This is what Blaise said when I had the video camera out during Acadia’s first bath. Jealous or Concerned? He also commented “Big cheese!” * Cheese /tʃi:z/ n (a) camera, video camera (b) a food papa gives me when he’s cooking vt (a) to take pictures, to shoot video (b) to be photographed
Yesterday morning, I got up put the garbage out, changed, dress and fed Blaise. I let Lidia, our housekeeper, in at around 8 am and introduced her to our new baby and then continued to tidy up the house while Amber was continued to rest in bed. As I rushed around the kitchen, eager to … [Read more…]
Yesterday was fun! When I woke up, Amber told me not to get my hopes up, but that she was having contractions every 10-15 minutes. We read up on false labour and deduced that this is what was happening. Sure enough, but 8 AM, things had subsided. I worked at the office for part of … [Read more…]
Goal #105 Adopt a Child Yesterday, I visited with the social worker at the Cobán Regional Hospital. My inquiry was related to the possibility of adoption of an abandoned baby. She said that as long as we are residents of Guatemala, get approved as foster parents and are willing to pay the legal fees, it … [Read more…]
Amber and I are still up in the air for a boy’s first name. I hope we land soon. We have 18 days (+/-) left to decide. The middle name is picked. A girl’s name is easy because we still have the one’s we had picked out for our first born if he were a … [Read more…]
That’s right folks! Blaise has peed in his potty. Twice. Yesterday it happened. He let us know by saying “pee? pee?” so we stuck him on the potty and presto! The trouble though is the potty itself. It has a horn thing in the front and the pot part of it isn’t long enough for … [Read more…]
Blaise has been a joy to watch grow. His great sense of humour wards off much discipline. His latest deal is asking a question waiting for a response then after a generous pause, he begins barking. This shot was taken when the photo we took for immigration was rejected because there was some blurry thing … [Read more…]
Several months ago, Amber returned home from the market with a bag of macademia nuts. Without a nutcracker, we would smash them on the back step with a hammer. Inevitably, some would scuttle off the step and we couldn’t find them. Yesterday, Blaise was adventuring behind the house and discovered one of the lost treasures. … [Read more…]
I saw my first murdered person the day before we flew to Canada. We are applying for residency in Guatemala and so I was obliged to go to the official’s office to sign some papers. I took a taxi. The driver had to redirect himself several times because of impromptu traffic barriers put up by … [Read more…]
We were invited to see Santa Claus when he briefly swung into Tactic on the weekend at our neighbours’ store. As you can see, the weather was ideal and Santa was seen by a host of people. Blaise was one of the lucky ones to be held by Santa. Not sure why there’s bad blood … [Read more…]