Another big first

Benjamin went to the dentist for a cleaning today. A little crying but great for his first time! =)

No cavities or problems! =)

Goodie bag in the end of it and way more excited to brush teeth now! Cool

O Benjamin fez limpeza nos dentes hoje, foi a primeira vez! Deu uma reclamadinha mas nada serio! Fiquei muito feliz pois se comportou bem. =)

Nenhuma carie, nenhum problema ate agora! Gracas a Deus!

Achei demais a ideia do oculos de sol para a luz nao ir na cara! no fim ganhou um saquinho cheio de surpresas! =) Ele ficou super feliz!

A weekend of firsts

 So, Noah founded outhe can get into the washer… and on top of the over door!!! *Heart attack here* - And to answer your first question after looking at this pic *YES - WE DO HAVE A LOCK ON IT!*   
 Noah and Thomas had a plesant and CALM (believe me or not) afternoon! =)
 
 Noah first time riding by himself!!! (He has done the Lazy Town helicopter and Scobydoo with us) he loved loved loved - cried because he didn’t want to leave! 
 
 Ben enjoy this ride a lot! Him and Isaac went like 7 or 8 times…

 And I had a lot of fun “swaping” kids for rides! =) Grace and I did the “Scrambler” and a bunch of other rides i don’t quite remember the names…
 Grace, Isaac and I took a nice “shower’ on the kids water ride! =oP

  
 

 Esse fim de semana pela primeira vez: * O Noah entrou dentro da maquina de lavar roupa e descobriu que pode abrir a porta do fogao e usar de banquinho (bonito, nao? quase morri do coracao) e eu tenho TRAVA no fogao, acredite ou nao!!!
* O Noah e o Thomas brincaram em paz sem se “comer” um ao outro hehehe
* Noah foi em um brinquedo no parque de diversoes que tem aqui perto - SOZINHO! =)
*O Benjamin tbm esta indo sozinho nos brinqnuedos esse ano - ano passado ele nao ia em nada, tinha medo! Esse ano ele corre… no carrinho bate-bate ele e o Isaque foram umas 8 vezes!
*Eu troquei filhos com a Dani e fui aproveitar os brinquedos “maiores” que o Benjamin ainda tem medo! =) Amei! Ri demais, muito divertido!

My kid ran away and never looked back =(

Benjamin and Calvin have being playing together much more than usual; Benji talks about him all the time and wants to go play with him all the time…


Last year every time we went to Shelly’s for BS Ben didn’t even want to go in their house… this year it’s different! =)
This morning Shelly called to see if Benji wanted to go over for a couple of hours and play… boy! Never saw Benji getting ready so fast! He waited until was time and kissed me, said “Goodbye mom I’ll go to Calvin’s house now”

And my kid ran away… and never looked back!

I just watched him from our drive way and Shelly was waiting for him outside… (she is like 4 houses away) he said hi and went in to play!

It may not sound that big of a deal for you that reads, but for me! Ohhhh, it made me so happy to see Benjamin growing up and taking those kinds of steps but also – my heart ached just thinking that I don’t have my baby anymore… he is a little guy, full of desires!
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E la se foi meu menino….

Nossa visinha aqui tem um menino que eh dois meses mais novo que o Benjamin, o nome dele eh Calvin e esses dois meninos tem brincado muito juntos ultimamente, eles se dao muito bem!

Ano passado qdo eu ia na casa da Shelly (a mae do Calvin) o Benjamin tinha pavor de entrar, chorava, nao queria entrar naquela casa de jeito nenhum (ate fiquei um pouco preocupada!) Mas esse ano as coisas estao diferentes!

Hoje de manha a Shelly ligou perguntando se o Ben podia ir la brincar or umas 2 horinhas… sem pensar muito o Benji se trocou, colocaou sapato e jaqueta e ficou so esperando dar a hora de ir. Qdo eu disse que ele podia ir, ele me deu um beijao e disse “Tchau mae, agora vou la na casa do Calvin” (Em ingles)

E la se foi meu menino… e nem olhou pra tras!
Eu fiquei ali for a olhando ele, porque sao 4 casas pra baixo da nossa, a Shelly e o Calvin estava na porta esperando ele, eu escutei ele falar “oi” e entrou pra brincar! =)

Eu gosto muito de ver o desenvolvimento dele e para voce que le provavelmente isso ano eh um grande acontecimento na vida do Benjamin, mas para mim! Ohhhh, eh um passo beeem grande! E fico muito feliz de ver o amadurecimento dele, mas ao mesmo tempo meu coracao fica apertadinho…. Porque ja nao tenho mais meu bebe, O Benji eh um mocinho ja! Cheio de desejos proprios! =)

Noah has a tooth!!!

…On his bottom right; I’m not sure how long has being there, I just noticed this morning! You can see the white coming out and it feels really sharp!

Celebrate!

