Christmas in July!

First, some baby eye-candy (or a taco de ojo as they say here in DF):

Eat up, grandmas!

This July our neighbors have been especially festive and this past weekend saw no fewer than three block parties.

Wait, which one is the real Santa?

First, Friday kicked off with a Christmas in July party where Sergio was the featured star as he played Vacation Santa Claus.

We brought along Santa's Little Helper.

We think it was the beard that landed him the gig. Sasha was thrilled to introduce Ivan to her favorite holiday six months early. Practice makes perfect.

The babies in the corner...

The festivities continued on Saturday with a cook-out. As summer is transfer season around these parts, we've had lots of newcomers as well as folks moving on so it was time for one of the famous "hail and farewell" barbecues by the pool. The grill delivered some truly excellent goodies including Sergio's version of Gonzalo's secret recipe fajitas. Ivan was getting a little partied out by this point but kindly held in there until his mom had finished her dinner. Of course he did howl if she tried to eat sitting down or standing still...

Ivan is the boss, and the boss eats on the run. Or else.

Finally, Sasha cohosted a baby shower on Sunday for Raquel, our favorite pregnant Argentinian. The lead hosts of the event, a Spaniard and a South American, ensured a grand time albeit one that got started late and went on long into the afternoon. It was the longest Sasha had been away from the baby, but all went well. Papa Sergio did a fine job babysitting for a few hours.

Or did LouLou babysit?

The boys took a stroll down the avenue to check out laptops at the Mac store. Anyone have any advice for us on buying a new computer?

Finally, the baby boom continues and we want to send a hearty felicidades to our friends Andrea and Djenno in Washington who had their first child, a gorgeous little girl with a gorgeous name: Azra Bacvic. She joins little Nathaniel Shugarman as part of Ivan's crew in DC! He's totally hanging out with this gang when we're back in town in 09!

July 21, 2008