Yesterday

Afi and I were having lunch in the living room yesterday when we heard a bump followed by a cry. We raced into the bedroom. Omar fell off the bed. He is not comfortable in the Moses basket anymore so we have been letting him sleep on the bed, fenced with pillows. It was the first time he fell, and he was all right. After some consoling he went back to sleep.

Then, last night, Omar finished a whole banana, also for the first time. We plan to weigh him this Friday. He should be nearing 8kg now, full of character.

We have slowly started packing. So far we have packed three boxes full of books. Hopefully we have enough boxes for our stuff. Still, there will be a lot that we will simply give away or otherwise dispose of.

As we get closer to leaving, we cannot help talking about things we think we will miss. Little things like Kebab Kid and online shopping. We love shopping online, especially for grocery. I will definitely miss the latter. We will also miss not having to deal with flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches.

Still, overall, we cannot wait to go home.

Welcome, 2012.