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A Playdate leads to a
little nudity |
For
some reason playdates are not allowed at the
hospital. Perhaps they worry that
they will have 2 kids at once with naked feet, with ensuing pandemonium. Anyway, we decided that it would be nice
to get Annelise and Annabelle, who were both born on the
same day and lived side by side every day in both the maternity hospital and
the children’s hospital until they were “selected”, together
again.
Random
and doubled adorableness occurred.
Here’s
Annabelle learning hostessing skills (Note to self: remind
her that gnawing on guests hands is not generally acceptable)
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19_files\annabelle - biting hostess.MOV
After
the biting incident all hell broke loose as the two girls fought like tigers,
both filled with passion, jealously and desire. I’ve been watching some Hindi soap
operas on the television, dubbed in Russian. It’s given me a whole new
perspective on relationships.
Here’s what the girls would be saying if they were in a hindi soap opera. Or they could talk.
Annelise:
“that’s my dad,
he’s awesome. You don’t
have a dad do you?”
Annabelle:
“I’m going to steal your dad
because I am so adorable.”
Annelise: “You witch! You stay away from my dad or I’m warning you…”
*Slap!*
Annabelle: “Or you’ll what?
You’re all talk. He loves me the most!”
Annelise:
“Alright, that’s
it. I’m gonna
roll you like a…a… well, like something that rolls.”
It’s
so hard to imagine why I don’t have a job in
Shortly
after all the drama, the playdate ended when
Annabelle’s bottle came and she forgot all about her little friend. Or
the other people in the room. Or her mother. Or anything but the bottle. Today’s feeding was a great
success thanks to the discovery of the rubber vs. silicone bottle top. In fact, I got her to hold the bottle
herself. She’s practically grown up. I don’t think she needs me any
more, sob, choke.
Day 19_files\Self Feeding Video.MOV
After feeding came changing time. And a little soft
porn. I realized none of you
have seen how cute and chubby the girl is sans
clothing. But I was discreet and
covered the relevant area. Look at
that belly after eating. She looks like a plump dictator..
which in fact she is.
After the changing came the sunbathing time. Every day the sun is out I try to give
her a minute or two in the sun so she can get some Vitamin D.
What,
you think this journal entry is over? Oh, no, you hit the motherload
today. After the baby visit we went
on our one remaining extracurricular activity: the city tour. Kokshetau is a
city of about 150,000 in the north of
Okay,
that really my one factoid. Go read
an atlas if you’re that interested.
What do you think this is, Mickey’s
Travel guide to Boring cities? J See the city in pictures.
For
some reason that no one can explain adequately, this monument is called the
“Horny Husband”. I
assume it has something to do with the buck with his antlers. But why was it originally erected? (erected, get it?)
Anyway, it’s tradition for newly married men to come here and get
their pic taken.
Nicest
Mosque in town. Right next to the
section of town called “poor man’s alley” which is Ironic
since it’s the rich section with houses costing around $250,000 USD.
How
the other half lives. A more typical soviet style apartment block.
A view of kokshetau from
the top of a hill. There’s a restaurant up at the top
and when I wondered why it’s not on the (short) list of
“restaurants to visit” compiled by previous families, Rada said only “Chechnyans”. I guess they run the place. And
understandably aren’t too fond of the Americanski. Guess we’ll be sticking with the
rainbow room.
On
a serious note, today’s visit from the Brookes’ really hit home that
Annabelle is my girl, and I am her special lady. While the Brookes’ were in the
room, Annabelle was so serious. that’s something
that both Dr. Victoria and Dr. Natalia have mentioned
– that she’s a very serious baby. But really, when she is with me
she’s all laughs and smiles and whale-sonar screeches of happiness. When
new people come in though, she’s politely interested but reserved. And now I realize I see a side of her
that she shows only to me. And I love that we have our own little specialness that she doesn’t have with anyone else.
That’s the coolest thing about today.
Paka Paka.
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