Machado Family Pics Etc

Random again

2011-08-12T21:42:00.000-05:00

2 of Elijah, aaron playing croquet, Samuels drawing of a man juggling.

Random

2011-08-05T17:32:00.000-05:00

Tummy time

2011-08-04T18:58:00.000-05:00

Tummy time is hard.

Post dinner

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And so tired.

4th day

2011-07-25T14:34:00.000-05:00

Starting to stay awake for (slightly) longer periods.

The Boys

2011-07-24T18:21:00.000-05:00

Going home.

2011-07-23T16:42:00.001-05:00

Passed the test.

Car seat test

2011-07-23T15:24:00.001-05:00

90 minutes like this to prove he can tolerate it.

Elijah Daniel

2011-07-23T13:17:00.001-05:00

Initial pics from yesterday.

Pics from launch

2011-05-17T07:11:00.000-05:00

Took these without looking at my phone, so they're a bit askew.

Traffic

2011-05-16T08:49:00.001-05:00

Oh yea, and it launched. YouTube it. It was cool.

Traffic was better than expected, we expect to be back in Orlando by 10:30am. But what to do with the rest of the day...

Pics from this morning

2011-05-16T06:13:00.000-05:00

Waiting

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About 4-6 miles further than we'd like, but with a good view nonetheless, and a good parking spot to beat the traffic. All the word is good for the launch. Starting to warm up some out here. We're right on the water.

Almost there

2011-05-16T03:20:00.001-05:00

Almost to Titusville, where the prime viewing locations shown up as a yellow and red line on google maps when you add the traffic indicator.

First post of mom AM

2011-05-15T23:03:00.001-05:00

Back to the gate. They put too much fuel in and need to take some off. Apparently that's more complicated than it sounds. He said he didn't think they were going to have us get off the plane....

Last post of the PM

2011-05-15T22:14:00.001-05:00

On the plane. At last minute cliff and I were given 1st class seats. Our plus1 stuck with the rest.

Watching The Office. To sleep.

Sun night

2011-05-15T21:01:00.001-05:00

2157- estimated departure is 11:09pm now. Sitting with our plus one (a resident from MSU with connections to both Cliff and I), eating ice cream from McDonalds. Making jokes about how if they keep delaying, we'll be running to make his flight tomorrow.
It's funnier when you're in Newark.

Anyhoo.

Running

2011-05-15T20:13:00.000-05:00

Remember when we ran full tilt to this gate? That was awesome.

Second try

2011-05-15T19:56:00.001-05:00

For those of you not in the know, Cliff and I are making the trip to see the launch. I'll be blogging it here.
1:20pm - on our way to the airport. So far flight is on time and traffic is good. We don't have a lot of room for delay if we're going to make our bus in Orlando in time.
2:40 pm- security went smoothly. Mcdonalds for lunch and now waiting to board our plane.
3pm - boarding delayed due to a back up in Newark, will put us in there about 10 min late but with with enough time to make our connection.
3:09 pm- delayed again, they will call us up as our connecting flight is now 10 min after our arrival
345pm - supposedly boarding at 4 now. If our next flight delays were might make it, otherwise we're on standby for a flight that gets to Orlando at 11pm. If they run behind at the buses, we might still make it then.
350pm - a kindred spirit with us here also going to the launch. His envelope from Florida Dolphin Tours has written on it "DO NOT throw away. I keel
you".
352pm- this friend has confirmed with FDT that we can't show up a Kennedy space center with our passes, because we don't have the parking pass.
404p- cliff and I first on the plane with our friend close behind. Stewardess knows we're going to Orlando. We hope that since there are 3 of us affected, and they know we'll be running, they might wait for us.
I feel like I've had about 6 cups of coffee right now. Jitteriness, not bladder fullness.
1810-here in Newark and gates are full so waiting to get to a gait. Hoping they hold things for us....So drat it looks like the flight to Orlando is still on time.
1824-I keep refreshing flight status. No changes. Moving to gate now. Standby flight leaves after 8pm and gets in at 11:07.
1836-our flight left the gate 10 min ago according to the Internet. Pulling into our gate now.
1843-shuttle to terminal C. Then run.
1906- standby. Haven't talked to anyone yet.
2004- went and got dinner. As no meal on this flight. Shortly after last post, they delayed the flight by about an hour. Going to drive to Titusville after checking the bus pickup.
2039-our 'plus one' is now going to share a car with us since we're all in the same boat now(actually his pickup was at port canaveral). He has a flight home tomorrow at 330pm.
2050- so apparently our plane just left Cleveland. So that puts us in Orlando sometime next Thursday.

