Monday, September 1, 2008

The Many Adventures of Alexander Jonathan...

My nephew, Alexander, will be 7 months old on September 13th. My mom and I have been doing a lot of babysitting lately (we call it tag-team babysitting) and have been exposing him to a variety of experiences whenever we get him.

A few weeks ago we took him to the LA Arboretum, which is nice and close. That day there was a photo shoot going on there for National Geographic. One of the animal handlers generously let us take pictures alongside the mule he was taking care of:
A few days later we took him to a church birthday party. One of our sweet little sisters was turning an impressive 100 years old. She's amazing!

Today we had him again. It's kind of fun to play the "Where should we take him today?" game each time. Yes, it is a lot of work and yes, it's pretty tiring, but it is fun. And one day when he really understands about these places, the experiences will be invaluable. He's done great everywhere he's been.

Before today's adventure, we took a cute video of him getting his solid food. He's like a little baby bird opening his mouth. My mom, in an effort to make him trilingual (Spanish, Vietnamese, and English) speaks Spanish to him once in a while:



Later we went to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA. Fortunately, we live about 5 minutes away from it, which comes in handy when toting a baby. We saw many beautiful paintings, including these 3 very famous ones:
Do any of these look familiar? The originals are all at the Huntington. Fun day!

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