Our Little Bed Plantain (think Couch Potato)

The bed itself used to be this big part of the hotel room that was down right evil to Elkin. It meant bedtime and everything bad that surrounded it - taking out his eye, going to sleep without his foster mami, etc., etc. He HATED being covered up even though it's pretty cool in the room and he would never, ever ask to get on the bed or stay there very long once on it.

Oh how things have changed.

As much as we'll despise this habit later, Elkin has turned into quite the little couch potato - we're in a hotel and in Colombia so we'll call him our little Bed Plantain. He constantly asks to be put on the bed (it's too tall for him to get on himself) and starting today, he even pulls the covers down and gets under them, pulling them up to his neck. It's like he's a different kid!



He's even started taking his shoes off and removing his hat more often - all without complaining. These items could have been considered natural appendages until recently. We're very happy to see the change.

When on the bed, he loves to watch cartoons. It used to be a right-before-bed indulgence only. The rest of the day the TV was usually on one of our two non-dubbed US based channels. Now it's cartoons all day long and his favorite activity is laying in bed, covers up to his to neck, with Mr. Maker or Lazy Town on. (We're very excited to hear what these characters sound like without deep-voiced Spanish dubbing!)

Elkin has also really taken to waving. We're not sure how it started but he loves to wave at the bell hops, housekeepers and restaurant staff. He's probably just more comfortable with everyone.



A wave is a bit hard to capture in a photo but a video seemed a bit overkill too.