Claire and I were able to play outside with our little man this morning! We left the hotel around 10 am and drove to the baby home. We pulled in and then left. We weren't sure what was going on but we soon learned we needed to pick up our CSS worker, Margherita. Thankfully, we went right back to the baby home. We found our boy outside playing with his class and we got to take him to another play area and spend time together. Vasa was a bit reserved at first but he soon perked up and played. We got out our trusty bubbles and Cheerios and the world was once again right.
I took lots of pictures, however this camera doesn't have a video camera (Buddy's gonna kill us) so we'll have to remember that for our next visit. Claire is so used to pulling weeds in our own yard that she taught Vasa to pull weeds and put them in a bucket. They carried the bucket around the grassy area and put trash and other items in. Vasa liked the swing which he settled into and relaxed. He and Claire held hands, ran and hopped around. It was a very "Van Trap" like. We fed him some dried cinnamon apples, which Allie would have fought him over, and Vasa liked them. He drew circles on a paper with crayons and said it was his Mommy. I think I got one small line. He sat in our laps, we got to hold him, rub his back and he even gave us a kiss.
Claire has read about similar affection and thinks that he cannot understand that certain affection is only for family not just anyone but we were happy that he felt comfortable allowing us to hold, stroke and kiss him. He didn't readily allow some of these things on our first trip. He still likes to laugh at my scratchy face.
He drinks a bottle of water in DD fashion by putting his whole mouth over the bottle. I'm pretty sure there's some floating apple in my water bottle now but I'm happy to have it. He was sporting a nice orange fedora today with strawberry sandals. All in all only Vasa could pull off this look and be so cute.
Our translator was new for today as there is another couple visiting today from the States. Our translator was very kind and helped us tell Vasa some things ourselves. She took us to the city center and recommended a nice restaurant. We had pasta primavera with veggies and pasta with mushrooms. Pepsi helped wash it all down. Now we are back in the room resting until 3.50 or 7.50 AM back where you stay.
By the way, we did measure Vasa today and he seems to measure in the low 3 year old range which is good. We feel pretty good about the measurements as he was eating. We think he is 35 inches tall. I'll put a few photos up for everyone. Love to you all! Josh and Claire
I took lots of pictures, however this camera doesn't have a video camera (Buddy's gonna kill us) so we'll have to remember that for our next visit. Claire is so used to pulling weeds in our own yard that she taught Vasa to pull weeds and put them in a bucket. They carried the bucket around the grassy area and put trash and other items in. Vasa liked the swing which he settled into and relaxed. He and Claire held hands, ran and hopped around. It was a very "Van Trap" like. We fed him some dried cinnamon apples, which Allie would have fought him over, and Vasa liked them. He drew circles on a paper with crayons and said it was his Mommy. I think I got one small line. He sat in our laps, we got to hold him, rub his back and he even gave us a kiss.
Claire has read about similar affection and thinks that he cannot understand that certain affection is only for family not just anyone but we were happy that he felt comfortable allowing us to hold, stroke and kiss him. He didn't readily allow some of these things on our first trip. He still likes to laugh at my scratchy face.
He drinks a bottle of water in DD fashion by putting his whole mouth over the bottle. I'm pretty sure there's some floating apple in my water bottle now but I'm happy to have it. He was sporting a nice orange fedora today with strawberry sandals. All in all only Vasa could pull off this look and be so cute.
Our translator was new for today as there is another couple visiting today from the States. Our translator was very kind and helped us tell Vasa some things ourselves. She took us to the city center and recommended a nice restaurant. We had pasta primavera with veggies and pasta with mushrooms. Pepsi helped wash it all down. Now we are back in the room resting until 3.50 or 7.50 AM back where you stay.
By the way, we did measure Vasa today and he seems to measure in the low 3 year old range which is good. We feel pretty good about the measurements as he was eating. We think he is 35 inches tall. I'll put a few photos up for everyone. Love to you all! Josh and Claire
Glad to hear reuniting went well! We are enjoying our time with the girls. Thinking of you and Vasa!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures and glad to hear everything is going well! Praying for y'all!
ReplyDelete