Since our last entry we have been busy spending time with dear friends and spending time with our daughter-to-be. Our friend Danielle Akert and her two beautiful children have been visiting from Switzerland so I have gotten the opportunity to play mommy's helper with a two year old and a 4 month old. Good practice for the future! We also had the joy of celebrating the second birthday of Ari St. Louis, our friend Shannon's son. We gave Ari a little wooden train and a book called "Everyone Poops" all about exactly that. ("Everyone Poops" included drawings of different animals pooping). Our presents got quite a response! Shannon said it was a great gift because she was potty training Ari the next day.
Ari is the little boy in the middle holding the little train we got him. His mom, Shannon, is pointing towards the camera.In the baby department, our most recent excitement has come from learning that the baby's eyes have now opened and she can see light. According to the baby books, babies at this age will respond to a flashlight placed on the mommy's tummy. So we tested this out and, boy, did it ever work! She came right up to investigate this weird shiny light thing. We decided we had to take it to the next level and throw her a baby rave. We started playing her some of her favorite music (Andy Hunter) and flashing the flashlight on and off in time to the music. She found this very exciting and danced in rhythm while following the light wherever it flashed! Our baby is a regular PARTY ANIMAL!! Like her momma and daddy!
We have also been blessed with an abundance of baby items starting to come in. Family has been sending us baby blankets, clothes, stuffed ponies (thanks, Ovelina
), and so on. Some of the items have been hand made, others were handed down from previous generations. All of them have been very special. We have also been receiving donations of baby items and furniture. We now have a crib, a changing table, two diaper bags, a bassinet, and a jolly jumper that hangs in the doorway, as well as some little baby clothes for 0-3 months. Our apartment is officially being babyfied! On a side note, something very strange happened to Jon last night. Through a strange combination of chemical reactions, Jon's hair first became streaked platinum and then turned Atlantic Blue! Such a rarity of natural occurence is quite remarkable. (We may have helped mother nature a bit!)
