Puerto Vallarta hun-moon

We are in Puerto Vallarta! Sra. Marta came too - it was her first time ever on a plane. She was a little afraid, but I showed her the ropes. Abuelita was here for few days but she left. Ammu and Daddy are on their second 'honeymoon'. If this is what honeymoons are like, I want one too! We chill around house, Bucerias, and pool. We'll be leaving Mexico for good from here. I got a bit of stomach infection and Daddy rushed me to hospital. Probably from some germ I ate in real food. So Ammu took me off of all food for now, just back to all milk. Yes!!

6 months old! Eating real food.

I know its hard to believe but I got this body through hard work and just mommas milk. But once I turned 6 months last week I got real food. I'm still refusing to take the bottle so I am successfully dodging the formula bullet (yes!). Every time Ammu puts it in my mouth I just stare at her blankly, what does she expect me to do w/that plastic thing? But surprisingly I like to eat bananas and avocados and sweet potatoes. Papaya not so much, like my Daddy!

I'm in Vallarta now. It's so hot here. Going to hit the pool tomorrow. Life is good.

Last few days in Mexico City

Daddy came here and we are leaving Mexico City together! Spending last few days hanging out with Ammu's friend Paul. He took all of us to a Peruvian restaurant where they ate Peruvian ceviche - very different from Mexican ceviche. It came with sweet potato which Ammu gave to me - delicious! My clothes are also starting to get smaller, some tshirts i can't even get my head through!

New nanny - Senora Marta

Ammu Shonamoni,

Yesterday your nanny Angeles showed up in the morning in tears. She said it was too stressful for her to watch a baby. She said sometimes since you cry and she can't stop you from crying she goes crazy, she feels responsible, like she can not do her job right. I told her to relax, don't sweat it, you're a baby - babies cry! But ultimately I didn't want her to be with you anymore if she's so nervous. Of course you need to be exposed to all kinds of peoples and all kinds of personalities, but I hope you always try to surround yourself with as much positive energy as possible. The world is too big to be bothered by 99% of the things most people in modern society are bothered by. There is a lot of suffering in the world, a lot of real problems of science and economics and justice and health and loneliness and maybe love. These, I think, are worthy things to be upset about. So I asked Sra Marta who cleans our apartment to take care of you in our final week here in Mexico City. So she is here now and Angeles is gone.

Every person you meet in your life has a story, and if you try to find out their story you will learn a lot about the world and how we humans are. I will always write some things about the people in your life, and maybe one day when you're old enough it will mean something.

Sra Marta is 42. She's a little quiet, a little shy. She has two sons in their 20s. Her husband went to the US to work, to North Carolina when he was 30. When he was 32 his company sent his dead body back to Sra Marta's house, he had died in a car accident they said. She is a Jehova's Witness, she converted about 6 years ago after doing a lot of research and reading. It started by a Jehovah's Witness knocking on her door. Now she has two jobs. She cleans Sra Blanca (our landlady's) apartment for 200 pesos a day (US$13) and also sells tamales. On a good day she sells 20 tamales a day. They are 7 pesos each. But you have to subtract the money for inputs (chicken, corn, etc) She needs to work 2-3 days a week to pay for her food, the other days she wants to spend at her church or going door to door to spread her beliefs. She reads all the time, and sometimes she is so moved by what she reads that she is crying.

Here are both of their addresses in case you ever come to Mexico and want to find them, they like you very much and I know they will remember you forever, even if you show up 20 years later:

Uncle David in Mexico!

I met Uncle Dave from Montreal Canada finally! He is one of Ammu's best friends, they met when they were living in Thailand. Uncle Dave was sooo good with me, he never got tired of carrying me or changing my diapers or changing my clothes or even putting me to sleep!!

After PV, once we were back in Mexico City, Ammu had a big project at school and had to work all weekend. She had to take me to one of her important meetings!! They all sat around a conference table and argued while one person wrote on the board. I was watching intently at first but after a while it got reallyy boring and i started shouting/screaming (thats what I do when I'm unhappy...and if that doesn't do the trick I step it up to crying but I hardly have to take it there...except when I'm sleepy then I always cry). Oh, see the picture with the parrots? That was right after Ammu got her ear pierced! She told me she did it so she could share the pain with me from my ears!

This week we went to Frida Kahlo's house. It took forever to get there but it was cool! I was hot though so they took off all my clothes in the garden, I was much better after that. We took the metro a lot, and walked a LOT. I ate in so many different bathroom stalls...but I don't like eating in them. It's so hard to move especially with Ammu's huge cast always in the way! One time she had to stop and sit on the street so I could sleep...I know I have a bad sleep habit, but come on give me a break..it's my only major vice...yet!

There's this one type of tree here with purple flowers that is so beautiful. Ammu calls them Dr. Seuss trees because she says they look like the Horton Hears a Who tree! By the way I can't wait to read all the Dr. Seuss books...Behind our apartment there is a swingset, I rode on it for the first time by myself!! We go to the market every week to buy fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat. Meat there isn't nicely packaged/compartmentalized, it's in your face. Ammu says thats important so people know what it is they're eating...but if you ask me it looks funny as you can see from my expression!

my first evil eye bracelet!

me and ammu got nazar bracelets together...it was hard to get one my size but we looked everywhere, ammu says its important for protection! mine is blue!

daddys THIRD visit and PUERTO VALLARTA!!!

on friday afternoon daddy showed up all of a sudden to my apartment in mexico city with huge cala lilies for ammu. they were twice as big as me!!! ammu doesnt like to get flowers but this was an exception! a few hours later uncle dave arrived from montreal! early the next morning we went to the airport to fly to puerto vallarta for work/fun.

abuelitas house in puerto vallarta is GORGEOUS. but she kept telling me 'no this is YOUR house preciosa' hehe it is so funny. i slept in abuelitas huge bed, in the morning i watched the sun rise over the ocean with daddy. i went swimming for the first time in my life in the swimming pool with daddy! i even got a SWIMSUIT! it was a great 4 days with abuelita, daddy, uncle dave, and tia abuela cruz!