Brookfield Zoo

I took my niece & nephew, Maya & Zach, to the zoo! We had a ton of fun. I spoiled them to death of course. We also went to see Disney's "Up" in 3D with my Dad. It was mine and a my Dad's first time seeing a movie in 3D. The quality was incredibly great, except my right eye's stupid astigmatism made it hard to focus when there was too much movement. 3D glasses are based on angled vision from both the right and left eyes at the same time; however, my right eye cannot focus thereby leaving my left eye doing all the work. I don't think I'll be able to watch many 3D movies in the future.

Maya, age 10, at the zoo!

Zach, age 7, on the train ride!

Maya & Zach in the Primate House

Maya & Zach with a Bear!

Blog Layouts

Wedding is a go! The big countdown? 16 days until I marry Jeremy. I'm quite excited. This shindig will be quite a blast. Family is flying/driving in from all over the States for this joyous event, so I am extremely excited. I am also totally psyched to see Jeremy again as I haven't seen him since March. In fact, it is merely a week from now that he will be flying in. =)

Recently, I created new blog layouts for a couple friends. Here's a couple I did for Mike & Phil. It's very cliche, I know. But I'm pleased overall.

(Mike's header)

(background)

(background for Phil)

(header for Phil)

Zander

I spent two days this week babysitting my cousin's little wonderpooper Zander, and it was a blast. Unfortunately, as I am the youngest offspring in this household at 23, we do not own a high chair. So I made one.

As it turns out, Zander is a great fan of sand. Needless to say, after this outing we required a change of clothing.

Since Zander's pants kept sliding down, I discovered a good amount of sand on his tush. But what's the use of being a little boy if you can't get dirty once in a while?

After several hours of fun outside, Zander eases into nap mode while resting on a bench. A morning of play and nap. Who could ask for anything better?

In other perplexing and unfortunate news.... Another week, another funeral. This time for Tito Procs, who died a mere eleven days after Tito Junior. Heaven's angels are in the company of two fine gentlemen. Paalam, Tito Procs.

Tito Junior

"I love life...Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like...It makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness."

Paalam, Tito.