Families stick together!

We had our first post-placement visit tonight.  Everything went really well and B was in a great mood, just talking to me the whole time.  He really wasn't interested at all in talking to the social worker.  it was nice to see him want to stick with us and not try to reach out to strangers!

But oh, my heart...after she left Ababa gave me a hug in the kitchen which B saw so he ran over to hug us too (he has started doing this recently, we love it, it's a big family hug!) and B gets a shy but huge grin on his face and says "families stick together" while he stretches his arms around Ababa and me!   

Dasicho Bib!

Betcha don't know what a dasicho bib is:-)  All in good time...all in good time...

We have had a big past few days:

• B's Dr's appt--where he had his first blood test
• Finding out that B has lost 2 pounds since we got home
• scooping vials of poop at home for a stool sample (this was all Ababa)
• family pictures by a professional photographer (really hope they come out well as B's undertaker look was in full swing
• B's baptism-very exciting for us and our church, but a little stressful for B so we're trying to make time for extra cuddles today
• a big Fresh Direct order...hey, that's major excitement in our house, especially since our elevator has been being replaced for the past month so we currently live in a 4th floor walk-up:-)

I'll probably post about each with photos (oh yeah, I totally took pics of the poop vials)...but for now, just know that we've been busy... very, very busy and our gem of the week in terms of B-isms is "Dasicho Bib".

What is a dasicho bib you may ask?  Well, "dasicho" means "bug" in Amharic, "bib" is pretty self-explanatory.  So, what's a "bug bib"?

Well...when B was getting his blood drawn at the Dr. they told him it would feel like a bug bite.  Then they put a bandaid over the draw site.  For some reason B decided this was a bib.  So, he started calling all bandaids "dasicho bibs"...

That's my funny, funny little boy!:-)

Yummy things to eat!

Oh my sweet child cracks me up everyday:-)

His newest thing is to say "this is B's yummy things to eat" whenever we are having something he likes for a meal.

The other day, Ababa told B what they were having for lunch, but kept checking his email for a minute.  B excitedly bounded off towards the kitchen, stopped halfway there, turned around, deliberately held out his hand to Ababa and said "Ababa, let's go, we have yummy things to eat!"

He is also convinced that any box or envelope that arrives is a present for him and will very determinedly declare, "mommy, this is B's present" if I try to open the box.

He also now thinks that all boxes should be opened with knives (since we get everything in the mail and it usually has packing tape, we run a knife through the tape before opening).  It will be a LONG time before he gets to open a package on his own.

He calls (m&ms--our current potty training treat) m-ms (the "and" just doesn't seem to stick) and his typical potty monologue goes something like this "mommy, diaper dry...B shinte on the po-po....mommy, he'll be back (we're still working on pronouns:-)...mommy's getting potty treat...mommy's getting m-m"

His favorite books now are "The Snail and the Whale" "My Lucky Day" "Chicken Soup with Rice" and "The Little Engine That Could" but he still loves any and all books, including his faves from ET.

His singing repertoire now includes "eeesseee beeesseee spidah (itsy bitsy spider)" "roooooowroooooowroooow (row row row your boat)" and "twinkle (twinkle twinkle little star)" as well as "Jesus loves me" and "Where is Thumbkin". He's learning patty-cake and the hokey pokey and is getting pretty accurate with his letters and r/l hands (obviously ababa is teaching him that, since mama still has issues with r/l:-).  Numbers are still interesting, 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 3 anyone?  In our house, that's how we count right now:-)

Thank you so much for all the lovely presents and notes we've received in the mail.  We're slowly but surely sending out thank you notes, so hopefully by Christmas we'll be caught-up:-)

Betcha didn't know this...:-)

Some more B-isms for your weekend enjoyment:-)

Betcha didn't know that...:

• The city where we live is called U-Nork
• Posessive pronouns are always part of a word regardless of whether you are discussing it in the possessive, e.g. a mouth is always called 'zamouth and a nose is always called 'zanose and 'sawatch, so Daddy's watch is "Daddy's z sawatch" (he sticks an extra "z" in just because:-)
• The best thing to do before bed is have a "coconut ovo-oile massage"
• Naptime, bottletime, bathtime, and snacktime are the best part of everyday and warrant excited skipping and giggling throughout the house
• every jeep, everywhere MUST be identified by shouting "JEEP!  Mama, JEEP" and Rav-4s, Landrovers, and most SUVs are also considered Jeeps in this house:-)
• tootsie rolls are very, very hard to chew (I'll post the video later, it's HILARIOUS and apparently Ababa didn't even catch the funniest part on video...mama was at work and missed the whole episode:-(
• Morning is always referred to as "good morning" and birthdays are always referred to as "happy birthday", e.g. we will go to a birthday party in the morning is, "We will go to a happy birthday party in the good morning"
• pasta and cheese in any form are so gross, I think I am being poisoned whenever someone tries to feed them to me

Oooooohhhhh, I love this little boy so much!  He has brought so much joy and laughter and love into our lives!!!