Leaving soon!

We leave tomorrow to go on vacation! We are soooo excited to go to a warmer climate and see some dear friends. I may or may not have time/a good connection to post while we're gone. I will say that the last two days Reister has been sleeping a little later (i.e. almost 7am). Hopefully this will continue for the next 3 weeks, as we'll be in the same room with him in the pack'n'play.

Some cute things Reister's been doing lately:
- still "cooking" with plastic bowls and spoons
- when we try to get him to say his name by asking him "What's your name?", he replies "Name"
- he's saying mess, and can identify one when he sees one (no matter who made it)
- he's giving his sippy cups to his stuffed animals
- he says "ma dadda", which we interpret to mean "my daddy"; alternately he could be starting to say mama but realize he's talking to dadda and change mid syllable
- he says "a yi" in the local language which means "aunt" and is the appropriate way to address other women about my age and older. One time this past week on the bus he started saying "a yi, a yi", trying to get the woman opposite him to look at him. The local women love it that he can say it and he really does say it to almost every woman he sees. He can also say "jie jie" which is big sister and he has a real affiinity for little girls - they normally give him plenty of attention. He does not discriminate skin colors, because he likes local little girls and our American friends' daughters. Of course he enjoys little boys like his buddy Micah as well, he just doesn't say "ge ge" (older brother) quite as often.

Well, hope you are all doing well and blessings on you - whether you're back into the daily groove of work and school or about to travel like we are!