LAST WEEK IN MARCH : suzi and mark, who we met at lake atitlan came out for a visit, i had so much fun playing with mark, he was one of the best babysitters i have ever had. we played when mommy, daddy, and suzi went diving. it was nice having them here cuz mom had to take time off work to play with us. we went to an open mike and i loved watching the musican and belly dancer. wow! we also took a small boat out to a small island near here and went swimming and played on the beach. we even found a small baby turtle, but we released it by the reef, i hope it made it. the boat ride back was really rough, we were all soaked, but i was so tired, i nearly slept the whole way back!

EARLY MARCH : been spending my days at the beach, playing with friends, running around having all kinds of fun, and swimming in the sea. it is a great life. mommy is working at the diveshop all the time, so daddy is taking good care of me. but sometimes daddy has to work too, so i go and play at the baby sitters house, everybody loves to play with me, cause i am the littlest.

FEBRUARY 28 : we settled down in utila quite quickly, found a house to rent, and mommy found a job at ecomarine, a mellow dive school here. she had been working nearly everyday, but today was her day off, so we went for a walk and walked to the east end of the island, and found a tiny little lizard. i even held it for a bit. it was cool!

FEBRUARY 7 : another long travel day, this time from western honduras all the way to la ceiba, where we were supposed to catch a ferry to utila. the ferry goes at 1600, and we arrived in town a few kilometers away at 1555, believe it or not, we crammed six adults, all our baggage and me into a small taxi and still made it on time. mommy and daddy were very happy. i had a great time on the ferry, i kept pointing at the ocean and saying "agua", the spanish word for water. first person we ran into on the island was my mommy and daddy's old instructor jungle jim. he is just as crazy as my parents had warned me.

FEBRUARY 6 : daddy went on a tour of the cigar factory here, but they would not let me in, so mommy and i played outside and waited for him. he came out with a big smile on his face, so i think he liked it.

FEBRUARY 5 : we were going to spend the day in esquipulas and go to a water park with kiddie rides and a petting zoo, but it turns out it was closed (despite what the lonely planet might have said), so we decided to head onto santa rosa de copan in honduras. everything went pretty well, made it across the border and made all the bus connections we needed to. it was only when we tried to get off the bus, they did not want us to because they thought we were going to the town the copan ruinas, (we were there in january with farfar and farmor) cause that is where all the tourists go. but luckily we got off at the right stop.

FEBRUARY 4 : after a couple of days in xela we headed back to pana, and then today we hopped back on the chicken buses and headed to guatemala city and then onto esquipulas, a town near the hondurian border. we had really good luck and got the front seats on all the buses, so we had plenty of leg room, very nice on a long bus ride, especially for daddy.

JANUARY 31 : thought we would check out a bit more of the country so we headed up to quelzaltenengo, better known as xela. took chicken buses the whole way, had to change a bunch of times, and mommy actually left her camera on one of them, but daddy and i ran back and got it before they drove away, mommy was very lucky.

JANUARY 30 : mommy went to the beauty shop and finally got her hair cut after years, and i wanted to get in on the action so i got my first haircut today! the lady who cut it was super nice and a really good sport considering how much i managed to wiggle about.

JANUARY 28 : when i was a month old, my mom finally gave in and gave me a binkie. well, today, i threw one away, and daddy did not have more with us, so my folks decided no more binkies for me. man, i am mad at them, sometimes they give in and i get one at night though.

JANUARY 25 : after a couple major shopping days in panajachel we took farmor, farfar, brita, and cege to the airport to say bye bye. now what i am going to do for attention? mommy and daddy were also able to finally pick up their computer from the repair shop. my luck has run out, going to have to find some more friends to play with.

JANUARY 17-20 : crossed over the border to copan, honduras. here we went horse riding again, but this time i rode with mommy, cuz daddy had a wild horse, then we went to a hot springs, i loved the hot water. we also went and looked at more really old, funny carved stones, and then we got to play with birds at macaw mountain.

JANUARY 15-16 : went to rio dulce and then onto livingston, where i got to go swimming in the carribbean ocean for the first time.

JANUARY 14 : after tikal we went to finca ixobel. it was a big farm with lots to do. today we went horseback riding. i rode with daddy. it was so much fun, everytime anyone mentions horse i bounce up and down like i am still on a horse.

JANUARY 12 : while staying in el remate, we went to tikal for the day, as daddy always says, a bunch of old stones. but we had lots of fun climbing on them and watching birds and monkeys, not to mention the huge trails of ants we kept coming across.

JANUARY 10 : farmor was sick, so we went to chichi again, but only with brita and cege, i made some local friends at breakfast and tried to help them sale their stuff to the tourists. then we took the night bus to flores, i had my own row, so i slept like the baby i am.

JANUARY 7 : farmor's birthday! we went out to breakfast to celebrate, and ran into an old friend of my parents, franz, with his girlfriend, anna. crazy surprise, my folks had not seen them in years. so while our four visitors had spanish lessons we went for a fika with franz and anna. anna and i had a great time looking at fish in the fishtank. then we had a yummy dinner looking over the lake and sang happy birthday to farmor.

JANUARY 6 : yipee! daddy went to the airport and came back with farmor and farfar, as well as their friends, brita and cege. more people for me to play with. life is good.

JANUARY 4 : a rough day for mommy and daddy. the computer crashed, went completely blank, and pappa had been editing a long film. mommy was happy she had just backed up all her photos, but a broken computer meant no more building websites, good for me, cuz then they both had more time to play with me!

JANUARY 2 : today was daddy's birthday and we moved back to panajachel, just in time, there was a really big wind storm and alot of guatemala was without electricity for days. it was a pretty exciting boat ride back from santa cruz, but somehow i managed to fall asleep during it.

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