Happy Father's Day!

I meant to do this post on Sunday but ran out of time. We just want to say how grateful we are for Elmer. He is such a wonderful father. Eric loves him so much and it is so wonderful to watch them play together. This time apart has been hard for both of them because they usually have lots of Daddy - Baby time. I know that Elmer can't wait to come home and spend time just playing and chasing after Eric. I am so happy that we have such a wonderful man in our life.

Wy Chi Chi

For those of you who are wondering, that is Eric's word for strawberry. We went to pick some in the first part of June. He really got into it. I was surprised that he didn't try to eat any while he was out there. For some reason he has gone on a strawberry strike. We had a nice time there and I had a fun time trying to get the red stains out of our clothes.

Hats!

Eric hates having to wear a hat in the winter. I finally had to get him one of the goofy ones that clipped under his chin so that he would leave it on. He actually looked cute in it but since we were in Florida for the winter we had no use for it this year. He was trying to wear a bowl as a hat the other day and it just wasn't working out. He was getting frustrated so I went and got him a choice of hats that included this one and his Mickey ears. He decided that 75 degree weather was not going to stop him from being happy. Notice that the hat is backwards and that he is happily standing in front of the fan while wearing it. He is so independent!!! I hope he is this willing to wear a hat when winter comes but I am not getting my hopes up.

Ok...Daddy needs to come home soon

It was laundry day in the Arguelles household and Eric decided to help. After dumping all of the clean clothes out of the basket he found what he was in the mood to wear that day. It happened to be one of my shirts that looked like a dress on him. He looks good in pink! He refused to take if off and wore it for a few hours. He also made his way into our room to help put the clothes away and spotted yet another great find...my heels. I do have to say that they make his legs look shapely and fantastic! He loves to play with my jewelry, he loves helping me put on makeup, he knows what the blowdryer does and he is in love with the curling iron. The only thing that gives me hope is that he still does gross little boy stuff like eat dirt and pick his nose. I can't wait for Elmer to come back and show him how to do man stuff. Until then I will just have fun taking pictures that I can black mail him with later.

Bye Bye Daddy

Well we experienced our saddest day to date. We had to once again say goodbye to Elmer after only 2 weeks together. I think this time was harder than the first. It was so sad. After Elmer left we have had car trouble and just trouble adjusting to being alone again. It is hard being a single parent. I am in charge of everything and it is tough. Elmer made it safely back to his base and we are keeping in touch via the webcam but it isn't as good as having Daddy with us here so we can give him hugs and kisses. He left May 19th so this post is old news. I just want to thank all of you for your prayers and good thoughts. Soon we will all be back under one roof and this will be something we can look back on and laugh...one day.

Trier

Self portrait

Heaven!!!

Don't you wish your boyfriend was hot like me?

While Elmer was here on R&R we went to Trier. We have been there before but it is just such a nice change of pace. Eric had fun! He got ice cream and Yi Yi's at McDonalds and he got out for a stroll and he got goodies. There are tons of ice cream stands around and he yelled Ice Cream! at all of them. When we went into Dom St. Peter they have candles you can light. You are supposed to be reverent since it is a church. Eric associates candles with birthdays so he began so sing Happy Day To Do at the top of his lungs :) Too funny! We finally found a little mall (WOW!!!) and he got some there. You have to understand that we have lived here for 4 + years and have yet to see an actual mall. It was a huge deal for us! We had so much fun just spending time with Daddy!