I am moving to Mexico...Eduardo's Visa was DENIED

Yesterday I received the official letter from Immigration informing me that Eduardo's pardon was denied. I don't want to go into too much details because I don't even know myself exactly what happened. I have requested a new appointment but I don't know how long that's going to take.
We're devestated and extremely sad for what has happened. I'll make the move with Aaron to Mexico on or before September of this year. Please keep us in your prayers. There's so much to get done before we go.

Take care... I wish I was telling more about our family vacation but I just don't have very much energy..

Learning Life's Lessons...

So these last few days I've been preparing for our family vacation to Mexico. We leave on Friday (yaaaa!). I find that this time around things are running smoothly and gasp I almost done packing and it's only Wednesday! But here's my 1st Life Lesson: If it's too good to be true it probably is: So I'm doubling checking my bank account and I find that I have written checks that still haven't cleared. Needless to say I'm scrambling to deposit money today. Sigh. I really hate when that happens.

My second life lesson was something I learned last week. LL#2: Just because you think you're right doesn't mean you are: I wrote an email that was started off with good intentions but didn't end that way. I was very critical of someone and some things that while I was learning LL2, LL3 was also learned. LL3# THINK before you say (and do)! I really regretted sending that email. I went up and apologized to the person it was sent to. Do you want details? Too bad, you're not getting any. I've been mortified enough already...ha!

Enough with lessons learned on to funnier things. Last week Aaron started a swim class. It's once a week on Tuesdays. The first day of class I felt my heart in my throat. Yesterday's class was no better. Aaron has been told to hold onto the wall while he's in the pool of course he doesn't listen.

He decided to let go of the wall and proceeds to drown. At this point Yoly (my sister) and I are screaming "MY KID/NEPHEW is drowning!". Thank God another kid manage to grab him and pull him back to the wall. Does this stop Aaron from doing it again? Nope he tries it 2 more times with the last two times he manages to float on his own. I think I gnawed of my nails to my knuckles. My mom said she was not coming anymore and Yoly agreed. Shoot, I don't feel like coming anymore because I get scared too easily! There are three trainers in the pool and Yoly's who are all trained in CPR. So God forbid somethings happens Aaron, he will be fine.

I certainly do not want to instill a fear of swimming in Aaron. But he's just like Eduardo, a little daredevil. The boy was ready to do a cannonball in the pool... he didn't even care that he did not know how to swim. Well I hope during our vacation Eduardo teaches him to swim and so when Aaron does go back to his swim class he's already a pro. I've decided that I have to learn how to swim. I'll get in the pool and walk around without any problems but *shiver* ...

1 day and 1/2 to go until Mexicooooooo!

We made it to April!

In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheist had no holiday to celebrate. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the long passionate present ation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared, 'Case dismissed!'

The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah... yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!" The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, "Obviously, your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists' holiday!"

The lawyer pompously said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?"

The judge said, "Well it comes every year on exactly the same date - April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as 'April Fools Day," consider that Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture, he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday! Now have a good day and get out of my courtroom!!"

Now how did April Fool's get started? WikiAnswers... well answers:

There are several explanations for the origin of the April fool's Day. But here is the most plausible one. April 1st was once New Year's Day in France. In 1582 Pope Gregory declared the adoption of his Gregorian calendar to replace the Julian calendar and new year's day was officially chance to January. First it took awhile for everyone in France to head the new of this major change and other obstinately refused to accept the new calendar so a lot of people continued to celebrate new year's day on the first of the April earning them the name April fools.

10 Days To Go...

Until our vacation to Mexico City, Ixtapa and who knows where else in between. Eduardo has it all planned out so I just go with the flow. Last time I was out there I went solo because Aaron didn't have his passport. Most of the time I take a few weeks planning out my visit to Mexico City since it offers so much to see. During my last visit I didn't really plan much instead I mentioned to Eduardo that he was going to be in charge of planning out the visits.

Eduardo is very considerate. He'll always ask where I want to go, where I want to, what I want to eat, etc. "Do you want to here or there? Do you want this or that? Do you, do you, do you". While I'm grateful because I know there are NOT many husbands who as considerate as he is, it worked on my last nerve. Maybe I stressed out, burnt out, I don't know ... ok so I'm trying to justify myself here but I gently reminded him of a few things.

