Day 30

OK, we skipped a couple of days. We think Erlan's die hard fans will forgive us. Before I show the video, I think we've finally determined Erlan's size. I think he wears an 18-month top and a 12-month pant. The 12-month pants are just on the verge of being too short. I think his head is probably a 2T! Let's see, we have a kid with short legs and a big head... kind of like his cousins! I have no clue what size shoes he wears. The sizes are different here. Also, he tends to curl his toes whenever he puts on shoes. The boy does love his shoes. (BTW, Stacey, save everything until we get back! You can put them in our garage--don't put them in your dad's garage, he'll throw them away.)

Speaking of shoes, the head nanny told us that we needed to buy Erlan new shoes. She thought he was scratching himself putting on the high tops that we bought for him. She showed us a pair of Mary Janes and told us to buy that kind of shoe. Yes, she wanted us to buy Erlan some girl shoes. :-) We found some shoes that look like Birkenstock clogs and got those instead. Erlan liked the high tops better.

Today we had two big events. First, we brought bubbles for Erlan. He wasn't too sure what to think at first, but he loved them in the end. He also wanted to eat them. Thank you Kami and Eric! The bubbles were a big hit!



At our afternoon visit, we got to go outside! Yes, OUTSIDE!!! It was probably 50 degrees. We had to dress him like it was 20 degrees. He really liked it. When we brought him back inside and gave him back to the nannies, he just screamed. Ben had to run his clothes back up to the nannies, and one told him that Erlan was crying for us and told her that he did not want to stay with her, he wanted to go with us. Poor little boy! Not much longer now.