Well hello everyone. Sorry again about the lack of post yesterday. It was a day of in transit. Dinara was an angel for about the first hour of the flight after that she was not having any part of sleeping or cooperating. She was soooo over tired. She just couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep. I felt so sorry for her. She finally nodded off at around 11:30pm Moscow time (1:30 am Almaty time) in the car on our way to our FABULOUS hotel. We decided that we played it cheap for most of the trip so in Moscow we went all out. We are staying at a 5 star resort about 10 km outside of Moscow.
Now many of you might say boy isn't that an expensive thing to do...well my response is we were staying in an apartment that smelt like pee and garbage at times. Also, this hotel ironically iwas the only place that was available for the 3 days we needed. The defense minister for the US (Ms. Rice) is in town and she has booked up 9 hotels completely. I now have no question about why the US is in debt if this is how they always work her foreign visits. Anyway this place is marvelous and has a wireless internet connection! It is a golf and country club resort. It makes us feel like we are home...it is surrounded by trees. Now I mean home in Canada not in Saskatoon. We will take photos tomorrow and post them. Oh on that front...I bought another Nikon Coolpics camera today (for about $200 US). My other one needs some mending and we needed something small. Also, we forgot the camcorder today and we needed photos. We were taken to the embassy and the Visa for Dinara was secured today. Yipee! After that we were taken to Red Square! I have always wanted to see Lenin's tomb (many of you might know that in high school I was a little bit of a communist) however it was under repairs and not open to the public. Just my luck eh? Oh well! I will see it the next time I come. We love Moscow! We feel much better now that we are in a metropolitan place again. The water here is good...the resort filters it themselves...and we have the most amazing breakfast buffet included in our room price. Dinara has been sampling everything. We fed her Brie cheese, scrambled eggs, ham, pear, pinapple, pancakes with maple syrup, smoked salmon and grapefruit (she made a funny face with this treat). She liked them all...well not the grapefruit really. She is such a good eater. She just smiles and pats her belly...something Mommy taught her by accident.
Pictures aren't loading right now...the connection isn't great. I will post them tomorrow. It is getting late here and I'm getting tired. We are going to play it easy tomorrow and just wander around this resort. They have nature trails, a sports complex (complete with a pool) and much more. Talk soon. Miss you all. See some of you in 2 days!!!!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Pie for Breakfast...She's Definitely a Pearson
Well hello again. We found out yesterday that this mall our driver/translator keeps taking us to is walking distance away from where we are staying...thus we walked today and didn't even bother calling her. We are suppose to get Dinara's passport today complete with exit Visa (Yipeee!!). So we will have to go tomorrow morning and rebook her flight from Moscow home...we were suppose to bring her passport this afternoon to Lufthansa to pay for her ticket. Oh well. C'est la vie.
Well it is confirmed that she is definitely a Pearson. Yesterday the three of us walked to the closest coffee bar (30 minutes one way) for a coffee americano (Andrew) and a latte (Nadine). This was my Mother's Day breakfast. Well when we got there I noticed two nice looking pieces of pie and got Andrew to ask for them. I then used Andrew's wee tiny coffee spoon to sample some of this to Dinara. Well suffice it to say she ate most of my piece of pie...I ordered another for me, which she also helped me eat. It was cherry and very good. I think I might have a piece today as well. Other then the coffee my first Mother's Day was a comedy of errors. We were shopping again and I found a beautiful pair of Italian leather pumps I wanted...well when I went to pay their bank lines were down and no credit cards would go through. Ok fine...I didn't really need another pair of shoes anyway (not with my new Dior purse I got). So that is strike one for our outings. Later that day we went back to this Turkish restaurant we liked. I get Andrew to order for me and I don't end up getting what I wanted. Ok strike two. I reorder my meal and still don't end up getting the amazing chicken kabob I wanted. Instead I get a fatty ground lamb kabob covered in cheese. SOOOOO not what I wanted. Ok strike three...no more tries. At least my husband and little girl were good to me. Dinara hardly fusses at all and is a great sleeper...well except for this morning when she woke up at 5:30 am. Good thing Andrew was up already and showered...crazy boy. I just changed her and handed her off to daddy. I woke up at 7:30 am. We have an arrangement...he is a morning person thus he can take her in the mornings while I get an hour or so more sleep and I stay up the rest of the day and night if needed. Most of the time it isn't needed but who knows in the days to come.
