We walked down to the beach, parked the stroller and walked. We had a pretty long walk for a little pair of short skinny legs, but of course she was an active participant. We came back, had lunch, played for a bit at the hotel and walked again. This time to the beach and the store. Victoria certainly has no fear of dogs at all! This is good, as I have two. I was a bit worried about the dog thing. Now I am just worried about her approaching a dog that I know nothing about. At the beach, a girl was throwing a stick to her dog and of course joining in was Victoria, chasing the dog. The dog was lucky enough to just miss her grasp each time she reached for it….Ugh!! Sounds cute, but for the rest of the walk, I made sure when we were approaching a dog she was holding my hand or I was holding her. I guess I did not expect her to go after them. Lots of people bring dogs to the beach here, which is great! Honestly though, no leashes and such. They all seem pretty well behaved, but that is observing them without the threat of a 3 year old yanking on a tail. Trust me, she has no fear and really goes after them. I just felt I did not want her to develop any sort of fear, if possibly one (dog) decided they did not like the attention she wanted to give, before she even got home to meet Lucky and Charm. Oh yes, and meeting all the other dogs in the family!
We had 10 or 15 minutes of thunder and lightening tonight. No rain as of yet though. Victoria was already asleep when this happened. She sleeps very well. I cut out the nap altogether and she seems to be doing just fine without one. She goes to bed around 8:30 or 9:00 and gets up at 8:00 or so. She usually wants to have a big drink of milk or water in the morning and then has been crawling in bed with me cuddling. =)
I pray all goes well tomorrow (Monday here) at the US Embassy with my paperwork. I am really eager to get home and don’t want anything to hold that up. I miss Dylan, my dogs, my bed and just want to get Victoria home too! Oh and by the way, I call her Tori when I speak to her, just Victoria when writing here….I suppose I can change that….
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| She loves having a bath! |
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| Oooops! Right on the "living room" floor. |
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| Hotel playground, yesterday... |
I am laughing because I totally know what room you are in! Scary isn't it! I was across the hall from your room and your room was first held by my friend Jeanette and her daughter Sophie and then by Lisa, Andrew and Alex from Canada.
ReplyDeleteThat is great that Victoria is not afraid of dogs. I hope that she, Lucky, and Charm get along great when you get home. One of my biggest worries is how Conrad and our daughter will get along when we get that far. I'll be looking forward to updates about how that goes for you.
ReplyDeleteHello from Moscow. We finally got 24 hours of internet access and are getting caught up on our blog and email reading. Such awesome news that you get to go home on Wednesday. That is when we fly out as well. We can’t wait. Blake was happy to see Tori’s pictures on the computer. He called her by her Russian name and smiled from ear to ear. After reading your entries it seems like Tori and Blake have such similar personalities. Singing and happy 95% of the time. They are both so sweet. We wanted to wish you very safe travels and to let you know how much we enjoyed sharing such special moments of our lives with you, Tori, and Babooshka. Keep in touch. Paka from Blake and Goodbye from Justin and I!
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