Back in Spain

After waiting two weeks we finally have internet! It is so nice. Our Vonage phone is now working too for anyone who's dying to call us :) It's nice to be back. We've had a great time seeing friends and having our own things again. We've already had several BBQ's with John, Maria and Johnny. Jay just adores Johnny. He thinks that Johnny is the coolest kid ever. It has been so nice that Jay is finally old enough to play with other kids. He and Johnny spend hours together in our basement. Johnny rides a little scooter around while Jay either chases him laughing hysterically, pushes around a plastic grocery cart, or plays with his tractors. They both love hanging out in our blow up pool filled with packing peanuts and throwing all of the balls out of the blow-up ball pit. What a good life! The nice thing is that our basement is huge and the boys have plenty of space to play since nothing is really down there except some storage and toys. I don't know what we're going to do when we have to go back to the States and downsize.
Jay has added quite a few new words to his repertoire lately. He also loves trying to mimic what we say now. His favorite new word is "shoe" but you have to think of it phrased as a question rather than just a word. It's always, "shoe?" Jay has really connected putting on shoes with going outside. He loves grabbing his shoes, bringing them to me and saying in the sweetest voice possible, "shoe?" I can't resist it! He also is very good at saying "more" when he wants more to eat. That's nice. He still uses the one and only sign he knows to say "all done." Some other words Jay says now are yellow (one of my favorites), purple, daddy, baby, BYE BYE (still an absolute favorite of Jay's), agua, go, banana, apple, and hi. Those are the ones I can think of right now. He also loves to meow like a kitty, bark like a dog, growl like a bear and squawk like a bird. He meows all the time to his little white kitty which he's become really attached to. He has to sleep with it at night. It's so cute! We affectionately think of the cat as "Jig."In other news, we just found out is that Maria is having a baby GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!! I'm so excited for her! We had a baby shower for her at the church last Wednesday and it was a blast.
Spaniards don't usually have baby showers so it was fun to do something special. We had a great turnout and I'd say my creative decorating was pretty awesome. There was no where to buy baby shower decorations so I improvised by covering the tables with baby wrapping paper and stringing ribbon and diapers up along the sides. Luckily I had balloons and streamers to use. I also made a huge stork for the occasion. The best part of the shower was all the food. We made it potluck and some of my favorite Spanish things were there. We had empanadas, tortilla, and tomato gaspacho. I can't wait to get the recipes and try them out myself.