Downtime

Feels good to have some downtime. Joaquin's asleep and Gabriel finally has realized that there's some joy to playing by himself. This is one of the few times when he doesn't interfere with my typing on the keyboard. ** relief **

So. Since my last post, Joaquin had his first birthday. Thank god for party coordinators. Only work I did was call the caterer, call the coordinator and buy prizes. Not too bad. I think Joaquin enjoyed the attention.


A few weeks after his birthday, we bought Joaquin better sandals. I think he genuinely likes his new sandals because when he saw it, he asked (ok, signed) to put them on. He also stood with pride and took more confident strides with it. We all joke that he's like a small 10 year old now, the way he walks and climbs chairs and beds...

Today, we went swimming upstairs (our condo building has a swimming pool at the deck area). FREEZING! Gabriel was literally shaking from the cold, but wouldn't stop. To his credit, he's now more confident and jumps into the water without hanging on to my hand.

The coming week will be lots of work