I was waiting to post as Hannah didn't want the suspense of hearing about possible delays. So the suspense is over and at this point we're gonna be viewing from Titusville.

Dinner

2011-05-04T17:02:00.001-05:00

A bit chilly really, but a pretty nice day for dinner outside.

Samuel's first roller coaster.

2011-05-02T15:07:00.000-05:00

Sun late morning

2011-05-01T10:33:00.001-05:00

Got to Disney about an hour ago. Magic kingdom. Here until 5 pm them flight home at 9pm.

Saturday Noon

2011-04-30T12:14:00.000-05:00

At the Orlando Science Center.

Sat AM pics

2011-04-30T07:58:00.000-05:00

Playing in the balcony.

Sat AM

2011-04-30T07:54:00.001-05:00

So far taking it easy this morning. Of course its not even 9am.

We both woke not wanting to do or go anywhere. Last night we were thinking about the beach, but weather report is saying lots of rip currents today. So I think we'll go to the Orlando Science Center today. We also considering Medieval Times or Arabian Nights at some point for dinner, tonight or tomorrow night if we're still here.

It sounds like we will know firmer details about the launch as soon as this afternoon and as late as Sunday afternoon. If they tell us today, it's probably good news, if we don't hear until tomorrow, more likely the launch will be later than Monday.

The boys are running between our 3 balcony doors in and out of the rooms, yelling and screaming. Closing doors and yelling " we're trapped". Good morning Orlando!

Fri afternoon

2011-04-29T13:40:00.001-05:00

Launch has slipped to Monday now. We are pretty much of the opinion that this is what we're here to do, so we will probably still go. I haven't bought tickets for anything yet. If they make us repurchase the entire tour package, we may reconsider. In that case we would be home Sunday night. If we stay, prob Tuesday afternoon to Detroit and a taxi/rental car to flint (significantly cheaper than direct to flint as prices go up on Tuesday).

Thankfully aaron just woke up (it's 2:30) and had a 2 hr or so nap. Samuel fell asleep 30min ago. Traffic is better, we're about halfway home already. So home in time to swim.

We'll Things out better tonight. And there is some sort of press conference at 4pm.

The plan so far

2011-04-29T12:26:00.001-05:00

Well the launch has been scrubbed until Sunday. They're telling us that our tickets will still be valid (apart from a transportation fee), so we're going to stay until Monday.

That's how we roll people. We just go with the flow. Whatever, man.

Actually flights home on Monday are priced well. And the resort looks underbooked, so we shouldn't have a problem extending our stay.

We won't stay past Monday. I'll buy return tickets tonight. Now, what to do tomorrow. I know! Spend money!

But on what....

Scrub

2011-04-29T11:41:00.001-05:00

Announced 15 min ago, just before we arrived on the causeway. Bus now returning to Orlando. Next launch not before Sunday

Friday early morning

2011-04-29T10:20:00.000-05:00

700- 20 mi from space center. Spent 1 hr on bus before we left. Practice for tonight. Boys kinda crazy. Samuel now knows were going to the "space center". Cloudy outside. I wish aaron would sleep, but it's too late now.
1015- in the longest line I've ever seen to get back on buses to go to causeway for viewing.
1108- aaron: "why aren't we moving?". Just got onto the bus to go to the viewing area.

Thursday evening pics

2011-04-28T18:27:00.000-05:00

Walking back from the pool.

