getting cuter and bigger every second. He's doing some rolling and sitting, but he really gets exciting about standing (while holding onto something of course). His curiosity, which has always been healthy, has also grown. He is extremely interested in Ravenna cat and we wouldn't be surprised if she was his main motivation in learning how to be mobile. Watch out kitty.



Little Diego is eating solid food! He enjoys finely milled yams and blueberries with rice cereal. Squash has been tested without much interest. But so far it's clear that like his parents, Diego holds food in the highest regard.

As you can see he's still sporting his gummy smile, but we think there may be some teeth on the way....