Souk Jara

S was supposed to post about our last Friday adventure and well he has been a bit busy so I guess I will update everyone.

Pretend like it is last Friday. lol

Today we went to Souk Jara. Loosely translated ( ok I have no idea what the translation is) Open air market/ craft fair. We also went on a walking tour of rainbow street. Much to my disappointment there is not a rainbow in sight anywhere on this street. This area of town has lots of restaurants and some shops. It has the famous falafel stand that supposedly the King or previous King loves and will actually go to from time to time. Maybe this will be S's chance to get his picture with the King! Now we just have to stalk the falafel stand until we see the King. How could this possibly go wrong? On this tour we saw some amazing overlooks and of course we did not bring the camera. A friend of ours J was there and she took a picture of the three of us. So we will have to get a copy of it. We went to a great Soap House. They sell Dead Sea products and of course soaps. All produced here in Jordan and most at their shop. I had to get some! I ended up with a foot scrub loofa and foot cream. All this sandal wearing and sand/ dirt is ruining my feet! The soaps are a grapefruit and mint scent and are very nice to use. We also decided it was time to get a room defuser. We figure that Orange Blossom is a much better smell than wet paint. From the Soap House is a great view of the Citadel. I think if it is not too hot we may have to trek up there next weekend. It looks like ruins and a Mosque combined. I am very interested in figuring out what it is about ( yes I could google it but No I want the adventure) and we will take the camera with us. From the Soap House we continued around the corner and went into Wild Jordan where we could getting information about camping and hiking in the area and there is a cafe there. Then we had to climb this gigantic Jabal (Hill if my Arabic is improving) ok it wasn't that big of a jabal but there were a lot of steps and I had the 16 lb Little Lady in a front carrier! I really need to get some more exercise.* At the top of the hill is the Souk Jara. We went from stand to stand looking at tons of jewerly, pottery, paintings, and food. Another thing that is famous around here (it seems everything is famous to someone) is watermelon slushes. It basically was a frozen piece of watermelon blended with ice. I think. It was good and tasted of nothing but watermelon. Then we were handed a sample of lemon mint. S tried that one and said it was good. Also one stand had these awesome looking potatoes. They would take a potato and put it on this spiral slicer thing and it would carve the potato into a spiral. Next they take the potato and stick it on a kabob stick and then deep fry it. Once it was done they would sprinkle on whatever seasoning you wanted. It looked good. We did not try one but next time we go back it will be worth the 2 jd. Once we were done at the market we went with a group of people to a restaurant called Cantaloupe. Why? I have no idea. There was not a single cantaloupe on the menu anywhere. It has an amazing rooftop view. We looked out on the Citadel and then towards a really cool looking Mosque. It was striped brown and tan and somehow it managed to blend it with the surroundings. The dinner was amazing and the prices were reasonable for what we had. To get home we had to take a taxi which required us to walk a few blocks to where we could get one. During this walk I received strange and awful looks it was not until half way down the street that I realized Little Lady had pulled the front of my dress down and so everyone was getting a great view of my hot pink bra and girls! Of course this is in a country of modesty so yeah... I guess I deserved the looks. Little Lady however was drawing her own attention. People were just rubbing her head as I walked by (probably thinking don't grow up to be like your mom), and just reaching out to touch her. We had some strange teen girls come up and play with her and others ask to take a picture with her, we declined. Eventually we took a taxi back to our car and came home. Little Lady really enjoyed the taxi ride as she was able to just sit on my lap the entire time. There are no rules about car seats in this country so we see some really strange things which we will have to elaborate on at another time.

* History note: Amman was orginally known as the city of 7 hills it is now 19 hills and they are known and Jabal Amman or Jabal Abdoun or whatever, yes they all have names and if you are not in a hill you are in a Wadi (valley) and those are named too. So it does get confusing and we really will need to get a GPS because everyone seems to know which is which and will give directions using the jabals and wadis.

