Celebrate!

February is always a busy month for me. Aside from the obvious, the Valentine’s Day, we have a bunch more celebrations on Feb. First, Popoy’s birthday on the 4th, my birthday is on the 25th, our wedding anniversary on the 26th, (we are one year married! time flies!), Alou’s birthday is on the 27th, and my niece’s birthday, Avery, on the 28th. That’s four consecutive days celebration! Well for our wedding anniversary celebration, my wife and I went to Poconos in Pennsylvania. It’s about 3.5 hours drive from Bmore, but it’s ok. I love driving anyway, as long as I know where to go, it’s cool. Anyway, Poconos is a great place to be. Lots of activities to do. It was great coz there were only a few people there, perfect atmosphere for lovebirds such as me and me wifey. lol But it would be great for family vacations during the summer. There’s a lake, there’s golf, tennis, volleyball, badminton etc. I really recommend it!

Our friends took us out to Fogo de Chao. It was the day of Alou’s bday and I surprised her for she didn’t know our friends were coming. She only thought it was just going to be me and Avery. So she was really surprised and I also got her some cake from of course, Yia Yia bakery! I got one of them cupcakes that are put together to make as one cake. But let me tell you about Fogo, I love that place! If you want to feel like you are a celebrity, wait, let me change that, to a king or a queen, you better go visit this place. If you live in Bmore, you probably already know where it is, but if not, it’s by the Inner Harbor where PF Chang’s is right across the ESPN zone. Anyway, dining at Fogo was an experience. I would love to go back there again. Although it is a pricy, especially dinnertime, but it was worth it especially if you love meat, meat and more meat. lol Anyway, we really have great friends! We also got free tickets to the Orioles game and also to the circus! Thanks soooo much to Evelyn, Yary(she didn’t make it though), Oscar and Grewlyn, we had a lot of fun!!!

Happy Hearts Day

I was so busy during Valentine’s Day I never thought of putting a shout out to all the ladies out there, especially to the women of my life (my family and friends), and of course, most especially to my wife Alona Co Malacas.

My Baby Ga, hope you had fun on Valentine’s Day with me, as opposed to me working in the lab (he he).  I love you so much and I thank you for sticking with me through tough times.  With endless appreciation, thank you for being a great wife and a great mom (to Popoy!) and  for the unconditional love and support that you give me all these years.

I love you with all my heart…

Popoy turns 1 yr old!

Feb. 4 was Popoy’s bday.  But since it’s a weekday, we celebrated his birthday on a sunday, Feb. 8th.  We only invited a few friends that are dog lovers.  We invited my friends Eve with Jordie, a beagle and Eve’s sister Yary.  Also, my sister Gigi and my niece Avery along with Theo boy came as well.  Then my brother Hadji and DD came during their break.  My wife baked some mac and cheese, we had some hotdogs, some chicken wings and my wife made some grilled cheese sandwiches.  We also bought some cake from Yia Yia’s bakery.  They bake some good cakes and desserts let me tell ya.  Anyway, back to the party…  My wife bought dog party decors and put them up the day before.  To sum it up, we had fun.  Here are some pics:

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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about my boy Popoy. He is huge now. He is going to be ten months old on December 4th. Time really flies! He is just too much… He’s so adorable, sweet and very annoying sometimes! lol We’re trying to get a treadmill so I can teach him how to run on it. It’s getting cold outside and it’s hard to take him out for a walk and some exercise. Here’s how he looks now…

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Canada pics

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here. Been busy lately. A week after Canada, my wife and my in-laws had to go to Texas to visit my wife’s brother. My wife’s staying there right now for 2 1/2 weeks and my in-laws are going to stay there for about a month or so. It’s been tough for me and Popoy to be left behind for almost three weeks, although I didn’t have to worry about cooking because my wife cooked a bunch of flip foods and put them on a freezer. (Isn’t she great!? She thinks about me all the time!)

Anyway, with Popoy having company for two months while me and my wife worked, it’s a big change for him. He is alone most of the time since they left, and I work in the morning and play tennis most afternoons. There is a big yard in the back of the house so whenever I get home, I take him out there so we can play and exercise together.

But now, I’m excited because my wife is coming back in 3 days! We’re pretty much inseparable so the time apart is both killing us. Ok ok, enough with the mushy stuff.. hehe

Here are some of the Canada pics…

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Canada

We went to Canada last week and visited some family friends and relatives. Believe me, 13 hours of driving was not fun especially if your passengers in the back are taking their naps. But if I didn’t drive, I’d probably do the same thing. hehe

We stayed one day at Toronto and one day at Hamilton then we stayed four days by Niagara Falls. Niagara was beautiful, and the famous falls was gorgeous. We did a bus tour, all the tourist spots at Niagara but the very best thing about the tour was, the Maid of the Mist. That experience was awesome and made our vacation worth it.

So to the people who are thinking of visiting Niagara Falls, the Canadian side is better and I recommend you all to try and ride the Maid of the Mist. It looked pretty scary but it wasn’t really. It was a fun ride… Satisfaction guaranteed! =)

Popoy is 4 months old!

Popoy turned 4 months five days ago. We took him to the vet and he now have his rabies shot. He is now 33.3 lbs, longer, heavier, and even crazier! hehe

Our baby is now getting older and have been potty-trained for a long while now. Whenever he wants to go pee or poo, he usually barks in front of the back door. We’re so proud!

Oh yeah, the vet told us that he’ll probably going to be 50 lbs next month! And yeah, he’s still a puppy so he snags our shoes once in a while, loves to bite my slippers on our way up to the stairs, loves to bite our hairs, and pretty much just jump on us whenever he wants to. He’s so adorable! Here’s his latest pics…

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Luray Caverns, VA

Last week, we went to Virginia and visited Luray Cavern. Luray Cavern is actually a natural wonder which was discovered hundreds of years ago. It is a large cavern with many formations.
I really don’t want to write the history but if you want to learn more about Luray Cavern, click here. I just want to show you some pics so I can encourage you to visit the cavern. It’s pretty amazing!

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St. Michaels, MD

I’ve never even heard of St. Michaels until about 2 weeks ago. My wife wanted us to bring her parents to St. Michaels coz she heard that it’s really nice out there. It’s more like Inner Harbor, well, better. We really didn’t have enough time to explore the whole place and besides, we really didn’t even know where to go. But we did go to the Crab and Steak House for lunch. We also brought Popoy with us and it was difficult for he got tired pretty fast because of the hot weather. After lunch, we walked by the port and walked through the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Check out some pics:

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Then on our way back to the parking lot, we met Bailey. She’s almost 2 yrs old golden retriever. She is gorgeous with beautiful hairs. She and Popoy played around a lil bit. We just imagined that Popoy is going to be her size in about 2 yrs or so…

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After St Michaels, we got stuck in traffic and passed by the Prime outlet. Oh yeah, we had to pass the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and boy it was a bit scary! It was long, and high and did I say long already? he he Anyway, it was a fun day…