Today was a bit of a lazy day.
Eli woke us up a bit earlier than normal around 6:15, and had a full diaper, and a bit of leakage, so we spent some time cleaning everything up. Luckily, it wasn't too bad, and we were able to get it all cleaned up without too much of a hassle.
We ordered some breakfast, and waited in our room for it. Eli spent most of the morning "testing" us. It ended up not being too bad, but there was quite a bit of crying. The 3 of us went for a bit of a tour of our building, and explored a balcony on the top floor of our guesthouse. Eli was able to walk up and down the stairs, and tire himself out a little bit. By 11:30, Eli was totally wiped, so we felt that it might make sense to get to bed. We tried to feed him some lunch, and there was no interest, so we put him to bed. He slept for an hour, and was wide awake again. Hilary and I laid down with him to try and get him to sleep a bit longer. It was a no go, although it did put Hilary to sleep.
I put Eli in the baby carrier, and Eli and I went for a walk. We were gone for nearly an hour, and it was amazing to see the encouragement that I got from many men on the street. I got 6-10 thumbs up from the men there... I thought that was kinda cool. While I've been nervous going out on the streets, this definitely made me feel much more comfortable. Not everyone has ill will out there. I may not have blogged about it last week, but someone did try pick pocketing us last week... Definitely makes a guy feel just a bit less secure about everything. So the positive thing that came out of this was to see the kindness and respect from the people here.
We got back, and there was no way Eli was going down for another nap, so we spent the day playing with Eli, and just generally killing some time. He was pretty good for the rest of the day, and even was able to try some new food, Reece's Pieces. And it seems he likes it. Hilary and Eli were also able to try some traditional Ethiopian food. They both enjoyed it, although it was very spicy (classic for this culture, it seems :)).
We got Eli to sleep around 7:30-8:00, and he has slept quite well so far. We find that we sing a bunch of songs to him, and then do some devotions together (we read a story to him, and pray), that he seems to relax quite well.
We are now preparing for bed, and look forward to running some errands tomorrow. We are going to see the doctor again tomorrow, as well as possibly head out to purchase some other items and maybe souvenirs that we can. We shall see how it all unfolds.
Eli woke us up a bit earlier than normal around 6:15, and had a full diaper, and a bit of leakage, so we spent some time cleaning everything up. Luckily, it wasn't too bad, and we were able to get it all cleaned up without too much of a hassle.
We ordered some breakfast, and waited in our room for it. Eli spent most of the morning "testing" us. It ended up not being too bad, but there was quite a bit of crying. The 3 of us went for a bit of a tour of our building, and explored a balcony on the top floor of our guesthouse. Eli was able to walk up and down the stairs, and tire himself out a little bit. By 11:30, Eli was totally wiped, so we felt that it might make sense to get to bed. We tried to feed him some lunch, and there was no interest, so we put him to bed. He slept for an hour, and was wide awake again. Hilary and I laid down with him to try and get him to sleep a bit longer. It was a no go, although it did put Hilary to sleep.
I put Eli in the baby carrier, and Eli and I went for a walk. We were gone for nearly an hour, and it was amazing to see the encouragement that I got from many men on the street. I got 6-10 thumbs up from the men there... I thought that was kinda cool. While I've been nervous going out on the streets, this definitely made me feel much more comfortable. Not everyone has ill will out there. I may not have blogged about it last week, but someone did try pick pocketing us last week... Definitely makes a guy feel just a bit less secure about everything. So the positive thing that came out of this was to see the kindness and respect from the people here.
We got back, and there was no way Eli was going down for another nap, so we spent the day playing with Eli, and just generally killing some time. He was pretty good for the rest of the day, and even was able to try some new food, Reece's Pieces. And it seems he likes it. Hilary and Eli were also able to try some traditional Ethiopian food. They both enjoyed it, although it was very spicy (classic for this culture, it seems :)).
We got Eli to sleep around 7:30-8:00, and he has slept quite well so far. We find that we sing a bunch of songs to him, and then do some devotions together (we read a story to him, and pray), that he seems to relax quite well.
We are now preparing for bed, and look forward to running some errands tomorrow. We are going to see the doctor again tomorrow, as well as possibly head out to purchase some other items and maybe souvenirs that we can. We shall see how it all unfolds.
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| Sheldon & Eli playing with the Speak & Spell (aka Eli's computer) |
These updates are so fun to read and one day when you look back you will be thankful that you took the time to write down these memories.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the picture...you two look awesome together!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a more encouraging experience on the street today Sheldon...it can feel quite intimidating. Way to go.
Ruth