We all knew this would happen sooner or later...

Tristan has gone on his first date!
Mommy had been hoping he'd wait until he was 30 or so, but we all knew that being that much of a handsome, charming little man, that the girls would be swooning early on...
So Tristan's first girlfriend is Miss Callie Mae. She's quite a sweety... she likes to blow kisses, give hugs and kisses, say hi and bye (while waving), long walks in the wagon and eating sand :-)
Their first date was a picnic at the park with some fun on the swings, and the sand (Tristan apparently likes to throw it... oh dear!)
Mommy was not a chaperone at this date (it was while he was at day care), but our good friend Amanda (Callie's mom) was... and he was very well behaved :-)
Here are some shots - thank you very much Amanda for the great pictures!

5 days to the last Harry Potter book!!!
Happy Harry Potter week everyone!

Love,
Marcy, Will and Tristan

We're so late!!!

Sorry everyone! Been totally crazy around here, so blogging's falling FAR behind in the list of things to do... Geez, how do we update everyone without completely going over the edge with info? Quick list... here's what we've been upto: 1) We have gone on our first official family trip. Whoop whoop! We had the great pleasure of driving to Toronto (only stopped twice! Once to nurse, and once to eat! Yippee!) to spend a weekend with the Abuelos, Tio/Primo Humberto, Tia Fanny and Zio (sp?) Joe visting at the African Lion Safari and Black Creek Pioneer Village. It was an awesome trip, the only downside: No pool at the hotel! Here are some shots of our trip:

First, a couple of all the "dogs" (Tristan calls them "GA") we got to see:

Old Macdonald had a farm... and on that farm he had a sheep!

Here is Fanny and Mommy and Tristan hidden in the Mei Tai that Mommy made ALL by HERSELF! He fell asleep (he's facing mommy) so we put the hat on to keep him nice and cozy... Mommy's glasses on the back of his head is just the cute bonus :-) It's blurry, but you get to see not only Tio/Primo Humberto, but the little adorable giraffe bag that Tia Fanny bought Tristan! Tristan was moving around from person to person on the tour bus (we weren't too keen on having baboons pee on our side windows, so we took the bus), so Humberto made a buddy to hang out with :-)Here is Zio Joe and matching with Tia Fanny (except he had no goofy hat... and wouldn't tell us why not???)

Tristan playing peek-a-boo with Mommy's hat (isn't he adorable???)

Here is Tristan being oh so subtle at bedtime (he's so tired, can't you tell???)

One of the funny things that occured is how Tristan realized that one of the difference between cloth & disposable diapers is that with disposable diapers, Tristan could reach his toes much better! So he had a great time chewing on them whenever possible (including the car!) He has to use both hands to bring his foot to his mouth now that he's back on our beloved cloth diapers (we are really big fans of big booty!)

So, some yummy feet shots:

2) Mommy's back at work... although not with her old job... which is the main reason why the blogging's fallen of the wagon...

She's just started as a research consultant with an awesome firm that works with the government, and it allows her to work from home, and therefore stay at home with Tristan... it's crazy hard and she feels like she's working every waking moment that she's not with Tristan, but it's so worth it because she gets to be with him... that being said, she does need her sleep (as little as it might be) so Tristan started homecare for a few hours a day, four days a week... It was so hard! For mommy! Tristan seems to be loving it now, but mommy still hates the empty van feeling after she drops him off...

This is Tristan and his friend Callie Mae (we're not quite at girlfriend status, but she keeps trying to hug & kiss him... he's quite coy) going for a ride in the car (he LOVES that car! Luckily, we have the same one at home)... Callie wanted a ride too, so they doubled up!

Here he is painting a card for Daddy's birthday... you can tell he's our son, because he's barely getting dirty! He's a neat freak like us! :-)

3)Our first official Mother's Day was amazing! Daddy and Tristan got mommy a beautiful necklace with Tristan's birthstone (which Daddy hid in a box of yummy chocolates!), and we went for a walk to the park, played in the swings, went down the slide and played with the sand... then we went out for Vietnamese (Tristan got to play with bean sprouts) and when Daddy kept trying to get Tristan to say Mamma, he said DADADADA! The monkey got it backwards! :-)

4) We've also celebrated the first official Father's Day! Mommy and Tristan got Daddy a tshirt (that says "Dad" on it), some books, a teddy bear, a Daddy sculpture, and a great framed picture of Daddy and Tristan (both with big smiles!). We started having a picnic, but Daddy had to work, so it got postponed (a couple of times again due to the weather...) Tristan also decided to start saying MAMAMAMA again today :-)

5) It was shortly thereafter that we celebrated Daddy's birthday (he's pushing 30 now!) We're planning on going for a picnic to celebrate, but just haven't been able to get coordinated with the weather!

One final thing... we've realized Tristan spends WAY too much time around the dogs... we think they may be starting to rub off on him... what do you guys think?

Well, that's about it for now! We'll keep you updated more often - promise!

Love,
Marcy, Will and Tristan :-)