Photo update! Ta da!

Martine finally broke the ice and posted on the blog which we have neglected for quite some time. I don't have any excuses other than that Uma keeps me busy. She is six months old now, sitting up alone and can roll over really well to one side and not at all on the other. I'm getting pretty fit from carrying her all around the house and up and down all the stairs of this house. Potty training is going well and not. I catch her pee whenever she goes over the bucket and needs to go. But poo has become more like Russian roulette because she's not going everyday anymore so when it happens it's always a bit of a surprise. The positive is poopy diapers only every 4 or 5 days!
 She knows how to high five, but isn't super consistent.


 We still get a lot of people who think she is a little boy. But that is partly my fault, for not dressing her in pink!? She just looks good in other colours! This green dinosaur suit is my favourite, it fits super tight, like a wet suit, so she kind of looks like a green ninja.

Okay. Enough about Uma. The bus the bus. We are so impatient to leave! The bus looks great, we have cooked a couple of meals in there already and are really happy with the layout and functionality of our design. It feels like home already. But it seems like things keep holding us back and we are trying to be patient. Being here for longer has given me the opportunity to go through more of my stuff so we're not leaving a pile of it here at my parent's house. (Don't worry mom and dad!) So that is a positive.

And now, what you've all been waiting for, a look at the bus! This is a shot from the back looking to the front. There is a giant hole in the cabinet on the left where the pipe for the wood stove goes through, that has been done since I took this picture. Ryota is making lunch here while Uma is hanging out chewing her things. The curtains I sewed, they are a dark blue corduroy and do a good job keeping out a lot of the light for her naps.

This one's taken from the front toward the back. They're hanging out on the the bed area. You can see there is a ton of space. We had a farewell gathering and had more than 10 people hanging out onboard comfortably for a bit!

I want to take some more detailed shots of different features we put into the bus but haven't had time yet. That will be the next post.