Ivo at the end of August

It's ten to 8am, Thursday, August 31st. Ivo and I are up - a little early for him - but seems to be becoming normal for me. All summer, I've been waking up around 5am - usually sleeping another hour or so from 7-8/9. This am, I read, I computered, I read, I gave up and got up. We use ac - so it's not a matter of discomfort. There's the trip to the bathroom and the nursing and the sunrising...

It's been a great August. Jam packed with fun stuff. We are not sad, tho, to be inching closer to cooler weather - even if September is probably not gonna be much relief... It's still September!

So here's a brief recap of our last week.

Saturday - went to gym and Soho street, park. The highlight was holding Ivo who hugged both Ryan and me - each with one arm, pushing on us together, all of us hugging...It was so cute sweet and fun!

Sunday - we had a great time playing and swimming at the gym with Dylan, Heather and Ciro. Then we came home and packed for our trip to Taipei, featuring the zoo. We took the bus up with Kevin and Kaia. The traffic was horrible and we were so glad we weren't driving! The hotel was fun and we ate Burger King - which is a special treat - otherwise occuring only at airports...

More on the zoo next. Here are some shots of Ivo and Dylan in the locker room, pre-swim. They were both quite interested in shutting all locker doors - even those only slightly ajar. They hadn't seen each other for weeks and when they did - began screaming at each other in glee.