On Christmas Day, we headed to Uncle Stan's for a delicious lunch made by Aunt Linda. Yummy!
Sean loved all the attention by Uncle Stan, Aunt Linda, Cousin Stephanie, Great-Grandma Fran, Grandma Paula and Grandpa Sam. Sean was held a lot and was awake for most of our visit until he peacefully fell asleep in Aunt Linda's arms.
Cousin Stephanie helped Daddy change Sean's diaper. We are looking forward to having Cousin Stephanie babysit Sean one day/evening when Mommy & Daddy want to get away for a date night. :)
After Uncle Stan's, we headed to Avó and Avô's for Christmas Dinner. Sean stayed awake for this visit too! Again...more attention and holding from Tia Maria & Paixao (a family friend).
When we arrived home, Sean was wiped out and fell asleep for most of the evening.
Christmas continued...
On December 26th, Avó and Avô celebrated their 47 year wedding anniversary and it was also Daddy's birthday! "Happy Birthday Daddy!"
We headed to Avó and Avô's to open Christmas gifts. We celebrated Christmas/Anniversary/Birthday with Tia Valeria, Uncle Steve, Cousins Derek & Bryce and of course Avó and Avô. Avó made a traditional Portuguese dish of Bacalao (a).
From there, we headed to Grandma Harriet's and Grandpa Richard's for another delicious Christmas/Birthday dinner. Thanks Grandma Harriet! Dinner was "topped off" with birthday cake for Daddy made especially by Grandma.
We opened gifts and Grandma Harriet & Grandpa Richard held Sean. Sean was awake and loved the attention.
Sean had a wonderful first Christmas and he is looking forward to 2012!
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the phantom island. For Portuguese dish, see Bacalhau. Bacallao (or Terra do Bacalhau) was a phantom island depicted on several early 16th century maps and nautical charts. The name first appears on a chart in 1508, but there are earlier accounts of Bacalao. Bacallao literally means "cod" or "stockfish".
According to Gaspar Frutuoso in his work Saudades da Terra written in the 1570s, the Portuguese navigator João Vaz Corte-Real was in 1472 granted lands in the Azores by the king of Portugal, because of his discovery of the Terras do Bacalhau. However, the work of Frutuoso is generally seen as not very reliable as it contains a great deal of misinformation.[1] Also, Bartolomé de Las Casas wrote about Portuguese voyages of discovery to Tierra de los Bacallao. This has led some to believe that Corte-Real reached the Americas a couple of decades before Columbus.
Off the northeast tip of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula, there is a Baccalao Island; however, it was likely named after the mythical island.
According to Gaspar Frutuoso in his work Saudades da Terra written in the 1570s, the Portuguese navigator João Vaz Corte-Real was in 1472 granted lands in the Azores by the king of Portugal, because of his discovery of the Terras do Bacalhau. However, the work of Frutuoso is generally seen as not very reliable as it contains a great deal of misinformation.[1] Also, Bartolomé de Las Casas wrote about Portuguese voyages of discovery to Tierra de los Bacallao. This has led some to believe that Corte-Real reached the Americas a couple of decades before Columbus.
Off the northeast tip of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula, there is a Baccalao Island; however, it was likely named after the mythical island.
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