Because I:

• take care of Aaron
• work with Aaron with his homework
• work full time -- dealing with 30 people and numerous requests
• was a Sunday School teacher (at the time, not anymore)
• was the new secretary for the Dorcas group
• worked on his immigration stuff
• try to keep up with my household duties (try being the keyword)

I had a "few" things on my mind. Now I wasn't throwing it in his face or anything like that but I just wanted him to see that my mind was here and there and everywhere. Ever seen that email about a woman's brain? It's my favorite!

Therefore I asked that when I get to Mexico for him to pretend that I'm sheep that can be lead anywhere. This might be my most relaxing vacation! On an unrelated note I've been catching my regular bus (5:10 pm) and my Road Rage Driver hasn't been on.... yes it's still crowded but I can focus on my book!

Ah Spring...

Ok so the weather in Chicago hasn't improved but I have faith I'll see Spring for 2 weeks before the blistering heat arrives!

Spring Assembly...

My Aaron is such a ham. Today was his Spring Assembly for school and I enjoyed every minute of it. What cracked me up was their song "The Weather Song". There was 5 different weather scenarios that they were supposed to sing about. It was "rainy, coldy, sunny, windy and foggy". As they sang they needed to spell out the weather "it was Rainy... R A I N Y" of course by the third weather change (Sunny) they ended spelling sunny for the remainder of the song.

I'm grateful to God how well Aaron is doing in school. He thrives in school and was not a happy camper during Spring Break. Which further emphasizes the need of some type of summer school.

Don't forget to check out the pictures of his assembly here:

The Bohorquez Family Pictures

Both mom and Aaron's teacher have been telling me that he needs to know before he graduates:
Addition
Subtraction
Fractions (FRACTIONS IN KINDERGARTEN!?)
How to read the Clock
Reading

And there's probably more but isn't that a bit daunting for a 6 year old? Sheesh, when we're in Mexico (we leave in about 2 weeks) I'm going to have to continue to teaching him so he's ready to roll when he comes back. I got the order form for his graduation pictures and yes, I got all emotional about it. It's just terrible how Eduardo is missing so much :(

So I added a new element to my blog. When you subscribe to either my blog or to my picture blog you will be instantly notified via email. I encourage you to sign-up and don't be shy leave me some comments. Half the time I feel like I'm talking to myself even though I'm addressing an audience!

Hey props to Amy G. because I can always count on you to leave me a comment!

What a way to unwind...

As some of you know I am an avid user of the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority). I enjoy my bus ride home because it’s just a nice time to unwind. You sit next to a complete stranger and yes there are times they occasionally smell but like anything in life you just roll with the punches. You have no obligation to talk to anyone. So I can sit on the bus either enjoying music or games on my iPod or reading a book. Lately I can’t do any of those things. I haven’t had a problem with any particular person on the bus because the problem is my bus driver.

I often wondered what would possess a person to become a bus driver for the CTA. There are so many things you have to consider. Do you want to deal with the aggravation of driving, dealing with unruly people and the occasional bus breakdown? If you can deal with that then you are ready to become a CTA bus driver. Don’t get me start on their personal safety. Anyway, for the past 3 days I have deal with Road Rage Regina (RRR for short and no I don’t think that’s her real name but I like the way the title flows). Many members of my family often comment on my road rage but there is no comparison to RRR. This driver will scream at fellow drivers, scream at those who board the bus and scream at those who exit the bus. I almost forgot…she’ll scream at the cyclists.

Seriously, I can’t deal with her. It doesn’t matter how loud you play your iPod or how far back you sit on the bus you just can’t tune her out! Wanna read a book? Forget it there’s no way. Yesterday was especially bad with Road Rage Regina and the Giggle Girls. There was a group of 4 girls (middle school age with a baby) who would giggle loudly anytime Road Rage Regina would cuss anything or anyone out. I probably had more stress in that 45 minute ride then I did all day at work.

So today I wanted to make it a point of avoiding that particular driver. However I don’t think that’s going to happen because the weather is TERRIBLE today. We have rain, snow and sleet so I would like to avoid waiting too long for the bus. So we’ll see how the ride home is today.

