Some pictures of home

Here are some pictures from November in Mexico. My mom came down to meet her grandson and the rest of the family. Ramses was also baptised Catholic. Here is Ramses exploring the patio and living room with his intrepid duck companion, Pato.

Here is a video of Ramses taking a bath and playing with his Nana Paddy. The crazy bird noises are coming from Andrea's pet parrakeets, offscreen.

Andrea and Paddy. My mom made this quilt as a present for Andrea, Ramses' mom.

In Barra de Navidad there were many altars around town such as this one. They are dedicated to the Virgin Mary and are calling her to various households around the town. For a while, there was one in front of our house as well. Ramses' baptism. Andrea and I are on the right. The couple on the left are his godparents. My observation of Catholicism is that it likes to take its time. The service started at noon sharp and Ramses and the other children were not baptised until about an hour and a half later. Try entertaining a one year old on your lap for over an hour and trying to keep him quiet during the service. But he perservered through it.

Here is a photo of the shelf where Andrea keeps all of Ramses' clothes and other things. I posted this photo to say thank you to all the wonderful people who gave me their hand-me-downs to give to Ramses. He wears them all. If you look closely, you may see something that formerly belonged to your child.

Here is a nice photo of Andrea, Ramses' mom.

Jesus and Andrea. Salud, grandpa.

Here are a few photos of Halloween in Boulder. My last day of work was Halloween day, which I thought was very fitting. Here is a photo of the Halloween contingent at my former place of employment, Martek.

Have you heard of the Naked Pumpkin Run in Boulder? Check it out at www.nakedpumpkinrun.org Guess who is behind the Jack-O-Lantern?

Setting off

Hey everyone. So this is my first shot at blogging, or any public presence on the web really. I'm a bit nervous about it because I value my anonymity, but I decided to do this blog because I think it's important to share the opportunity of being able to travel around the world (and because the whole mass email thing is a pain for everyone).

I'm going to try to post a few pictures of Mexico as a test. I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update this blog, but my goal is to update it roughly once a month, or once for every country that I visit.