Mom and Becky are in Amsterdam

Today I logged on to check my gmail, quick because I am packing up our stuff for tomorrow's journey to Almaty, and there were 2 emails from my mom and sister. The first photo is of the 2 of them in Minneapolis, before taking off.

This second photo is Mom and Beck in Amsterdam; they didn't end up taking advantage of any of the 'coffee shops' in Amsterdam as we told my Dad they would. :) No magic brownies for mom! :) Sounds like the flight was great! The were able to see the ocean and channels just before arriving, so that was fun. Remember, my mom has never been over the ocean, so this was BIG time! My sister went to London in High School, but this was her first venture over the ocean since then. So fun and all for Z!

I believe that I already posted, but there are now 2 new couples here in Aqtobe from the States. :) Both have selected their little boys and are currently in their bonding period. This week, both couples came to my apartment and brought supper and chatted, it was so nice to meet them. And wouldn't you know it, we didn't take any photos of our group. I actually am okay with this though, as showering for me right now is a bit tricky and make up is an absolute, don't have time for yet. :) Hopefully I didn't smell too bad! Haha!

Here are Eric, Kami and Lincoln. Lincoln is just 2 weeks younger than Zahri. It sounds like he is a champ! He can already crawl and sit up and has quite a personality I hear. He is from Baby Room #4, so he shares a room with Laurie's little man Kyson!


And here are Joel, Gen and Gabriel (Gabe.) Gabe was Z's roomate! Rock on hu! He too is in Baby Room #3, so he is lucky, I really liked our caregivers there. Today I heard that Gabe was also getting his groove on a bit, it must be something about Baby Room #3 that makes their babies dance. :) I have already asked if Z can hook up with one of these 2 boys later in life. No pressure! haha

As for Z, she is still awesome! I didn't have any time today to upload our new photos and resize them for today's blog, but I will later this week. We are finding that she LOVES the mirror, she thinks that it is the funniest thing ever. Today she played in her walker in front of the mirror for quite some time, she couldn't figure out why that other person's hand (her reflection) kept doing the same thing she was doing. She kept trying to beat it to the mirror and then looked so puzzled when it was a tie. haha She also found on of my empty 5L water jugs and thought it was a great toy, who knew! It is like the cardboard boxes we played in for hours when we were young, they were the best! Before bed tonight we also took another bath, but this time it was more of a true bath than before. Zahri was still a bit leary, but she played with her toys a bit this time and let me actually wash her hair. It was so great! You could tell that she felt great when she got out. I lathered her up in Baby Oil again, and she smelled great! Is it smelled or smelt? :) Smelled looks funny! Now that I think of it, I think that Smelt is that nasty fish that people gather in MN to eat once a year at the Legion gatherings. Hmmmm