Mother's Day--Gardens, Zoo, and other happenings

On Mother's Day we decided to take a trip to the Botanical Gardens and the Zoo, which are located right next to each other on the Savannah not far from the embassy. The entire venture took about an hour and a half but it was nice to get out and walk around a bit. Christy loved her presents and card and David grilled delicious pork chops for dinner. A great first Mother's Day.

Nicholas has discovered Moe and loves him. Moe is not so sure.

teeth!

at the Botanical Gardens

and the Zoo

we are excited to go see the sea turtles in the wild in June

back home again

grilling with daddy

crawling!

Jon and Elizabeth's Wedding

We have to apologize as it has been a while since we last updated the blog. It hasn't been from lack of activity though! Last weekend we flew to DC for Jon and Elizebeth's wedding. It was absolutely beautiful. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing many Denison and DC friends and especially seeing Grandma and Grandpa Machak who drove down from Ohio to see their grandson.





Getting ready to go to the rehearsal dinner which took place at the Colombia Country Club.



at the rehearsal dinner

Enjoying the swimming pool at the Omni Shore Hotel in Woodley Park.

If you make this picture bigger you can actually get a glimpse of Nicholas' front teeth. He actually has 4 on top and 2 on bottom now.

Hanging out with Grandpa.

and Grandma

Nicholas likes the hotel bed.

out at the pool at the hotel--we got perfect sunny weather in DC.

the wedding took place at Christ Church in Georgetown

walking down the aisle

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Macy

outside the church

The reception took place at the Omni Shore Hotel, where we also stayed.

wedding cake

our table

we got to sit with a few of the members of the wedding party-- the bouquets were beautiful

with the happy couple

being silly

new friends

Steve kept the photographer busy

hanging out at the airport on our way home

mmmm I want some of mommy's raspberry lemonade!

at home - Nicholas thinks his toy bucket is the best toy of all.

only in Trinidad

Here's a video of Nicholas scooting. He is very close to crawling. He can get up on all fours but hasn't figured out how to move forward yet. We saw the doctor while we were in DC too. Nicholas is 19 pounds and right on track with his development.

This weekend was a busy weekend too. The Ambassador arrived at post so Christy and the other entry level officers had a lunch with her earlier this week and Friday after work she held a reception for the embassy staff at her residence. Then Friday night we attended the American Women's Club annual Country Western Dinner and Dance. No pictures, sorry! Our camera battery has died (it's not recharging properly) so we need to pick up a new one. Saturday night we attended a steak dinner at the Marine House. Now it's Sunday and we are enjoying a quiet relaxing Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

7 months old and eating apples

We marked Nicholas' 7 month birthday by introducing him to his first fruit--apples! He is also very close to sitting up on his own--he can for 10 or 15 seconds if he's focused on something, but sometimes he just forgets he's sitting up and falls backwards, so we have to be there to catch him. Or, he'll see a toy to the side that is out of reach and lean over towards it, and then just roll over. Nicholas has also discovered the Moe cat and smiles and laughs whenever he sees him. It's really cute.

mmmm apples....

Nicholas' first reaction to apples... we weren't so sure at first but he did decide he likes them

Nicholas at 7 months, looking cool in his Adidas warm up suit (thanks Sara and Cam!)

He's actually sitting on his own, I just have my hand there to catch him if he decides he's done sitting

my favorite pic

hanging with daddy

In other news.... well ok there is not much other news. Christy had fun at a girl's night out at Movietown on Friday, and David tried out a new golf course Saturday morning. It even had golf carts. And caymens.... (aka small alligators)

We do have some fun things coming up as Christy will host book club this month and we will host the embassy monthly wine and cheese in May. We are also getting ready for our upcoming trip to go to Macy and Elizabeth's wedding. We practiced having Nicholas sleep in the pack 'n play but that didn't go very well and mommy didn't get much sleep either. At work we are looking forward to the new ambassador arriving soon as well as Christy getting to move from the non-immigrant visa section to the immigrant visa section.

Staches and Grills

It's been a low-key week. We celebrated Easter with a basket for Nicholas (full of candy for mom and dad, of course) and enjoyed Easter dinner with friends. David started working this week. This weekend, we enjoyed the monthly wine and cheese evening on Friday and Game Night - Pictionary - on Saturday. We also did a little shopping, visiting a local gourmet grocery store called Malabar Farms, joining PriceSmart, which is Trinidad's equivalent to Costco or Sam's Club, and buying a new grill.




Like David's new mustache? You can vote on our new side panel feature to the right!


our new grill--can't wait to test it out!

Baseball's Opening Day. Nicholas and David enjoyed the Indian's game. Thanks, Mike Hartt, for the Indian's onsie!

Mommy's technique for sleeping in on the weekends.

More peas please!

Our Easter cards.

Nicholas with his Easter basket.