Some news is better then bad news...

So last Tuesday, I took a 1/2 day from work to head over to my state senator's office for a meeting. And the only reason for our meeting was to have the State Senator push my US Senator's office into getting information about Eduardo's case.

At the meeting I feel like I'm well prepared. I honestly didn't know what to expect to come from the meeting but nonetheless I was hopeful. Well throughout the meeting I just wanted to cut to the chase. Call Durbin's office and ask them to get information on the Eduardo's case because I haven't heard from Durbin's office in about 2.5 months. My State Senator (William Delgado) told me flat out that there wasn't anything he could do. Because immigration is on a Federal as a State Senator he couldn't do anything. Which is why I reiterated the point of my visit ... just call Durbin's office. Well as I was in the office (with my mom and Aaron in tot) State Senator Delgado did make the call.

The next day, I get a letter in the mail from US Senator Dick Durbin. Hooray! Do I believe it was because of my visit with State Senator Delgado? Probably not. Only because the letter came regular US mail and there was no way they would have responded to any inquiry from my State Senator. So back to the letter...the gist of it was that "the file is on the Reviewer's desk and about to be reviewed. You should hear about a decision shortly." So in the end I'm glad I heard something.

I made another call to the Department of State National Visa Center today and the case is still pending. Next call is to Ciudad Juarez.

I'm Back From the Seminar...

Wow.... all I can say is wow! I'll post my thoughts later but here's a link to the pictures.

Dorcas Seminar 2008

Here we are in a nutshell

Eduardo
So far we're still waiting. I waited until I called the NVC before I posted here. Right now it's been about 13 months and we're still waiting for an approval or denial on my husband's waiver. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my congressman to get some help. I've tried the Senator's route and haven't heard anything from them (surprised? Not me). Usually I get more help out of my congressman then I do my Senator. So that's where we're at. We're not stressing as much about it because we're going to see each other in about 3 weeks. Both Aaron and I are SO excited about our trip. I'm sure it's going to be adventure. Aaron's been asking Eduardo where we were going and what we're going to eat haha!

Dorcas Seminar
So this weekend our church (Apostolic Assembly in the Faith of Christ Jesus, Inc.!) is having our yearly ladies seminar this weekend. That's over 500 women getting together for some good church! Here's our website: http://www.dorcasmediooeste.com/ This year's theme is Un Encuentro Transformador, John 4:14. Lets see if I can translate that correctly... A Transforming Encounter? Perhaps. It is based on the scripture John 4:14 which talks about Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the well. One element to the seminar is that they ask each of us to answer a question..."what hinders you from serving God?".

According to Dictionary.com here is the definition of the word "hinder"

hin·der1
verb (used with object)

1.	to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.

2.	to prevent from doing, acting, or happening; stop: to hinder a man from committing a crime.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to be an obstacle or impediment.

When I reflect on that question I understood it immediately. When something hinders you it means that it's taken control over you, your life. This thing, this person, this object it has captured you that you really can't focus on anything else. What suffers? You, your family, your job, your home... So when I think about that question and I honestly say that this whole immigration process hinders me from serving God. My focus daily, almost hourly, is solely immigration. I start thinking what I could do, who I can call when in reality the Creator has been in complete and total control. I need to be release from this bondage and give over to God.

We wrote down what was hindering us. And we placed them all in a water jug. Our pastor said a special prayer and we're taking it to the seminar. Each church will bring in their water jugs and another special prayer will be said for them.

It's going to be a truly transforming encounter!

Am I The Only One?

So for the past few weeks I have been search, solely, at Target for some mousse to style my hair. I can alternate between Dove or Pantane because both can get the job done. However, during those trips to store I couldn't find any... from any brand. So yesterday after searching for quite some time I found some Pantane mousse at a Target in Melrose Park, IL.

According to my sister I'm probably the only one who still uses mousse. Here's the thing, I can't use anything else in my hair to help style it. It's a lot easier to use that versus hair gel or pommade. If I don't use it my hair is fro that I just can't stand. So I started to wonder if mousse really is going out of style. It lasts a long time and I use everyday so I almost feel as though I need to stock up to advert catastrophe!