Thursday evening

2011-04-28T18:25:00.001-05:00

1600- back from the pool. The resort we're at had a 15 seat movie theatre so we're watching Monsters, Inc on the big screen while Hannah takes a nap. It was painful to watch the staff get it set up, but apart from the volume being pretty loud, not a bad setup.
1800- dominos for dinner. Hopefully we'll get the boys(and us) to bed earlier tonight as we had and have an early start.
1920- getting bags packed for tomorrow. Storms currently moving through cape canaveral, but not by us. Hannah and I think if there is a scrub tomorrow, it's gonna be last minute. So we're praying for clear skies. The boys have been asleep for almost a half hour already thanks to Hannah sitting in the doorway putting a stop to any talking. We'll be there soon enough.

Thursday afternoon pics

2011-04-28T13:23:00.000-05:00

Thursday afternoon

2011-04-28T13:20:00.001-05:00

1000 plane on the ground. Boys are restless.
1200- at applebees for lunch. Aaron napped in the car. It's in the 80s. Gonna go to Target and hopefully to the hotel and the pool.
1420- checked into the hotel and getting ready to go down to the pool. Target was awesome.

Thur AM pics

2011-04-28T07:10:00.000-05:00

Thursday- Early Morning

2011-04-28T07:06:00.000-05:00

445 - alarm. Time to get up. Finish packing.
515 - wake up the boys. Samuel: excited. "i'm usually afraid of riding in an airplane where are we going?". Aaron: tired. Not terribly happy to have to get up.
5:30- on the way to the airport. Aaron's mood quickly improves with milk.
630-through security and waiting at the gait with Aaron for Hannah and Samuel to return with food.
800- everybody did well during takeoff, we're now enjoying our mid-flight snack of water and animal crackers. Samuel is watching wall-e and aaron is watching Cars, so all is well. Even Hannah looks relaxed- the flight has been pretty smooth so far. Kid behind us announced after takeoff that he was "happy his ears didn't pop off". Me too kid.

Packing

2011-04-26T22:33:00.001-05:00

How to pack, how to pack. Well the trip could take 3 days or up to a week. We've been told that due to the traffic situation after a launch, the 1 hr bus ride back to Orlando might take 6-7 hours. Aaron is learning to poop on the potty. Hannah is pregnant. The space center is more strict about what can be brought in than the airport.
Hmmmm. We'll think about that tomorrow.

The family trip

2011-04-25T19:23:00.001-05:00

I say "The" family trip because our upcoming vacation represents one of the most largest financial and emotional investments in a vacation that our family has ever made. On this Friday, we, the four (five) of us, hope to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch. To the space station. From Florida. First, a little background.

This launch was originally scheduled for last July, was delayed until last November, then delayed until February, then delayed again until April 19, and finally was pushed back to April 29, where the launch date has firmly held for about the last month.

Feeling pretty good about April 19th (there are websites that keep track of the launches so people like me know when to feel good), we bought plane tickets, and reserved a car and hotel. Knowing that these launches have the potential to scrub and launch 24 hours later, we got one-way tickets and only reserved 2 nights in a hotel. Since our main goal is to see the launch, and we don't consider the boys old enough to enjoy everything else that Orlando offers, we were willing to trade off the premium to buy return tickets at last minute for the chance to get home quicker and quit spending money in Florida. Every extra night means a hotel and car reservation, 3 meals at restaurants, and finding something to do. I know we sound like loser parents, but whatever.

So then they announced the delaying if the launch another 10 days. The hotel and car reservations rescheduled easily enough, but it took a $75/ticket rebooking fee to reschedule. And now instead of leaving on a cheap Monday, we're leaving on a more sought-after Thursday. Let me rephrase that: our tickets went from "hey that's cheap" to "hey that's twice what it was". I also had to reschedule the coverage at my office. There were lots of swears that day.

Riding bikes

2010-09-04T18:30:00.000-05:00

At Aunt Helen and Uncle Larry's house.

