miercoles, el 4 de julio de 2012



For our American readers, Feliz día de 4 de julio!!

Yikes…what a night. We were all pooped today, but the lil’hombre had it worse due to his dientes. That is no way to celebrate your 8th mes!!

So tonight, he is doped up on Tylenol and is lights out. We also picked up some of this product.


This is the tube para bebes and when he needs some teeth relief, we will see how well it works.

He was up several times during the night, but he is asleep. Eyes closed but he is not happy and madre comes to the rescue with the leche. But this happened many times and then he was up at it again at 615am.

He was not hungry, but still asleep’ish, so off to the spare room where we slept on and off. We tanked him up at 7am and then started the day rutina, which included eating some of madre’s oh so yummy cereal bars.

What's this? One of madre's oh so yummy cereal bars?




Yes we had our walk and said hola to a ton of peeps, even at that hour.

We managed a chest nap and then madre and I tagged off and she took over Max time.

Me? Hello siesta!! Follow that with el gimnasio, Fonatur, Nissan and then Che.

Great workout and I ended up buying 2 raffle tickets from Hector. The prize is a laptop and the $$ is going to his iglesia…or is it going to the new President of Mexico? Ja ja ja

Carlos is all well and still didn’t tell me why Tony cannot make it to Istmos. I asked if Carlos wanted to wait until Tony could join us, but he looked a little disappointed that maybe I did not want to go with just him.

So I said sure, lets go and it is done. Still not sure what time we are leaving, but we are back on domingo by 5 or 6pm. Actividades? The rio, the cascadas and his padre’s rancho. Throw in some chelas and it is a full 23 hour stay.

Che…good thing we bought all the cheddar we did…they are now out. And what happened to all the Duncan Hines brownie mixes? Gone as well. Just as well as I am sure the ones we ate did not help us stay thin!! Ja ja ja

And what did we have for dinner? A little taste from home…


How come Manwich ends up in Huatulco Mexico…I don’t know. But you know I bought a few cans!!

The meat department was low on everything, so I might have to be creative with our cena para mañana. Hello pizza!!

Hustled home to find the familia heading to the alberca, so I quickly joined them and here are some alberca fotos.





Pssst...did you hear the joke about the Oh Henry in the pool?


Oh padre...you are muy tonto.


Oh Henry...kinda gross padre.




Max had a good time in the pool, but just hasn’t been his normal happy self and the pre-dinner rutina was not as smooth as usual.

Max y madre had one last nap and when they sat down for la cena, Max was just not happy. Madre held him while I ate and then I slinged up and took him for a walk, grabbing the Kanka on the way.

Nice to walk around 730pm…we agreed we will push Max’s bedtime by 30-45 minutes, once a week, and squeeze in a walk between clean up and tina time.

We came home and the tina was set up and ready to go and with the Tylenol kicking in, he was a happy camper and like I said, is lights out.

We keep an extra eye on him if we have given him any meds that can make him drowsy (third time in 8 months)…just to make sure.

The rest of the fotos.

Cloudy with the chance of pollo smoke. They have added another extension!!


8am and this hombre was selling sillas made from pino.


810am and these hombres are weeding the zocalo by hand.


830am and Amy is slacking already!!


Misc

I went to the one true lighting store we have here, the same place Bexico picked up our fan light cover. The hombre is super friendly and knowledgeable and we spent some time talking about different options for lighting the different areas of Mojon.

Roman had asked me to look at some lights for the stairwells etc, found them but also saw some nicer items too. Stay tuned.

Ok, I think you are up to date.

Mañana…no sé…stay tuned. Maybe I will start working on the FM3’s for Bex and myself as they need to be renewed in September. Doph.

Hasta mañana.

1015pm UPDATE

Max is fast asleep, butt in the air and his arm around Pudge...all is great in our World!!

Uh, may I help you?


Marco, Bexico y Max

martes, el 3 de julio de 2012


Well…930pm and Bexico is in the recamara for round #2 with Senor Max. I will be up next…stay tuned.

Mañana the lil’hombre will be turning 8 meses old!! Felicidades!!

Today was a good day, another full day for all 3 of us. It sounds like the most fun was missed by padre while he was out meeting con Roman.

Madre y Max had some roll around in the grass time and also had some super fun alberca time. I guess a lawn chair ended up in the wading pool with Max standing on the silla and holding onto the back of the chair.

He loved it and spent time dunking his head into the pool. Madre also spent time talking with a Mexican madre who has a 8 month old hija. I guess the madres that Bex meets, are blown away with what we allow Max to do and at what level his development is at.

Things that we are taking for granted, swimming, crawling in the grass and even eating solids (soft solids), are things these mothers cannot believe we are doing. Huh?

Maybe it is because he now has that one bottom tooth!! It has come through and with the magic of Skype and FT, the tooth has been witnessed by both sets of abuelos.

Lately we have seen Max try to stand on his own and even walking…on his hands and feet…with his butt in the air!!

Here are some fotos (off the underwater camera…not the clearest…lo siento) of Max doing his thing around the condo.










As for the rest of the day, normal rutina except madre took the early shift AND did the walk. Doph…I miss the walk so mañana I am dragging my butt out of bed no matter what.

Good session at the gym and then raced home so I could get ready for the 4pm meet with Roman.

A good meeting…another 2 plus hour meeting. We reviewed EVERY detail that Bex and I had written down and Roman and team have their marching orders.

Phase 3 is all about the detailed CAD drawings for facades, architectural, foundation, structure, utilities and facilities. This should take 3 weeks and we will then end up with the detailed final quote!!

Some great clarity on a few items…looking into using some bamboo for railings and security posts. Also managed to clearly put the foot down on what type of sliding doors we want in all the bedrooms. And one simple detail, that I think looks great but has the added use of venting the rental, a block of small windows, similar to the ones in this foto.


So, a successful meeting and stay tuned.

Tried to grab some roti pollo before heading home, but it was still on the spit…and we are not eating under cooked pollo!!

Came home and started the arroz and Max y madre went out to grab the pollo.

Max is doing so well eating his dinner with us…a tad messy, but he likes feeding himself and lets us know when he wants more. He is not the shy and quiet type when it comes to food…and we know what side of the family that comes from!! Ja ja ja

Almost 11pm, Bex is up in the oficina and I am finishing this post before calling it a day. Yes…the Niño Whisperer was needed tonight, but only for a few minutes.

Misc

As it is now julio, I am sure you want the weather stats from junio.

Last month we had highs averaging 32,2 and lows at 26,5. This compares to 32,8 26,0 last year. Slightly warmer nights.

As for comparing to mayo, quite a bit (get it? Bitt!!) cooler as mayo had the averages of 34,7 and 28,0.

Last years julio had average highs of 32,7 and lows of 25,9, so pretty much the same temperatures for the next 3 months.

Mañana? Well, the walk con Max for sure and then we will see what else happens. I do know Che is on the list and I need to talk to Carlos at Nissan, about the trip. I guess Tony cannot make it so I need to see if we are going or postponing. Stay tuned.

The rest of the fotos from the day....tranquilo día...not much going on.

Pots for arbol y flores.


But I was more interested in the 2 cachorros.



Funny place Mexico. Here is a "shady" part of town with some cantinas and "dance clubs", but they take it upon themselves to plant some trees and construct some fencing around them. Trust me, the local government did not pay for this.


But they did pay for this...more road repair.


Many months ago, they dug up the road and repaved it. Now they have put down oil and loose gravel which was pressed into the mixture by a steam/road roller. Most of the hombres working earn $8 CDN per day.

Hasta mañana mis amigos.

Marco, Bexico y Max