Ok enough on my hair (which is in a serious need of a MAJOR trimming). So as most of you know I am a frequent visitor to www.immigrate2us.net and they have these lists that show where members are during their immigrate journey. Right now I'm on the "Approvals List" for those waiting for a denial or an approval for the I-601 Waiver. Perhaps they should change the name to "I-601 Approvals and Denials List" but anyway.

So far a fellow member (2004mms) and I were the last two whose husband had their 1st interview for Ciudad Juarez during the month January 2007... well now I'm the only left waiting to hear a result for our waiver. I'm sad to say that the other member (2004mms) received a denial this past weekend. Its terrible, because she has two small children and she's going to try to get a new interview.

Deep inside, I fighting with myself not to worry. But its taken such a long that that it's hard not to get discouraged.

I'm going to stop saying "I'm SURE I'll get a reponse this week". At this point I have to be satisfied that it gets here when it gets here.

What's that yellow ball in the sky?

This week has really been a pick-me-up for me. I'll admit that the that few months have been extremely hard on me. I won't go into too much details, but I've struggled so much that I almost thought I wasn't going to make it through. Enough about that....

Seeing has how Sunday is the first day of the week, it was only fitting that my mood changed that day. I went to church and service was really really good. The songs were great and so was the sermon. Ever since then the days have been brighter for me. Of course the sun wasn't always cooperating with my mood, since I've seen the sun about 3 times this week. Today is another beautiful day. Yes its freezing but it's the sun that really lifts my spirits ... give me vitamin D please!

I got some WONDERFUL news yesterday (via email)...Aaron's passport has been approved and is being mailed to me. That was cutting pretty close. I'm glad we moved our vacation to Mexico to another month. Originally I was supposed to leave on March 7th, but the tickets were way too much (we're talking about $500 for each one). So we moved it to April 11th and tickets were $200 each. Much better deals for airline tickets and hotels. So we're all set... well I'm still waiting for the passport. But I've got some clothes and we're on our way to Mexico City and Ixtapa. Should be a lot of fun. Aaron keeps telling me (and everyone else) that his Papi is taking him to the beach. He's never been to a real beach so this should be great for him.

By the way, I've added a few new links to my blog and my favorite a link is our family pictures.

Take a peek when you get a chance.

And the Academy Award goes to….

So for the last week and half (or the last two weeks my minds a blur right now), I have been arduously working on my new and improved hardship letter. It required a lot of internet research, research at the library, book reading and input from friends to prepare for it. Right now it’s approximately six pages long and it’s filled with very good hardcore facts.

So what’s a hardship letter?

First I should explain to some of you what a hardship letter is. In a nutshell, it’s up to me to prove an extreme hardship if I am forced to move to Mexico. A very daunting task when I was first presented with it. Needless to say, the first letter I write was written incorrectly. It was far too emotional and it didn’t really state any facts/hardships. But then again, it was written over a year ago and I didn’t have any real life changing events happen to me or Aaron. Ironically, the US government is only interested in how a denial will affect me and Aaron. They don’t care what Eduardo has to say but rather they only care what I have to say. It kind of reminds of parents attitude with their children… “I don’t care what happens to so and so, I want to know what happens to my son/daughter!”

You can’t understand how happy I am to finally finish it. Here are some things that I have learned. Ask, ask, ask for help. My friend, Hilary A., has been a great blessing and source of information for me. She was always encouraging and gave me many ideas to work with. When I was feeling particularly discouraged about a bad phone call with the Consulate office or with the National Visa Center she was the first to tell me to ignore it/them. I can’t thank enough the wonderful people at I2US.net. Seriously, I owe them a lot for all their help and contributions.

Finally I thank God Almighty for enlightening the path. I’ve often felt ignored and left behind because things were just not going right for my family. I felt that I was often alone in the crowd always jumping up trying to catch God’s attention. But He has never left me nor forsaken me.

Praise God for that!

It's continues to be an overwhelming few days...

As most of you know I have petitioned for Walo since 2001 and up to now it's being a really grueling process. You never really know what to expect when you start the immigration process and when you're doing it alone you find that you have no real support. Sometimes even Walo doesn't even understand everything that's involved.

