Big Boy Bed!!!

Well it is here and put together. Louis has a new big boy bed!!! Tonight will be the first night and I took down the portable crib that he has been sleeping in so he does not have the option. He seems really excited right now, but we will see when bed time rolls around!!

My first Tricycle!!!

Louis always watches the big kids playing on their bikes downstairs and wants to get one so bad. So Mike and I went shopping last night and found a really good deal on this little trike. He is so excited, he played with it all night after dad got it put together and first thing when he woke up he went and climbed on.

(It is his new chair while he is watching t.v.)

Playing with Friends

I have been taking Louis down to the pool to stick his feet in the water and to play. This day we had a picnic down at the pool and he loved it. As you can tell in the second picture he has a full belly....just perfect to go and put him down for his nap.

Here is Louis and Gigi playing in the dishwasher slot. We are so grateful to have found good friends. They came over one night and helped us put up our oven vent and then Louis and Gigi had so much playing both of them were crying when it was time for them to leave. Louis is in love with Gigi's mom, Lilian, he would not let go of her and he was crying all the way back up to our apartment after we walked them out.

Louis Hard at Play!!!

We have loved being in our new home. Louis and I really love all the fun stuff to do that is just an elevator ride away. All the kids who live in the building have already meet Louis and love him. So he always chases the older kids around just wants to be a part of the pack. He also loves watching them play soccer. He just wishes he was old enough to play with them. Here are a few pictures of our day yesterday.

Louis's 1st Haircut

Before:

This is my best picture I could find.

Here is the evidence!!!

I know it is not the normal picture but 1) I was the one doing so I could not take the action shot. 2) Mike was at work when it got done.

After:

So I think he looks so handsome I dressed him up for a photo shoot. As you will be able to see I have mad camera skills :) (he, he)!

This is a definite magazine cover shoot!!!

A Little World Cup

Well Aunt Katie brought this cute Argentine Jersey home from her adventure to the middle east so only fitting that Louis wore it when him and dad watched the game together. Yes we have the necessities in our apartment the T.V. and Yes that is Mike sitting in the car seat. Yes Louis is saying give me my chair back dad it is MINE!!!!

Lagoa do Taquaral

They have a huge lake in the city that has a walking trail around it. In the beginning it also has a little zoo with different types of birds and other little animals. It was a pretty walk, around the whole lake it is about 3 miles.

This is me at the end so I know I look awesome. I was a hot day when we went.

They have peddle boats to go around the lake. Get ready Mom and Janis I will be taking you!!!

I made Mike take this picture it reminded me of the father in Kung Fu Panda.

They had a huge fake snake the wound through this grove of trees.

The best part of the whole day was when we could not find a taxi to take us back to our hotel. So there we went for the long journey home in the heat. It was not as bad as I thought, but Mike said I looked dead when we got home.

Fun at the Hotel!!!

Well we ended up being in the hotel for the full month so some of the days got pretty long so me and Lou and to be creative to entertain ourselves. Here are some shots.

(Photo taken by Louis Montgomery)

Brazilian Rodeo

One of Mike's coworkers invited us to go to the Rodeo (Hodeo is how it is pronounced here). We had so much fun, but definitely no the place for kids, but of course like always Lou was getting everyone's attention.

Here we are getting dinner. You sat down and order like a restaurant, high class rodeo for me!!

They had a ton of animals to see. You could hold the snake but all of us opted out of that one so I had to take the picture with a random person.

The cattle here is massive. At first I thought it was fake and we got closer and it was real. You could even sit on them if you wanted too.

And they also had miniature size ones. Just for Louis he sat on it for two seconds and got freaked out. So I missed the shot.

This was the real one that I thought was fake.