Shukran (thanks) for reading!

PS that is about the end of my Arabic so far if you want to know the rest I know it is kora= ball, Darraja= Bike, Balloona- balloon, Umniah (SP)= Wish. I know, really practical right? I learned this while watching some TV with Little Lady. LOL

Tank tops = boyfriends, and lack of applesauce = meltdowns

Well Monday we went swimming. It was 100 degrees outside so we decided to forget about the shopping as it was in the outdoor market area and just hit the pool. We were some of the very few people there at first it got busy later. We were there from 1:30 until 5:30 and other than 1 30 minute nap and 1 15 minute bottle feeding Little Lady was in the pool the whole time. That little girl loves the water. She was able to use her new floatie too. It is mesh for the most part with a little inflatable head rest and an outer ring that is inflatable so basically she is completely in the water other than her head. She chose to lay back, chew her toy, and float around the pool while Daddy and I would swim around her. This does leave us to wonder if there a limit to the amount of time she should be in the pool? I think she would live in it if she could and with the new floatie she could even nap! Also while we were there there was a little girl H who decided that wearing my shoes, using my towel, and chewing on Little Lady's toys was fun. She is 19months old and is cute and her mom did try to keep her from doing those things. Then when we were swimming S noticed a cat that was running away from our table. SO he went to get out and see what it took. At the same time the Mom to H walked over and asked us if we had a sandwich on our table. Of course we did. I had the other half to my chicken ceaser wrap on the table. Well apparently this cat liked chicken ceaser and decided that the reward was worth the risk. He jumped up on the table (with other people around) and took off with an entire wrap in his mouth. Now I figure this cat was disappointed when he realized that it was more lettuce than Chicken but either way he had the rest of what was a very tasty lunch. We then went home and ended the evening by ordering Chinese delivery and watching The Muppets (K2 had yet to experience the awesomeness that is The Muppets).

K2 left early Tuesday morning. Apparently she could of had a boyfriend on the way to the airport. She managed to get a taxi driver that had never been to the airport and it was his first day driving the taxi. Go figure! He also wanted her to sit in the front with him (this spot is reserved for wives or girlfriends). So lesson = Show a little shoulder (she had on a tank top) and get a Middle Eastern Boyfriend. LOL Well K2 made it to the airport safely from in the back seat and on to her destination without a middle eastern boyfriend. Thanks for the visit K2. Can't wait to see you again in August! Little Lady then chose to be a bit cranky all day and  we found the first person she didn't like. A guy came to do our inspection on our apartment and she took one look at him and screamed. It was ugly. She kept screaming every time she saw him. Eventually she calmed down but would not stop staring at him. It was strange. Later in my great wisdom while S and I were trying to eat dinner I let her play with a bag of chex mix. Yes I am sure you can see where this is going. She loves crinkly things so I figured she would play with it, and squish it and just be happy. Well I was enjoying the spaghetti I made, we finally had seasoning so it was much better than previous attempts at it and I completely did not pay attention and the next noise we hear is the sound of chex trail mix pouring all over the floor. Of course it could not be the tile floor in the kitchen, no we decided to eat in the living room so it was on the little patch of carpet we have. Well I started laughing. S looked at me and said " you didn't think that through did you?" which made me laugh more and all the laughing I was doing completely confused Little Lady. Who stared at me like I was crazy then started laughing too. Eventually I finished my spaghetti while Little Lady played with a now empty bag of chex mix then she went to bed and S and I vacuumed the living room floor before we went to bed.