I find it frustrating when people offer blind suggestions on how to fix our case. Just hearing some of the comments from others who are offering their "help" really makes me tired. I get to the point of not wanting to talk about where our case is because it somehow I'm made to feel like it's my fault the things that have gone wrong. Maybe that's not the intention of the person who's making the comments and I'm exaggerating but that's how I feel.

Some of the comments I've received are:

"You lawyer doesn't know what s/he is doing!"
"How come it’s taken so long and so and so is already done and back home"
"I know someone who knows someone that can fix Walo's papers fast!"
"But why did you do this or do that?"
“Have him come back and wait over here!”

I shouldn't say I don't have much support because I have my family and I2US.net. A great wealth of knowledge and support from many women (and men!) about their experience throughout the immigration process. There we celebrate the approvals and cry with the denials.

The bottom line is that Walo’s case is complicated and the timing was bad. Eduardo has asked me to come and move to Mexico this coming June. As much as that scares me, I hate saying and hearing "just wait I'm sure something is coming in the mail..." because we say it week after week and there's NOTHING in the mail.

I’m getting ahead of myself because we still need to know what the final decision is for Walo’s waiver. I don’t want to needlessly worry myself about moving because it’s not time too.

Up to now, I think I’ve contacted every single source of help. Tomorrow is another day of calling and what’s better is that it’s double the mail tomorrow thanks to President’s Day… so maybe there’s something there for us.

It's been a crazy couple of days..

I spoke to our immigration attorney and she has encouraged me to write another hardship letter. Basically I need to show how hard life will be for myself and for Aaron should we have to move to Mexico.

Anyway I never really felt that our first hardship letter was very strong. I won't go into the details of how I felt, but I'm glad I'm on the right track to get in some additional evidence. I feel like I'm back in college writing a term paper. I have to say I am SO glad for the library. I love Google but sometime heading back to the old fashioned library works wonders.

The Harold Washington library here in Chicago offers a extradinary amount of resources. In fact, I was pleased to see that their information desk was very helpful. They guided me in the right direction so now I feel like this task isn't so daunting. And it was all over the phone!

Well it's all I can think of for now. Hey It's Super Duper Tuesday. Get out and vote!

Saw something interesting on the bus today...

As I enjoy my daily commute to and from work (no really I do!) you can see a variety of interesting things on the bus. I use mass transit, CTA (Chicago Transit Authority, 65 Grand Route) and I am especially impressed by those who travel with purchases made during the lunch hour. Upon the varies items I have seen were rugs, a Dyson vacuum cleaner, Crate and Barrel boxes, etc.

But on my commute home this evening, I saw two guys getting on at the Orleans stop. Now at the Orleans stop is an Office Depot so its not usual to see people lugging items from that office supply store. But today I was shocked to see what they had purchased. It was a ......

Ok so it wasn't this one but when you think about a typewriter doesn't remind you of something old and outdated? :) So I'm surprised that they still sold typewriters and secondly I wondered how much it was.

Regardless, out of all the things I've seen on the bus, this has got to be the most usual...but it was still pretty neat. Do people still say "neat"? Now I'm feeling old and outdated lol!

Walking in a winter wonderland...

Finally, my actual purchase of my snow boots has not been in vain. Last winter season did not yield much snow like this winter season has. Today we supposed to get a minimum of 5". The max is somewhere around 10". Maybe I can post a picture tomorrow. Regardless it was well spent 29.99 at Target. They're kind of heavy but in the end it's worth it (especially while waiting 30+ minutes for the bus). I think the only thing that bothers me about the weather is how to control the heat in my house. Especially in the bedroom. We have one vent that will blast out the heat which is great except it gets really hot then I'm sweating bullets! Yesterday was especially bad. It went from extreme hot to extreme cold, it's a miracle I didn't catch pneumonia.

Can I just say what a relief it's payday today? Seriously, these two and 1/2 weeks of waiting is brutal. I missed when Walo was working. He was paid on a weekly basis so there no need to stretch out money for a long period of time. Did it teach us to save and spend our money wiser? Of course not. We were so bad with money. Now that Walo's been back in Mexico for nearly four years money does get tight. But we're doing much better with our money management. Well at least 90% of the time :).

