Newbies

Today was a good day for experienced parents to laugh at the newbies. Maksim is soo hungry. So we decided we would bring a yogurt and banana for a breakfast snack. He sat down on his blanket and ate every last spoonful of yogurt. Yum!! Then, we got out the "banan" he yelled. Daddy opened it up and Maksim grabbed a large piece. He immediately started choking it down. Literally. He turned kinda mad looking and began choking. Yikes!! We were so scared. He easily coughed it back up as Daddy patted his back. But boy we were nervous after that. Momma was sick to her stomach and Daddy was out of breath. Ahhemmm.

Next we took Maksim for a walk in a snowsuit that friends has given to us. It fit him much better than the duck snowman suit we had been using. He really liked it and showed it off to his friends. We went outside and met up with Simone and Lena. Simone asked Maksim if he wanted to go for a ride around the orphanage. "Da" and off we went. His eyes were as big as saucer. Daddy is sure that he didn't blink for three trips around the building. At the end of the third circle, Maksim was done and furrowing his brow as does when he is scared (we think). It was his first ride in a machina (atleast that he can remember).

At the afternoon visit, we brought Maksim some new snowboots. He was very proud of them. But because he had a little sniffle, we decided not to take him out for a walk. He put on the boots, then took off the boots. He put on the boots then took off the boots. He would stomp around and dance in them. We liked them, too. We also brought him a new sippy cup full of diluted apple juice (just like Auntie Elizabeth does). He slurped his little heart out to get every last drop. He slurped so hard his lips turned blue and his arms turned cold. Can apple juice poison a child?

We shared some crackers and looked at the life book. He decided to call all females in the book Momma. Momma felt sad but knows that all females in his life have been called Momma and so it is normal. He knows Daddy and called all of the nephews Zick (Zeke). He repeats everything that Daddy says. It is so cute. He sang itsy bitsy spider with all of the hand gestures today. Cute Cute Cute.

Near the end of the visit, we realized that he had had a small accident. We thought, no big deal it was just a little wet. Well - a little wet turned into alot wet as Daddy took Maksim into the caregivers for the toilet and a change of shorts. It was really embarassing when the caregivers came out to see where the heck all of that wet had come from. We showed them the sippy cup and they laughed at us and told us we better get diapers for the airplane.


Another great day in Kazakhstan!