Today: Boring: We had a lot of people here fixing things that were broken like the AC (of course it broke last week when it was over 100 for 5 days). Then I made dinner while I tried to get Little Lady to entertain herself with applesauce. It went well but she was frustrated that it was not getting into her mouth. Eventually I finished cooking and was feeding her when we ran out of applesauce! As far as Little Lady was concerned this was the worst tragedy ever! She started screaming. So I quickly ran to the fridge, flung the door open grabbed the green beans that she loved earlier today and well that was a mistake. Let the meltdown begin! So she is doing the turn purple shriek as loud as possible ( I am sure all the neighbors heard)  Thing. SO I again run to the fridge, fling the door open, grab a nectarine. peel it, blend it, all while wishing I had decided to shut the windows before now, quickly pour it in her bowl and begin feeding her. She continues to scream, then realizes it is something different. Takes a few bites then decides that while nectarines are good they are not apples and she wants apples so it is time to scream again. At this point I take her out of her high chair, cuddle her, calm her down, and in comes Daddy. Her eyes light up, she smiles, and forgets about the apples and only wants Daddy. Man I hate it when it takes so long for Daddy to get home! Now she is in bed. We have only had to go back in 2ce so far. S has done the dishes, and I am updating this. I think it is now time for me to shower after all that running to the fridge I did!

babyshowers and shopping

Well we are starting to get around a lot better. Although we haven't ventured too far. Little lady and I went to a baby shower yesterday and S and I went to the mall to go shopping for it. The mall was open from 1pm until 2 am becuase it was Friday and it opened late. I feel like this would never happen in the US. We have decided that this would have been an awesome city to be a college student in. All the late nights that we spent hanging out at Meijer could have been spent in a bunch of stores and it could have involved Pinkberry (if it existed then) and Nestle chocolate as well as any type of fast food or grocery shopping. Wish we would have known about this late night culture then. Before we  arrived here we were told prices were high for baby items and saying that they are high is not even close to describing it. 300 JD for a high chair. 700 JD for a stroller and we are not talking about the super nice high end stuff here. SO for future reference we will buy all baby shower presents in advance online. Just like we buy most things for Little Lady. Then we spent 3 hours at the pool and Little Lady loved it. She was in the water then took a short nap and then went back in. She is like a little fish. She loves splashing and kicking.

Saturday we did go to the baby shower. It was a high tea shower. We had sandwiches and scones, and of course tea. It was a great shower. Little Lady was a great baby and was quiet the entire time.

Little Lady: Mommy and I went to this party. there were lots of ladies there and they all wanted to hold me, and play with me and it was fun. Then everyone yelled surprise to this other lady (K3) and then no one was paying attention to me anymore. That was when Mommy gave me a bottle. Then this Lady (K3) came over and played with me. She said she needs experience because she is going to have little lady of her own. She was nice but I had to cry just to test her. She seems ok but she is going to have to learn to make silly faces and how to bounce. I like to bounce. Then this Lady (K3) got to open presents and those presents had baby stuff in it and she kept showing it to me but never let me play with any of it. There were cute toys and lots of dresses and I know they wont fit her but she got them anyway. Maybe someday I can go to her house and play with her toys.

Ok well K2 comes in tonight and I would be lying if I tried to pretend like I am not spending the day cleaning for her. Well I guess she is just the motivation for me to finally get busy and try to contain the sand/ dirt/ dust that keeps coming in. Right now we leave paths where we walk and you can tell every dresser, end table, bookcase that the cats walk on becuase there are little foot prints on them all. Who knows but I might even try to get time to make the chocolate chip cookies I have planning to make for a few days now. Well here is to an exciting time tomorrow out in the city with K2!

Update of the week.

We haven't updated in a few days and they have been fairly busy. So here is my recap of what has been going on and hopefully I don't miss anything of any real importance. Now reminder I still do not have a car that I can drive so that means that most of the time we are still stuck in the house and that does not make for very exciting updates but i will do my best.

