BIRTHDAY UPDATE!!

For Emilio's birthday since he has so much toys here is what he really needs:
 -Clothes size 3t and up
  -Bowls that stick to his tray that he can't pick up and throw
-Socks size 24months and up
-Striderite shoes size 6.5 and up
-Boots (I think my Mom is already getting him these though?)
-Baby fork and spoon set
-Gerber sippy cups
-He dosen't have any wooden puzzles or wood blocks so maybe some of those would be good.
-He's really into books right now too, ones with hard carboard pages(He loves, loves, loves, books!!!)
  If I think of anything else I will add it.

Awsome, Awsome day!!

Today Emilio and I walked to the park together and we as usual had a blast.  Then at night for the first time every Emilio went to a day care (Kiddie Junction)  they were having parents night out and were watching the kids from 6pm - 11pm.  So Mario and I went to a haunted house together. It was so so so so scary, I mean crying scary.  I will never ever ever go to a haunted house agian!!  Then we went to Texas de Brazil together.  The food was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!  I'm talking super-d-dupper delish!!!  Then we went to pick up Emilio whom we were worried about cause he's never been away from us like that before, and he was so busy playing and having fun he didn't even realize I was there.  Even when I started to call him!  Usually he starts crying and clinging to my leg the second he hears me but he was playing so much he was zoned out! It was great for all of us!  Emilio met some great new friends too.  For now on once a month is date night!!

The Kindle is here!!

Hey I just wanted to say to anyone that reads, run as fast as you can to get the new kindle!!  Not only is it green, since no more chopping trees to get a paper book, but it's also just totally awsome!!  Books are cheaper too, and since it looks like a regular book it dosen't hurt your eyes, so run don't walk and buy one today!!  Just anouther step closer to go green!!

Be careful!!

Scary!!  I just read this on parents.com:


Thimerosal is also currently found in some commonly used medicines and products such as contact lens solutions and throat and nasal sprays. 


For those of you who don't know Thimerosal is mercury, which is one of the most toxic substances on earth when it is in us humans.  Call the company that makes your solution if you insist on wearing contact lens and make sure yours is mercury free!!

Emilio's busy day!!

Well today we took Emilio to Chuckie Cheese for the first time!  He had a blast, it was hard keeping up with him. He loved the merry-go-round ride and car ride with Chuckie the most.  He also loved running around the whole place for 2hrs. straight. He was pooped and sleept the whole way home. We also finally got a dryer!! Yeah no more hanging clothes on every inch on are house till they dry.  After not having a dryer for over a year and a half it's a good feeling.

See Emilio's first car!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L04V_GQoN0

Emilio's first Birthday!!

Hey everyone save the date November 14, Sunday at 2pm my house is Emilio's first birthday party!!!  Emilio has alot of toys but could use clothes the most.  Size 3t and up or 18 months and up for sleepers.  Mario's Dad is making lasagna!!

HIV VACCINE

Found this very interesting there is now a vaccine in use for HIV Prevention

Thailand to host more studies for Aids vaccine

NEW HOPE FOR HIV PREVENTION

• Published: 3/10/2010 at 12:00 AM
• Newspaper section: News

ATLANTA : Further Aids vaccine studies will be carried out in Thailand after a recent large-scale clinical trial for the first time offered hope for HIV prevention by vaccination.

Researchers are planning to conduct small-scale experiments as early as the middle of next year to carry on from the work conducted in the original RV305 trial.

"We're trying to learn as much as possible from the result of the recent vaccine trial and the follow-up studies," said Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, principal investigator of the Phase III HIV/Aids vaccine project.

About 160 volunteers, who participated in a vaccine trial from 2003 to 2006, will be called in for the new tests, which are being conducted by the Public Health Ministry, Mahidol University's department of clinical tropical medicine and the US military's HIV research programme.

An efficacy trial was conducted for "prime-boost" vaccine combinations starting in October 2003. Some 16,000 volunteers in Chon Buri and Rayong participated in the study.

The results, released in September of last year, showed that the vaccinations had a 31.2% efficacy rate in preventing HIV after the three-year monitoring period.

Dr Supachai said the prime-boost shots _ Alvac, created by France's Sanofi Pasteur, and Aidsvax B/E, made by Global Solutions for Infectious Disease _ would be administered again to volunteers during the follow-up study.

Each volunteer would receive two shots of either the vaccine or a placebo over a six-month period.

Their symptoms would be monitored for another year and a half to determine if the shots boosted the body's immune response beyond the levels recorded after the previous vaccination.

In Thailand, the HIV transmission rate among men who have sex with other men increased from 17.3% of new Aids diagnoses in 2003 to about 30% in 2008.

Katherine Kripke, assistant director of the US National Institutes of Health's vaccine research programme, said during the recent Aids vaccine meeting on HIV research that follow-up studies such as this would help scientists develop a vaccine before conducting a larger and more comprehensive trial.

The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise announced its strategic plan to speed up and enhance HIV vaccine research during the conference.

Alan Bernstein, executive director of the enterprise, said the new plan included recommendations to speed up the development, execution and analysis of HIV vaccine trials.

It was aimed at integrating pre-clinical and clinical research, capitalising on scientific advances from other fields and bringing in new researchers and supporters to fund HIV vaccine research.