Something worth remembering

I should have written about this sooner, but I was still trying to "understand" (I quote that because I really didn't understand anything anyone was saying) the whole experience. Dejan doesn't talk much about his family, but I know he was thrilled to see his Aunt and Uncle...or was it the Whiskey they brought... who came from Serbia to visit for the first time. His Aunt is his Mom's older sister.

Let's set up the scene for each visit. Ava crying because every thing was too loud and everyone was in her face (poor thing took after me- we don't like anyone in our face and hate it when people talk too loud...wierd seeing as I grew up with my mother always talking WAY too loud on the phone in Italian and clapping her hands and opening our curtains to get up in the morning), me dead tired from getting everything packed and dealing with the crying and a "happy" husband (referencing the whiskey again), everyone talking in Serbian assuming I can understand (reminesent of all my summers in Italy), and finally there was Dusan, kind enough to translate EVERYTHING for me! If he wasn't around I would holler for him, "DUSAN. what are they saying?" He may have even taught me a couple new words in the process...all bad words of course, but words none the less. In the end, it was really neat to meet them and to see Dejan enjoying his family so much (again maybe it was the whiskey). It is our hope to get Ava to Italy and Serbia as soon as possible so she can meet more of her relatives. Plus, we want her to be as international as we have been able to be, and she's gotta have all those passport pictures to laugh at!

You can see Ava liked hanging out with her Uncle Dusan...must be because he is so funny and talks really silly to her. She likes people that make her laugh! We have had an amazing summer!