Playing in the rain

2010-08-11T14:13:00.001-05:00

Random early summer pics (out of order)

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Samuel and Aaron love the pool.

Aaron now has a big boy bed.

Aaron at St. Louis Zoo in June.

Stories with Grandma Irene.

At Lake Michigan on Memorial Day weekend.

At the beach.

Emma Jane during our St. Louis trip.

Samuel can come and go at will now, but prefers to ring the doorbell first. Aaron and him cut a flower for Mama just about every day and deliver it here.

Aaron ran his first big race.

Samuel ran in his second race. Not sure what up with the face.

Aaron does enjoy a good show.

Aaron eating dessert

2010-07-04T16:29:00.001-05:00

Eating dessert at Jen's graduation party.

For those of you who haven't noticed the recent drop off of posts, it's become easier to post to twitter (@marcosemachado) or facebook, so most of the pictures and videos have gone up there before I think to put them on the blog. Technology changes. If you don't have access to those, leave a comment so I have an idea how many people still read check this blog exclusively.
Thanks.

gun show.MOV

2010-06-18T00:03:00.001-05:00

aaron needs fries.MOV

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Naps

2010-06-06T12:50:00.000-05:00

Naptime on the way to st louis

Sleeping on the road

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Naptime on the way to st louis.

Picnic table thanks.

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Aaron

2010-04-17T11:47:00.000-05:00

Was trying to get a good exposure with the poor quality camera on my
phone. Didn't really get one. But he enjoys saying cheese. And
spaghettios.

Some catchup videos

2010-04-06T12:36:00.003-05:00

Try again

2010-04-05T20:04:00.000-05:00

A better photo. Happy Easter! (it was)

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T07:19:00.001-05:00

Well the regular camera's batteries need charging, so you get phone
pics for now. We'll see how interested they are in pictures after
church.

Awkward Saturday

2010-04-03T18:35:00.000-05:00

Golf clubs for Easter.
Egg hunt.
In the stroller x2.

Running and Drawing

2010-03-20T11:39:00.002-05:00

Swings

2010-03-15T17:58:00.001-05:00

Got the swings out today. And there was much rejoicing.

Broge Visit

2010-02-28T15:02:00.001-05:00

We were blessed to have the Broge's over for the weekend. Here is the visit picture wrap up.

Parker enjoys some pudding. And prunes. And a few other things.

Emma Jane ponders the delicious food.

Aaron is always happy to have a cookie, a staple of the Broge girl diet.

Samuel, also happy about cookies.

Can you believe it - all eyes up front. A good looking crew.

Unbelievable. They sat quietly like this the whole weekend, just laughing and being cute.

Emma Jane is a girl after Aaron's own heart with that remote control.

Samuel enjoyed Parker's pigtails.

Baby Einstein, a group favorite.

Broge visit

2010-02-26T11:10:00.000-05:00

The Broges are here for a visit this weekend. We were so excited we
went to the mall this morning.

So far this weekend

2010-02-13T10:36:00.001-05:00

Buried in snow. Chef Samuel. Aaron in the car.

More birthday pics

2010-02-02T08:54:00.000-05:00

From Grandma Irene.

Happy Birthday Samuel!

2010-02-01T20:13:00.000-05:00

We marked the occasion a day early with presents and cupcakes.

Dinner for two.

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Post nap

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Sweaty and sleepy.

Reading

2010-01-18T20:05:00.000-05:00

Before bedtime.

Snow

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Tunnel Thank you

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Thanks Broges! Its the toy space shuttle's favorite.

Cars in the kitchen

2010-01-09T20:03:00.003-05:00

Increasingly less rare cooperative play. This time involving a Christmas present.

Cars in the kitchen

2010-01-09T20:03:00.001-05:00

Increasingly less rare cooperative play. This time involving a Christmas present.

Going sledding

2010-01-09T20:01:00.001-05:00

Bundled up to go sledding. Short.

