It was a really GOOD Friday (and our 3rd one here!)

I adore this picture. Sean looks so happy, and Leeza is like...Hummmmm....I think I'm gonna like living with them....






How could I be ANYTHING but delirious with joy with this princess in my lap?




Leeza's favorite game with Dad is the "head butt"




Leeza is sweet, but she can be "sassy"




Sean reading to Leeza because "readers are leaders!!!"




My brother is FUN!!!





She was "cracking up" with her lion who sings the ABC song..




This is her Happy Drunk look...




Happy girl, playing with her "duck"




Sean and Mom having fun at the carnival, but we wish Leeza was with us!!



It was really a GOOD Friday today. Leeza Grace had on her happy face! When we got there, lunch had just arrived and there was a playpen full of hungry crying kiddo’s. Leeza had big crocodile tears on her sweet lil face. We walked in and she broke out into this huge smile! That always melts my heart!! I got her bib on and went straight to work, and she ate very well. It was her favorite lunch today. Soup with the homemade bread for course 1, then some kind of beef cutlet (that looks like meatloaf) and mashed potatoes and cucumbers and tomatoes. She doesn’t “do” the cukes and tomatoes, but she loves the rest!!! We had a walk around the baby house, then inside to the visitation room we went. Today was a GORGEOUS DAY! After yesterday’s “heat wave”, today was just perfect. We had fun playing and hanging out today. Leeza started getting tired and fussy about 1:30, but mean ole Dad wouldn’t let her sleep. It was MY idea to take a walk with her in the ergo, but we just distracted her and she was fine. In fact, I’m glad we did because Mom AND Dad got lots of snuggle time. She is a good lil snuggler. She used to kinda push away when you’d hold her real close, but now she’ll let you hold her real close, cheek to cheek. It’s really sweet!! I love our playtime..3 hours goes by SO FAST! In fact, 3 weeks go by really fast…we’ve been here 3 weeks TODAY! It doesn’t seem like that long at all. I’m so happy here….this is truly a wonderful vacation.
When we took Leeza back to her group, they were moving all the kids in from outside to inside. Joe went to help carry babies, and Sean and I went into the playroom. Sean is really getting more comfortable picking up the kids. Today, I looked up and Sean had his buddy “Big Eyes” and they were “waltzing” around the room. It was really cute. Then, Leeza and I were “chasing” Sean around the room, and all the kids were in the playpen just laughing watching. It was hilarious. Leeza woofed down her cookies and milk, and only had a small conniption when it was done. I put her down in her crib (she is number 6) and she was just all smiles and giggles. She is so sweet…I just love her so much!!
While I feed Leeza her favorite snack in the entire world (baby version of cookies and cream milk shake, but it’s hot), Sean ran his baby entertainment show, and Joe was really connecting with 2 of the kids who have FAS. It’s so heartbreaking to see, yet, the kids seem so happy and are just “in their own lil world”. Joe was totally connecting with them and playing with them and it was just COOL.

We had lunch at our favorite crepe place, and I had a salad too. I am loving the salad’s here….they’re so good! They’ve very small, and have no lettuce. I just have Tatiana read the ones with no mayo, which just leaves 2 or 3 choices. Today, my salad had crab, tomatoes, mushrooms, and olives, with olive oil. It was so gorgeous out, we had Tatiana drop us off at the carnival. We saw 2 more brides. It guess it’s a big deal for the brides to come to Central Park and ride the carnival rides. I just LOVE the people watching…it’s so interesting! I love seeing the lil girls with their big giant bows. The people are really beautiful! We walked home and are meeting Tatiana and Eugene for dinner at Bavaria. It’s a German restaurant with an English menu. They have really good beer, and “bread balls” that are amazing!! I’ll start that diet on Monday….(yeah right!!!)

Tatiana just called and our DSL is FINALLY READY, but…the landlord mixed up the apt numbers. So, unless we want to wait 2 more weeks, we have to change apartments. It’s in the same complex though. LOL . I burn thru 3000 tenge cards in less than a week ($25) for dial up, so I told her we’d like to take a look at the other apartment. I really do love this one, but if the other one is the same, then it won’t take us long to move over.

Off topic question: Did anyone reading this blog by chance send me a 10mb email to my princess@tampabay.rr.com email address? I have 60 new emails, but the 10 mb one is first, and it won’t let anything else thru until it goes thru, and on dial up, it will NEVER go thru. If there is a way to cancel that email, please do so…or I’m hosed. Maybe it will come thru with high speed, but I know even at home with my fast cable modem, emails that are that large still take a while to download.


It was a very fun Friday, and I am soooooooooooooooo happy. God is sooooooooooooo good!!