First Date for Leeza and Brady, and Medeu Mountain!

Leeza and Brady...a first date, at Mad Murphy's pub. They were chaperoned by their parents, however. :)






We had a good time, and enjoyed a good brewski. :) (The Mom's and dad's, not the kids)


I ordered Shephard's Pie for Leeza, she only wanted to eat the bread, and she ate like 2 french fries. She shredded MOST of the bread on the seat. I'm not sure she ate that much, cuz there was a HUGE mess on the seat. Brady seemed to like the mashed potatoes, but it was thicker food than he is used to. Brady is a really laid back kiddo and really good baby. He reminds me of Sean at that age..just a cool kid!
Joe really enjoyed his Guinness, and I had some other beer that was really good, and I ate Leeza's Shepards Pie and some pizza.


Before we went to lunch, we met the adorable Brady, super cool Mom Alysa, and her wonderful translator Kate, and their driver, I think his name was Sergei, but not sure in front of the Ramstore. They were so nice to give us a ride to Medeu to see the view. We did not walk up the 836 steps, but drove up it and it was a very pretty view. They are having Asian Olympics there in 2008, according to Kate.
It was really pretty up there, but I was kinda bummed because I was hoping there would be some shops. :) No shops, but some gorgeous scenery, which Leeza slept right thru!














After lunch, Alya's driver dropped us off at Hotel Kazakhstan. It was POURING rain and of course, the umbrella's we lugged to Kaz, were at our apartment. We went up to Guns and Roses where Joe had another Guinness (he is in Guinness heaven!!) and I had a cappucino. They have a small gift shop,but it was closed. Too bad for them...

We wanted to go home so we "braved the elements" and hoofed it home. When I got the ergo (yes, I know EVERYONE know how much I love my Ergo...but it's so beyond FABULOUS), it has that lil hood that you can use. I used to show people and say, "this is so Baby Kaz won't get wet when it rains!" People would say, "you are going to take your baby out when it rains?" I said, well, NO, but if we get caught in the rain this hood ROCKS! I will say it again-I LOVE THE ERGO! I am seriously going to contact them-they need to hire me. Leeza can be the cutest ergo baby model ever, don't ya think? To Kaz and beyond..the ERGO will ROCK YOUR WORLD? Rain, heat, cold-the ERGO is the ONLY carrier you need EVER!!!

Well-wouldn't ya know it--the hood does ROCK! I had her pink hat on underneath it,which barely got wet. I had on my super cool all weather coat, that got wet, and my hair was drenched, but Leeza slept on and stayed dry and warm. I LOVE THE ERGO! It's so comfy and she is in A LOT!

I still do not understand why I am the ONLY MOM who comes to Kaz and does not lose like 15 lbs. I haul my 8.9 kilo daughter all around and yet, I don't lose weight like everyone else. What is UP with that? Maybe it's the all the piva (beer) but it's not like I drink 10 a day or anything....there are many days I don't even have one!

You should be scared...


I have a funny story to share. Sean is in Atlanta this weekend with his buddy Jacob and his dad, watching Jacob's teenage sister, Taylor, in a cheerleading competition. Sean told me they had to get up 5:30 am Saturday morning to go and he said "Mom, you should be scared." I asked, Why,and he said that Taylor was giving her mom MAJOR ATTITUDE about doing her hair. I said, well, you give me major attitude, how is that different? He said, "Mom, I do NOT ask you do to my hair". I said,no,but you won't even let me comb it! It was really funny. He said, well, Leeza has a blonde mullet anyway Mom!" He said, I'm just telling you-teenage girls have MAJOR attitude and you should just be scared!!!

Tomorrow is our last day here...our embassy appointment is 3:00 tomorrow afternoon and we have the 3:20 am flight. I am guessing we will just not to to bed..I hope Leeza will stay asleep...yikes!

Dasvidanya until we get home! This will most likely be my last post from Kaz, God willing!