Shopping

2010-01-09T13:03:00.000-05:00

Sledding

2010-01-03T20:21:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T16:08:00.000-05:00

Posting to this blog, it seems, gets harder even as technology makes
it easier to do so. At any rate....

Samuel got this great train table from Grandma Carolyn and Papa.
Hannah and I are just broken up that it will be staying at their house.

Singing in church

2009-12-22T22:02:00.001-05:00

Here it is again.

Oops

2009-12-22T09:05:00.001-05:00

Sorry - I linked to the video before it was done being processed-and something went wrong in the processing. I'll reupload it tonight.

Xmas music

2009-12-21T22:53:00.001-05:00

A little Christmas music for your day.

Decorating the tree

2009-11-30T21:25:00.001-05:00

No tidings for you.

Thanksgiving helicopter.MOV

2009-11-26T22:50:00.001-05:00

Time with Al's helicopter over thanksgiving.

Congrats

2009-11-24T20:13:00.001-05:00

Good job Uncle Chad!

Jokes

2009-11-23T12:17:00.001-05:00

The only jokes he knows. So far.

Out

2009-11-21T12:41:00.000-05:00

On a walk.

Random pics

2009-11-01T18:48:00.003-05:00

That's a rug burn on his nose, ok?

Halloween

2009-10-31T18:20:00.005-05:00

Here is our Wall-E and Generic Superhero.

And a video of Samuel running around as Wall-E.

And I suppose I'd post some more videos if it wasn't such a painful process on blogger.

Sunglasses

2009-10-23T17:30:00.000-05:00

Oh yea.

Grandma Irene's

2009-10-18T18:20:00.000-05:00

...for the weekend. Bathtime. Playing with the greatly expanded
trainset.

Fall and starfall

2009-10-15T17:51:00.001-05:00

Aaron outside and Samuel doing "school" at starfall.com.

Rain and banana

2009-10-08T15:47:00.001-05:00

In blue.

Stroll

2009-10-04T16:06:00.000-05:00

Out for a walk.

Dirty hands

2009-10-03T17:34:00.001-05:00

Let me touch that.

Shot

2009-10-03T17:33:00.001-05:00

Samuel looks for his doctor bag so that he can give me an "eye shot".
Gosh, hope he finds it.

Swinging

2009-09-12T11:50:00.000-05:00

After a long walk.

Phone calls

2009-09-12T11:49:00.001-05:00

If you've ever spoken to Samuel or Aaron on the phone this is what
they look like. Samuel usual talks about his surroundings, gesturing
at and refering to things you can't see. Aaron thinks the whole
experience is too hilarious for words.

Mall

2009-09-05T10:29:00.001-05:00

Playing at the mall this morning.

Nature

2009-08-27T15:59:00.000-05:00

A dandelion.

Set done

2009-08-23T20:35:00.000-05:00

Just needs some finish work.

Set 2

2009-08-23T16:10:00.000-05:00

Swings installed, slide forthcoming.

Samuel, obviously thrilled. Interestingly enough, Aaron (off camera),
whose present this really is, is currently enjoying playing with the
instructions and plastic bags that held the hardware.

Set in process

2009-08-22T15:41:00.001-05:00

Swing set that is.

Broge's

2009-08-16T12:55:00.000-05:00

We are visiting the Broges near Cleveland this weekend. Always great
to see them.

Score

2009-08-15T14:16:00.000-05:00

That's right Aaron, another score from priceline...

Last day in SD

2009-08-04T13:46:00.000-05:00

After church we went and had a pancake breakfast and that afternoon
stopped by Deadwood and Spearfish.

Sleeping in the car

2009-08-04T13:43:00.000-05:00

Will have to wait for the pictures from Biras and Lakies to see them
by Mt. Rushmore.

Big chair

2009-08-01T08:50:00.000-05:00

In Keystone, SD.

Animals

2009-07-31T12:30:00.000-05:00

Visited an animal park outside of Mt Rushmore this morning.

Hike

2009-07-30T19:36:00.000-05:00

The result of the hike today. Samuel was not having any posing.