Merry Christmas

Happy Halloween from Thomas

Jeremy LOVES Thomas + We LOVE Jeremy = Thomas for Halloween

I'm 2!

Jeremy had a blast at his 2nd birthday party with family and his best friends Maya and Mini.

4th of July Fun

Jeremy had a blast at Uncle Phil and Aunty Rose's for the 4th of July. The pool was the best part!

Spring Garden

We decided it was time to embrace living in Berkeley and plant a garden. Jeremy and John built our planters and soon we harvested our lettuce.

Back with Family

A dinner celebration in Leon to say good-bye to family.

More good-byes at the airport.

On the way home we put Jeremy to work taking home all his souviners.

Sites to see in Guanajuato

Jeremy was a huge help guiding us around town and pointing out the sites.

A little bit of romance at "Calle de Beso", a Mexican story similar to Romeo and Juliet.

View from the top of town.

The University where international students learn Spanish.

Grandpa and Jeremy viewing beautiful murals.

Road Trip to Guanajuato

Guanajuato, about an hour from Leon, was a beautiful historical town. We rented this house in the heart of the the town.

Our house was walking distance to the center of town where we enjoyed dinner the first night. All the sites, restaurants, street entertainment, and plazas were right downtown too. We fell in love with the cobblestone streets, and colorful buildings in this town.

Grandma bought Jeremy a little turtle that he pulled all around town.

Typical statue.

Fiesta!

John hadn't visited in 6 year. He had a wonderful time catching up with all the family. Luckily we saw everyone at Cruz's mother's birthday.

Mariachis played beautiful music into the evening. It was a nice rest after eating the best Mexican food EVER, playing in the pool, dancing to the Northern Mexican live band, and playing a little soccer. Who knew you could do so much in one party??

Jeremy took some time out to sit by the pool and catch up with the girls.

Meeting the family

We visited the main square in Leon with Cruz, Stella, Mimi, and Angie. It was full of people, music, and toys for the kids.

Jeremy had a blast with his cousins, they had cool stuff to play with.

And his Aunty Lupita and Aunty Rosa we're very sweet too!

Donde????

On April 3rd Jeremy jetted off to Mexico to visit Dad's family in Leon, 3 hours outside of Mexico City. He loved the plane, but fortunately for us he was asleep 30 minutes after take off. We LOVE how Jeremy travels.

Cruising with Dad

Jeremy bas been spotted all around the streets of Berkeley with his Dad. They love biking now that Jeremy has a new bike seat and helmet. He loves riding the bike to the park and recently went all the way to Memorial Stadium for a Cal scrimmage game.

Peek-a-boo

Oakland Zoo

We recently visited the Oakland Zoo and had a blast. We went once before when Jeremy was about 6 months old and it was more of a trip for us than him. This time he enjoyed watching the animals and could make the sounds for a lion, tiger, and monkey.

Doesn't this look like a person in a monkey suit! The monkeys were on fire the day we visited, they put on quite a show.

Attack of the birds...

For those of us who grew up in Seal Beach El Dorado Park holds happy memories of feeding the ducks. Grandma and Grandpa wanted to share that peaceful experience with Jeremy. Well, in the past 30+ years the ducks have multiplied quite well. The birds swarmed Jeremy when he arrived with his bread. Luckily Grandpa was there to protect him!

The Long Beach Aquarium

During our Christmas trip to Seal Beach we visited the Long Beach Aquarium. Jeremy had a blast seeing all the fish and sea animals. But overall he loved most touching everything he could with his little hands. Like....




The mantarays with Dad.

The fish with Mom, Aunt Michelle, and Delana.

The shark at the play area.

Even Grandpa's iphone in his shirt pocket.

Christmas #3 - Back in Berkeley with the Ruiz Clan

Jeremy came full circle and celebrated his third Christmas with Uncle Phil, Aunt Rose, and Uncle Rich in Berkeley.
Jeremy was very helpful making sure Aunt Rose unwrapped her present just right.

He really liked his new Ugg boots and can't wait to try them out in Tahoe.