Not so fast buddy!

Hi everyone! It's Poomba! Yeah I know, Mari wrote about me being gone, but I was just at a party and lost track of time. I really did tell my sister, Timone about it, but she wanted to get me in trouble and never told anyone where I was.
I am a little confused though. Mari was all excited to see me at the door and she let me in immediately, and then within 5 minutes of being back she was already yelling at me to get off the counters! In her defense though she cleans those counters at least 4 times a day when she is around. I just can't help it, there is so much to look at and play with up there (I am honestly fascinated by this machine that makes brown water collect in a carafe. I think they call it a coffee maker! I love sitting there and watch the brown water and I sometimes try to get to it, but it's always too hot.)
Anyhow, I just wanted to make sure you all know I am back. Mari promised to buy me a new bug collar so I can go and visit with friends, but until then I am grounded.

PS. Thanks Pumpkin for telling me how to hack into Mari's blog!

Poomba no more!

It has been a sad weekend in our household... Poomba, one of our cats disappeared on Saturday. He usually goes out during the nice weather, but never ventured too far. And he always comes back at night for food, cuddles (though he hates them) and a nice place to sleep. This past Saturday he went out, but never came back. We have been walking around the neighborhood, and we have not seen him. We are hoping he just got lost and not killed by a car or some other awful event.
Poomba has been with us since we bought the house 4 years ago. He was/is a pain in the butt: he steals food from your plate, gets up on the counters, eats like a pig (first he gets his food all over the floor and then he eats it), but he was ours and we loved him. He was also one of those strange cats who loved ice-cream and bananas, hated soda, loved to cuddle and be petted on his own terms and only for certain amounts of times!
We keep hoping that one day he will come back, but until then we are just sad!

From Noodle!

Hi everyone, it' me C. aka Noodle! While I seam to still not be able to clearly communicate my desires to mama and dada, I am able to use the computer! This blogging thing is very interesting, I should get one myself, but for now I will use mama's! Oh, yeah, she is sick! I think I gave her whatever I had over the weekend (it was bad enough that they made me stay home on Monday with dada instead of letting me play with Mrs. Karah and her son!).

Since mama will probably figure out soon enough what I am up to, I better give you a quick update:
1. I have 2 teeth! I bite everyone and I put everything in my mouth (including Poomba's toys), but it feels good to be able to bite into my apples now
2. I go to day care 3 days per week (mama is teaching a class on Fridays for 2 months, so I get an extra day to play with kids!). I love it! There are lots of other kids and I get to spend my day ordering them around, throwing my toys and waiting for them to bring them back to me. No matter how many times I do it, this one boy, N. always brings my toys back!
3. I can stand on my feet! I need assistance since I am still very wobbly, but I am getting really strong. I still have trouble with crawling, but I think I will give that up and just start walking. Walking seams to get you there faster!
4. I can speak Romanian! I don't know how that happened, but every time "buni" calls, she seams to understand everything I say to her. And I know for sure she does not speak English to me since she doesn't know that much! Therefore, I must know Romanian
5. Timone is my fav buddy (except Pumpkin, but I have not seen her in a while, so I am not sure about that one!). She rubs her head on my belly and makes me laugh and she lets me pat her (in my own way since I seam to mostly grab at her!)

There's lots more, but I need to run now. I heard dada is on his way home from work and I better go and help mama with dinner (I told you she sick, right?)

Messy bussiness!

Teaching your/a child to self feed and use a sippy cup is no joke! And such a messy job. C started being interested in getting food into her mouth on her own, so we give her some cheerios! I laugh and smile and clap my hands each time she manages to get one into her mouth. And I cringe inside for each and every little cheerio that flies around my dinning room floor! I love this stage of life with her. She is so much more interactive and "talkative", but messy! And if you know me any bit, you know that mess and stuff all over the place gets on my nerves and makes me pretty edgy! So I am trying to figure out how to relax and kind of let it go. I figured that I really can't humanly possibly vacuum 3 times a day, nor can I clean up after each session of "tummy time"! But boy, do I have a hard time with it!
Any advice?