Don't Worry... Be Happy

Don't Worry Be Happy ... Now

OK.. 2 nd post today... finally got things moving with the Internet here. Weird day online... must be the connection?

After Tamara's nap our translator and driver picked us up to go toy shopping.

Below is a picture of 3 little figurine wooden dolls we picked up for Tamara.

Hand painted (non toxic paint), wood. Nice but pricey as all extras are in Georgia these days.

A pair of native Georgian dancers and a mini Mother of Georgia for her room ;o) Cute no?

Next stop... a middle upper class mini department store. They sell a little bit of everything.. reminded me of Yonkers in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. A favorite during our visits there.

Tamara enjoyed looking at their toy department. She kept looking at "larger" toys... most of which I can buy in the USA for about half the $$$. We finally settled on a umbrella doll stroller which I can fold up and bring home with us. Tamara loves to put her doll and stuffed animals in her stroller and walk around the apartment... so this should be perfect for her.

I'm not sure she understands that we bought it for her so... tomorrow morning she'll find her dolly waiting for her in her new stroller. She does have two baby carriages waiting at home already. Tomorrows pictures should be cute. ;o)

After Toy shopping.. Nina suggested we stop by her place for coffee. We had a nice visit. Met her Mom, Nanny and baby girl Geya. Both very sweet women and the baby is adorable. Nice apartment... we sat outside on the covered terrace.. sipped Turkish coffee and were treated to ice cream and fruit. It was nice to visit her home. When traveling abroad the best way to really get to know and understand a culture is to mingle where they live. So glad we didn't stay at the Marriott ;o)

Something interesting happen with Tamara today. I think she may have become nervous about going to an apartment with a baby? We were sure she would play with Geya but it took her a long time to warm up to her. Odd as we know she loves little people and Geya is a doll and very friendly. I had the feeling that Tamara might have thought we were taking her to another Foster home? Below are pictures of Tamara and Geya together. You can see by the shy worried look on Tamara's face that her wheels were turning.

Here we tried to get them to play ball together. Geya was willing Tamara was leery.

Nina and Geya

Such a sweet baby.. she reminds me of the original Gerber baby in the US.

I nice relaxing visit.

When we left Tamara bounced back as soon as we were headed home and was thrilled when we arrived. It was yet another reminder of how much our little girl thinks things through. We'll have to be very careful the trip home doesn't flip her out. I think she thinks we actually live in this apartment? I can't wait to get her home and settled. Some stability should get rid of the little stresses in her life. I'm sure she's still confused.

Don't worry be happy baby girl.

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Tomorrow afternoon... Bruce will stay here with Tamara while Nina and I do some shopping. It's pretty difficult to shop with Tamara as if I can't take a stroller with us she wants me to carry her. That makes it almost impossible to do any real shopping. Most stores are not set up for strollers here. Bruce is already wondering if Anna can stay after lunch and help in watching her...lol. A little nervous Daddy? lol... Actually not a bad idea as I was going to put her down for her 2 pm nap and then go. She should sleep till 4 pm and so it would be just a few hours without Mommy but she may flip out if she doesn't understand that I'm coming back? Anna can explain that to her. Tamara should be fine in Daddy's care for a few hours. Wish I had a video camera set up to capture it all for me. ;o)

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On the paper chase end. The person who is supposed to seal our court documents wasn't available Friday so we wait for Monday.

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