And then he turns 3!!

I swear, it feels like yesterday. We had a small list of names in Fred's pocket, a little one at home who had no idea of how much his world would change (Bernardo was 1.8) and to be honest, I was dying to empty the biggest belly you have ever seen in your life! Baby came out, Fred goes around the table to take a good look at him and yells from the other side of the curtain - "He looks like Miguel!!". "Okay" I replied, "so Miguel it is"!

A few hours later, already in my room, the nurse brings my little bundle and I get to really look at him for the first time. Ugly as a duckling, with a head so round and a nose so spread across his face that to me he looked a lot like Samuel and nothing like Miguel. I told my mom: "this one is 100% Jewish!!"

Miguel, I love you. I love you with all that I am, with all my heart and some more. You were the best addition to our little family, the best son we could have asked for, the cutest and funniest blond I have every seen in my life and the best friend we could have asked for Bernardo. You're genuine, caring and ALL mine! I am the proudest mom and sooooo thankful for having the opportunity to take you under my wings, to give you your own and to one day, see you fly. I hope it takes a long time for this day to come.......

Happy 3rd Birthday Blondie! We love you beyond your wildest imagination :))

xoxo
Mommy

on my 8th month I think.... I wouldn't dare to post my last pregnant picture!!

Miguelito a week or so old.... looking better by the day!

cute as ever in Jamaica getting his weekly tan :) about 3 months old

in Puerto Rico strolling around Fort San Felipe - maybe 6 months old?!

Miguel's 1st Bday at home with Grandma Wanda, Popeye, Phil and Salua

with mommy at Luxembourg Gardens, Paris (1.2 years old)

tanning again, now at the pool at MGM Hotel in Las Vegas!

with mommy, daddy and Bernardo at the Grand Canyon - pretty!!!

with daddy at the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, Colombia

Miguel's 2nd Bday at Bay Harbour Park with the Steinbekks!

Running around the streets of Zurich, Switzerland

Enjoying a chocolate freddo in Lindau, Germany

Watching over the scenery with Bernardo in beautiful Hallstatt, Austria

Pointing out an airplane flying by in Prague, Czech Republic

Legoland's water park in Germany

Up at Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro

With his big brother and best pal Bernardo in Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay

Yesterday with his new boyish haircut at his 3rd Bday party at Vovo Ana's house!