By the way...

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Labyrinth

Haven't posted in a month! So much has transpired and I have quite a few pictures and videos to upload but I'll do that later. I will post a few new pictures now since they've already been uploaded on my computer from my Nikon.

Pregnancy

I'm 4 months along and still haven't posted a belly shot! EJ been taking care of the baby in her tummy. She makes sure she talks to 'it' and massages her belly with oil just like me lol! This bambino is so strong already that I can't imagine what the movements will feel like later on. I've been more energetic despite my killer back and way more moody than I've been all pregnancy. Yikes....

Lyon

Out here, you can find people with a baguette in one hand and a cigarette in the other. I swear this baby is going to be born with lung cancer. The streets are littered (at least in my arrondissement) with dog poop!!! I walk with my head lowered as though I have no self-esteem just so I can avoid "brown tracks". It's so gross. You can see shoe prints tracking poop, bike tires and car tires. It's revolting even for this animal lover. Poor EJ spends her days walking screaming, "Doo doo! More doo doo over there!" Ugh...

To add to disgust, I tried Boudin aux Pommes. At first glance, it looked like 5 inches of coagulated blood from a horse's aorta (just to give you an idea of the thickness). I gagged. I looked up from my plate and met eyes with the waiter as he stood there awaiting my reaction. "Zis zstupid americaine!" he probably thought to himself. Hilton, sitting to my left, looked nauseated. I took a bite anyway...well, I swallowed it without chewing anything and quickly washed it down with water. That's how I ate the whole thing and I really thought that Hilton was going to be cruel and finish all the water knowing that I needed it to finish the meal. Thankfully, he didn't heave the heart to do it. He just kept on saying, "I'm never kissing you again...."

An idea of what it looks like...

There's an old Parisian friend Hilton and I knew mutually at UCONN (then, without knowing) who, through some odd way, we managed to reconnect with. Turns out our friend's agent (he's now a comedian) contacted an agent of one of Hilton's teammates and...yea...weird. We might get to see each other this weekend and that would be very refreshing.

Elan

I'm going to do something with this foto

 Classic

Feeding Bambi

 Always running away from me

 Our little tomgirl

In short, she has been doing SO much better in her surroundings. She looks forward to going to school, refers to her teachers as 'maîtresse' they way she should, comes home singing and repeating everything she's learned. It's incredible! Since she has the week off for some kind of...holiday *said with clenched teeth*...the teachers sent the kids home with a giant book filled with all their art work and lyrics to the songs they've learned.

We've been working on developing her phonemic skills, identifying rhyme words, practicing writing her letters, and counting to 50 in english and french (if we even make it there and if so I will sometimes try to push it past 50). Everything is all in fun and we incorporate her "lessons" in her daily activities. She loves to draw faces with bodies and complete mazes. She's even trying to read! Again, we keep everything light and fun with TONS of praise, even if she gives the wrong word or says twenty-ten instead of twenty (my favorite)!