the bishkek adventure


although "our story" as a couple originated in 2006... the bishkek adventure officially began in july of 2008 when jennifer and i accepted teaching positions at an international school in bishkek, kyrygzstan. we started this blog with the hope that it would be an entertaining and accurate catalog of our years living abroad. although we are back in the states now after two years in central asia and our life is not nearly as exotic or exciting... we are keeping the blog going writing for our friends, families and for our first born child, olivia (olive) annmarie conover, who blessed us with her arrival on monday, august 24 at 2:15pm.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

nina the nanny

i had to return to work on monday. jen and april stayed home... caught up on sleep... and met with nina the nanny. jen knows nina pretty well already from last year as she was the mcbride's nanny. but still... she was a bit worried and protective about how nina would be around olive. it was important to jennifer that nina followed the same routine that she has already established with olive. plus it is important to build trust with the woman who is going to watch our child. we wanted to make sure she doesn't do some weird central asian parenting stuff!

nina stayed most of the day and even watched the baby for an hour while jen and april went on a walk. she was wonderful with olive and had taken to calling her princess olivia. i think she is still a little unsure about boone but we are hoping that nina will be calling him prince boone before too long.







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5 comments:

  1. RachelOctober 17, 2009 at 1:38 AM

    I am glad to see that your family is there safe and sound! Miss u!

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  2. LocquyOctober 18, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    I love Boonie on the Kyrgyz carpet. ;) He looks so Kyrgyz already!

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  3. LocquyOctober 18, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    another question just popped up: how will you manage breastfeeding? or will you stop when Nina is babysitting? just wondering... ;)

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  4. AnnessaOctober 21, 2009 at 6:56 PM

    Hey Dave! What is your address in Kyrgystan

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  5. LocquyOctober 25, 2009 at 6:22 AM

    looks like you're busy. no posts in days (felt years!). hope you are well. what about your travelling plans? pls give me an update... I still hope we'll get to meet in Munich. Love, K + L

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