ASHA IS GROWING SO MUCH!

We talked to Asha and the Ottley's on Sunday and this is what is new with Miss Asha:

She is now 27 inches long, weighs 18 pounds and her little feet are only 4 inches long. And she is so active. Lynda and Godrick say that "she is a very, very active and busy baby".

When we spoke to her on the phone, I started singing to her and the Ottley's were laughing because they said she started dancing when I sang. They said she loves music and will try to mimic the words to songs and will start to bounce to the music. We sent her a CD with her name incorporated into each song and they said she just laughs and laughs whenever she hears her name being sung.

We asked what else was new with Asha and they said that she now plays shy with some people. This was news to us because they had previously told us that she was very outgoing and loved to be in any one's arms. So we questioned them further and found out that she will not go to someone who is really black. She likes brown skinned people and white skinned people, but those who are really black, she is frightened of. So Scott being the comedian he is said, "Asha is racist". The Ottley's laughed but reassured us that our skin color will not scare her at all. We were worried about this originally and had planned on tanning so that our color was not as much of a shock to her, but now we will save the tanning until we are in the Caribbean.

Asha's hair is always something that is on my mind. Caribbean people take great pride in their hair and I want to make sure that I am prepared and know how to do her hair correctly. So, I asked Lynda if Asha's hair is soft or coarse hair. Lynda paused for a long, long time before she responded and hesitated when she said, "Well (pause), it's not (pause) soft". She sounded so sad to tell us this, but it just means that I will get that much better at doing her hair.

I called later in the week to see how Asha was feeling after seeing the Doctor for her cold. When I spoke to her on the phone, I said, "Hi honey. I love you and miss you Sweetie. Are you feeling better?" I could hear a kissing sound in the phone and the Ottley's laughing in the background. Lynda came on and said, "Asha was trying to kiss you; she was kissing the phone and waving to you." Asha made her Mamma's heart melt.