I am sooooo excited about going to Moscow. Andrew is fed up with being away from Canada. Two months ago I would have bet money that I would be the person to crack from being away so long...I would have lost that money. He is whining and complaining and getting easily upset. I just try to distract him and keep him level. I keep saying how many days are left until we are in Canada. Many, many, many Plinkly moments occurring.
Again no pictures. I brought my data drive to upload images and there is no tower for me to do so with. They lock it away. Sorry guys you will all have to come to Saskatoon some time and I will show you all the photos we have taken. Well hopefully you aren't sick of us complaining yet...and are finding the blog still interesting. The air quality here is much better but the entry way to our apartment is disgusting. It smells like urine and really makes you want to vomit. This smell however doesn't come into the apartment except in the room with the toliet. I bought some oust air freshener the other day and this doesn't work very well against this smell.
I have cured Dinara of her fears of the bathtub. We play the very messy splashy splashy game and she has a great time. She even wants to stay in the tub and not get out sometimes. I am very happy about this as we want to take her to mom/dad and tots swimming lessons in Saskatoon and Canmore.
Enough for today. Miss you all so very, very, very much. Only 4 more days until we are back in Canadian civilization and not a moment too soon. Talk soon.
Well it is confirmed that she is definitely a Pearson. Yesterday the three of us walked to the closest coffee bar (30 minutes one way) for a coffee americano (Andrew) and a latte (Nadine). This was my Mother's Day breakfast. Well when we got there I noticed two nice looking pieces of pie and got Andrew to ask for them. I then used Andrew's wee tiny coffee spoon to sample some of this to Dinara. Well suffice it to say she ate most of my piece of pie...I ordered another for me, which she also helped me eat. It was cherry and very good. I think I might have a piece today as well. Other then the coffee my first Mother's Day was a comedy of errors. We were shopping again and I found a beautiful pair of Italian leather pumps I wanted...well when I went to pay their bank lines were down and no credit cards would go through. Ok fine...I didn't really need another pair of shoes anyway (not with my new Dior purse I got). So that is strike one for our outings. Later that day we went back to this Turkish restaurant we liked. I get Andrew to order for me and I don't end up getting what I wanted. Ok strike two. I reorder my meal and still don't end up getting the amazing chicken kabob I wanted. Instead I get a fatty ground lamb kabob covered in cheese. SOOOOO not what I wanted. Ok strike three...no more tries. At least my husband and little girl were good to me. Dinara hardly fusses at all and is a great sleeper...well except for this morning when she woke up at 5:30 am. Good thing Andrew was up already and showered...crazy boy. I just changed her and handed her off to daddy. I woke up at 7:30 am. We have an arrangement...he is a morning person thus he can take her in the mornings while I get an hour or so more sleep and I stay up the rest of the day and night if needed. Most of the time it isn't needed but who knows in the days to come.
I am sooooo excited about going to Moscow. Andrew is fed up with being away from Canada. Two months ago I would have bet money that I would be the person to crack from being away so long...I would have lost that money. He is whining and complaining and getting easily upset. I just try to distract him and keep him level. I keep saying how many days are left until we are in Canada. Many, many, many Plinkly moments occurring.
Again no pictures. I brought my data drive to upload images and there is no tower for me to do so with. They lock it away. Sorry guys you will all have to come to Saskatoon some time and I will show you all the photos we have taken. Well hopefully you aren't sick of us complaining yet...and are finding the blog still interesting. The air quality here is much better but the entry way to our apartment is disgusting. It smells like urine and really makes you want to vomit. This smell however doesn't come into the apartment except in the room with the toliet. I bought some oust air freshener the other day and this doesn't work very well against this smell.
