Burundi Updates, First Installment

Now that I'm alone in Buj, it's hard to justify not catching up on the blog. In roughly chronological order, here is the last year in photos (in several installments)!

Who knew fresh avocado could be so mean!!

Nana's crib finally arrived - no more pack n play sleeping for this big boy!

Bertie is voracious reader. He loved his "Tails" book - even the taste!

Silly baby!

Dressed up hometown proud for Dada's birthday.

Bedtime can be fun when Mama, Dada, Guita, Hugo, and Sammy come to help wind things down!

Guita still has doubts from time to time....

Mirrors are amazing. Bertie broke this unbreakable mirror shortly after this photo was taken. He's a machine.

Sammy, unlike Guita, has doubts most of the time.

Stego-butt baby can pull himself up! And he's not distracted by wearing only one sock....

Look, Mama, one hand!

Dadas make the best jungle gyms.

Chairs and dog beds are also good jungle gyms.... He wanted so desperately to be mobile!

The King of the Sippy Cup is not tired. Not tired. Not tired!

Scrambled eggs, and life is good. Note the predatory Whipperdoodle wondering if maybe, just maybe, this baby might prove useful after all...

Avocado is still serious business, but it's not necessarily mean anymore. He's so mature.

Look, Dada, I'm in my backpack!

Mama-Bertie selfies - everything is funny!

Not as good as real walking, but the walker was a joyful place for many months.

Especially if Dada-monster tried to steal toys!

Being a baby may be tiring, but keeping up with a baby will take it right out of people. And cats, and dogs.

Sometimes just the couch is not enough and delicate beasties need pillows on the couch to recover from their stressful days.