We had some special moments this past June that we would like to remember, even though I didn't have the time to blog about them before.
1. Celebration of the ending of Nena's treatment
Nena's friend Mariluce hosted a party for many of Nena's friends to celebrate the end of her chemotherapy. She is doing very well and enjoyed the party!
1. Celebration of the ending of Nena's treatment
Nena's friend Mariluce hosted a party for many of Nena's friends to celebrate the end of her chemotherapy. She is doing very well and enjoyed the party!
We all watched together one of the first World Cup matches at the party: England vs. USA. Jonny was the only one there going for England! Thankfully, it was at least a tie.
Daniel enjoyed Mariluce's pool - it was so hot that day!
2. Justyna took care of Daniel for 3 days, the week before he started pre-school
After coming back from Florida, we had to wait one week for Daniel to start school but we didn't have anyone to watch him the 3 days I had to work. Thank God, Justyna our neighbor and friend, was able to watch him for me. He did great with her and loved playing with Enya. They have been friends since he was 2 months old! Thank you Justyna, I will never forget how you helped us out when we needed most!
(The following photos were taken by Justyna while I worked!)
3. My 33rd birthday on June 22nd
I had not planned to do anything special on my birthday, but it turned out to be a wonderful day, full of special, spontaneous moments! Nena treated Daniel and I to a very special seafood lunch; Corinne hung out with me in the afternoon; Justyna then showed up with a surprise cake she baked and decorated for me (and wrote "Congratulations to you" in Portuguese) and finally, Jonny and Daniel took me out for a nice dinner in the evening! And of course, lots of phone calls, emails and text messages from around the world made it all extra special! Thank you all for your love!
4. Devesh's 3rd birthday party
We had fun celebrating Devesh's 3rd birthday - another special friend who lives on our street! Daniel loved his first full cupcake and the swimming - it was another hot day!
There were some other special moments in June that we didn't take pictures of including:
5. Father's day
and
6. My dear friend Corinne's baby shower - so excited to meet her second little girl to be born, God willing, on August 4th!
We are grateful for all these moments! Stay tuned for special moments in July coming soon!
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Lovely to read all the news. You all look great. I am so glad Maria Helena has finished chemo I hope she will continue to be healthy. I am glad to hear Jonny cheered for England, not forgetting his ancestors fortunately!! It is so good that you have friends who are neighbours now it makes the neighbourhood much more cheerful and being young parents you have so much in common.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your lovely updates, lots of love xxxxxxxxx
Aninha-Jonny.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for updating the blog. I was missing seeing new photos of our little prince Daniel! I miss him loads! He is so cute and handsome in every single photo! I loved to see him and Enya concentrated reading the book at Justyna’s house! I loved to see all pictures! Now I will visit the blog to look at him over and over again! How kind Justyna was taking care of Daniel and preparing special cake for your birthday. Thanks to her and to Enya for “sharing” her mommy with Daniel when you needed most. I can see that you are settled in Laurel with wonderful friends and friends for Daniel as well. I thank God for transforming your life in USA this way. I will continue enjoying looking the pictures and talking with -paixao da vozinha- as he was hearing me! I am very pleased that time is passing fast and September is arriving for our meeting. I just like to think of our family reunion and enjoy these thoughts. It will be wonderful! Kisses and hugs from Vozinha in PNG.