Trip to the Motor City

Actually it was a trip to the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Roman and mamí went for about five days to spend some time with the Sanchez familia. Roman's aunt Patty made the visit from New Orleans. We missed Aunt Lucy but maybe next year we can have all the hernandez sisters! Roman got to play (or be a bully depending on your perspective) with his older cousin Amanda.
baby Felix- 3 months


We had a blast. It was a true test of mamí's patience during the long flight from Houston-Detroit The key was to always keep something handy to entertain him with. and of course snacks... but you have to be careful not to offer snacks when he is not hungry, because that is when you will have flying goldfish, cheerios, etc all over the aisles and passengers' laps.... mamí is not sure whether a window or aisle seat is best. An aisle seat allowed us to walk up and down the aisle, without bothering fellow passengers. But the window seat on the short flight from Austin to Houston, entertained Roman for the whole time. The continental flight attendants were awesome, letting us hangout in the back part of the plane. Roman explored that area for awhile. He finally crashed for a portion of the trip, and mamí got to nap (good thing because our travels started at 4:45 am!)

The trip back was so much better because we had a row of seats to ourselves (even his stuffed toy penguin had a seat). Roman entertained himself with the seat belt, and had a good time. He kept himself busy with a box of 4 crayons. He put them in and took them out for about 15 minutes. It was great! You can see more photos at his shutterfly webpage http://romanedwards.shutterfly.com/action/

daddy's sinus surgery

Today Roman's daddy had to undergo sinus surgery at an outpatient facility. Roman came home after school and wondered why he couldn't get close to daddy's nose. He sensed his daddy needed some cheering up, so mamí put on some overalls on Roman and he proceeded to dance to his banjo music played by his leapfrog activity table (which mamí bought for two whole bucks at a church garage sale). Next time there will be video because it was pretty hilarious!

Hanging out~

In early July, Roman got to hang out with our friends Eloy and Karen. We had a blast at their beautiful home in the hills of West Austin.
Here are some pictures:

Here is Roman trying on the dogs water bowl after pouring out the water on himself. We tried to tell him that bowl hats are not in fashion these days.

We don't usually stay out late past Roman's bedtime, but we decided to make an exception. Roman couldn't hang anymore and crashed out in Eloy's arms. Thanks Eloy and Karen for your wonderful hospitality.

Loves himself some yogurt!

Its really weird how Roman is still using mostly his hands to eat his food. However, with yogurt… he knows how to use a spoon… well sort of…..
You can also see a video, which shows how much he likes yogurt...

Happy Birthday Cal!

Today we celebrated one of Roman's friends 1st Birthday. Cal had a fabulous birthday swimming party. Roman had fun exploring new toys and even dressed up!

Notice how he never looks away from Cal's piece of birthday cake.

Happy Feet!

Roman watched a couple of minutes of the animated film Happy Feet about dancing penguins.
He started stomping his feet all this week.. Look how cute he is! he knows mamí is a big fan of "so you think you can dance"!

Happy Birthday Jamiya!

Roman went to a birthday party this weekend at Gattitown! pizza, cake, and balloons he had a ball! Jamilah is one of Roman's friends.
He really had a good time with the balloon. check him out

Earning his keep!

Roman's grandmother bought him a small kid size mop. He really likes to imitate anything we do. check out the picture and video...

Big boy!

Roman loves Fridays! He gets to take a sack lunch to his childcare school. He walks straight up to the door when he hears "let's go to school!"

Feliz Cumpleaños Amanda!

Roman's cousin Amanda who lives in Detroit turned 2 today!

Happy Birthday! *

*totally stole this idea from another baby blog....

Family Vacation!

This week we spent some time in New Orleans with Roman's aunt Patty (aka Sandra). We had a blast. This was Roman's first flight. He was great. very excited! We had some delicious food and visited the aquarium and the zoo.

Lights, Camera, Action Take two!

It might not have been obvious but Roman got his first hair cut in the middle of May. Papá took Roman to a children's salon and mamá was not invited. must be a boy thing. No pictures are available (Mamá was not happy about this)... Give some credit to papá though, some of the curls were saved for a memory box. There was a re-enactment today!

He was excited at first to be on a motorcycle... then was a little cautious....

then it went downhill!

He wasn't too happy at the very end... we think it was worth it, he looks adorable!

hanging out with papá

Valley Trip

We traveled to the rio grande valley this weekend to spend time with Hernandez crew. It was Roman's cousin Georgie high school graduation and cousin Taylor's junior high graduation. It was a great time. Roman and mamí got to spend an extra couple of days, while papá came back to work. Got a chance to hang out with both Roman's set of cousins.

Even his cousin Drew from Houston made an appearance!

Congrats, Georgie and Taylor!

He had a blast with his cousin Helena.

Roman had time to relax by the pool. No he did not eat any tostitos.

Roman loves his set of Maracas! we made a short trip to Nuevo Progreso, Mexico.. boy! was it hot!