Benziger babes

All day I just sit on the floor (I can sit up on my own now) and play with toys. It's a tough job! Now that I can hold the bottle and feed myself, mommy has gotten lazy and lets me make a mess of my milk while I attempt to hold/play with the bottle. It was an adjustment being back in Seattle but I missed hanging out with daddy and sleeping in my own crib. Other things about me (8 months old now): I love pureed sweet potatoes and I hate peas.  I can clap, laugh and scream real loud. I not too crazy about stranger and I always keep an eye on mom and dad when they are around. I haven't started crawling but I roll over more now, especially when I'm sleeping which makes daddy nervous. I love to play with my blocks, football, light-up rings, maracas from Peru, puppets, bouncy ball, and basically anything that goes in my mouth. I went to my first Seattle Sounders soccer game against the Portland Timbers last weekend.  I go to sleep around 7:30pm and sleep until at least

Theo's despedida - Luis, Rosa, Abuela, Me, Mariasela, Nicholas, Fatima, Tato and Theo. Yani (nanny), Theo, Me and Maria (Yani's mother) The long journey home began with Theo's despedida (going away party) at the Arambulo's apartment. The whole family came over to give us kisses (kissing on the cheek is customary in Peru) and hugs and take us out for one last Peruvian treat. We went to a near-by Peruvian bakery for some delicious treats - tres leches cake, picarones, and alfajores. Delicious! Rosa, Carmen, Fatime and I eating picarones (sweet potato puree fried with honey sauce...mmm) We had the taxista, Omar, pick us up Friday night at 9pm EST to go to the airport for a 1:20am flight. We had to make a quick detour so I could say hi to my old Spanish teacher, Pierina, but we didn't have much time because we had to catch our flight. It was a good thing we left early because we sat in Lima traffic, i.e. a parking lot, for over an hour. We made it in