Life of a city boy

Not a big surprise--but Foster loves living in a city. From taking the train and buses into the city and firetrucks and ambulances passing by all of the time, he is loving the city life. Last week after going to the zoo, we walked by a fire station and it was so nice out that the firemen were hanging out outside and the doors were open. Foster was so excited, especially about seeing the fireman's pole. He had never been that close to a fire truck before.

Riding the Metro--just like dad.

Barbershop

Foster decided this week that we all need haircuts. Luckily he paid attention to his past haircuts and is always very gentle and careful and even takes the boogers out of John's hair for him. And most importantly he doesn't forget the lollipop at the end of the haircut.

Moving to D.C.--2 weeks of winter make up for 2 years

Over a month without a blog post, but that doesn't mean we haven't been doing anything exciting, quite the opposite. We have been pretty busy moving to D.C into a new house, language classes for John & Sutton and a new school for Foster. Our move coincided with the last 2 weeks of winter.

We have definitely become winter wimps after balmy warm Hyderabadi weather. We were thrust into the middle of the cold, blustery days, walking over ice and through the snow to get to work and other places. We even got a snow day. All that being said, we love being back in D.C. Foster is loving taking the bus and just walking around outside, seeing all of the new things like buses, firetrucks, ambulances. When we arrived at our new place the first thing he said was "a mailbox," we can't take anything for granted.

After one week at daycare, Foster managed to catch all of the American bugs in one swoop, cold with fever and cough (check), pink eye (check), and ear infection (check). Indian bugs had nothing against these U.S. daycare bugs. Then Sutton & John got minor versions of the above as well. Luckily with the cold weather, we just hunkered down inside. And then 1.5 weeks later, the sun came out, we all felt better and Foster actually said that he "wanted to go to school" (impressive considering most of the previous days there had been tears involved at the daycare drop off. So a month later, we have turned a corner and are rally starting to enjoy D.C. We have managed to get into the city almost every weekend.

One of our first stops was the Air & Space Museum. Foster was a bit sleepy in his stroller, but once we entered the museum, he was up and literally running around with excitement. My favorite quote of the day, "I love this museum." The only way we could pry him away was a promise to come back soon.

Hanging out with our Hyderabad Friends and getting to drive Rasheed and Anna around

Going to the Air & Space Museum with Whitney--more to come

Dealing with the cold wasn't easy, even when it got to be warm out, Foster needed some extra warmth during those colder mornings.

A melting snowman in front of our new house.

32 Week Belly

Now that it is nice out and I am not under a coat all of the time, everyone can see that I am not just overweight, but 32 weeks pregnant.

More fun things during home leave

We were so lucky to get to see so many people and catch up while we were back in the midwest--we will definitely miss all of them!

Lots of fun with the grandparents!

Making pancakes with Grandpa.

Visiting the train restaurant at Crown Center--the famous Fritz's Railroad Restaurant where your burgers and fries arrive by locomotive

Snuggling in Grandma Becky's Lap

Hanging out with Olivia, cousin Emily's daughter.

It might have been cold, but we went to the Lake and Foster got to test out Grandpa's boat in the boat house.

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Foster and Grandpa both share a love of wearing of the green. Foster has been excited all week by the prospect of a party a school.

Maybe Foster in a few years--Grandpa dressed up for St. Patrick's Day.

Foster's Big News

With the move and everything else, Foster's big news seems to have gotten a bit lost in the shuffle. The news: he is going to be a big brother!! We have been reading books and talking about what being a big brother means and what babies are like. Baby Yoga is one lucky baby to have such a sweet and caring older brother.

Kissing mommy's belly!