The Baby!!!

Well, after thinking we'd be able to visit the baby house in the morning...no, we'd have to wait until the afternoon. The driver picked us up around 2:20 with our representative and our translator. Our representative, Janet, had just been to the Ministry of Education to file some of our paperwork so that we could go to the baby house called Umit. When we got to the baby house, a short drive from our hotel, we went into the director's office. I had heard that she wasn't very friendly, was intimidating, and didn't smile. As we were walking in, our translator told us that we were very lucky that today was the new director's first day. We walked in and she was all smiles. The social worker was in there as well, and mostly the director, social worker, and Janet talked with each other. We were asked an occasional question. The director said that we were a nice, young couple, and asked what we did. Brad explained what he did, and I told them I was an elementary teacher. (I had already learned they don't have grade levels in school, just elementary or high school.) The social worker said, "Ahh, so we are colleagues. " I smiled and said, "Yes." She continued, "Well, we saved the cutest, best baby for our colleague!" Finally, the baby was brought in by the baby house pediatrician. He was wearing pink and a bonnet on his head!!! He also had three different layers of clothes on. He was very nervous! When I took him, he was still scared, but didn't cry. He whimpered every once in a while on our walk to the room where we could play with the baby. The interpreter said we could put our diaper and clothes on him, which we wasted no time to get him out of the pink! I took off his bonnet and his hair wasn't red, it was a light brown. They keep his hair very short--he's already had his first haircut! He has the most beautiful eyes...I think a combination of green, brown, and blue. He has two large front teeth on top, and one on bottom. He was a little unsure about us changing him, but like I said he never cried. He has a huge outie belly button! By the end of our time, which was very short today, he had relaxed completely. We had played with a few of the toys we brought, played peek-a-boo, and bounced him on our knee (which he really loved!) He doesn't seem to be too developmentally delayed! He can sit up, support himself on hands and knees, he supports his weight on his legs when we hold him up under his arms, etc. The interpreter says he can crawl, but when we set him down, he mainly scooted. I don't know if he can and just didn't or couldn't yet. Of course, he probably hasn't been given much of an opportunity to crawl yet. He seemed to love the attention and affection he was getting. The interpreter told us that he weighed 3.4 kilograms at birth and 8.5 kilograms now. I told Brad to write that down, so we could convert it to pounds later. (Yes, I'm a teacher! I did remember from teaching 2nd grade that 1 kilogram weighs about the same as 1 hammer. So our son weighs 8 and a half hammers!) When we got back to the hotel, I figured it out that he weighed 7.48 pounds at birth and 18.7 pounds at 9 months. (Seems pretty normal to me.) When I changed his clothes, I put him in a 9 month old outfit which fit him fine. If they want us to dress him in three layers, like they do, I guess I'll put 9 month old clothes on bottom and 12 month clothes on top! Oh, also, he puts his ring and middle finger in his mouth...we tried to get a picture of this, but by the time we got the camera ready, he wasn't doing it anymore.
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough. Here's the baby: