Leeza WAVES!!!

When I arrived in my daughter's (I am so loving the sound of that!!!) room today, she was in the playpen standing, hanging onto the rail. I got a big grin from her (never get tired of that either!!) and I picked her up. Usually, she is very content to be held until it's time for lunch. However,not today! She was squirmy and wanted down! I put her down and she crawled a few feet, turn around and looked at me, and sat up. I said HI LEEZA-and guess what! SHE WAVED and said HI MOMMY! Ok, I'm just kidding about the Hi Mommy part but she REALLY DID WAVE! We have been working on waving, but she had not waved on her own. I mean, seriously, is this girl a genius or what??!!!!! I was a pretty proud Mommy! Kids are so perseptive, and I know that Leeza KNOWS in her heart of hearts that I am her mommy. She is acting differently, more confident, smiles for me a ton, and is just learning new skills so quickly! It's the coolest thing to watch. I have never had so much fun playing with stacking cups before. Well, honestly, I have never played with stacking cups before . I am sure I have stunted Sean's intellectual development greatly because I never got him any...but, I sure never THOUGHT stacking cups could be so fun!! I guess playing with Leeza is like having your nanny be Mary Poppins...every day is just like a jolly holiday!! It's a jolly holiday in Kaz....7 weeks of Leeza every day~!!!





She is crawling on all four's like a maniac now, and she also likes to walk, just hanging onto one hand. She can only take a few steps before she loses her balance, but she is getting stronger!!!! It's so amazing to watch it. She should totally be on the Discovery Channel! LOL!!





Isool, the head teacher came in today while we were playing. Tatiana stopped in between classes and we were playing with Leeza. Isool told Tatiana that the difference in Leeza is really incredible, that she is advancing very very rapidly and she is even looks so different! She said that Leeza won't let her hold her anymore, that she pushes her away because she wants her Mommy to hold her. I wanted to get a picture of them together, but Leeza didn't like it. She wanted her Mommy! I have to say, this girl time has done BOTH us girls a lot of good!!!

It was a nice sunny day today, but kinda chilly. I was fine in my "shrug" black Steimart sweater though, but since it was finally sunny, and Leeza appears to be all better, I wanted to take her for a walk. I think it's good that Leeza Grace will be a Florida babe, because when I put on her hat and her SNOWSUIT, she pitched a fit. It's very hard to tie a hat with a screaming child having a spaz attack, THEN to put them in a snowsuit, THEN, put them in the ergo. Kudos to the ergo though....Even with a very bundled up child, screaming, I can put the ergo on, get the kid in, with NO ASSITANCE REQUIRED! Perhaps Ergo would be interested in hiring me to be in their ads-Leeza is certainly pretty enough to be an ergo model, don't ya think? I mean, if the ergo can fit a baby bundled up like THIS, and a very uncoordinated mother can fit the bundled up SCREAMING child into it, and the bundled up screaming child immediatly STOPS screaming once she's in....wouldn't EVERY MOM BUY ONE? I could even write a poem or a jingle!




As you can probably tell, I had a wonderful day with Leeza today. I think she is ready to go home with Mommy. I can just tell....mother's instinct!! It's very quiet here without a certain 10 year old boy. Joe and Sean arrived in Frankfurt last night around 11:30 pm Kaz time. They were going downstairs to have a CHEESEBURGER! As of right now, they are in the air on the way from Frankurt to London. I do miss them, but I'm not lonely. I have Leeza 4 hours a day, and that is enough to keep my heart very full, and I have the internet and my friends only an email or a skype phone call away...LIFE IS REALLY REALLY REALLY GREAT!!

DAY 14 OF WAITING PERIOD..done!