Sunday: Our Airfreight arrived!!! woohooo!! It was like Christmas but with all stuff we already own. I never knew how much I loved my pots and pan, knives, utensils, silverware, etc... until today and now I can say I am fairly in love with them! Oh the Joys of packing up the loaner stuff and putting ours away in the kitchen. However as we watched the guys unpack our boxes for us. All I could see was their incredibly fithly (probably just stained that way but who knows) hands touching the rims of the glass, the edges of plates, the bakeware, and the list continues. So much for my efforts in washing and throughly cleaning everything before it was packed. not that we would have sent dirty dishes but you never know and the packing guys pack everything. We had to keep a close eye on the trash. We have heard  of people getting to their house and unpacking to find their garbage was packed. YUCK. well no garbage but this lead into the rest of Sunday and Monday being cleaning all of our stuff that arrived and trying to find new homes for them in the kitchen. Let me just say just having this small selection of our items (600 lbs worth) makes this place feel so much better. Also in this shipment was Little Lady's swing and jumper!! Finally some toys. I am glad I thought ahead to mail some to us so she has had some this time but we were serisouly in need of these two things. Little Lady has been playing in her Jumper everyday and is very happy now. So is Mommy and Daddy. Today the box from Grandma S arrived and so now Little Lady has formula again!! This is a joyous moment for us too. A sick little peanut is not a very fun little peanut. Thanks Grandma S!

Monday: Today the unpacking continues. Well not so much unpacking since they unpacked but rather the washing and putting away continues. I will need to write a different post for any of you that will be moving soon of things to include in your airfrieght or ship ahead of you. Let me tell you there are some serious gaps in what we sent and things I really wish we did send but now we know for the future. The start of this list is bed pillows, the bottom or fitted sheets (yes somehow I only sent the tops), drying racks, food items... and it is to be continued another time.

Tuesday: YUCK!! It is nine million degrees. Ok actually it is only in the upper 90's and if you are in the breeze it isn't all that bad but there needs to be a breeze for this is be effective. Little Lady and I stayed indoors. s came home from work with another box. YAY it is the lost box. By lost box I mean we sent it to ourselves just short of a month ago and it is just now arriving. This box is missing a side that has been taped over. Has a hole large enough to stick your arm, shoulder, probably the majority of your upperbody. Ok it isn't that big becuase that would be the whole box but it is a large hole. Then there was a cute little note stuck to the box. and basically this note says that the post office handles thousands of items a day and to facilitate this process they use machines and if an item is bulky, odd shaped, and things then it may not make it through the machine. Sorry for any problems that have been caused. Well in other words it is our fault that our perfectly rectangular box is destroyed. Well it doesn't seem to have anything missing. However it is hard to tell because this was a box of random things but the piggy bank we got for Little Lady survived and the cat food was in there. WOOO HOOOO for cat food at least that is what the cats would type if I let them.

Little Lady: I tried some peas today. I love peas these rank up there near bananas but under apples (which are under bananas) and way above carrots. Carrots are evil. I am certain of it. I don't think I will trust orange things. Today I played with my jumper. I really missed this thing, then I took a nap in my swing. It is the best way to get a little breeze when napping. Then I thought about how to catch the kitties. I think I will continue to look cute and innocent and just wait for them to come to me. This seems to be the best approach. Dusty has brought me a mouse to play with (though mommy freaked out and took it away from me) so I think he is starting to trust me...I will wait and see what happens. May have to revise plans to catch the kitties in the future.

Wednesday: Little Lady and I went to coffee with the ladies. It was very nice. We met lots of new people and Little Lady met her friend A again. Although this is a very short lived friendship as A leaves for Kenya in July. A friend came to pick us up and she was using the official map for our house. Although the map is wrong so she ended up a few streets away. She was supposed to pick us up a little bit before 10 and ended up here at 10:30. OH well it is very confusing to get around here. Later S came home from work and we decided to go to the grocery store at 8pm to get some things for the luncheon the next day. Sadly we were stuck in the most traffic we have dealt with and that was on the way home at 9. This really is a late night culture. Once we got home it was time to get the Little Lady to bed and then make some pasta salad for the luncheon. Bed Time tonight for S and F 12:30. YUCK!!! Oh and our boxes of stuff we ordered from Walmart arrived today. Walmart has free shipping to our address and it wasn't even supposed to be here until the 23rd! I will definitely be ordering from them again in the future!

