The day was pleasantly hot and very beautiful. The days like today only happen in Summer: Blue sky, gentle sun, an ocean of greens and crispy fresh wind. My mom and Gabriel went for a walk three times. Today was the second day in his life when he went for a long walk. It seems like he really enjoys this new way of learning about the world (riding in the stroller, that is). He right away falls asleep and sleeps for an hour and a half.
The speed with which he grows is quite impressive. On Monday, we had a doctor's appointment where Gabi was thoroughly weighted and measured. He weights 2,800 grams (gained over a kilogram!), and he is 49 cm long, which is already very impressive as he was born only 44.5 cm. His head grew 2.5 cm in size, and now, all his hats and bonnets fit tight on his head, while just a few days ago, his head was 'swimming' in them like a poppy seed in a jar. He literally grown in front of our eyes! After each nap, Gabriel looks bigger. His foot is the size of my index finger. And what about his eyelashes!.. They are white, but very, very long. Both Zachary and Gabriel got my grandfather's Nikolai's eyelashes: Long, light and very beautiful.
Zachary becomes bigger and bigger, too. Today, his favorite activity is to push his own strollers. He even would rather do that than go on wings or ride down the slide. It is hard to understand why he likes it so much. Either he thinks of himself as of a powerful engine. Or, perhaps he likes walking in unknown direction (he is much shorter than his stroller, so he cannot guess where exactly he is going). Probably neither guess is correct, and he himself would have given a completely different explanation. But, unfortunately, we cannot ask his questions just yet. Not because he doesn't speak yet, because, boy, he speaks indeed!.. He talks up a storm, in three languages at a time (Russian, English and his own made-up language, which we do not understand). So far, he pronounces best the words 'kok and 'kak.' He uses these words all the time, as they fit many everyday real words, such as sok/juice (ssss-kok!), poopok/belly button (poo-kaka), soska/pacifier (koka), lozhka/spoon (koka), and, of course, poop (kaka). At the same time, his linguistic skills are very impressive. He gladly repeats everything in both English and Russian, and he even pronounces hard sounds such as 's,' 'sch' and 'tch.' Ralphie, for example, he pronounces as 'Sha-shee.' Zachary loves nursery rhymes, and he literally sings along and dances. He also moves his finger left as right showing wipers on a bus going 'swish-swish'swish.' So cute!
The speed with which he grows is quite impressive. On Monday, we had a doctor's appointment where Gabi was thoroughly weighted and measured. He weights 2,800 grams (gained over a kilogram!), and he is 49 cm long, which is already very impressive as he was born only 44.5 cm. His head grew 2.5 cm in size, and now, all his hats and bonnets fit tight on his head, while just a few days ago, his head was 'swimming' in them like a poppy seed in a jar. He literally grown in front of our eyes! After each nap, Gabriel looks bigger. His foot is the size of my index finger. And what about his eyelashes!.. They are white, but very, very long. Both Zachary and Gabriel got my grandfather's Nikolai's eyelashes: Long, light and very beautiful.
Zachary becomes bigger and bigger, too. Today, his favorite activity is to push his own strollers. He even would rather do that than go on wings or ride down the slide. It is hard to understand why he likes it so much. Either he thinks of himself as of a powerful engine. Or, perhaps he likes walking in unknown direction (he is much shorter than his stroller, so he cannot guess where exactly he is going). Probably neither guess is correct, and he himself would have given a completely different explanation. But, unfortunately, we cannot ask his questions just yet. Not because he doesn't speak yet, because, boy, he speaks indeed!.. He talks up a storm, in three languages at a time (Russian, English and his own made-up language, which we do not understand). So far, he pronounces best the words 'kok and 'kak.' He uses these words all the time, as they fit many everyday real words, such as sok/juice (ssss-kok!), poopok/belly button (poo-kaka), soska/pacifier (koka), lozhka/spoon (koka), and, of course, poop (kaka). At the same time, his linguistic skills are very impressive. He gladly repeats everything in both English and Russian, and he even pronounces hard sounds such as 's,' 'sch' and 'tch.' Ralphie, for example, he pronounces as 'Sha-shee.' Zachary loves nursery rhymes, and he literally sings along and dances. He also moves his finger left as right showing wipers on a bus going 'swish-swish'swish.' So cute!
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