I have cured Dinara of her fears of the bathtub. We play the very messy splashy splashy game and she has a great time. She even wants to stay in the tub and not get out sometimes. I am very happy about this as we want to take her to mom/dad and tots swimming lessons in Saskatoon and Canmore.
Enough for today. Miss you all so very, very, very much. Only 4 more days until we are back in Canadian civilization and not a moment too soon. Talk soon.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Allergies, Allergies...and Did I Mention More Allergies?
Hello everyone. Sorry no pictures again today. I forgot to load them onto my jump drive...my mind was occupied with motherly things and the fact that I am shopping today. That's right...we are in a mall and I get to shop for my own first Mother's Day gift. So far I have found an expensive Dior purse and an expensive top...I haven't bought them yet as I am still looking around. Andrew is strolling Dinara around right now and occasionally looking over my shoulder to read what I am writing. Both Andrew and I are having Agent Plinkly (Lilo&Stitch) moments. He yells "I hate this planet" at one point. This is our issue with all the allergens in Khazahstan. We are enjoying our time in our daughters homeland but boy oh boy are we NOT going to miss the allergy attacks. I wake up at least once a night in a coughing fit and Andrew has massive sneezing attacks. It is 6 days until we board the plane in Moscow for home...and it won't come a moment too soon.
Dinara is doing well. She is walking more and more...and thus getting into things more. We feel some days like all we are saying is No to her. I'm sure a lot of parents feel the same way. We are loving the time with her though. I am sort of sad that come 2 months I will be away working during most of the day...oh well I have to bring home the bacon some how (and it is only for 4 months). Not much to report here. The weather is good again and the poplars are all fluffing away. Sometimes it looks like it is snowing outside. Oh well. Missing you all. Just a short post today...again.
Dinara is doing well. She is walking more and more...and thus getting into things more. We feel some days like all we are saying is No to her. I'm sure a lot of parents feel the same way. We are loving the time with her though. I am sort of sad that come 2 months I will be away working during most of the day...oh well I have to bring home the bacon some how (and it is only for 4 months). Not much to report here. The weather is good again and the poplars are all fluffing away. Sometimes it looks like it is snowing outside. Oh well. Missing you all. Just a short post today...again.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Sorry, sorry, sorry...
Sorry about the lack of posts for the last little while. Our person in Almaty isn't as available for driving as our ones in Kyzylorda. Too add insult to injury we aren't sure when we will be able to post again either. Oh well c'est la vie.
To get to the good stuff...our flight to Almaty was good. Dinara fussed for a little while (mostly because she couldn't walk around). I got to sit with her in the front row, while Andrew was behind and on the other side. That's what we get for getting to the airport late (not our fault might I add). I sat by a very tall man from Arizona, and he looked like he was related to me. I mean take my dad and make him a little slimmer and there you go. I almost asked him if he had any relatives in northern Alberta, but he fell asleep. He did let Andrew sit with me while we ate so that I could get a break and have my lunch. I didn't really eat too much of it. I wasn't in the mood for the cold horse cutlets. They do taste good but it wasn't what I wanted. Dinara ate all her lunch very well (a jar of baby food) and then slept for the rest of the flight. When we were deplaneing (spelling) we waited for all the other to get off the plane first. We then gathered our stuff and found that the bus to take us to the terminal had left without us. We were then ushered back on the plane as it was raining and we had a baby with us. A gentleman came and apologized profusly and then started yelling at the stewardess in Russian. He just kept saying sorry over and over. It wasn't that big a deal as we didn't have a connection to make. We then got our bags and were whisked to our apartment. It is small but cozy. The first thing we did was clean the bathrooms with the antibacterial wipes I brought from Canada. Boy am I glad I brought those. The air here is much better but the city is much busier. Our girl is still a delight every day.
