As promised...

More photos, of course and a special treat at the end!

We had a rough day with Zhenya. He was very sad today. It is getting harder and harder to entertain him during our visits. Sometimes we just sit and snuggle. Today he wanted daddy to hold him tight. I don't know what he will do when dad leaves on Tuesday. :(

Alec likes to swallow air. At first I thought it was reflux, but now I'm leaning toward thinking it is a behavior. Here I'm massaging his face. He's got no muscle tone there either.

When this boy smiles he can light up the whole place!

Zhenya loves cars, machinas they call them here. I only brought one toy car with me and all the cars at the stores here are junk. He's rough on toys. He needs some Tonka trucks, I think.

Dad was experimenting with his camera, I guess. His eyes are amazing, even in black and white!

This bunch of ribbons was the best $1 I spent while getting ready for this trip.

I think I told you that I tried carrying Alec in a sling the other day. Well, when I showed up to bring him back to his grouppa, the caregivers got all bent out of shape. One grabbed me by the arm and sat me down on the couch and tried to tell me that carrying him in the sling was causing problems. The next day he was covered in this green stuff, an anti-septic called mercurochrome. Heh. Sorry ladies, he was covered in these pus filled prickly heat spots long before I even got here.

If you need a reason to smile today, watch this: