We finally managed to get everyone together for some family photos. The only one missing is Ivan’s dad! We spent the early evening playing in the backyard of Ivan’s brother’s home and then we finished the night with some sushi and gorgeous entertainment in the form of Mika and her little cousin Maria-Renee. It kinda sucks knowing we’ll be so far away from this soon!

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This is a very frequent view in our lives right now. Reheating beans.

This is the air conditioning unit that sits above us when we eat.

This is our latest morning walk – to buy veges. But you’ll notice, as colorful and amazing as this looks, the actual lack of veges in sight. In fact, I can only see carrots, some green beans and some corn. The rest is just amazingly sweet and delicious fruit.

Mika rides in her car.

Oh hi there! This is Mika, hanging out in the door to the office.

Her latest trick!! She stands and she dances! Well, dancing is a stretch. But she’s pretty excited Look at those strong legs!!!

I’m shooting a wedding tomorrow, then we’ll be in full ‘getting ready to leave’ mode, which means getting rid of a few things still, planning any last minute beach trips, having lunch with family and spending as much time together as possible (not hard, considering we spend all day in a small house together ).

I’m actually starting to feel a bit sad about leaving Mexico…but just sad enough to really appreciate everything about right now. Not sad enough to not be crazy excited about Seattle!!

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Yesterday we went to the beach for a day. The sun wasn’t shining but it was still 30 degrees out. The water was cold so the swimming was brief (we did both go all the way in though! For some reason baby cried when she saw us each dive in, and kept crying until we’d dried off…).

She was so content all day, just moving sand from one place to another, crawling in the soft sand, moving around the club restaurant, tasting the sand, clambering over the beach chairs. Ivan and I lazed around, listening to the waves and the birds. We did some crosswords, we listened to music and Ivan sipped on a margarita. It was exactly what we needed.

The sand doesn’t taste so good!

I got back from changing into my bikini and I found the two of them dining on wedges and a margarita. Too cute.

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I thought the birds looked pretty amazing yesterday at San Carlos. Man I wish I could bottle up that relaxed beachy goodness and carry it with me always. Birds, waves and not a lot else = perfection.

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• Likes: grapes, mango, black beans, mayocoba beans, banana, raisins. Dislikes: everything else.
• Has just started standing all by herself! Today! She looked at me and just stood up without holding onto anything, stayed there for a while, then crouched down again.
• Instead of giving kisses, she’s started ‘blowing’ kisses. She can smack her lips together in a kissing sort of way. Her version of ‘blowing’ a kiss is by putting her finger in her mouth and pulling it out as she does it. Too cute.
• 4 teeth! 2 on top, 2 on the bottom.
• Down to about 3 breastfeeds a day. We’re working on it.
• Can climb up and down the stairs like a boss. Boom.
• Loves her paddling pool like crazy.
• Is in love with ‘tongues’ right now. If I poke mine out at her, she gets into a fit of giggles as she tries to grab it. Quite funny.
• Has started throwing mini ‘tantrums’. It’s hilarious to watch, we’re not quite sure what we’re meant to do about it. But it is so.freaking.cute. This is what her tantrums look like:

And she keeps getting cuter every day. Proof:

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