The Mexican Uncle Comes to Town

Uncle Dave, aka the Mexican Uncle, finally got to meet Tyler a few weeks ago. Here they are at their first meeting. It was love at first sight! :-) Dave is down in Mexico doing research on a very exciting Mayan site called Xtobo in the Yucatan Peninsula for his PhD dissertation. After a full year of excavating and research, he took a break to come home for some R&R and a visit with his nephew. (Check out his excavation blog at http://mixtuux.blogspot.com/). Of course, we thought it was fitting to take Dave straight to a Mexican restaurant where little Tyler was very well behaved. He did, however, have a few nightmares about his uncle going back to Mexico. Here's a picture to prove it!



But, Uncle Dave dispelled any such fears with some after dinner flying, which Tyler quite enjoyed once we all got home.

The next day, we all took an outing to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. The goal was to get Tyler to check out the fish and start tracking things with his eyes, but the reality was a little different. The aquarium was packed (that's the last time we do that on a Saturday afternoon...), and Tyler wasn't too cooperative. We did have a few moments where he showed some interest, particularly with respect to some neon yellow slow-moving jellyfish, but in general, he was unimpressed. Hopefully next time he'll be more excited about it.






After our jaunt at the Aquarium, the little man decided it was time for a nap, especially since he felt so safe with his Uncle Dave. This is a man, after all, who owns a machete, and more importantly, knows how to use it. How could Tyler not feel relaxed and protected?? Until he gets to see his Uncle Dave again, Tyler has a little lion named Doug that Dave brought him to keep him company. Hopefully he won't have to wait too long though!