No Water Wednesday!!!

Day one of no water and we are no worse for the wear! My hair was a little flat today though, but Leeza didn't seem to care!!

We woke up to a gloomy, rainy morning. It was chilly out and grey-one of those mornings you could stay home in your jammies and watch movies all day! In fact, Sean slept until 10:15! I had more time on the internet this morning since I didn't have to mess with taking a shower! I got to chat with my good buddy Sandi on skype! We arrived at the baby house a lil soggy, and I got to run in , so there was my excercise for the day! LOL! I got to take Leeza out of her crib this morning. She was already awake (barely) but I LOVE being able to take her out her crib and then put her in her crib before I go. The caregivers have really warmed up to us. That is a definite advantage of staying for so long-you get to know the caregivers really well. I no longer feel like they think i'm an idiot, but they still might, but maybe they realize I'm an idiot who really does love Leeza. I also keep forgetting their names..I know 2 names, but the other 2 I keep forgetting. I need to write it down.
The one caregiver, the one who I used to be scared of but it really nice now, went to get the kids their lunch. The other caregiver had to go get water in these big buckets. I thought she wanted me to help her,so I went to go put Leeza in the playpen, but she wanted us to "watch the kids" while she went to get water. Sean and were "honorary care givers" for about 10-15 minutes. It was HILARIOUS. One of the kiddo's was in the walker and he was going around like a madman. His sock feel off so Sean was trying to get his sock back on and he would not sit still. I was laughing so hard. Then Sean was doing some kind of a dance for all the kids and jumping around, and he worked up a sweat! I think he has a new appreciation for how hard the caregivers work!!

While we were in charge, one of the kid's pants fell down. I put Leeza down for a second so I could pull the poor kids pants up (they're all so big, and pulled up to their chests, they look like Erkel!!) and Leeza did not LIKE THAT ONE BIT! She was like OH NO WAY, you are MY MOMMY and you DO NOT PUT ME DOWN to help out my buddy there! The head teacher came in (she is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO nice, one of my favorites at the baby house) and was asking all about Sean. She gave Sean a big hug for a long time. He started to look a little uncomfortable..LOL. She was tickling Leeza and montioned for Leeza to come to her. Leeza laughed and smiled at her, but when she put her arms out, Leeza turned her the other way head again! That's my girl!! She cracks me up!!

We had fun playing today. She was very into her cups, and standing up, and bending down to pick up things she dropped. She also likes to rock out to the tunes. She has a new thing too where she holds a toy or something up high, then puts it down again. It reminds me of some kind of excercise.
She also kissed on command again, her baby book, and a toy, but NOT HER MOMMY! What is UP with that? She won't give me any kisses! However, she did sit and snuggle with me for a long time today, after reading books. She was in a snuggly mood-I think it was the weather. :) We also had fun dancing and she rested her sweet lil head on my shoulder. So, I guess I can't complain too much about the kisses, but still....




Sean went to the store today to get us snacks and drinks. He came back with our new favorite snack..peanuts. Leeza GRABBED my bag of peanuts and would not give them back. She was trying to open them (unsuccessfully or I would have had to take them) and she'd look at us and making chewing motions. It was soooooooooooooooooooo precious!!! My Coke Light was not cold, so I saved it and brought it home for the fridge. I just can't do warm coke light..yuck!!






Leeza loved hangin onto the peanut bag...was really trying to get it open too!!




The big mean Mommy took her peanuts away...



As long as we get to spend time with Leeza, nothing else really matters.






No water-no problem, as long as the Coke light is cold, the occasional Baltica number 5 is cold, and the internet is up...LIFE IS GOOD!







Our time with Leeza goes by faster and faster everyday! Before I know it, it's time to take her back to her group! We do get to spend almost 4 hours with her though, so I am so grateful for every single second! I love feeding her her milk and cookies and putting her down for her nap.

When we left today, the caregivers were telling me something. I understood, TOMORROW, and shampoo,and Leeza. I thought they were telling me to bring shampoo so I could wash Leeza's hair. Tatiana came in just as we were all cracking up trying to figure out if we knew what each other were saying, and I had figured it out correctly. The caregiver brought shampoo from home, and it was out, and she wanted to wash the babies hair and asked if I would mind bringing some in. We went to the pharmacy and bought a big bottle of Johnson's. She told Tatiana that she liked to use because the babies hair doesn't smell good. However, Leeza's hair always smells good. She is always very clean and always smells sweet to me! I cannot wait until Joe arrives with the donations from 2 Hearts for Hope..it's going to be so fun to pass it all out. I am going to ask the head teacher if we can help. :)

As we were leaving, another family was coming in. It appeared to be a single woman, and her mother. A new agency is working out of the Dolphin baby house ..the Frank Foundation. Their translator looked very young...and she was tiny! She looked smaller than Sean!
There are now 6 American families here. I only see two of them, and that is only when we're both outside. They really are successful in keeping us separated! I thought it would be easier to meet other american families!

My camera is currently in several pieces. Ivan took it to his phone repairman at his company and took a picture of it for me as well as the repair dude. He is so nice!!He said the camera was manufactured very well! Yes,it should be..it wasn't cheap! He said he hopes he can fix it! I used my new Panasonic one today. It does take nice picture, but it's big, and takes forever to download.

Countdown begins:

Only 4 days until Joe gets here (HIS VISA WAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED AND PICKED UP ON TUESDAY BY THE ASSISTANT STORK!!) YAY!!!
Court is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!