Oh a piece of news...Dinara has taken her first steps on her own!!! She is up to 7 without having anyone holding her. I think by the time we return to Canada she will be a full fledged walker. Look out Dunkelzahn! Well I have to be going. The person who drives us is the daughter of our coordinator and is on a schedule. We only really get driven if it fits into her schedule. Oh well. I'll try and get to post tomorrow but no promises. We are doing great so no worries there. My allergies are in full force as all the trees here seem to be poplar and the fluff is everywhere. Again oh well. Missing you all. Thanks for the comments and keep them coming. Sorry about the lack of pictures today...I'll try and post some next time.
To get to the good stuff...our flight to Almaty was good. Dinara fussed for a little while (mostly because she couldn't walk around). I got to sit with her in the front row, while Andrew was behind and on the other side. That's what we get for getting to the airport late (not our fault might I add). I sat by a very tall man from Arizona, and he looked like he was related to me. I mean take my dad and make him a little slimmer and there you go. I almost asked him if he had any relatives in northern Alberta, but he fell asleep. He did let Andrew sit with me while we ate so that I could get a break and have my lunch. I didn't really eat too much of it. I wasn't in the mood for the cold horse cutlets. They do taste good but it wasn't what I wanted. Dinara ate all her lunch very well (a jar of baby food) and then slept for the rest of the flight. When we were deplaneing (spelling) we waited for all the other to get off the plane first. We then gathered our stuff and found that the bus to take us to the terminal had left without us. We were then ushered back on the plane as it was raining and we had a baby with us. A gentleman came and apologized profusly and then started yelling at the stewardess in Russian. He just kept saying sorry over and over. It wasn't that big a deal as we didn't have a connection to make. We then got our bags and were whisked to our apartment. It is small but cozy. The first thing we did was clean the bathrooms with the antibacterial wipes I brought from Canada. Boy am I glad I brought those. The air here is much better but the city is much busier. Our girl is still a delight every day.
Oh a piece of news...Dinara has taken her first steps on her own!!! She is up to 7 without having anyone holding her. I think by the time we return to Canada she will be a full fledged walker. Look out Dunkelzahn! Well I have to be going. The person who drives us is the daughter of our coordinator and is on a schedule. We only really get driven if it fits into her schedule. Oh well. I'll try and get to post tomorrow but no promises. We are doing great so no worries there. My allergies are in full force as all the trees here seem to be poplar and the fluff is everywhere. Again oh well. Missing you all. Thanks for the comments and keep them coming. Sorry about the lack of pictures today...I'll try and post some next time.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Gone with the Kyzylorda...aka Almost in Almaty
Hello everyone. I hope you are getting accustomed to the switching of bloggers (I mean webloggers...for Fina). It is likely going to continue this way for the remainder of our trip. Well today Andrew has listed a couple of items I am suppose to answer for those of you back home. (1) Dinara doesn't really have a favorite story book right now. We try reading the boardbooks we brought from Canada but she is more interested in bashing them with stuff or chewing on them. We also have an extensive library at home already for her but if you wanted to purchase more I love Robert Munsch (spelling) books. The only ones we have so far is I'll Love You Always and Smelly Socks (is this one his?). (2) On the Baby Einstein front...yes we have these DVDs in fact we brought 4 with us. Dinara loves them. So far her favorite is Baby Beethoven (Wellingtons Victory specifically) with Baby Monet coming in second. The others are a little above her...they repeat words with no music. Our little girl may be 15 months old but her speech is much farther back. This isn't really an issue as we prepared for this. So she is enjoying music and basic words. She knows her name and responds when you call her. She knows Mommy and Daddy...especially if she is sad or upset (like when she is getting bathed by Mommy or put on the potty by Daddy).
