Splish Splash...

Splish Splash, Leeza was takin her a bath,
all upon a chilly Monday night
Scrub a dub, she was playin in the tub, thinkin everything was all right!!
The water is tan, but she don't care
She just likes to play and be all bare
Splish splash she loves being in the tub!!
I love seeing my lil happy lil chubby cherub!!





Leeza has decided she NOW loves to take a bath, and she doesn't care if the water is tan or not. It's so funny, I don't really notice the tan water anymore, either. I don't know what I'll do when I have clear water in the tub! ha!!











The first time I put her in the tub, on Gotcha day, she didn't have an opinion. She didn't laugh, or cry, until I washed her hair. She didn't like water being poured on her head. The next night, she screamed in the tub-which made me feel bad because I shouldn't have poured water on her head. One day, we were without hot water for a day. I boiled some water, and while she was on the potty, I just got the washcloth wet and soapy, and gave her a sponge bath. Oh my gosh, she LOVED it! She laughed and giggled and waved her arms and had a blast. I took the wash cloth, and wet it, and got her hair wet, she thought it was great. I washed her hair like that, which is easy, as she doesn't have a ton of hair (but, more than she had 10 1/2 weeks ago!!). So, that is the way we wash her hair now, and bath time is a wonderful adventure, even with tan water. :)













Leeza has been back to her happy self the last couple of days. Sure, she has an occasional "spaz attack" when you take something away from her, or she's super tired, or you put the snowsuit on, but for the most part, she is a good lil trooper. We went out to dinner last night for our last "hurrah" with Kelly, Doug, and Natasha, and were joined by the dream team (Minus Ivan, he was sick), Tatiana and Eugene. There was no "booth" available, and Leeza only took a 30 minute afternoon nap (compared to an hour and a half or two hours like normal) because she went down late and we had to go to the notary office at 5 with Tatiana. We did that, and ran some errands going into a couple bookstores to make sure I saw every book on Kostanai or kids books that there was. :) I did score a really neat poster that I will have framed for Leeza's room. I am so excited about all the things I have found...and we haven't hit Almaty yet! I think Leeza is about set on gifts until she turns 18 for our "Gotcha day" celebrations. I really wanted Kostanai specific things, as compared to "Kaz" general things, so I am proud of my diligence. :)

Leeza and I were befriended by a table of Kazakh women having some kind of big party. We had to get up and walk around the restuarant a few times to keep Leeza occupied. They were really funny and invited me to sit down and were feeding Leeza apples and trying to get me to drink vodka with them. It was hilarious. Eugene came over and said, "You have 2 translators here yet you go off by yourself!" I have loved meeting the local people-they are all so friendly. I am really going to miss it here, but I am glad that I have so many wonderful memories, and if I forget, I can go read Leeza's blog to remind me. :)

Here is a pic of the 3 of us at the USSR restuarant. It's a cool place with really good food.



I love how she's lookin over at Daddy, like, YOU ARE STILL HERE? so funny!






Leeza had her own entree. She ate almost all my greek salad, plus her own dinner of mashed potatoes and "soviet cutlet." She did pretty well-but I will be grateful for high chairs when we get home!! :) Here is a cute pic of her and "Aunt Tatiana", who has postphoned any child making plans for a few years due seeing Leeza on her grumpy day! HA!!

Here is Leeza and "Aunt Tatiana"


Today, we need to start packing it up, and we are going to visit the baby house to deliver the donations, and visit the store next to the Kostanai candy factory to get some candy..yum! I also posted a plethora of pictures while I still have my wonderful DSL connection. I will kiss my DSL modem goodbye when we leave Kostanai...it has been such a good friend to me and kept me from being lonely! :)


Since we leave tomorrow at noon, I don't know when we'll post again-so, for now, Leeza would like to say Dasvidanya to all of you, and THANKS FOR FOLLOWIN ALONG!