Little Lady: I just want you to know my new favorite food is Squash! It is even above bananas. I could not get enough. I kept trying to grab the bowl from Mommy and she just wasn't feeding me fast enough. I must revise the previous statement to not trust orange things. This is orange and I was a little nervous when I saw mommy trying to give me something orange but after two bites I was sure I could bend the rules to accommodate squash. Then I spent time in my jumper and I realized how funny my kitties are. They cracked me up all day long. They were running around and chasing each other and it was the funniest thing ever. Just wait until I can play with them. Then it will be even better.

Thursday: Today we S, F and Little lady went to the going away party for K1. It was at T's house. We only got mildly lost on the way to T's. We turned at the wrong circle. They use traffic circles at practly every intersection around here. It was a great party and T is an amazing cook. Little Lady was passed around and she did great considering that the party started at 7:30pm and she usually gets a bath around 8 and bed around 9. We did not get home until 11! It was a late night. It will be sad to see k1 go. She has been showing us around since we got here and she is great at taking us out and explaining where we are, how we got there, and where we are going. T made the best cheesecake I have had ever. It was amazing! I love this cheesecake and was sooo glad we waited around until 10:30 to have it. I know it was way past the little lady's bed time but it was worth it.

well I think that is a complete update of our week. We are going to try to be a bit better at the updates. This just got a bit crazy this week and then it seemed like by the time we had a moment to type it was late and all we wanted to do was sleep. Today we are going to go out hopefully before it gets too busy out there and even try to get some pool time in. Tomorrow is our first baby shower to go to. Then Sunday K2 gets here. It is just for the night and Monday but it will be awesome to see her and she has yet to met Little lady so it is about time. Can't wait!!! If you have any things you are curious about just leave a comment asking the question and we will try to answer it as best we can. I know I had and still have tons of questions about Jordan.

ramblings about Dad's

First I will start by updating that yesterday ( ok Saturday now) we went to a party where we brought rice krispie treats. We made them using all knockoff stuff but they turned out great. It was S's first time making them and he did awesome. I was supposed to make them but then Little Lady demanded I feed her instead of S so he took over and did a great job. We made two batches and only brought home 2 treats. Actually we were a little sad by this because now we have to make them again if we want any. Oh well, we don't need the calories anyways. Another positive of yesterday we were lost and 1 hr late but we were only off by 1 street! So we kinda knew what we were doing. C came to get us at a Starbucks and lead us the rest of the way. Thanks C!!