Ok on with the name of this post. Well tomorrow is big step #1...we are flying to Almaty. Whoopee!!! Not that I won't miss Kyzylorda but the air and dust are getting to me. My allergies have begun to kick in (I know that isn't really a surprise), and Andrew has had allergies since we got here (that is the big surprise). So we were told that Almaty isn't as dusty and is much more cosmopolitan. I am looking forward to cooking and cleaning for myself. We are renting a 2 bedroom apartment while there. We were offerred a 3 bedroom apartment but couldn't really understand why we would need this amount of space. We will NOT be posting tomorrow. We will be flying and getting settled in so there won't be time for a post. The bad thing is tomorrow we have to be at the airport by 10 am...this is Dinara's first big nap of the day. We don't board the plane until 11:20am and we have to check our stroller. We hope she will put up with sleeping on one of us. We also have mucho baggage. We have on large suitcase for Andrew and me, one large suitcase with Dinara's stuff, and a duffle bag with gifts and dirty cloths all to check. We then have two smaller carry on bags (we might check one), a diaper bag and a electronics backpack. Oh boy! I hope we can manuever.
Well enough blabbing here are some pictures...
Here is a shot of Dinara that was taken last night. She was getting a little tired but was still playful. This is Daddy's new favorite.
I now understand why my mom put my hair up ontop of my head always...it looks so cute! This is the styling outfit Mommy picked for Dinara today and her hair up look so good I took a photo. We are so very lucky in our little girl!
Oh!!! To get off topic for a minute. Dinara had her first explosive pooh yesterday. Mommy thought it wasn't that bad of a pooh but Daddy was gagging. So of course Mommy was the one cleaning her little girl up. It was very funny. I just kept laughing at Andrew while I was cleaning our girl. Just thought you would all like to know.
Escape Baby! Here is our little one making a break for the hallway. She can crawl soooo fast now. Here I was worried in the beginning that she would be so behind as she didn't crawl when we first started visiting her. Now she prefers to be walked everywhere. Goodness how fast we can learn how to do things.
Happy baby in the hallway. She is just so silly. So many little things make her laugh now. I remember when getting her to smile was an effort...not anymore!
Anybody thirsty? Don't worry I know how to share. This is a new toy of Dinara's...of which she has many...she loves the sound it makes as she hits the floor with it. Also, she has been trying to figure out how to open and drink out of it. She sees Mommy and Daddy doing it. Very cute.
Another water bottle day. She also likes to pull over the full bottle and watch the water swoosh around in the container.
Speaking of Baby Einstein. She is riveted by Baby Monet in this photograph. She likes to play while it is playing in the background and occasionally will stop to watch the images on the screen.
That's all for today. I hope you all can survive with a pause in our blogging. No worries. Miss you all and still are homesick. Hopefully we can find some good food/good grocery stores while in Almaty. Paka paka.
Ok on with the name of this post. Well tomorrow is big step #1...we are flying to Almaty. Whoopee!!! Not that I won't miss Kyzylorda but the air and dust are getting to me. My allergies have begun to kick in (I know that isn't really a surprise), and Andrew has had allergies since we got here (that is the big surprise). So we were told that Almaty isn't as dusty and is much more cosmopolitan. I am looking forward to cooking and cleaning for myself. We are renting a 2 bedroom apartment while there. We were offerred a 3 bedroom apartment but couldn't really understand why we would need this amount of space. We will NOT be posting tomorrow. We will be flying and getting settled in so there won't be time for a post. The bad thing is tomorrow we have to be at the airport by 10 am...this is Dinara's first big nap of the day. We don't board the plane until 11:20am and we have to check our stroller. We hope she will put up with sleeping on one of us. We also have mucho baggage. We have on large suitcase for Andrew and me, one large suitcase with Dinara's stuff, and a duffle bag with gifts and dirty cloths all to check. We then have two smaller carry on bags (we might check one), a diaper bag and a electronics backpack. Oh boy! I hope we can manuever.
Well enough blabbing here are some pictures...
