Halloween, 2005

Spooky times!


IMG_2693 from album 051031 Halloween



IMG_2683 from album 051031 Halloween



IMG_2705 from album 051031 Halloween

Of course, there are few things scarier than a priest around Boston these days ... Ugh.

Fixed!

Sorry, a new firewall package disabled seemingly all traffic to the photo site ... which would explain why it also detected no attacks. Hrm. Sorry. That stuff is gone. Please let us know if you have any problems, OK?

Someone from Spain who runs a PayPal phishing site who tried to break into dad's computer 160 times will no longer be able to see our photos. No loss. =)

June 2007: Genghis hits the beach

We blogged about this before, but never posted all the photos. When she was a few months old, Lil' Genghis headed up to Newburyport, Massachusetts, to check out nature:

DSCF1280 from album 070624-Bellinha in Newburyport



DSCF1282 from album 070624-Bellinha in Newburyport



DSCF1304 from album 070624-Bellinha in Newburyport



DSCF1313 from album 070624-Bellinha in Newburyport

For some reason, we felt nervous about carrying a baby up an outdoor staircase. Hrmph.


DSCF1321 from album 070624-Bellinha in Newburyport

When was the last time you smiled like that?


DSCF1339 from album 070624-Bellinha in Newburyport

Or smiled like that? =)

May '07: Some grandparents meet Genghis

Grandpa Rinaldo and Grandma Lucia visited Lil' Genghis in May 2007, about two months after the little lady made her appearance into the world. We just got the photos online:


DSCF1060 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella



DSCF1056 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella



DSCF1080 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella



DSCF1072 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella



DSCF1093 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella



DSCF1104 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella

It's never too early to start wearing patriotic "football" clothing, right? =)


IMG_4568 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella

If dad remembers right, even two months later we were too busy to go through the answering machine messages. Aieee!


IMG_4574 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella

Grandma Lucia meets Cousin Isabellah at the Boston airport. It truly is a small world!


IMG_4576 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella

Aunt Aline holds her daughter Isabellah


IMG_4593 from album 070512-Vo Mineiro, Lucia, Isabella

So many babies, and only one with Uncle Rodrigo for a godfather. Coincidence?

Big announcement

A moment many of us have been waiting for arrived this morning: or, rather, Cousin Julius arrived this morning. All 10 pounds 13 1/2 ounces of him. That's a big little guy! (For those of you stuck with the metric system, he weighs 48 Newtons. Quit whining. That's 4.92 kilograms of mass.)

Anyway, the little guy's doing alright, Aunt Sharon is doing all right, Uncle Pat is doing all right, and Cousin Savannah seems happier than anyone. What a big little baby brother!

We really didn't ask Sharon's permission, so let's just post two photos before she notices. =) We're also moving ahead with an idea to rename Aunt Sharon to S-Dawg -- anyone who can give birth to a baby as cute, cuddly and as ginormous as Cousin Julius deserves a good street name.

Learning and good clean fun

We processed some more older photo albums today.

Here's Lil' Genghis' first trip to the library. She didn't stay awake through many books, as you can see -- but we had fun cuddling her.


IMG_4490 from album 070414-Isabella first library, river



IMG_4505 from album 070414-Isabella first library, river



IMG_4501 from album 070414-Isabella first library, river

dad loves this picture ...


IMG_4506 from album 070414-Isabella first library, river



DSCF1256 from album 070618-GirlGoneClean

Such a happy girl.


DSCF1251 from album 070618-GirlGoneClean



DSCF1262 from album 070618-GirlGoneClean

Clearly, though, not everyone was happy with the choice of godfather.

New old photos

dad started randomly picking old sets of photos to process and get online -- and you can be the beneficiary of this cast-off stuff! =) I mean, you can relive with us earlier days in our family.

So the first two random picks feature Aunt Marselle with the dogs, pre-Genghis; and then a very young Lil' Genghis hanging out with Grandpa John, Aunt Ann and Aunt Beth. Good times! Anyway, here's some highlights -- click a photo to see the album. Note in the Memorial Day package, there are a few videos at the beginning, with Grandpa John -- good stuff!


IMG_3628 from album 060603 Marselle w dogs



IMG_3643 from album 060603 Marselle w dogs



IMG_3636 from album 060603 Marselle w dogs



DSCF1148 from album 070526-Memorial Day BBQ, Beth, Ann, Grandpa John



DSCF1158 from album 070526-Memorial Day BBQ, Beth, Ann, Grandpa John



DSCF1160 from album 070526-Memorial Day BBQ, Beth, Ann, Grandpa John



DSCF1174 from album 070526-Memorial Day BBQ, Beth, Ann, Grandpa John



IMG_4618 from album 070526-Memorial Day BBQ, Beth, Ann, Grandpa John

Blast from the past

It's hard to believe Lil' Genghis has been hanging out with us for a couple of years now. Well, hanging out out, but she's been with us for a bit longer than that.

Anyway, we had a request to post some old photos, from Christmas 2006, when Uncle Joao's family came to visit with a friend, Uncle John and Grandpa John were both at our place, and Uncle Rodrigo got caught playing with action figures. Yeah, some people don't grow up.

Anywho, you also get some looks at Lil' Genghis when she was around 6 1/2 months, or -2 1/2 months, depending on how you're counting. And you also get some idea of what parents are like before they're used to the various indignities and challenges of parenthood, and can still be embarrassed. So take this photo as a key into the rest of the photo gallery ...


DSCF0345 from album 061225-Christmas Joao JS cunhado mau

Boydog update

The vet today took out a 5cm/2-inch-wide hunk of skin off boydog, trying to remove all of a suspicious "growth" or "mass." Scary words ... they think he had cancer -- but it'll be another week before we know what's going on. So far, everything's looking pretty good. Turns out Chewie even had enough extra loose skin hanging around that he really doesn't miss it.

One bit of irony: His beloved mom-away-from-mom, Aunt Karen from the kennel, also works in the vet's office. And she was talking about boydog and how nice "she" did in surgery, she, she, she. And we thought, hrm. And then the vet, the guy who was poking and prodding and cutting our little lad, referred to him as her. Aieee! Poor little guy loses a bunch of skin, gets a ton of hair shaved off, loses every shred of dignity, and then is repeatedly mistaken for a girl by several animal professionals. Poor kid.

Especial thanks to Uncle Patrick the veterinarian and Uncle Ben, who let dad take the day off to look after his little boy.

Special update

It's benign. He might get some more, but our little guy's going to hang around for many years barking at the mailman.

Anyway, we'll give Chewie lots of love. =) Here's some photos:

DSCF3345 from album 090202-Chewie after surgery

That doesn't look too bad, right?


DSCF3352 from album 090202-Chewie after surgery

(Sasha and Isabella are keeping him company here)


DSCF3350 from album 090202-Chewie after surgery

Ack. Poor kid.

We've also got some photos from the last few weeks we still need to post of, well, happier things, but we'll get to 'em later.