pho(ne)tographs

eunuch (noun): a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals

what is it about the promise of a three day weekend that makes any week bearable? and thank goodness because this week was a killer. one night i worked until 830, one day i messed up my scheduling so bad at work that i was sweaty and hot with embarrassment and by friday i was ready to collapse. 

this week was a big week for weebay also. our little boy became a man. or maybe not a man anymore, depending on how you look at it. that's right, he got snipped this week. poor little guy didn't even know it was coming.

 up to the surgery the doctor had been telling us that he would have to wear the cone of shame when he came home. lp and i were pretty much in agreement that we didn't really think he would need it because, as lp told me, "you can't fold a bean in half." after the surgery the doctor called and was talking to me about how weebay was doing. she asked if he had ever licked his boy-parts (no), ever tried (no) or ever got to his booty (no-duh). she then told me that since he had woken up, he hadn't even given his boy parts a second glance and so, as long as we monitored him, he didn't need a cone. hooray!!! i really didn't want him to have to wear that sad little cone. 

tuesday- big hair, big glasses

weebay's go to pose as soon as we get back from a walk since it's gotten warm here

little house on the prairie

big, old, adorable, cartoon eyes

post-surgery

saturday was my last night out with blair- so so sad!!!

holding mike's nephew- makes me so excited and ready to hold lp's sister's son!!!

sunday was an all day nap time for our little family

lately

i feel like we've been so busy lately. this past weekend i had a work dinner (which was so fun, love those ladies!!), a birthday party and a house to clean for eric's arrival on friday. but at the same time, i do hate saying i'm "busy" as there are so many other people who are much busier than me. that being said, this is how we spend many evenings (when weebay isn't in monster mode):

i know, it's adorable. it was mike's bday last week. he's a valentine baby!!! so sweet! on saturday we went to dodge city on u st to celebrate. if you haven't been there, you should go. they have great music- downstairs it's usually old soul music and upstairs it's old rock and roll or rockabilly. lots of dancing was done and lots of fun went down!! the week before, some friends of ours had a 'lincoln party' where they celebrate lincoln. they hand out little gifts and this year's gift was a color changing lincoln cup. i decided to use this cup all night:

lp and mike

mike and i

me, blair, jj- hooray for fun!

blair and i- yes, i'm wearing glasses and yes, they are prescription. i'm super blind!!!

mike and blair

on another note, i took a crap load of pics with the fancy camera and can you guess my subject? um, yes, it's the pup. so stop looking if you're tired of seeing the most adorable dog in the world!!!

wrinkles and ears

this face kills me. i love it so much!!

road trip....brazil style

we got to brasilia, brazil on saturday morning. our friend eliardo (sweetie that he is) came to pick us up from the airport and from there, we went and took showers, ate lunch and headed out for the beach!! our road trip was taking us through brazil to a small town called caraiva.

this view did not suck

best views in the back of the car

Brazil!!!

this was probably the slowest we drove (and the speed limit was 80kph)

that night, we got to a small town. we found a motel, checked in and went to grab a snack and a beer. in the morning, we got up and had breakfast before we hit the road. it was going to be a long day, but we had a nice, big, brazilian breakfast (lots of meat, cheese, bread and lp's favorite- cheesy bread, called 'pao de queijo').

boys bathroom

girls bathroom

gas station

we hit the road and drove allllllll day, getting to caraiva late sunday night. we grabbed some beers, some food and ended up hitting some of the bars until late in the evening/morning!!! it was so much fun, there was live music and dancing and we had so much fun with eliardo. the next day, we woke up and i got to check out our pad. it was pretty spectacular......

our villa

walking around the town

caraiva taxi!!!

our place

that afternoon, we showered and walked around the town to check things out. this place is AMAZING. no cars, just donkeys and mainly just walking. it's super secluded and mainly local brazilians. there is sand, water, boats (the cutest little boats!!), drinks, food and people. we spent the next few days doing the most wonderful things- sleeping, eating, drinking, laying out, dancing, walking around. it was PERFECT.

boats!!

one of the main stretches of bars and restaurants

boats!!!

beach!

lp!!

lp and ocean

lp's favorite thing- the hammock

boats!!!

yummy pina colada

lizard

oh, this was so cool. these are trees with branches growing branches growing branches into the ground. it was one of the coolest things i've ever seen.

pretty beach

beach band.

on thursday, we got up and started driving to rio. more pics to come soon.....