Here is a shot of Dinara that was taken last night. She was getting a little tired but was still playful. This is Daddy's new favorite.
I now understand why my mom put my hair up ontop of my head always...it looks so cute! This is the styling outfit Mommy picked for Dinara today and her hair up look so good I took a photo. We are so very lucky in our little girl!
Oh!!! To get off topic for a minute. Dinara had her first explosive pooh yesterday. Mommy thought it wasn't that bad of a pooh but Daddy was gagging. So of course Mommy was the one cleaning her little girl up. It was very funny. I just kept laughing at Andrew while I was cleaning our girl. Just thought you would all like to know.
Escape Baby! Here is our little one making a break for the hallway. She can crawl soooo fast now. Here I was worried in the beginning that she would be so behind as she didn't crawl when we first started visiting her. Now she prefers to be walked everywhere. Goodness how fast we can learn how to do things.
Happy baby in the hallway. She is just so silly. So many little things make her laugh now. I remember when getting her to smile was an effort...not anymore!
Anybody thirsty? Don't worry I know how to share. This is a new toy of Dinara's...of which she has many...she loves the sound it makes as she hits the floor with it. Also, she has been trying to figure out how to open and drink out of it. She sees Mommy and Daddy doing it. Very cute.
Another water bottle day. She also likes to pull over the full bottle and watch the water swoosh around in the container.
Speaking of Baby Einstein. She is riveted by Baby Monet in this photograph. She likes to play while it is playing in the background and occasionally will stop to watch the images on the screen.
That's all for today. I hope you all can survive with a pause in our blogging. No worries. Miss you all and still are homesick. Hopefully we can find some good food/good grocery stores while in Almaty. Paka paka.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Dinara Unfettered...Almost
She took her first steps ON HER OWN. Yesterday afternoon, the three of us were playing in the hotel room. In the room, there is a coffee table that we have pushed to the far wall away from the couch. Dinara was playing with some blocks at the table when she turned around for attention. As I (daddy) called her, she gave a grin and started off towards me. Normally she falls after the first step and crawls the rest but this time all three steps upright to daddy's arms with us watchin in amazement. This is great progress when you think that when we first played together she would barely crawl, prefering to scooch along.
She also gave Nadine a zerbert on her cheek this morning. It seemed to be a fluke as she could not do it again.
Last night, we brought Dinara down for dinner and she attacked demolished her baby food and cheese so fast we were amazed. She then settled in the stroller until our food came, then once again she had some of our food. Breakfast today was similar...in the room she ate her bowl of rice cereal mixed with yogurt and she wanted more. We gave her another half container of yogurt before she decided to stopp. As a family we went down to the breakfast buffet and Nadine hade to feed her more food...cheese, banana and bread. Nadine thinks that it is a growth spurt...I thank that she is just building muscle faster that she has before.
She has totally charmed the staff at the hotel (with that high charisma stat) They will stop and say hi to her by name and some even stop to play with her feet, making the cute noises reserved for babies. Most of this attention makes Dinara shy but sometime she responds with cute noises and RASBERRIES. (Yes we have already taught her that). Bye for now.
She also gave Nadine a zerbert on her cheek this morning. It seemed to be a fluke as she could not do it again.
Last night, we brought Dinara down for dinner and she attacked demolished her baby food and cheese so fast we were amazed. She then settled in the stroller until our food came, then once again she had some of our food. Breakfast today was similar...in the room she ate her bowl of rice cereal mixed with yogurt and she wanted more. We gave her another half container of yogurt before she decided to stopp. As a family we went down to the breakfast buffet and Nadine hade to feed her more food...cheese, banana and bread. Nadine thinks that it is a growth spurt...I thank that she is just building muscle faster that she has before.
She has totally charmed the staff at the hotel (with that high charisma stat) They will stop and say hi to her by name and some even stop to play with her feet, making the cute noises reserved for babies. Most of this attention makes Dinara shy but sometime she responds with cute noises and RASBERRIES. (Yes we have already taught her that). Bye for now.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Day Two of Being a Family and Loving It!
