See You, See Me

Having discovered the wonders of live chat, scenes like this can now be seen in real time. We are still making adjustments to each others camera "environment" but we have successfully had two chats and it is so wonderful to be able to "visit" with Felipe and his family more than just every three or four months. Thank you technology!!!

The Low Maintenance Cats

Like Aria, Felipe loves those cats. They look real, they feel real BUT they are not real. They are light weight and can be carried around very easily by a toddler. They don't complain, scratch, or run away from their "tormentors". They don't need to be fed and don't need a litter box (therefore they don't have to ever be litter box trained). Ah, Yes, the Purr-fect house cat for grandchildren.....

Happy New Year!

Tia Dana brought a lot of neat playthings for the Zak New Year's Eve party and Felipe had a great time (prior to bedtime---no, not midnight!!)tooting his horn.

Festival of Lights

While visiting with Grandpa and Grandma, Maria, Dave, and Felipe enjoyed the beautiful "Lights" display at Watkins Regional Park. Felipe's favorite (not shown here) were the reindeer jumping over the road. He's probably still wondering how they did that.

Parallel Play

Yup, this is classic parallel play at it's best. Here the cousins "meet" for the first time since Felipe's Baptism when he was three months old and Aria was almost two. They seem to have a unique understanding in this play situation even though Felipe's expressive language is not quite up to par with Aria's. However, he understands everything you say to him and play time for the both seemed to work out well. Here Aria is "reading" a book to Felipe. Awwwww.....Too Cute!