The García Chronicles

The day has finally arrived and little Amoreena Rose Garcia has left her party pad in Club Uterus. She was very "cheesy" when she was born and so I'll refrain from close-ups until the cheese has been removed thoroughly. Mom and daughter are doing well. Danica is trying to catch up on some sleep since last night she got less than an hour of it.

Now that I have a little bit of a break from school I'm trying to stay up with the archiving and editing of photos and video. In the process I've decided to make a little movie that I hope Caleb enjoys one day. Please don't think that he's a terrible kid, he was born a savage just like everyone else. It's up to good parents to make them into functional human beings.

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Our beloved body builder is making impressive gains. It is now official: Danica must turn her belly to the side in order to use the kitchen sink.

Here are the boys learning how to rope and ride down at the Fort Worth Stockyards.

The cocoons have finally broken and the painted ladies are flying around in their little tent. The boys are amazed at how much these little caterpillars have changed.

Click on the play button below to hear Maicah discussing his views on babies and superpowers.

We just finished visiting family for the last week, so here are some highlights. Maicah and Caleb went to their cousin Noah's first birthday party. It went well except that Caleb made himself sick by spinning himself around a pole one too many times. I was surprised how much food could fit into his little stomach.

























We visited the ranch in Mexico where my father grew up and went to the river that I spent many summers swimming in. Maicah and Caleb jumped in for a while to cool off. Caleb was feeling wild and went skinny dipping, hence, the distant shots.












Here's Maicah hanging out with some of his distant cousins, Abram and Margarita. I think they would be 3rd cousins for him, but I'm not sure. Abram and Margarita have 40 1st cousins.


The last leg of our trip was S. Padre Island where we relaxed before spending a final night with my parents. We found some marine life that we put in a bucket for a while. It's hard to see, but there are 2 shrimp, 2 small crabs, 6 small clams and some sea slug thing.

Here's a picture of Danica at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.

Maicah found a caterpillar this past weekend and put in his bug box. His new friend is doing well: he's eating leaves and pooping often. Maicah wants to see him or her? turn into a butterfly.

Girl! Girl! Girl! The first image shows the view from the feet looking upwards to her butt. The other one is a profile of our little girl. Maicah is really excited, Danica is still in shock, and I've always been 100% wrong about guessing the sex of our children.