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.
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.
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 GironRingold 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:
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.
