8 weeks

Eight weeks have passed... that means that we have only one more week up here in Northern California before we have to return to our lives down south- me back to work and Erik back to school and work. I am sad that I won't be able to spend my days with Cairo, but, as always, I am excited to get back to the job that I just adore. I feel confident that Cairo will be in goods hands while I am at work and I am sure that she will hardly miss me...

Erik has, shall I say, a differnt philosophy on picking out clothes to wear. While most people prefer to pick out clothes that color coordinate or match on some way, Erik picks out all of his favorite things and wears them... not matter what they look like. Fortuntely, most of the time these items look good together... sometimes they don't match as well. Erik decided to pick out Cairo's outfit on Monday. Notice the mismatched socks, hat, and onsie, as well as those cute shoes that are too big and not quite right for the warm weather...


Yesterday, Aunie Katie, Kyoko, Mei, Cairo, and I all went to the river in Blue Lake. Before going to the river, I had Cairo try on her beach wear... still a little big, but, oh, so cute!

The river here is very calm and shallow... kind of like a wide stream. The weather was warm, but there was a steady cool breeze with some larger gusts. Cairo cried the first time I out her feet in the cool water, but she quickly recovered and didn't seem to mind me doing it again. I guess that she just isn't used to cold water... instead, she enjoys her nice warm baths. Cairo and Mei both went down for a small nap and played with each other on the blanket. This is the ONLY picture I took while there... I am waiting to get some of the millions of pictures Auntie Katie took... I will try and post them here when I get them....

Cairo working her lungs out... her cry, much to the Erik's unhappiness, is getting much stronger and louder... more and more like mom every day.

Also, Cairo is taking a lot of interest in her new toys. She works really hard at batting them back and forth and keeps getting her hands inside the rings (as seen in the following picture). It is funny to watch her concentrate on hitting them. She furrows her brow and flails her hands and hits the toys over and over again.