Week Wrap-up

The week went well. Belle slept great and all through the night the whole week. Her naps are back to normal and she is super happy. Of course I am chasing her around but it's fun because she isn't upset for every little mishap... she trips, falls, and gets right back up to running around.

I still need to take her 11 months photos and before I know it I will have to take her 1 year photos. I just cannot believe that ONE year will be coming up on August 9th!!! O my!!

Rosa showed up for work and said that she was sick the week before. Ummmm call me? For some reason this is really common in Brazil. People don't really feel like work deserves respect but each person feels that they deserve respect. Of course not everyone is like this but most of the population is like this.

Nate successfully fixed our toilet and sink which had been leaking. The untold story on the blog was that I paid the maintenance guy in our building to fix our constantly running toilet. He charged me ridiculous prices and it was still broken. I asked him to come back and fix it so he then grouted my shower.... what? Any way more money down the drain with a still broken toilet and a newly grouted shower. Then, fed up, Nate took the time to see the problem and buy the parts to fix it. Ten US dollars later the toilet was fixed.

Note to self: fix things yourself because then they get done right and you will spend less money.

Belle can now 'ooh ooh ahh ahh' like a monkey as she points to a tree. Weird when your child knows a monkey before she knows a cat.... That being said she started making the monkey sound when she saw a cat the other day. I guess she saw the tail but I didn't have the heart to tell her she was wrong so I started making the noise with her. I figure one day she will know the difference but now she is still pretty young.

Nate and I still are waiting for the day when she says 'mama' or 'dada' and means it. Really, other things must be much more exciting and important to her!

Tomorrow might be the day for the photos and then next week I promise to post something new everyday.

Tchau,
Sara