Apparently I've turned into one of those people I complain about. I always felt a bit annoyed when peoples' blogs are all about pictures of their kids or what their kids are doing. Generally I'm friends with the parents and so I want to know how the parents are doing and what they're up to. While I certainly care about the kids and like to know what they're doing, I just kind of am more interested in my friends rather than their kids. Callous, I know. I feel like a terrible person for admitting it, but now I have joined the ranks of people who only blog about their kids and I realize why they do it. Andrew and I don't do anything without O and frankly he's the most interesting thing in our lives right now. We're not learning any new tricks and we certainly aren't as cute or photogenic as O, and so we put his photos and videos forward as proof of our validity and best offering to the world.

The last night Heidi was here, though, she was kind enough to take O for the night and let Andrew and me go to a movie. We chose which movie to see like it was our last chance in a theater, as well it might be for the next year. Star Trek won out and we took our cab ride to the theater without looking back. Thank you Heidi.

EDITOR'S NOTE: I feel the need to clarify. I absolutely do care about my friends' kids and enjoy watching them grow and change and love having a fun relationship with them. I just am so poor at keeping in touch with my friends that I always want to hear more about how they're doing. Basically, I want peoples' blogs to fill in for my laziness at being a good friend. Is that too much to ask?

I Feel Like Gwyneth Paltrow

After we said goodbye to Heidi we took O to his first music festival. There's a giant electronic music festival here every summer and this year they decided to do a little one for kids. From what we could tell, most of the people involved in organizing the adult festival were having kids and weren't quite ready to give up their raving days and so they organized the kids festival.

We met up with our friends Fernanda and Andres and their daughter Martina. M is a couple months older than O and so we get together for playdates and walks every week. The festival was a fun way of mixing it up. They had some cool displays and demonstrations of things to do with kids but mostly we enjoyed just hanging out with everyone.

Heidi Fun Time

I am way behind but since we haven't gotten any comments on the blog in a while, I'm not entirely sure anyone even reads it still. Can't blame anyone for giving up hope on us since we do tend to be terrible bloggers. But Dad appreciates the posts, so this one's for you, Papa.

My fabulous friend Heidi came out and visited us for a week in June. We walked, we talked, we saw the sights of the city, and we spent many a night

up late talking, almost succeeding in adjusting Heidi to the local time schedule. Not easy for someone who willingly wakes up at 5.30am.

It was fantastic to have her here-- she's someone who always reminds me to laugh at myself and to truly enjoy all that life has to offer. Her visit included a beach day with O which was a mixed success. I can't say he's as addicted to a coastal life as I am but we're working on it.