Ciao Bella!

Italiano, parmigiano, scuza, grazie, pizza, vino, amore, prosciutto, ciao and bella was how rich my Italian vocabulary was as I stepped into "the Boot." This proved more than sufficient to decipher the "Ciao Bella!" t-shirts Venetian people wore to welcome my arrival.

I also paid visits to Caorle, Treviso, Lido di Jesolo and, of course, Verona. In Verona I managed to touch Juliet's breast (which is supposed to bring me LOVE. I don't know about that, but at least I enjoyed it :)) and leave a love spell on the lovers' wall "May Ava be loved truly."


As they say, a photo is worth a 1000 words. So I won't waste thousands of my words and plenty of your time talking. I'll show you the footage :)

Me - driving through Croatia on our way to Italy. A family pic from Punta Sabbioni - behind us lays Venezia in all its beauty!


Pics from San Marco square. It used to be pigeons' rendez-vous place but no more. Feeding the birds is strictly forbidden. I kinda like them, but hey - laws are laws!


Dad and I admiring a view from one of the 300ish bridges around small Venezia!!! With mum and dad next to a small canal. Grandma, ma, a big iron lady and myself posing in Verona.


A popular print commercial for Erdinger - series of 3.


Me - all set for the Venezia experience! Mum and I cuddling in the sling (Gosh, it was windy!)


Dad saying bye to mum on his way to the canal WITH me in his arms. Is that funny? Yeah, it is! :) Grandma knows no rest when it comes to carrying me around!


With grandma and ma someplace in Verona. Mummy was bursting with enthusiasm to check all the hot spots in Verona... unlike me who preferred a good ol' nap!


Should I comment this or you already got the picture - beer and I are inseparable! :)

Oldies or more on my first September ever...

As I'm always late sharing the news around me with you my dearest audience I'm considering making a regular Oldies section - here, in my blog. So, about my first-September-ever...

oldy #1 - My first kissssss (3rd Sept). The lucky one is Vladko:)
It all actually started in August...


And then one day...

... we got close. Now we are best friends and count the minutes till we meet in the park:)

Oldy #2 - I visited FARA (Festival of the Association of Advertising Agencies in BG). Well, to tell you the truth, mum dragged both dad and myself all the way to Albena (northern seaside resort) to check out what's new on the advertising market. I wasn't all that impressed but there was some good work! Most importantly, I dipped my legs into the sea - first touch of salty water (6thSept):) Here's the photo proof:

1) Mum is even happier than I am...hm....
2) Mum and daddy are be playing around while I do the hard work!

Oldy #3 - My musical skills proved exceptional at my first encounter with the guitar. I produced the most melodic sounds by just gently caressing the guitar strings with my ... foot! That's a true genius, I know... :)

Funny Pics

The philosopher
The double-faced
The dark side
The torturer
The hangover
The dwarf
The eyes
The sleepers
The doll
The candy

Let's Save the World!

Mum and dad are in for a BIG mission - they wanna save the world so I can live happily in it:)

And to do so they decided to ditch the modern but 500-years-to-dissolve-and-not-recyclable Pampers. They chose the good all nappies instead. Now the washing machine is not bored anymore. Although this is also a burden on Mother Nature, it's the lesser evil.

Since the change, I got one size up:)))

So, reasonable and considerate babies and parents - UNITE!:)

Second Tooth on the Way!

Trust me, one tooth, that early on, was kinda (but not totally) ok. But now, out of the blue, the second one pops up! If I keep this tendency I'll have all my teeth by Christmas. How UNcool is that?!? If we go step by step, one tooth after the other, with respectable amounts of time in between every two, I'll receive much more attention and my all-so-favorite hugs from mummy and daddy.

Well, can't really complain that much... It doesn't hurt badly. Mum and dad kiss and hug me all the time anyway.

It's good to be me. Even with 2 teeth at 4 months and 24 days:)

My First Tooth

Everyone has teeth. So do I. Well, some babies don't, but I'm passed that phase already. Seems that this itchy annoying feeling in my dents was just some tiny tooth eager to come out. Just 27 and then another 32 to go. Pretty soon I'll be biting my way through life.

Now, since I know some of you won't believe me, so I made my mum take this shot. The blurry, white speck between the two fingers is my first tooth. I find it kinda cute.

Seaside Stories

My first visit to the seaside includes some great 12-hours-long naps, lying on the "By the Way" pillows in the Lozenets back yard sipping milk shakes, a thrilling tourist train ride, a not-so-modest number of nightly gatherings a.k.a parties, including Panchev and Minov's 60th anniversary (that's old, man!) and the 1 magazine & MINI Sozopol party "Mo'Horizons", an Indiana-Jones-open-air-cinema visit, sunbathing on chaise longs at the yacht club, a lot of giggles around Adi's fashionable Berlin sunglasses and her all-so-hilarious crouches...

Can't wait my next:)

Oldies

Let me start this off with a lame apology. I began writing this article nearly a month ago. Title was "Breaking News". I left it almost-finished-but-not-quite as I had to storm through the seaside. So: check the below "Oldies" kinda quickly as they ain't quite fresh and stay tuned for the NEW stuff around me real soon.

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Ok, here's the thing.
Mum is dragging me outside all day long on never-ending walks in the park and chick-chats in bars. I keep trying to explain her that I also have my responsibilities and need to inform YOU (my friends and fans) about breaking news form my colorful life. Doesn't work. Yet.

That's how you guys missed huge things about me:
1) 20th July - Ava, 3 months, is talking to herself, producing huge amounts of saliva and making the sound Brrrrrm. Since then she is on the Brrrrm wave. Her mum and dad have been noticed laughing hysterically.


2) 21st July - Ava,3 months, turned over from belly to back, aided from her mum a little. Two days later she repeats the trick all by herself. Witnesses claim she is not very happy on her belly and is ready to sacrifice all effort to change position.

3) 21st July - Ava, 3 months, can hold a toy with her hand.

4) 28th July - Ava, 3 months, has named her favorite song "Banski na laleta":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzepgThB9TE

5) 29th July - Ava, 3 months, turned over from back to belly. All by herself and not under the all-seeing eye of her mum who was unfortunately brushing her teeth meanwhile. Grandma, however, was present when the event took place.

6) 29th July - Ava, 3 months, is crying in the park. Suddenly, accidentally or not, she produces an amazingly distinctive "Ma-mmma" sound. Both grandmother Sveja and mother Vera are stunned. Then Vera comes back to reality by jumping heavily on her poor feet in madness and is obviously quite overwhelmed.

7) 1st August - Ava, 3 months, leaves for the seaside:
1-4 Agust - Lozenetz
4-8 Agust - Sozopol
8-10 August - Dragomani

Happy Birthday Grandpa Pindo!

Today grandpa Pindo turns 50 - quite a big deal, ah!?!!! Our age difference is exactly 49 years, 8 months and 17 days... :)

I'm, of course, invited to the party... but no cake for me YET! Wait until I'm a couple years older :))) I hope mummy eats some cake so I can taste it at least a lil bit later!

Happy 50 granny! I love you big time!

Check out my online diary!

http://www.moetodete.bg/dnevnik/?id=505&theme=1

My mum is just non stop! :)