Right about now I usually call my mom to get my "Aaron in School" update. I find on the days that I'm too busy and I can't call is when Aaron decides to be badder then bad. For those who know him know what a sweet, lovable boy he is. Super polite, easy going and friends with everyone. But there are times when I don't know what is going through his mind when he acts like a brat. As I hang up the phone the "report" is so so. The teacher said he was spitting (or drooling) on the carpet. Luckily grandma can discipline him on the spot. It's harder for me to do since it's probably another 5 more hours before I see him. And with their short term memory it doesn't do me any good to yell when I get home. He probably forgot!

Where's my Welcome Back Carter song...?

All after reading (and enjoying!) several blogs these last fews weeks, I've decided to continue my blog as well. Its been eventful day so far. I didn't head into work today and its a good thing too since its so cold out. I heard we're at -20 with the windchill. Nice, I bet snow is on the way.

I have a headache thanks to T-Mobil. Don't get me wrong its a great company but I find that their customer service is OVERLY friendly and annoying. I was getting pretty tired of hearing "Thanks SOOOO MUCH for holding" and "I'm SOOOOO SORRY about the delay!". In the end I got a credit for $28 since they didn't add on my text messaging service to my plan. Come on would I really send 201 text messages KNOWING it was going to cost me .15 cents each!

I recently told a few friends of my wonder adventure last night. As we walked into the house last night my son crashes into the bedroom door (the lights were out) and cuts his lip. So I grabbed some vasaline to put on his lips. I encouraged him NOT to touch his lip, NOT to wipe it off and NOT to play with the vasaline. Well he did listened to 2 of my warnings. Can you guess which one he didn't listen too? If you guessed "Not to play with the vasaline" you are correct! As I was in my living room I heard some funny "squishy" noise and some giggling. Intrigued I walked in and saw the vasaline on the bed and all over Aaron!

No news from the immigration front. Seriously I'm getting pretty agitated about the whole thing. I'll keep you posted.

The Dead Has Arisen.............

Ok,

So I'm trying to salvage what I have left of this blog. I do post is somewhere else, but I figured what the heck I'll make a come back here.

I have the wonderful new design from back in the day so I'll see how long I can keep this up.

Take care!

Quit Making Fun Of Me....

Yes, it's a miracle that I'm posting more and more often. I tell ya I'm inspired :) Anyway, when you don't have a job and when you should be working on other things.... you find time to post.

So this morning I get a call from a staffing agency. They have got me an interview that takes place tomorrow. So that's pretty exciting, it's good pay, but it's a temp to hire deal. Which personally I don't mind. Gives me the chance to see if I want it or not. Last thing I need is to be stuck working for some psycho. (Read The Devil Wears Prada and you'll know what I'm talking about)

So since I haven't been on interviews in a long time, I'm really bad at it. I just get too nervous and half the time I want to choke the person interviewing me. I know what I can do and what I'm really good at, however how is that person really going to know that? Unless you actually hire the me, you're not going to know. So here's where the temp to hire deal works in my favor.

But now I had to go the Staples (Office Supply Store) to get some "resume" paper. Which I think is a bunch of crock. Sure it's "nicer" paper, but it's it worth the 10 bucks!? Too bad I didn't take some bond paper when my job closed.

Holy Cow.... 2 Posts in 1 Month!?

Yes, yes the world is coming to an end. You know what I realized? When your unemployed you just as busy as when you're employed. Go figure! But hey, I'm in no rush to get a new job.... at all.... well earning some money would be nice.

So here I am at my parents house (nevermind they live next door) and I just said to Aaron "Baby let's go home!" then I hear him scurry and tell my father "Hide Dad!". Nice. By the way calling his grandfather "Dad" it's just easier on him. So here's Aaron's name for us:

Me: Mommy, Ma or Mama
Eduardo: Papi (however, while we were in Mexico Aaron was calling Eduardo Tio [Uncle in Spanish] for the first couple of days)
Grandma: Mama or Mommy (I think he calls her that because he hears me calling my mom "Mama or Mommy")
Grandpa: Dad or My Dad
Yoly: Nana
Danny: Hey T!

He's so clever! Am I talking too much about my kid oh that's too bad. Remember you chose to read this blog ;)