Here are some words Benjamin speaks pretty clear (we always understand what he is trying to say, now these words anyone could understand!):


* Mama, Dada and No (Of course)* More* Shoes* Cheese* Ball* Moon* Night nights

Full sentences for now:
“No shoes”“More cheese” I think he is doing pretty good for a 16 mo. old – Since we don’t take him to the pediatrician I need to go only now and see if he is keeping up with the average on his development! Or maybe I’ll stop at Half Price Books and get some sort of guide… Just curious! Funny is that he understands Portuguese – but only speaks in English

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Bonnaroo 2006 was this weekend! I sooo wish I could go but at the same time was really nice to be here for the Brazilian Game!www.bonnaroo.com/2006 - It looks like was great! Maybe next year! The Brazilian community appears out of nothing around this time! The more games they win the more exciting it gets! I personally don’t believe Brasil is doing their best this time but we hope to have a few more games – always!! Good times – Parting like there was no tomorrow! - Hmmm and all the Brazilian Food…

Shannon – Happy Birthday! I didn’t have 5 minutes yesterday to call but I thought about you throughout the day! God Bless you always and I wish your wishes came thru! The most special ones!

Tati’s shower invitation came – they are the cutest! They are going out in the mail today and I want try to DRAG her to Babies R Us to register tonight! I have lots to do today for the Brazilian mom’s group. Get a schedule going and info packs together! I also want to make a trip to Lowes, WalMart and Once Upon a Child!So – Let me get going

I't official - my baby can walk

“Anything you can do Benjamin can do better…” Yes he can ! Yes he can!
He waves bye-bye, he took 5 steps in a row,  feeds himself, he does “so big” & clap his hands!

Back from Brazil - what a trip!

Brazil was awesome, even thou I’m exhausted I would do it again! My parents and Dan got along very well ~ we had a great time, Busy Busy, but great!


- Wednesday We left home about 4 Am to CVG Airport, went to Miami for a 4 hours layover – after that we flied to Sao Paulo, got in the Airport about Midnight, and my Grandma was there with Aunt Sandra, Pedro, Ariela and my Aunt Marisa. ~Dan almost went to jail for not paying a box of matches $0.30 – very funny! We hanged out there that night

- Thursday Our plane to Curitiba was very late so we didn’t get there until like 10 am, got home so tired, we had lunch and slept for the rest of the day. Mom was waiting for us with a key lime pie; she cooked lunch and dinner ~ very good! It’s so nice to see mom and dad, I miss them so bad. At night Gabriel, Julio & Andrea came to visit with us, he is just about Benjamin’s size but doing other stuff, Benji almost walk, claps and does “so big” while Gaby waves bye-bye and it’s like very hyper and biting everyone. I think he learned too because since he’s being biting everyone and everything.

- Friday The time changing got up to our brains – we can’t sleep until 2 am then next day we can’t wake up until Noon! So again we didn’t do anything, but we had people over later that day. We met Nicolas – sooo cute and sweet – Thiago and Dan had lots of Fun trying to communicate, I think! Hehheeh And Katia – of course looks great!

We took Dan to Wal-Mart, to “Barriga” Mall and just a quick drive to the park – It’s being rainy for two days now, which has kept us home as well the guests.

- Saturday We woke up at Noon again and went for a hair cut, I had my nails done as well my wax… it feels great. =)

For lunch we went to BATEL GRILL for churrasco– it was very delicious, and we had to rush back home to see Wanda that was waiting with most of her family to see Dan, after they left we barely had time to get dressed for church – it was really nice! “Daniel’s God is the Best”~Amen.

For dinner Dan tried Brazilian style Pizza, with Catupiry… About 11 pm Erika, Paulo, Ariane and Carol came over, we talked until about 3 am, it was very nice to see them! Oh how much I miss my friends!

- Sunday A supposed quick stop at Tia Sueli’s house became lunch; we had a homemade Churrasco, Ana was there and it was very nice to see her… The food was good and it was a very nice time. Dad stopped by for us to see the lot we are thinking about investing on and after that we drove to Sao Paulo – to Tia Sandra’s house; didn’t get there until 10 pm. In the way we saw a fire going up to the forest… It was a great time driving with my parents, like in the “old times”, brought me back a lot of memories.

Dan was anxious to hear the score and the Bengals made us proud again! They are going great – Actually they are first in their division! ~ Claudia went to the game instead of Dan and she said the game was good & a lot of rain too.

- Monday Tio Luiz made Feijoada! Hmm – it was very good and we had dinner at Tia Rosangela’s house – Tio Paulo cooked my favorite Eggplant rice – it sounds gross but it’s delicious! The Boys and Dan got a long very well. I had a blast watching them! Speaking in English and playing, I think Dan left there with a Migraine. Mom and Dad left ~ it’s already getting sad… It’s getting harder and harder to leave them the first couple of times.

- Tuesday Dan took a Metro ride with us to Tatuape Mall, also we went for a tour at my Grandma’s old house and stopped by Tio Carlo’s Pharmacy. I went to church in Bras with Grandma and Tia Marisa, but we got there almost at the end but it was worth it. Basically everyone came to the airport to say bye. Gigio was also there, he was coming to Miami to work.

- Wednesday We are back home, I believe we all had a great time – resuming our trip it was very delicious and a lot of people – that was basic it! Meeting people and eating their food eheh. Benjamin was great at all the times and I got the opportunity to see my dear family that I miss so much again. Dan thinks I have a BIG FAT GREEK BRAZILLIAN FAMILY! J And guess what? He is right! And I love them!

Hopefully next time Dan will get to see more of ! ~Pictures to come soon right here.

He did it!!!

Benjamin clap hands yesterday - for a long time and constantly while we played music!


Also - he walked a couple steps! Yay!!!
ohh - my baby boy is getting so big…