Hi there everyone. Well today has been another great day. Our little girl is learning that when she sleeps we will indeed be there when she wakes up. This has made naptime and bedtime a little easier. We now can put her down and she will play and talk to herself until she falls asleep. She does still cry a little but not nearly as much or as hard as she did the first night. I have also gotten a really good night sleep. We put her down at 8:30pm and she didn't wake up until 6:30 am (she however didn't cry and was playing so I got to sleep until 7 am). Things are going well but we are terribly home sick. We really want to be back in Canada. It is only 13 days until we leave Moscow and we are really counting them down. Not much else to report really. She is loving and happy. She smiles and giggles all the time now. She is a really good eater. Oh just remembered...I'm suppose to tell you from Andrew that she as an 18 Charisma and a +2 circumstance modifier as a level one human (for the geeks out there). Well enough blabbing...oh keep up the comments we love them (they really are our only connection to civilization)...on with the pictures.
This is us in the baby house director's office. Our first real family photo...we have a couple before but now it is all legal.
Here is our little Dinara after her first shower. She really didn't like the shower at all. Mommy was even in the bath with her (I hope that wasn't too graphic for some of you) and boy did she yell. I think she might like a bathtub better but all we have is a shower stall. She smelled and felt a tonne better after this though. We were told not too clean her on the first day...too much change and she might not adapt too well. Now she smells and looks great. We dressed her and put a blanket and towel on her to keep her warm. The towel on the head is all Daddy's doing...for the pic.
Here is a close up of Dinara playing on the hotel room floor. This was taken with the camcorder instead of my digital camera. The camera isn't working properly anymore. It keeps the lens open (even with the power off) and doesn't focus properly. I think it needs a cleaning at the least. If it is kapoot oh well...I have been using it in the field and on holiday since 2004. Time for a new one I guess...SLR here I come.
Look at the label on the apple juice...it is dada juice. Thought it was fitting for Andrew to have his picture taken with it.
Ending on a silly note. This was taken during our last visit at the baby house. I just thought she looked soooo cute I would include it in this post.
Well good bye for now. I need to get some groceries and order a couple of burgers to go (with no Russian skills). Missing you all and we can't wait to introduce you to our daughter. We were thinking of multiple BBQ's to accomplish this...one in Saskatoon, one in Edmonton and one in Nanoose Bay. What do you think? We don't know when of course but we will try.
This is us in the baby house director's office. Our first real family photo...we have a couple before but now it is all legal.
Here is our little Dinara after her first shower. She really didn't like the shower at all. Mommy was even in the bath with her (I hope that wasn't too graphic for some of you) and boy did she yell. I think she might like a bathtub better but all we have is a shower stall. She smelled and felt a tonne better after this though. We were told not too clean her on the first day...too much change and she might not adapt too well. Now she smells and looks great. We dressed her and put a blanket and towel on her to keep her warm. The towel on the head is all Daddy's doing...for the pic.
Here is a close up of Dinara playing on the hotel room floor. This was taken with the camcorder instead of my digital camera. The camera isn't working properly anymore. It keeps the lens open (even with the power off) and doesn't focus properly. I think it needs a cleaning at the least. If it is kapoot oh well...I have been using it in the field and on holiday since 2004. Time for a new one I guess...SLR here I come.
Look at the label on the apple juice...it is dada juice. Thought it was fitting for Andrew to have his picture taken with it.
Ending on a silly note. This was taken during our last visit at the baby house. I just thought she looked soooo cute I would include it in this post.
Well good bye for now. I need to get some groceries and order a couple of burgers to go (with no Russian skills). Missing you all and we can't wait to introduce you to our daughter. We were thinking of multiple BBQ's to accomplish this...one in Saskatoon, one in Edmonton and one in Nanoose Bay. What do you think? We don't know when of course but we will try.
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