Reunion and a big week

It has been a big week, we have learned to sit, made a tooth, and started (or tried to start) eating solids. Notice the royal we, seems I cannot separate myself from my family anymore. Well I tried, but it was not nice. Tracy and Annabel returned safely after yet another easy flight. Our bible study group had been praying for them for both flights, and Annabel really did not make any trouble, she slept much of the way there and back, and charmed the socks off the fellow passengers and the air hostesses for the rest of the time. What a blessing to have friends who pray.

The two of them had a fantastic time in Cape Town, mostly spent with Tracy's parents who were every inch a grandfather and -mother. Annabel got her first swim in the sea (more like a toe dip, the Cape water is fridgid) and first mountain climb under her belt. They also got to see many friends and all Annabel's uncles and aunts on both sides, and many of Tracy's extended family.

Tracy brought back some biltong, custard powder, rooibos tea and a 2.5 kg bag of maize flour. We have been really enjoying eating 'krummelpap' for breakfast. O, and a lot of books and toys.

Summer has arrived this weekend. The leaves all came out overnight, the temperature rose by 10 degrees to a warm 26, and the sun has been out ever since. We have had a picnic lunch in the park, and got our first nettle stings for the summer. We also spent a lovely day having a braai with the Hickeys, pap and homemade wors.

My grandmother has moved into the digital age and now has a laptop and has succesfully communicated via email! Baie geluk ouma!

We are hoping to travel to my parents in Washington, D.C. in July. In June there are 3 conferences and a weeklong camp for me, so by July I will need some rest time. We are hoping all Annabel's papers will be sorted out by then. No, she still does not have all the things she needs to be a world traveller - although she will have the biggest carbon footprint of any baby I know, I think she'll be planting trees for the rest of her life to sort out all the mess created in her name...