Sorry for the big delay in new photos--I know that nana and papi are dying to see photos of these kids...esp. Ranier, who changes almost every day. After Mina and Ahrash were gone for a week or more, they felt he was bigger and different even from then. ANd I finally figured out how to download photos, since our usual computer set up is buried somewhere in a storage unit.
So...first some old photos of my beautiful Bissell boys in the old whale pool back in Durham. Ranier seems to love the water, and we try to give him baths with Dahrius, too. You can see our little sumo wrestler with many rolls of chub.
When we first arrived here in Berkeley, we had no good way of bathing Ranier. He strongly protested his first shower, but he didn't seem to mind the sink. Update: just 3-4 weeks later, Ranier really can't fit into the sink anymore!
I've been enjoying spending more time with my favorite 3-yr old. Dahrius here was being very silly and running around with long socks, underpants...but no pants! We've also been enjoying outings to the nearby parks in Berkeley, trips on the bus to the library, visits to Lawrence Hall of Science, and trips to the store and getting oriented with Berkeley.
The neighbors, Jack and Barbara, have a new grandchild, Jacob, who is just 2 months older than Ranier. IT's fun for everyone to see the parallels with Nank and Ahrash growing up together and their kids: Jake and Ranier who are the same age. Barbara sometimes babysits Jake and lent us this cool chair while they were on vacation. Ranier really likes it, as it makes him feel more grown up. He can actually now sit up for a few moments while supporting himself with his hands on the ground.
We took a lovely weekend away to Inverness and had hot dogs one night for dinner and gourmet lamb and sauteed veggies, good bread and wine another night. Dahrius had great fun sleeping and playing in the loft and swimming/playing at the beach. Ranier (and the adults) hardly slept. Ah well, it will pass, right?
While Ahrash was off in South Africa (see below), mom and the kids ventured off to LA to visit the Uhls family. Dahrius was thrilled to see his much adored cousins, and they were excited to meet Ranier for the first time. The older kids played, mom got some good time talking to Yalda and a bit of help, and we all had a grand time...except we probably brought along some sleep disruption to the household. Sorry!
More updates a bit more regularly from now on, I hope...
1 comment:
great pictures! thanks for posting them. we loved having the bissells at our house :)
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