From Miami

We have been in Miami for more than a week and I have not posted or written any articles for the examiner. In theory, I should have more time to myself here but it's been pretty hectic. When you're traveling with a celebrity it's not that easy to capture "down-time" and do something productive.

Visitors from near and far have come to see Nico. At first, seeing all the new faces startled Nico and brought him to tears. Slowly he's been adjusting, however not without consequence. He has a little cold now. Though i've tried to remind people to wash their hands, I wasn't able to protect him from catching his first cold. Peter says that he's getting stronger, and it's true, but the problem is that people who want to hold him somtimes don't realize that he is still really little and that they need to be careful. In the end, I'm the one that has to stay up all night when he is coughing, fussy, and crying.

Because we live in Austin and I'm used to being with him all day, it has also been hard to be seperated from him. Even though people feel they are helping by holding him while I eat or do things, they don't realize that taking him away from my sight doesn't help. What helps is when someone holds him, but near by so I can see. It's not that I don't trust other people, I just like having him nearby and I feel that Nico gets less aggitated as well. We are learning to be apart from eachother little bits at a time, but at our own rate, we can't be rushed, or pulled away from eachother.

Some important milestones in Nico's life have also taken place in the last couple days.

First time meeting SNOOPY!

From Nico's First trip April 10

First time going to the beach

First Easter Mass

From Nico's First trip April 10

First easter Party

From Nico's First trip April 10

He got his first cold...coughing,runny nose and all. We didn't take pictures of his little buggers but we got a picture with our doctor neighbors who came over to check him out to make sure he was okay.

From Nico's First trip April 10

And He rolled over completely for the first time but has not done it since, so I am waiting patiently to get it on camera!