Rules of the Road
This is a bit of an oxymoron for here as I have not quite figured out if there are really any rules of the road. We have figured out that if you are in a cross walk drivers will stop. They will not stop far from you and they might just dodge you, but they will not hit you. Lanes, who needs lanes when you can just weave your way through as if you were a pedestrian. This we are getting more used to, but I just look away a lot. We are fortunnate to have a great driver who has a 10 month old baby at home, so he drives very carefully.
Today is also our day to meet with the university students. This interaction is one of the things that keeps us sane here. We are still staying in the hotel as the only apartment we saw had no furniture. We can and do cook most of our meals there.
Today is a beautiful and sunny day and Baby Bug was great today. He seems to be cutting a tooth so he was very drooly today. Mom you were right because he loves that little teathing ring. We also introduced him to the Baby Bjorn. He loved it and we are so glad that we brought it. We will try to have him in it for a little while everyday so that he is used to it before the very long plane ride home. Not that it will be any time soon.
We are ready for everything to be finalized but time seems to be going very slowly right now.
posted by Karon @ 3:35 AM
4 Comments:
Wow, I bet the Baby Bjorn feels like heaven to little Baby Bug. It must be so good to feel that snuggly with grownups who love him.
Danny wanted to know who the Safeco person was who knows him. . .I couldn't remember a name. [For all you loyal readers, Baby Bug's closest playmate is a little one whose parents-to-be 1) live in Seattle really close to John's Dad's, and 2) include one person who works at the same company as Uncle Danny and has met him before. . .cue "It's a Small World After All. . ."]
Over here, Aunt Sharron watched the Great Plains episode of Planet Earth in hopes of seeing some of the steppes of Kazakhstan. The closest they got was the grasslands of Eastern Mongolia. Then I watched the one on caves. Oh my oh my. INCREDIBLE, especially the gypsum chrystal-filled cave that lies underneath large stretches of New Mexico, and the cenotes (fresh water-filled underwater caves that sustained the Mayan civilization and keep Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula green).
It is truly an amazing world we inhabit.
Well, give Baby Bug a hello from Aunt Sharron, and enjoy those students. Once you fill your social calendar in ways that simply aren't possible out there in Grant County, you'll have lots of fun!
Love,
Sharron
A great way to start the morning is to hear about Baby Bug and his busy parents. thanks to Aunt Sharron for sharing the extra info she must be gleaning from phone calls.
We have been having rain off and on for a few days and everything is the vibrant green that is spectacular and so fleeting here in Grant county. We want you all home in time to enjoy it:-)
Is Baby Bug a hat wearer?? the substitute Grandma's can get on that quickly as everyone knits on some level:-)
Have another grand day.
Love,
Jim and Beth
Hi Karon and John, We haven't gotten any more blogs since Thursday the 3rd. We also haven't gotten the latest pictures. We just got back from 12 days in Branson, Missouri. Had a wonderful time. At the resort one of the staff helped me get to our e-mail to see the pictures and also getting on the blog is easy.
We are so proud of both of you and the baby is indeed adorable. We are gathering things for him but will not mail them for a while. Hope everything is all right. Give him a hug and kiss for us.
Love, Mom and Don
If you have pictures of Baby Bug, please email them to jspell000@centurytl.net and I will distribute to the Grant Co. folks.
Thanks
the substitute Grandma's are really anxious to see him:-)
We are also looking for more
news:-)
Jim and Beth
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