Monday, August 4, 2008

The grandmother arrives!

The much-anticipated visit from Mateo's loving abuela has come and gone, leaving us longing for more of her company.  Thank goodness only two weeks separate this grandmother's departure from Spain and our trip to Virginia to spend a month basking in more Leader lovin'.

Here's an image of Berni and Mateo during our drive down to Madrid to pick up Mom/Grandma and introduce her to her first grandchild.  (Mateo is destined to be a traveling man, as he made it down to Madrid and back twice before he was 14 days old.)     

   We love those frog legs!



An afternoon walk along the port of Gijón:


Good people: Godfather and grandmother (with Mateo peeping out in his green socks).   



We adore this little boy.  Obviously.



The scene of most of our early afternoons in Mieres this summer: cold drinks, conversation and complimentary tapas before our mid-day meal.  Mom had no problem getting into the swing of such an enjoyable routine during her week here.



1 comments:

AWOL Mommy said...

you guys make trans-atlantic love seem like such a breeze. Aren't we so blessed to live in an age of such technological miracles that plopped you two in Bolivia together and now you are sprouting into a wonderful family that dines in Spanish plazas together?! Amazing.