Well, remember when I
posted 5 weeks to go.... I really mean it this time as I forgot about spring
break.
Anyway, as some of you
know Nadezhda began walking on March 8th, 2013. Significant for many
reasons besides the most obvious of a child taking their first steps as a
human. March 8th is International Women’s Day. First it will be
easy to remember when she first walked because of that but second it is a major
holiday in Russia.
So, you might be
wondering how it happened. Well I was holding Nadia and I went to put her down
for a second. As I was going to put her down she made me put her feet on the
ground first and I expected her to then sit or turn around and grab my leg to
hold herself up. What happened next startled me as she started to run away from
me. I grabbed and then Tash and I made her practice walking for 4-6 hours. It
is funny because once she did it she has improved greatly since that day. I am
so grateful to have Nadia and Tash in my life. I am a lucky person.
With my schedule being
consumed with a lot of things I figured that Nadia's first steps would be taken
when I was not home. However, I was lucky and I am so happy that her first
steps were taken in the presence of Natasha and me.
As for me I continue to
grind away through my field placement and I have four more weeks of fieldwork
over the next five weeks. After that I will have about 2 weeks of school left
but two major papers to write.
At the end of the
semester I will have about two weeks off before I begin six weeks of a summer
class and then I will be off for the rest of the summer. I must say I am
looking forward to it.
Until next time…
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