Coco has the cutest shoes. They’re soft red leather and have a monkey picture on top. Sadly, she’s going to outgrow them soon. Sinead, Tristan, Coco and I (Da Da) went shopping the other day and came across a big rack of the same type of shoes. We decided to let Coco choose her new shoes. We placed a brown shoe with an elephant on the floor next to a pink shoe with a lady bug, set Coco down five feet away and she crawled right over and grabbed the elephant. We did five rounds of this test pitting the elephant against shoes of every color and various cute animals and flowers, changing the side the elephant was on, and even pitting it against other brown shoes. The result, the elephant won 100% of the time. She’ll be wearing them soon. -Da Da
Archive for October, 2004
Da Da… by Dad
I called home yesterday and had a pleasant chat with Susan who then passed me on to Coco. Coco typically tries to eat the phone cord when I chat with her so I had no great expectations. Today, however, I heard the sweetest little voice, soft, quiet and high pitched, say ‘Da Da’ several times. At first I thought it was Susan trying to teach Coco my name, which we’ve been trying to do lately, but then I realized it was actually Coco, actually saying my name. Mignon, mignon, mignon. That’s ‘cute, cute, cute’ in french.
My Little Builders
Crazy, crazy weekend involving a very last minute trip on Friday to Johnny and Rosemary’s so that we could get to Ikea on Saturday to buy bathroom cabinets and sink. Too tired to write more than that. Look at my little builders.
New Mexico
Arrived home on Wednesday after a week in New Mexico visiting Kristen and my mom. Traveling there and back was a challenge. None of the American Airlines employees were particularly helpful, but we managed.
Minky was thrilled to be reunited with Grand(mother). She went bananas every time she walked into the room. Kristen is crazy busy with work and school. We didn’t see as much of her as I’d hoped but the time we spent together was fun.
We were pretty busy all week. Grand, Minky and I went to the aquarium and botanical garden one day. Then to Old Town to eat at the Church Street Cafe, a place I love to visit each time I’m there. Then we wandered over to Saints and Martyrs.
Saturday rolled around and Kristen had a small party. I’ve met most of her friends many times and it was great seeing them all again. There were a few whom I’d heard a lot about but hadn’t met that came too. Now I can put names to all the faces. Everyone loved Minky.
Sunday morning we awoke at 4:45AM to get to the famed Balloon Fiesta. It was amazing. Hundreds of hot air balloons ascending into the sky together, while onlookers ate breakfast burritos and drank coffee. Tragedy stuck, though, when the Smokey the Bear balloon blew into a radio tower. No one was hurt but the local news delighted in reporting all the meager facts extensively. There is a great picture of it here. The last day, Grand, Minky and I went to Corrales, an old village close by.
At some point during the week I realized that this last trip was my fifth!
Take a look at the photos.
Eight Months Old
Coco is eight months old today! We started off the day with a bang by bringing Rocky the skunk scented dog to the beauty parlor. Then sped off to IBM to visit and have lunch. Followed by a short visit to the mall. We picked up Rocky and went home. I keep forgetting it’s best to only do one thing a day.
After getting a very tired but refusing to nap Coco inside I took some photos and a movie to mark the occasion.
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