Found these from last year. Hard to believe we've been there that long...
10 March 2008
Great birthday so far. Got caught in a big rain and wind storm walking home from Ben Taub for lunch with Lorena and Sebas. Just got blasted. Soaking wet, shoes probably ruined. Beautiful multi-color umbrella just torn up. Had to laugh. Nice lunch with my crew. Got to play a little with Sebas. He told us tonight he wants to wait until it gets dark, “then we can get into a rocket ship and go up into the stars, look at the planets.” Maybe we will! Going to look at a few houses tomorrow. Criteria: yard for Sebas to play in, washer/dryer for Mommies, more space in general would be nice.
1 May 2008
So we found the house, and a very nice one. 2228 North. Sebas already knows the address by heart. He has been missing “#1” some, but after I explained to him that you never lose an old place you live, you just gain a new one, he has brightened up about it. That and the fact that his “road” and most of his cars and toys have made it over. He now proudly says he has three houses – Lesotho, Dryden, and North, but Lesotho is “home.” Its funny, he only says that to me, not to Mommies, but he’s been adament about it since we moved here. He’s been hearing us talk about Dallas, and sometimes says he has 4 houses, but I doubt he really remembers Eagle Trail. Although being re-united with a lot of his old “baby” toys from there may be doing it.
Wow. 4 houses. I think 765 Westwood in Saint Louis was my official 4th, not counting college living. And I was 26. Bears is 3, and already on his 4th…
We had a spectacular “fight” the other night. First night in the neighborhood, and I was making him go home on his bike as it was getting dark out. Had just dumped him off the bike a minute before, accidentally, and I think this had him fired up.
“Dada, Dada, Dada. Wait, Dada. Wait just a minute,” backing the bike and me up. “No, Seba, let’s get going.”
“Dada, I am SO mad. And this is… SO sad!”
I just had to break out laughing, little guy standing there hands on hips scolding me on the sidewalk. Welcome to the neighborhood.
This morning, something else funny:
“Does Seba have two hands? Does Seba have two feet?”
So many funny things he says, I wish I could write them all down.
He’s blues-ing a bit, I think from the pressure of being in a tough school all day 5 days a week, at his young age. May re-think that after the baby gets here and things get stable, but in a lot of ways its been good for him, keeps him from overwhelming Mommies, and I do think he on the whole likes it.
But he REALLY wants and needs someone or more, all his own, to play with. He wants to interact with everyone, to play with every kid he sees on the playground, in that one on one way he had with Nina in Lesotho, but hasn’t had since. That’s probably his greatest unmet need at the moment, and the source of what I feel is a sadness he is carrying around right now.
The old Seba can’t help but shine through, but its weighted down lately.
Quick note to remember – how much I love, and he loves, those walks around the block at Dryden. He asked for one as we were clearing out the other day, a quick sneak around the block, and then back to see Mommies. Gave me a besito after an ame’ – really a precious moment.
Great birthday so far. Got caught in a big rain and wind storm walking home from Ben Taub for lunch with Lorena and Sebas. Just got blasted. Soaking wet, shoes probably ruined. Beautiful multi-color umbrella just torn up. Had to laugh. Nice lunch with my crew. Got to play a little with Sebas. He told us tonight he wants to wait until it gets dark, “then we can get into a rocket ship and go up into the stars, look at the planets.” Maybe we will! Going to look at a few houses tomorrow. Criteria: yard for Sebas to play in, washer/dryer for Mommies, more space in general would be nice.
1 May 2008
So we found the house, and a very nice one. 2228 North. Sebas already knows the address by heart. He has been missing “#1” some, but after I explained to him that you never lose an old place you live, you just gain a new one, he has brightened up about it. That and the fact that his “road” and most of his cars and toys have made it over. He now proudly says he has three houses – Lesotho, Dryden, and North, but Lesotho is “home.” Its funny, he only says that to me, not to Mommies, but he’s been adament about it since we moved here. He’s been hearing us talk about Dallas, and sometimes says he has 4 houses, but I doubt he really remembers Eagle Trail. Although being re-united with a lot of his old “baby” toys from there may be doing it.
Wow. 4 houses. I think 765 Westwood in Saint Louis was my official 4th, not counting college living. And I was 26. Bears is 3, and already on his 4th…
We had a spectacular “fight” the other night. First night in the neighborhood, and I was making him go home on his bike as it was getting dark out. Had just dumped him off the bike a minute before, accidentally, and I think this had him fired up.
“Dada, Dada, Dada. Wait, Dada. Wait just a minute,” backing the bike and me up. “No, Seba, let’s get going.”
“Dada, I am SO mad. And this is… SO sad!”
I just had to break out laughing, little guy standing there hands on hips scolding me on the sidewalk. Welcome to the neighborhood.
This morning, something else funny:
“Does Seba have two hands? Does Seba have two feet?”
So many funny things he says, I wish I could write them all down.
He’s blues-ing a bit, I think from the pressure of being in a tough school all day 5 days a week, at his young age. May re-think that after the baby gets here and things get stable, but in a lot of ways its been good for him, keeps him from overwhelming Mommies, and I do think he on the whole likes it.
But he REALLY wants and needs someone or more, all his own, to play with. He wants to interact with everyone, to play with every kid he sees on the playground, in that one on one way he had with Nina in Lesotho, but hasn’t had since. That’s probably his greatest unmet need at the moment, and the source of what I feel is a sadness he is carrying around right now.
The old Seba can’t help but shine through, but its weighted down lately.
Quick note to remember – how much I love, and he loves, those walks around the block at Dryden. He asked for one as we were clearing out the other day, a quick sneak around the block, and then back to see Mommies. Gave me a besito after an ame’ – really a precious moment.
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