Ok so the real reason I planned on posting the other day. As I was washing the dishes. Yes I am very envious of all of you with dishwashers out there. I miss mine and as we learned from watching Zombieland rule # 32 enjoy the little things! So anyways since we have to wash everything and that includes what feels like a million bottles a day, ok in reality it is only 6 but each one has 5 pieces, it gives a person a lot of time to themselves. S was entertaining Little Lady and it was so sweet. He was singing to her, hugging her, lifting her up and getting lots of giggles out of her. I couldn't help thinking about how these are important moments. These are moments we do not want to forget. I wonder if any of these songs will become the song she remembers singing with Daddy.  He really is doing a great job with her and has more patience with her than I do sometimes. Later this same day I was giving Little Lady a bath and singing to her as is a must when you are trapped in the bathroom for 30 minutes with a happy little baby splashing away like it is the best thing in the world. Now after trying to think of songs I stumbled upon the song my dad and I used to sing all the time. So of course I started singing Zipidee do dah to Little Lady and when I got to the part about the blue bird on the shoulder it made me smile and laugh and cry. At this point my dad used to pretend to shoo the blue bird away and say "get off there, get off there". When I was little I used to laugh at this. As I got older I would get mad he was interrupting my song. But either way I remember every moment of that song and always hear his voice saying it. Now this is special because my dad is not doing his best. He has been on dialysis a long time now and I think it is safe to say that he is not himself a lot of the time and no one really gets to hear his voice anymore. He doesn't tell jokes, he doesn't sing, and doesn't really do much talking at all. We all miss it. This one memory triggered so many more. Memories of bike rides to grandmas, of getting Dairy Queen, riding my bike in the basement at Daddy's work, of running under the snow as he would use the snow blower on the drive way and the list goes on. Of course there are those memories of getting in trouble. Ok honestly there is only one of those I can remember and it is probably because he was screaming at me from the top of an 8ft ladder, shaking his finger and shaking it so hard that the ladder was shaking (I was probably 13 or 14) and the whole time all I could think was I will be in even more trouble if he falls off that ladder. Now I believe that that was probably over cleaning my room though that is not the part that sticks out too much. It seems most of the time I was in trouble over my room and you know it must have been bad if Dad was called in to issue the discipline. Mom usually handled that sort of thing. Now as we have our Little Lady I wonder what will be her favorite memories of growing up. What sorts of things will she think she has forgotten about and they suddenly return to her when she doesn't expect it. I have a great Dad. One that I miss very much while we are gone. I am glad I have all these fond memories of our times together and I am truly happy to have a chance to raise our Little Lady in the hopes that she will have such awesome memories to look back on as she gets big. I know that her Dad is doing a great job with her and these are things that I wont forget and plan to remind her about them later on. Wow what an adventure we really are on. Life is wonderful.  So hopefully you can enjoy your day and maybe look back with fondness on some memories you have of your parents growing when you were growing up. I know it made me smile as I thought about the great times I had growing up and the great times we are having now as Little Lady is growing.

It's Friday, It's Friday (June 8th)

S here (the husband/dad), yes I'm posting here too. Today was a pretty good day. As many of you know, the weekend here is Friday and Saturday, which shouldnt take any effort to get used to, but still takes a while to get your head wrapped around. Do they have Friday morning cartoons? A show called Sunday Night Live that hasn't been funny since Will Ferrell left? What do they do for a good weekend here? We have no idea as we don't have TV service and only know a small section of the city. But, we know what Americans do here; enjoy the fact that the Jordanians either sleep in (Thursday is party night), or go to the Mosque, and leave the city open for us to explore or simply travel through with no traffic.

We went grocery shopping in the morning at a store called Miles which was really nice. It was at Mecca Mall (a lot of grocery stores at the malls here, kinda weird) but the rest of the mall didn't open until 2pm. It has a nice selection of stuff and seemed to have more in English then Cosmos, the only store we can compare it to. We have a lot to learn about the produce here as we were unsure what several of the fruits were, or had names we knew but were unsure how to eat them. The meat section was basically an old school butcher with a ton of guys running around packaging and cutting up carcases of different animals. Most were beef or lamb. You have to order from the people wearing the while coats and hats and not the rest of the random guys, I guess they are the meat liaisons or something. The culture is very specific about meat handling so it is always clean and well taken care of. It was kinda weird, but there were signs saying you couldn't take pictures. I'm not sure if it is a religious thing or just trying to keep PETA away, whatever. Same thing at the fish counter. Also available at a reasonable price was lamb liver and lamb brains, pre-packaged in the cooler. F and Little Lady did not seem interested so we had to pass. All in all a very nice store with reasonable prices and a good selection of basics. It will probably be cheaper and better to go to the local individual shops vice a super market when we know the area better.

 Later in the day we went to Al-Braka Mall in an area called Swefia (sp?) I feel like there are maybe 3 vowels missing from that word, but It's pronounced like that. This is an area we went on a walking tour of last week and will probably spend a lot of time in. It has tons of nice stores and restaurants up and down the streets but is very different then a US street. We'll probably describe it in a different post, it was alot to take in. The mall was pretty nice and had a few useful stores. The parking tower was ... interesting. It was basically a large-ish vertical cylinder. The spaces were all over the place, but had pillars in very unfortunate places. The vehicle I am driving is very tall and wide so it was a bit nerve racking getting around. If the speed bumps were any taller we might have had issues. The mall was also a slightly larger cylinder with a couple stores on each floor. It has a food court that consists of McDonald's, a shawma place and a pizza place. It does have movie theaters which shows the current stuff. We have heard they are very nice so will have to try them out. However, I have no idea how they fit in the mall. Each level seemed pretty small and the theater was only part of 2 levels. So, it might be you and 20 of your closest friends in the theater. Only experience will let us know.

