Muevete!

Here is the anticipated video of peanut crawling! Enjoy! Watch at the end when he gets close to me and he just falls forward. That is his "sliding into first" talent to get where and what he wants quickly.

Changes

Angel Ignacio is officially a crawler. He is getting so skilled at it that the fun is really about to begin. Today he crawed all the way across the living room floor to get to mommy. It is so great to see him finally be able to accomplish one of his many goals. He is persistent and focused; two attributes that will take him far. He is also getting his third tooth. It is the top right one and the white is visible. He is only 7 months but he is already doing so much!! I can't wait to see what one year will bring!

Out and About

With such beautiful weather our family has been out and about, back to Minnehaha Falls for a day in the park followed the next day by Ignacio's first trip to the Farmer's Market and the zoo. He was in bed by the time the fireworks started so Angel and I sat out on our balcony where, and I am not kidding you, you can see about 15 different shows around the city and surrounding areas. Great Grandma Smith sent him a package to celebrate her favorite holiday, which including patriotic clothing and toys along with Ignacio's first American flags. Now all he needs are his red, white and blue Zumba pants and he is good to go!

I was thinking back at my July 4ths growing up and they were so much fun, Brown Deer Park, the parade, a picnic table in the shade with the family. But the best fireworks show Angel and I have decided is definately the one in Superior, WI. The hot spot to be is in the Menard's parking lot. Why, you may ask. It is because the entire petri dish that is Superior is there, which means you are sure to see some idiot practically blow his hand off setting something off next to his gas-guzzling Ram Pick-Up truck. To top it all off they shoot the fireworks off right across the street so there is always the thrill that one may not go off right and we could all catch on fire. Talk about suspense!! The last time we were there we were covered in ash as we left and could barely see eachother because of the smoke that filled the parking lot. Exciting! We will wait until Ignacio is a bit older to expose him to that fun!

He loved the zoo. It was hotter than a pistol but we knew he would enjoy it because he practically freaks out with excitement when he sees Krissy's kitty. His favorite animal, based on mother-interpreted-facial-expression reading was the monkey. The other on-lookers were probably highly annoyed as I made EVERY animal sound as we stood in front of the glass, observing the annoyed animals whose expressions said, "Get me the hell out of here." We just ignored them and pretended they were always destined to be in a cage, surrounded by plastic trees and toys with humans gauking. It will be fun to watch Ignacio enjoy it even more next year when he is running around and we are attempting to keep track of him. If we do loose him, I will head straight to the primate area and see if my predictions this year were right!

Enjoy the pictures!