I don’t know where my head was but I forgot to mention the most important thing:

We are finally in the “NO” world. Vanie finally learned to say the word “NO” and repeats in nonstop now. It doesn’t matter if he likes something or not, he first says “no” and then proceeds to trying it out. The Bulgarian word for “no” is “ne” but for some reason Vanie says “no”. His version is more like “Noooo,nooo,noo,no” as if he is singing it. Not sure how he picked up the English version of the word since we don’t use it as often as the Bulgarian word. Want it or not… that’s all we hear all day long!

Also, his new thing is to “hide” from us. His version of hiding is to put his hands in front of his closed eyes and thinks he is hidden and we can’t find him once his eyes are closed. It’s hilarious and so sweet at the same time.

Oh and in the picture below, our good friends Jeni & Stilian gave Vanie a bike as a present this week. you can only imagine it was a big hit. What else can a boy ask for... (notice how there is only one shoe in the middle of the pic? - well, that's the standard at home lately, we can only find one of the shoes of a pair... still searching for the missing ones (and in some cases oh so dear ones).

18 Mo's old and 5 Mo's home

Yes, it's been 5 months since we got home and almost 6 months since we became a family. What can I say, Vanie is not a baby any more, he is a little boy growing by the minute. He is the sunshine of our lives – regardless of how long we are gone for work or what types of problems we have to deal with, they all stop when we get home and get to hug this little ball of energy and joy and happiness.

Here are a few updates:

• There is no such thing as walking, it’s all about running, all the time and anywhere – this kid can’t gain a pound from all the running he does on a daily basis


• Our 18 month checkup is next Friday so we will have an updated on height and weight but I already know that he has not gained much on weight BUT should have gained about 1.5-2 centimeters every months since his last checkup ( I have been cheating over the months and have been measuring him)


• We have all top teeth out up to the 1^st year molars and are missing 2 front bottom teeth (there is a lot of drooling growing on and a lot of shirt changing)


• Still baby talk only but very vocal, trying to say at least the 1^st 2-3 letters of each word he knows.


• Knows the pronounce the sounds of the duck, dog, cat, caw (in Bulgarian, that is – we have to make sure everyone knows that even the animals speak differently in Bulgarian than in English)


• The new thing is to right everything and say the word “Dee” which is Giddyup” in Bulgarian. Apparently, he even tried to ride our dog last week while Zorro was relaxing on the sofa.


• What else, what else, what else… I am sure there is tons but I can’t think of if right now…. Oh yes, the new thing is to call his dad with a French accent (accent on the last syllabus) – it is very sweet and very funny at the same time.

enjoy some of the pictures of our little boy growing up and still making us the happiest people on earth.