 It's late here, so afternoon back in the States so we are going to bed. Thanks for reading and we will try to keep up the posts for those interested.

Amman so far

Well we are here. We have a great house. Although none of our stuff. Our cats arrived and seem no worse for the wear. After 2 weeks we have a few friends, can sort of get around town, and have a baby that is back to sleeping through the night (most nights). We can give directions to our house, which is more complicated than you think. Here is a sample of what telling someone where you live is like (they don't use or know road names) we live in between circle x and circle y going west from x count 8 streets, make a right, see construction, 4th house after construction, labeld 6. we are on the 4 floor but push 3 in the elevator and no we don't have apartment numbers it is the one near the elevator. We will just turn the light on. Then you hope your neighbor doesn't turn on their light too. This is only made simple because we are near a main road and don't have to give too many other roads descriptions as well. We can find the grocery store and even shop in it, using some creative thinking as we try to read Arabic and convert oz to ml, lbs to kg and Jordanian Dinars to American Dollars. To be quite honest just being able to drive here is an accomplishment. One I have yet to experience. I have to get a car first, the loaner that we have just has S's name on it. One friend describes driving as down hill skiing where you slalom from one side to the other and don't worry about what is behind or beside you only what is in front. S describes driving as doing everything you always wanted to do in America but it is illegal there. Another friend simply states that after being here you understand why middle eastern cab drivers drive like they do. It's all they know. Well I have nothing to add to those descriptions because well they are fairly accurate. But should you venture here know that just becuase you are in moving traffic doesn't mean the cab in front will not slam on the breaks and pull over anywhere if they think there is a chance at a fare. Oh and much to our disappointment the "ice cream truck" is not an ice cream truck at all it is the propane guy. Still every time you hear that lovely melody it makes you run to the window just in case but it is always the same and it is never ice cream.

Little Lady's Opinion of the day and of Amman: People are handsy- everyone reaches to touch me even if we don't know them like the grocery bagger guys. thanks people I had a cold after only being here 3 days. They don't have my formula so my tummy is upset anyways while I wait for it to get here because my Grandma had sent some to me. I am stuck laying on the floor most of the day with the same few toys. Mommy keeps trying to give me "different" ones but I kindly let her know that I have seen that one already. I am patiently waiting for my toys to get here. I am a little bored here too. Mommy and I used to get out everyday and pretty much all day and now we are stuck here unless my friend B's Mommy comes and gets us. He is a nice kid kinda quiet so I do all the talking and he doesn't really like crinkly toys. I love crinkly toys so this works out because I do not have to share. We went swimming with B one day that was fun. I think we will have to do that more often. Today is my 6 month birthday. I have been with Mommy and Daddy half a year already and you know what Mommy did? She thought she would give me carrots!!! YUCK!! I tried them. I took a few bites and then she tried to stick them in my cereal. Well I was too smart for that. I decided I did not need to eat the cereal either. Now to make the day complete I will keep rolling over the minute Mommy walks out of the room and scream because I "can't" get back so she has to come flip me. Today is a great day to be six months old.

 

This is what our view is like at night

Well I think this is a pretty good catch up and start to our blog about being here. If you like it let us know. If people like it and read it we might continue it. Oh and one last thing I (F) have learned here. The marble floors are slippery when wet. Do not go running after the cat with a squirt bottle at 11:00pm, you will get injured. Hope you have as great of a June 6th as we are having!