Just another day!

Well here we are another day in Kenya counting the days till we come home! Brock is studying and JP is napping. The TV is on but I’m not really watching…there is some made for tv movie…a murder mystery I think…I’m so sick of TV but yesterday was damp and cool, today is rainy so going outside isn’t an option. At least tomorrow we have to go get the visa at the embassy so that will get us out of here for a while and then one more day of life in a hotel room and on Thrusday we will check out in the morning and go to Mary’s house for the day. She lives right across the street from a place called Amani Ya Ju. It is a place that houses refugee woman from many African countries. The women are taught how to make purses, and quilts. There is a little shop that sells the items made by the woman and the proceeds go to the women and their families. We went to the shop and looked around the other day we were at Mary’s house, but we didn’t take the tour. I think we will do that on Thursday afternoon. They also serve a great lunch according to Mary and she says that an American woman runs the kitchen so all the food is cleaned appropriately so that we can actually eat the salad and any of the fruits and veggies! That will be a treat if we decide to have lunch there too!
JP is doing great. Just yesterday Brock went outside to study and I was in the room with JP…he was napping and after he woke up we just played in the room until Brock got back and when Brock walked in the room JP started laughing and saying “dada” and was flailing his arms and kicking his feet…he couldn’t wait for Brock to come and hold him. It was so cute. He is a really easy baby…lots of people here have commented on how placid and peaceful he is. So the bonding and adjustment process has completely surpassed my expectations. It couldn’t have been more easy and natural. He gets stronger everyday…he is already pulling himself up to his knees and just needs a little help to get to a standing position, but once there he can hold it for longer periods of time each day. We are working on teaching him how to be gentle! He gets excited and just grabs your hair or your face! Poor Cam is in for some serious manhandling. He also will go to kiss you and then end up biting…so there’s one more thing we need to work on but already it is getting less frequent. He used to try to bite every time but now it only happens maybe once a day, so we have made some progress!