Happy Birthday London!!!!!

Well our perfect weather disappeared today and we ended up with clouds but the rain did hold off. So our laying by the beach didn't happen. Instead we found london a beach playground!

Also we couldn't find a regular birthday cake but the hotel was nice enough to provide us with one. Parabens means congrats in Portuguese which is how they wish you happy birthday... maybe a congrats for making it one more year!?! LOL I DID find a #1 candle though! The cake was SO SWEET troy nor I could eat it so london got a lick and that was it. We will try to do a re-do in Des Plaines when we get back...

Copacabana Beach

8Oh my god the best beach EVER! The sand was soft but not so powder fine that its IN everything! LOL Great for sandcastles, playing, everything. Troy said the water was nice also but I was having to much fun with London in the sand to really go in! And we got a great sunset behind us right over Christ the Redeemer statue!

Hello Rio!

We are taking a vacation in Rio De Janeiro this week instead of flying back to Chicago-land. We got a great view of the city when we flew in...

And it was London's first time at the Beach. To say he LOVED the sand would STILL be an understatement...

First birthday gift

One of the guys (and his girlfriend) that troy has been working with for the last couple weeks got London a Birthday gift! First Let me say how refreshing it was to see the standard bag at the store was a picture of a baby breastfeeding!!! SUCH a nice change from the USA to see BFing being promoted instead of formula feeding <3
Anyway his gift was a Brazilian CD of Lullabies!

My sunsets (for mary)

Well its not a beach view sunset but I think its pretty cool anyway. Here is the sunset from our hotel-

opps forgot some Sat stuff!

Our Hard Rock Cafe stop!-

and the location for the 2014 World cup is here! -

Last of the sat photos!

We also went to the zoo here. For $2 it was about what you expected. London LOVES the birds! 

Yep this turtle WAS the highlight at the aquarium (which was in the zoo)-