Just when we think the Little Man is getting over his cold, he runs a fever last night. They let us have our visits with him today but said if he started to seem like he wasn't feeling well, we would have to cut our visit short. He was his same feisty self so, guess he wasn't going to let a cold ruin his fun. He's still enjoying his stacking rings and his beach ball and makes a break for the door when he spots our bag that we bring his toys in. Wayne had him laughing today just with the thought of being tickled. Everything is ticklish on that poor kid. We put his first pair of shoes on him today and when he realized he had something on his feet, he immediately bent over and started to chew on them.

This is our translator Aliya...

She comes with us on every visit to the BabyHouse and takes Bryce's clothes in to change him and then brings him out to see us. She usually just hangs out in the room with us and reads a book. I think the past week that she's been with us, she's already read 2 books. She challenges us on a daily basis on our vocabulary skills. She reads books in English and wants to know what certain words mean and if we use them in everyday language. We told her that she needs to come over one night to play Scrabble with us. I'm sure she'd give us a run for our money. She's also our unofficial "tour guide" of Uralsk. I told her that she needed to work part time at the museum's because she did such a good job on giving us our tour and it seems that all the staff there know her. She's a resident of Russia but is in Uralsk going to school. She's currently going to school to be an English interpreter and is also learning German and wants to master Italian next.