Today didn't turn out quite like we had planned for, but it still turned out to be a pretty good day. It started raining pretty hard so we decided it would be best to stay inside instead of walking around Moscow with two kids in the rain. Connor has a little cough and of course we always need to keep Travis healthy with his asthma. I don't want him getting sick in Russia or being sick on the plane if I can at all help it! Connor finally had his first poopy diaper at 9 am, then again at 10 am and again at 3 this afternoon. Phew! One of our coordinators came by with some baby food prunes, prune juice and some medicine. Of course he had the first two diapers by the time she got here. We will hold on to the medicine in case we have a problem again later, but we did give him a small amount of the prunes at lunch and then now a bit of prune juice. I think we will leave it at that and see how he does. He has eaten a ton of food so we know what goes in must come out! LOL
We also got Connor to take a morning nap. While he napped Daryle and Travis went down to try out the pool. Well, I guess they keep the pool pretty cold so the two of them ended up in the hot tub! It is all indoor so the rainy day didn't affect much there. I wasn't feeling too well again this morning (I never got sick, thank goodness, just queasy) so I rested while they went to the pool. Since we couldn't go outside we decided to have some lunch here at the hotel while they cleaned our room. There aren't very many choices so we ended up at a fancy restaurant here at the hotel, it was the only one serving lunch. Connor actually ate some pieces of bread and a few french fries. He is so good, he just sat in his high chair the whole time being as cute as can be. He is a very happy baby. Sometimes he will just start crying for no apparent reason, he crawls up in a ball and sort of pounds his head and fists to the ground but when you get a toy or talk to him he stops and starts laughing and smiling. I have noticed that these little "fits" have been less frequent today than yesterday. He will also do this if you take something away from him...like a rock (why is there a big plant in our room with rocks in the pot??), wipes, any type of paper, etc. He also slept very well last night, 10 hours straight! He sometimes will cry in his sleep for about one minute then he stops and goes right back to sleep. When it is time to wake up he just cries a lot and rocks and sort of bangs his head on the sides of the bed (don't worry, it is soft and he can't hurt himself) or on the mattress. I walk over and rub his head and then he looks up at me with the biggest smile ever! I am anxious for him to stop those behaviors, but it takes some time. I know it will come as it did with Travis. Unlike Travis was, Connor loves the bath, highchair, trimming his fingernails, carseat and all types of food. Today we taught Connor how to blow kisses, he is so cute when he does this! He really loves getting kissed on the forehead and he loves to go in for one of those open mouthed kisses that babies love to give. The huge smile that comes across his little face is precious!! It makes every stressful day leading up to this worth every minute and tear! We can't wait for all of you to meet him, he is full of life and his smile and eyes light up the room.
Well, Travis and I need to head back to the room. See you soon!
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